Insulin Insensitive Diabetes, Exercise & Plant Based Diet

Dr. Gabe Mirkin & Diana Mirkin

span style=”color: #000000;”>Dr. Mirkin suggests intense exercise and eating a healthy vegetarian diet  or plant-based diet can control blood sugar and reverse insulin insensitive diabetes From Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Health & Fitness Ezine, 9.9.10 Dear Dr. Mirkin: Does intense exercise control diabetics’ blood sugar better than casual exercise? Savvy Veg Note: Dr. Mirkin – who is [...]

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How Processed Foods Make You Fat and Sick

Processed Food

Why this rant about processed foods? Processed foods contain health hazards including genetically modified organisms, high fructose corn syrup, TVP, MSG and various ingredients which are other names for MSG   Humans have been processing their food in various ways for thousands of years, right? Freezing, drying, preserving and canning come to mind. So what’s the [...]

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Healthy Vegetarian Diet for Athlete & Non-Veg BF

Runner

How can a girl have a healthy vegetarian diet with appropriate vegetarian nutrition for an athletic lifestyle AND a non-vegetarian boyfriend at the same time? Questions for Savvy Vegetarian: I would first like to say Savvy Vegetarian is an  excellent website! I found it through a “healthy vegetarian diet” search. I guess I lucked out.  I [...]

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Gall Stones: Is Vegetarian Diet The Answer?

Dr. Gabe Mirkin & Diana Mirkin

Dr. Gabe Mirkin, M.D., Report on Gall Stones We’ve all heard (or experienced first hand) that gall stones aren’t fun. But you know, I’ve been a veganish vegetarian for a long time, I’m 61, and I’ve never had a gall bladder attack – touch wood. Which makes me wonder. Dr. Mirkin‘s report on gall stones [...]

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