Functional & Nutritional Medicine

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You would never know it by watching the TV commercials for the cholesterol drugs but medical reports overwhelmingly recommend lifestyle and dietary changes before the drugs are prescribed. Here is a sample of a few of those articles:
American Journal of Cardiology in 2004, “National guidelines have promulgated therapeutic lifestyle changes as a standard of [...]

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Forks over Knives
This entertaining and informative documentary makes a very persuasive case for a plant based diet to decrease heart disease risk, cancer risk and many of the degenerative diseases that are called “aging” such as arthritis and osteoporosis.
Based in part on the China Project by Dr. Colin Campbell Ph.D. and the medical studies [...]

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Mediterranean Diet

INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp Earth Balance Spread*
2 cups frozen cut okra
2 cups oyster mushrooms, sliced length wise into rough strips
1 cup broccoli
7 oz extra firm tofu, drained and sliced into about 1 1/2-inch by 1/2-inch blocks
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tbsp yellow miso paste
Freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup almonds roughly chopped
PREPARATION
In a large pan, warm 1 tbsp of [...]

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Natural Ways to Lower Cholesterol
I just saw a woman this morning who has lowered her total cholesterol by 73 points, triglycerides by 226 points and LDL by 34 points in just six weeks! How did she do it? She followed our program of the Mediterranean diet in combination with a specialized soy based medical food [...]

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Mediterranean Diet

INGREDIENTS

1 lemon
1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
10 ounces mushrooms, halved or quartered
1 cup diagonally sliced carrots, (1/4 inch thick)
2 cups snow peas, (6 ounces), stems and strings removed
1 bunch scallions, cut into 1-inch [...]