Category: Health Articles

As a vegan for years, the question of where do you get your
protein or your calcium or your whatever always comes up. So, where is it
acquired? Read on.

PROTEIN

Nuts, seeds, beans, lentils, whole grains (brown rice,
quinoa, bulgur, barley, etc), meat, chicken and fish substitutes, artichokes,
asparagus, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots,
cauliflower, celery, chard, collards, corn, cucumber, eggplant, kale, leeks,
lettuce, okra, onions, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, string beans, sweet
potatoes, squash, tomatoes, turnip, and all vegetables not listed, apples,
apricots, avocado, banana, berries, cantaloupe, cherries, dates, figs, grapes,
grapefruit, guava, kiwi, lemon, limes, mango, melons, nectarines, oranges,
papayas, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapples, tangerines, all the fruits not
listed, tofu.

BETA CAROTENE (Antioxidant)

Sweet potato, carrots, butternut squash, red peppers,
tomatoes, pumpkin, spinach, collards, cantaloupe, apricots, peaches, broccoli.

COENZYME Q10 (Antioxidant
protection, decrease risk of skin cancer.)                                

Peanuts, sesame seeds, pistachio nuts, broccoli, cauliflower,

When I was a kid, if I were told that I’d be writing a book about diet and nutrition when I was older, let alone having been doing a health related radio show for over 36 years, I would’ve thought that whoever told me that was out of their mind. Living in Newark, New Jersey, my parents and I consumed anything and everything that had a face or a mother except for dead, rotting, pig bodies, although we did eat bacon (as if all the other decomposing flesh bodies were somehow miraculously clean). Going through high school and college it was no different. In fact, my dietary change did not come until I was in my 30’s.

Just to put things in perspective, after I graduated from Weequahic High School and before going to Seton Hall University, I had a part-time job working for a butcher. I was the delivery

When I was a kid, if I were told that I’d be writing a book about diet and nutrition when I was older, let alone having been doing a health related radio show for over 36 years, I would’ve thought that whoever told me that was out of their mind. Living in Newark, New Jersey, my parents and I consumed anything and everything that had a face or a mother except for dead, rotting, pig bodies, although we did eat bacon (as if all the other decomposing flesh bodies were somehow miraculously clean). Going through high school and college it was no different. In fact, my dietary change did not come until I was in my 30’s.

Just to put things in perspective, after I graduated from Weequahic High School and before going to Seton Hall University, I had a part-time job working for a butcher. I was the delivery

We all know that the soil is abominable because of the
petro-chemical fertilizers that basically destroyed all healthy nutrients.
There are two minerals that you need for good health.

MAGNESIUM

If you want to maintain normal muscle and nerve function,
keeping a healthy and strong immune system, maintaining a normal heart rhythm,
building strong bones, and involving at least 300 biochemical reactions in the
body, you must have magnesium.

When deficient in magnesium you will experience muscle
spasms, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, irregular heart
rhythm, anxiety disorders, migraines, osteoporosis and cerebral infractions.

The best foods for magnesium are:

Dark leafy greens, especially spinach, chard, and kale.

Nuts and seeds, especially squash and pumpkin seeds, sesame
seeds, brazil nuts, non-irradiated almonds, cashews, pine nuts, peanuts, pecans
and walnuts.

Beans and lentils. Especially white beans, black-eyed peas,
kidney beans, garbanzo beans, lentils and pinto beans.

Whole grains, especially brown rice,