Food as Medicine: How to Improve Health through the Right Diet

Eating the right food can prevent disease or slow down the effects of a disease we already have. Learn how to read labels and shop wisely for whole foods. Show notes and resources: https://bit.ly/3N2HpkP

What does research have to say about processed vs whole foods, and how do you make the best choices?
Diet may be destiny when it comes to our health. If we switch from eating the Standard American Diet to one that is higher in whole plant foods, such as fruits and vegetables, we may lower our risk of developing certain diseases.

How Can the Right Foods Affect Health?
Realistic changes of diet and lifestyle may prevent most heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, and smoking-related cancers. Food may not exactly be medicine, but eating the right food is one of the best ways to prevent disease or slow down the effects of a disease we already have. We talk about 

In this Episode:

• 04:06 – Celebrating a Supercentarian and the Research to Learn from their Lifestyles
• 07:48 – Recipe of the Week: Copycat Samoa Girl Scout Cookies
• 09:38 – Improving Our Chances of Long Life by Choosing the Right Foods
• 35:11 – Will Our Planet Someday be Engulfed by the Sun?
• 39:38 – Outro

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