You Are What You Eat
In honor of national
nutrition month a plethora of information floods our minds on what is the best
nutrition to fuel energy, ward off disease, and provide optimal health. Since Heart Disease is the leading cause of
death in the state of Kentucky according to the 2017 report by the CDC,
nutrition tips geared towards this disease seems appropriate.
In Dr. Caldwell B Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.'s book "Prevent and
Reverse Heart Disease" he asks patients "to compare their coronary artery
disease to a house fire. Your house is on fire because eating the wrong foods
has given you heart disease. You are spraying gasoline on the fire by
continuing to eat the very same foods that caused the disease in the first
place" This can apply to any disease process. His book advocates the whole food plant based
diet and has had a positive impact on many lives including Bill Clinton.
Athletes have found health success with diets that are more
whole food plant based. For example, NFL
linebacker Derrick Morgan, Venus Williams- female tennis player who won the
prestigious Wimbledon women's singles title five times and has four Olympic
gold medals, and Hannah Teter- an American snowboarder and two time Olympic
medalist are just to name a few that attribute their improved performance to a
plant based whole food regimen.
In Dr Greger's book, How Not to Die, he provides nutritional
science that addresses the Standard American Diet and how changing your diet
can thwart some of our biggest and most preventable killers. He states the
Standard American diet is influenced by where we live more so than our genes.
He states that our genes account for only 10-20% of our risk of certain disease
processes. He suggests eating a diet
higher in whole plant foods, such as fruits and vegetables may lower your risk
of certain diseases. The American Institute for Cancer Research has reported,
"Diets containing substantial and varied amounts of fruits and vegetables could
prevent 20% or more of all cases of cancer."
Right here in the Bluegrass State, Dr. Debora Tallio, M.D.
offers over 20 years of experience in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She
has devoted her practice, Lexington Mindful Medicine, to helping patients with
cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, obesity, and chronic pain through
appropriate lifestyle changes including nutrition. She is recently certified in
Lifestyle Medicine and offers patient's resources and education on how to
optimize their health with a whole food plant based nutrition plan.
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