The Body’s Superheroes. Our kidneys have one superpower mission: to detoxify the body.
These two highly vascular organs filter about 200 quarts of our blood every day. They remove toxins, waste, and excess fluid, then excrete it out as urine.
Kidney Disease Because they are packed with blood vessels, kidneys are susceptible to the same diseases as the heart. Read more
What We Eat in America is a report prepared by the US Department of Agriculture. It contains pages and pages of data, sliced and diced. Fascinating for researchers, though leaving most readers cross-eyed.
But one way to boil it down is to look at where our calories come from in the American diet. Sadly, only about 12% of calories come from phytonutrient foods – foods that are essential for a long healthy life, like whole grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables. The rest of our calories are spent on oils, animal products, and sugar.
So what? What if that 12% were doubled, or tripled? Would we have longer, healthier lives? Read more
People commonly fret about protein in a plant-based diet, but they should be asking about fiber. 97% of Americans do not get the recommended daily amount of fiber.
That bears rephrasing: nearly every American’s diet is deficient in fiber. Read more