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NAKED Wisdom Heart Surgery: An Unnecessary Risk? By John McDougall, MD.
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Naked Lifestyle Nurturing Healthy Eating Habits For Children By Robin D. Everson
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NAKED Garden Naked Spring Guide To Growing Your Own Food
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NAKED LIFE Naked Food Book Club By Denise DeSerio
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NAKED PLANET The Plastic Genocide Against The Planet By Margarita Restrepo CPBN
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9 Simple Tips To Ditch Plastic
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NAKED ROCK STAR NEAL BARNARD
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NAKED Truth From Plants To Politics By Nelson Campbell
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NAKED HEALTH The Right To V By Matthew Sikora
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NAKED STORY St. Louis Veg Girl, Caryn Dugan
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NAKED FOOD The Mindfulness Of Food By Susan Lebel Young, MSED, MSC
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NAKED WISDOM
Heart Surgery:
An Unnecessary Risk? BY JOHN MCDOUGALL, MD
On March 16, 2015, during the
have been planned. But that
hours following the McDougall
was a minor concern of mine.
Advanced Study Weekend, I
I was afraid of what else might
developed a viral infection that
happen to me once under
affected my inner ears. I totally
medical care.
lost my hearing, my balance was disturbed, and I became
In my nearly defenseless
very weak. At about midnight
condition, they would
I walked to the bathroom, lost
have wanted to know
all control of my muscles, fell
the condition of my
down to the floor onto my
heart before any-
buttocks, and was unconscious-
thing else would be
ness for a few minutes. I woke
done. This decision
with severe pain.
for them would be easy to justify: after all,
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With Mary's help I managed to
I was an elderly male (67)
return to bed. She wanted to
and I had a past history of seri-
call an ambulance, but I refused.
ous atherosclerosis, having
I knew what could happen. I
suffered a major stroke
would be taken to the hospi-
at age 18. I have no
tal, x-rayed, and found to have
doubt
fractures of my lower vertebrae,
are old blockages
pelvis, and a spiral fracture of
(scars) in my ar-
my left femur (I knew this by
teries that de-
the way I felt). Treatments of my
veloped as a
fractures, including surgery, may
young
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that
there
"...if the cardiologist looks into your heart then you will likely be found to be in need of their services..."
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NAKED KITCHEN
OVEN ROASTED ARTICHOKES Yield: 6 Servings. Recipe developed by the Naked Food Chefs. Recipe type: Naked! Low-Fat, Whole Food, Plant-based, Vegan, Organic, Sustainable Approved for: Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, Weight Loss, Athletics, Optimum Health Free of: Animals, Eggs, Dairy & Lactose, Sugar, Salt, Oil, Peanuts, Gluten, Wheat, GMOs, Alcohol, Chemicals, Colorants, Additives, Preservatives
Also known as a sunchoke or topinambur, the Jerusalem artichoke is really neither an artichoke nor native to Jerusalem; rather, it is a tuber native to North America. With an artichoke-like flavor and a consistency similar to potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes are a great source of potassium and iron.
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INGREDIENTS •
½ lb. (8 oz.) organic Jerusalem artichokes, diced
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Juice of ½ lemon
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Pinch of black ground pepper
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½ organic onion, chopped, or 3 Tbsp. dried minced onion
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5 organic garlic cloves, chopped, or 2 Tbsp. dried minced garlic
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2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast
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1 sprig fresh parsley for garnish, chopped
METHOD Preheat oven to 350°F. Place the diced artichokes on a baking tray lined with a silicone mat. Sprinkle the lemon juice over the artichokes, followed by the pinch of ground pepper. Top with the chopped onion, garlic, and nutritional yeast. Bake for 40 minutes, or until artichokes look golden brown and roasted. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.
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nurturiNG
HEALTHY EATING HABITS
FOR CHILDREN BY ROBIN D. EVERSON
G
etting your child to eat fruits and vegetables can sometimes feel like a
game of tug of war. Advertisers market unhealthy foods to the most vulnerable consumers: our children. What can parents do? There are several ways parents can set their children on a path of healthy eating. “We have to start early with a healthy diet from conception: a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans. This means not having meat, eggs, or dairy at all in your diet. This also means consuming healthy plant-based foods that are as natural as possible, along with having a good source of vitamin B-12 and vitamin D if you are not getting sunlight,” said president and founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard. Barnard’s team developed the Power Plate in 2009, which balances the four major food groups – fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains – on a plate for optimum health. Barnard is just one of a growing number of doctors who believe in the power of a whole food, plant-based vegan diet. Parents are the initial source of patterned lifestyle routines for their children. It is important for parents to have healthy eating habits in providing positive role models for good health. Healthy foods are popular if they are consumed at home, and that translates to healthy foods being picked and consumed outside of the home. With a rise in childhood obesity and Type 2
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NAKED PLANET
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I’d like to think that no one
The U.S. alone is annually add-
In total, eight million tons of
really knew what those bot-
ing some 10 billion gallons of
plastic trash ends up in our
tles were going to do to
bottled water—with numbers
world’s oceans every year—far
the planet. By the 1970s, the
trending upwards—to this now
more than the total that has
world was consuming some
very much recognized, ecologi-
been measured floating on the
250 million gallons of bottled
cal disaster. It doesn’t stop with
surface in the ocean's "garbage
water a year. Those statistics
bottles. Every piece of plastic
patches."2 That's the bad news.
are scary enough, but today’s
ever created since Vittel’s bot-
The even worse news is that
numbers are a quantifiable
tled water—from toys, construc-
the tonnage is on target to
giant next to them. In terms
tion materials, gadgets, to food
increase tenfold in the next
of bottled water, the United
packaging—still exists today.
decade unless we find a way
States is the world’s largest
Let that sink in for a second:
to improve how garbage is
consumer.
