\”God is in the details,\” the old saying goes, and I\’m unfortunately learning that one the hard way. When you\’re adhering to a strict diet, or ANY diet for that matter, it\’s the details –the little things! — that can really trip you up and make you want to quit. Sometimes it\’s those details that […]
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It\’s scary time on Eating To Live…just in time for Memorial Day, even! I\’m sure it won\’t be this way often, so don\’t assume I\’ve gone dark or anything. Cancer is honestly one of those things you can\’t talk about without a collective hush coming over the room. It\’s a plague that\’s taken too many
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If you\’ve ready ANYTHING on this blog, you\’ve heard me gush about Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. Just so you know, I\’m not a stalker…though he hasn\’t returned my five-hundred-and-eighth phone call and I\’m starting to get twitchy. Anybody know where he lives? What were we talking about again? I\’m a fan of Dr. Esselstyn because he\’s
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Just for the record, I wasn\’t sold on plant-based nutrition from the outset. We briefly tried to go vegan early last year. It lasted a couple of weeks before we were back to grilled chicken and burgers. My entry into the Esselstyn diet has honestly been one of necessity. I\’m going down this road because
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I\’m a movie junkie, and if you\’re trying to eat right, you know what a horrible trap this can be. It\’s difficult to think of relaxing on the couch, remote in hand, without pizza and popcorn and chocolate and butter and oil and fat, OH MY! Figuring out an appropriate snack for movie nights can
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After receiving the first two of my six cardiac stents, my doctor told me about the copious amounts of plaque in my arteries. \”What can we do about that?\” I asked. \”Nothing,\” he replied. \”You\’ll have that the rest of your life.\” I\’ll never forget how helpless I felt at that moment. It was truly
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I\’m going to tell you with some amount of pride that a \”mess o\’ ribs\” just doesn\’t DO it for me anymore. Not long ago — only a few months, truthfully — I was a connoisseur of all things meat. I low carb\’d it, often living on bacon-wrapped chicken and salad (with cheese and lots
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There is nothing requiring more patience than when you\’re losing weight. It is a slow and tedious process that can easily leave you feeling defeated, deflated and ready to quit. I had to decide from the outset that weight wasn\’t my true goal. It\’s a great by-product and is a fantastic way to see my
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I\’ve been following a plant-based whole foods lifestyle for over four months now. I have eschewed all dairy without complaint. I have kicked all meat to the curb and haven\’t winced in the process. I have turned my nose up at all processed foods as if it were tripe in my nostrils. The one thing
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