Friday's Best of the Blogosphere From the Last Week!! Breast Cancer, Steve Jobs & Pizza is a Vegetable?? Plus: Recipe of the Week!

Wow there have been some extremely interesting posts on the blogs this week!! 

Here's a roundup of my favorites:  (click on the links to read the posts yourself!)
1)  Fighting Breast Cancer with Flaxseeds (From "Disease Proof"--Dr. Barnard's blog) Really interesting piece about breast cancer prevention--very medical but fascinating.
2)  Why Did Steve Jobs Die? (Dr. McDougall's Newsletter) Ok this piece was a bit of a shocker.  Dr. McDougall's premise is that Steve Jobs had cancer since early adulthood and the vegan diet helped delay its onset.  This seems like an incredible leap until you follow through Dr. McDougall's calculations of tumor production intervals and the track of Jobs medical treatments.  What a read!  I'm still pondering on it!
3)  Congress Declares Pizza a VEGETABLE??? (Healthy Girl's Kitchen) Ok, in case you missed it, our legislative representatives actually are actively choosing to reduce the health of our kids in favor of the food lobby! This has been going on for awhile but this latest move is SO unbelievably ridiculous that Saturday Night Live had to get in on the act!  Pizza as a vegetable.  Are you kidding me?  I already knew that they classified "fries" as a vegetable, but pizza?? To be perfectly accurate the debate wasn't about pizza actually--it was about whether the tomato paste that GOES ON pizza can be counted as a vegetable!! To me, that doesn't sound a whole lot better.  Sometimes I wonder.  And so does SNL.  This video that the Healthy Girl posted on her blog is hilarious.
4)  From Dr. Esselstyn's Facebook Page:  Newly released:  Dr. Esselstyn's Heart Disease Reversal Program on VIDEO!!  Just in time for the holidays its a stocking stuffer that can save a life!  His whole program in a four hour video!  Dr. E is amazing. 

Yummiest Looking Recipe This Week (I can't wait to try it!!):  How to Make Plant Strong Sushi!!

Coming Up THIS Week!

• RECIPES & Ideas: Snacks!  YUMMY & Portable Plant-Based Snack Food--all sugar-free, gluten-free & without adding oil or fat!!

Coming Up on Medical System Tuesday: 

• Tip #8 For The Best Hospital Care:  Be Nice ~ Insider Tips on How to Get the BEST Medical Care in the Hospital ~

Coming Up Next Week:

• BOOK REVIEW:  "29 Gifts!"
• SuperImmunity for Kids ~Part 2~!

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RECAP: Medical Resources Posts--from Pain to Vitamins and MORE!

I've noticed from the blog traffic that a lot of you really like the medical resources posts!  I'll keep more of them coming, but for new readers, here is a quick recap of some helpful medically-related info from my previous posts!  


Remember, I'm not your doctor and you always need to check with your own doctor before starting any new diet, vitamin/supplement or exercise regimen!


What do I eat?? Anti-inflammatory, Vegan, Gluten-free, Sugar-free, Oil-free....and yet, YUMMY!



Q&A: Omega-3's for Vegans Post-Breast Cancer





RESOURCE: Find out how your Medications & Vitamins Interact with a FREE Online Tool!! 





PAIN: How to Treat Everything From Arthritis to Back Strain With Food (Part 1)


Q&A: B-12 Supplements for Vegans








Coming Soon:

• Cooking in Bulk:  A Week of Recipes from The Happy Herbivore
• PAIN: How to Heal with Food (Part 2)
• How To Get The BEST Medical Care: Tips to Patients from a Doc
• RECIPES & Ideas: Snacks!  YUMMY & Portable Plant-Based Snack Food--all sugar-free, gluten-free & without adding oil or fat!!
• SuperImmunity Foods for KIDS (Calling All PARENTS!)

The medical information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is not intended to be patient education, does not create any patient-physician relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.  Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition. The Happy Rehab Doc expressly disclaims responsibility, and shall have no liability, for any damages, loss, injury, or liability whatsoever suffered as a result of your reliance on the information contained in this site.  By visiting this site you agree to the foregoing terms and conditions.

Q&A: Omega-3's for Vegans Post-Breast Cancer

Today I had a question from a reader that I wanted to pass along:

Q:  I have a patient who has gone vegan after her breast cancer but is having difficulty getting enough omega-3. I was just curious where you get yours. Thanks!

A:  One of the best plant-based sources for Omega-3's is flaxseed--but it only effectively releases the Omega-3 oils when ground, you don't get the same benefits from eating the whole flaxseeds themselves! 

The best thing to do is for her to add a few tablespoons of "flaxseed meal" over her food during the course of the day--she really only needs 1 Tbl a day to cover her needs--she can sprinkle it on cereal and I've even put some on salads, etc. It has a nutty flavor but is very fine so it doesn't interfere with taste.  Flaxseed Meal is basically ground flaxseeds (she needs to keep it in the fridge after she opens it).





Its wonderful to hear that she has made that choice after breast cancer because I've been discovering recently that some studies have shown that cancer cells actually are activated by casein (a protein found in animal products). In laboratory studies, when mice were fed casein the cancer cells multiplied and when it was withheld, the cancer cells were dormant (no longer multiplied)!

As a side note I highly recommend that she take a daily multivitamin as well as B-12 daily (the kind that dissolves sublingually) in order to get all the nutrients she needs. Apparently B-12 is found in significant quantities in soil but since our veggies and fruits are washed and cleaned these days prior to sale, we aren't able to get the full B-12 supplementation we need from plants!  The multivitamin is just in case her vegan diet is not varied enough in terms of eating from all vegetable families. 

Hope this helps!  Thanks for the question!  Keep 'em coming folks!  I'm happy to share what I have learned in this process :-)

The medical information on this site is provided as an information resource only, and is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. This information is not intended to be patient education, does not create any patient-physician relationship, and should not be used as a substitute for professional diagnosis and treatment.  Please consult your health care provider before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about a specific medical condition. The Happy Rehab Doc expressly disclaims responsibility, and shall have no liability, for any damages, loss, injury, or liability whatsoever suffered as a result of your reliance on the information contained in this site.  By visiting this site you agree to the foregoing terms and conditions.