The Doctor Cooks

Recipes from the Cancer Project

Call this an online cookbook.  The Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine Cancer Project is assembling a library of plant nutrient rich, animal product-free, easily prepared and tasty recipes.  The Cancer Project, just like this doctor, recognizes that "it's the diet, stupid!"  A diet rich in plant foods is your best defense against cancer and disease.  Add this site to your bookmarks!

The Balanced Plate: Nutritional Cross-Training

The Balanced Plate is a new cookbook from Renée Loux, raw foods chef and green living consultant in Maui. Her mouth-watering recipes draw from three traditions, Ayurveda, macrobiotics and the raw food movement, to provide the best flavors and healing properties of each. Read more about her approach to "nutritional cross-training".

New Book Helps Busy People Break the Fast Food Cycle

Integrative Nutrition Publishing is pleased to announce that their first alumni-authored book will be released this spring. Whole Life Nutrition, by graduates Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, is designed to help busy families break the cycle of fast food and fast entertainment and upgrade to lives of greater health and balance. The book combines simple lifestyle guidelines with an innovative approach to everyday cooking. For a sneak preview, click here.

The Way of No Flesh or Hitler was a Vegetarian...

This article came my way by a gray bearded baby boomer English major who entertained us with his story of passing college chemistry by the skin of his teeth.  The long line at LaGuardia passed quickly thanks to him.  We told him about how we ate our way through New York City that weekend, and shared with him an extra raw brownie from Pure Juice and Take Away, the amazing raw food restaurant you'll hear about in my April Kansas City Wellness Magazine column.  From our conversation he deduced that ate vegetarian (mostly) and passed this article our way.   So before you get too proud of how well you eat, take a look at The Way of No Flesh.

Unhappy Meals

Last week, I excerpted from a recent New York Time's article by Michael Pollan, the author of the bestselling book, The Omnivore's Dilemma.  Here's the entire article for your enjoyment.

More Tips from French Women

Part of creating good health is knowing how to take care of yourself in each season of the year.  In French Women for All Seasons, Mireille Guiliano, best-selling author of French Women Don't Get Fat takes a season-by-season approach to maintaining health and living well. To check out her secrets to winter wellness, click here.

Why Diets Don't Work

Consider this wisdom from Geneen Roth, author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and other books on getting to the emotional roots of overeating.  Read More>>

NEW! Change Your Life, Change Your Waistline

Get a free sneak preview of our new class at University of Masters "Change Your Life - Change Your Waistline" with Tricia Greaves.  Join her and co-host Pamela Harper on a special complementary telephone class.

Tuesday, September 19th and 6pm pacific time

Click here to register and reserve a space for this free introductory class.  The lines will fill up quickly so reserve your spot now

This introductory class highlights Tricia's new special series that offers an interactive, solution oriented approach to permanent weight loss through mind, body, spirit healing. When you love yourself, you love your body.