Food is for wellness.
Medications are for sickness.
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| My lunchtime dose of wellness Oil Free butternut squash chili |
I have just 4 more pounds to lose to make it an even 100! Transitioning to a Whole Foods Plant Based diet is the best thing I ever did for my own health. Currently my weight is where it was my senior year of High School. I'm 60 years old and don't remember ever feeling better. This year's major changes have been cutting oil out of my cooking, being taken off my high cholesterol and blood pressure pills and, most recently, being taken off my C-PAP machine. No more obstructive sleep apnea for me, thank you. I starting using that machine in 1999 and just passed my sleep study this week! Goodbye pressure mask blowing air up my nose all night, every night! Thanks for all the memories and constantly adjusting the mask whenever I moved all night long.
All I did was:
1) Set an achievable goal of losing 1 to 2 lbs per week. (Some weeks more but never less.)
2) Read a lot about how to cook and eat Whole Foods Plant Based.
3) Resolved to never cheat for a set period of time then re-evaluate myself. (One year)
4) Joined a free support group. (PBNSG.org)
5) Learned how to satisfy my appetite with veggies, fruit, grains and seeds.
Open your mind and unlearn what you think you know about healthy eating.
Start reading (The Whole Heart Solution). Watch the movie Forks Over Knives or one of the related films on Netflix.
Find a local group to support you.
Take just one step at a time but get started!
Protect your heart, your kidneys, your eyes, your brain from the effects of high blood pressure and Type 2 Diabetes.
Wishing you more healthy tomorrows.
Dr. Kalmus