It still exists today.
collected and managed.
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THE PLASTIC GENOCIDE
AGAINST
THE PLANET BY MARGARITA RESTREPO, CPBN
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rance’s Vittel mineral water company introduced the first plastic bottles1—for any product—and they hit the market in the late 1960s, only fifty years ago. In the beginning, the plastic bottle was promoted as a means for making products more readily available. The idea proved successful, and other companies followed suit. As distribution increased so did a mountain of bottles with which we’ve been left to sort out.
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NAKED ROCK STAR Dr. Neal Barnard is the founder of the Physicians Com-
the world who sings like she does. I
mittee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, DC. For
would say the same about Chris Thom-
over 30 years, he has been a pioneer in bringing science-
as King on the guitar; he is extremely
based nutrition research to the masses and is credited with
distinctive. I just asked everyone to
improving the lives of people, animals, and the planet,
be part of it, and it was a wonderful
as well as spearheading changes in medical school
experience.
education. He recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Barnard Medical Center where patients learn how to
Neal, you have a distinct sound not
make lifestyle changes that will produce healthy out-
heard in other indie rock bands,
comes. Making time in his extremely hectic schedule, Dr.
how would you define CW?
Barnard sat down with Naked Food Magazine’s lifestyle editor, Robin D. Everson, for an interview on his latest project: the creation of CarbonWorks, his new rock band.
Music is like a recipe. The final result depends on what went into it. So, in this case, we used a pretty good dose of rock, because that’s where
You have been in numerous bands
The other unusual thing is that there
the pulse comes from. And we added
over your musical career. What
are 16 musicians on the CD, which is
classical instruments—violin, viola,
makes CarbonWorks (CW) different
a bit unusual. Each one brought his
cello, and double bass—because they
from other bands?
or her own musical sensibility to the
add beauty and restraint. And there
The overall theme of this new al-
project. They are great at what they
was a measure of jazz, blues, and
bum might be called “tearing down
do and really fun to work with.
Vietnamese music, too. We blended it
walls”—between musical genres, between languages and cultures, and, as you’ll see in the lyrics—between humans and all the other species. So the album is a bit of a linguistic adventure and also adds quite a mix of musical genres to the foundation of rock. The lyrics tend to come back to tenderness and compassion, albeit somewhat obliquely. That wasn’t done selfconsciously; it’s just where the music needed to go.
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all together, and this is what popped How did you go about forming CW?
out. The goal was not to experiment,
Each musical project starts with
but to create something beautiful or at
writing music that I wish existed
least striking, and the diverse elements
but doesn’t yet. Once the music is
are spices that have to work together.
written, you find people who can actually play it. So this band includes
You are a physician by day, musi-
some terrific rock musicians with
cian by night. What percentage of
whom I’ve worked in the past, some
your brain contains song lyrics?
great classical string players, and two
That’s a cute question! Actually, I have
unbelievably talented Vietnamese
so many other people’s lyrics stuck in
musicians. Then Naif Hérin came in
my head that I wish I could get rid of.
because basically there is no one in
Seriously, how many neurons have I
Photo Credit Tim Barker
Neal Barnard Physician and Musician. Is there anything Dr. Barnard can’t do?
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NAKED HEALING
preventing
Crohn’s disease With
food by MICHAEL GREGER, MD.
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Crohn’s disease is an autoimmune disorder that affects more than a million Americans. It is an inflammatory bowel disease in which your body attacks your own intestines. There is currently no known cure for Crohn’s disease and current research focuses on controlling symptoms. There is no definitive medical or surgical therapy.
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n fact, the best we have is a semi-vegetarian diet, which has afforded the best relapse prevention to date. A group of Japanese doc-
tors got the idea to try it because diets rich in animal protein and animal fat have been found to cause a decrease in beneficial bacteria in the intestine, so they designed a semi-vegetarian diet to counter that. The results showed 100% of patients stayed in remission the first year and 92% the second year. These results are far better than those obtained by current drugs, including these new so-called biological agents that can cost $40,000 a year. These can also cause progressive
multifocal
leukoencephalopathy,
a disabling and deadly brain disease.
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NAKED FOOD
MIND
THE
FULLNESS OF
FOOD
BY Susan Lebel Young, MSED, MSC
food deeply first, with all his senses, to slow down while taking
bites,
to
see
what
insights might arise. I had a feeling he didn't eat out of a
can
with
any
kind
of
soulfulness and I wanted to find out. "Let's get to the source," I say to everyone. To him I added, "Bring some in. Let's see what's in it. Awareness is the first step to change2, so let's look at what you're consuming." He left saying, "I think it's all about the lemon, sugar, and the butter. You know about addictions to that stuff, right?"3 The next week he brought in a can of the frosting. A picture of a yummy-looking yellow
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He kept gaining weight. He couldn't get himself to go to the gym "as fat as I am." Unusual for a man of 54, it was his secret. He had told no one. He suffered in silence. Yet we know he was not alone in this world of proliferating junk food.1 We didn't start with his reasons for this compulsion; the "why" would come later. I wanted to have him experience this fake
spread graced the outside. I said, "Let's track the source of this food, follow it back to the earth, the nourishment of the sun, the rain and soil, all of which help our food grow4. Let's see if we can see the elements in this." These were the ingredients: Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oil, Water, Wheat Starch, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Contains 1% or
Less
of
Salt,
Distilled
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