Dr. Kent L. Thornburg gives a TEDx Talk on he epidemic of chronic disease and understanding epigenetics, and challenges us with this question: When will we decide to eliminate chronic disease? And Dr. Thornburg is a pretty impressive guy, perhaps we should hear what he has to say. He received his PhD in Developmental Physiology and studied Cardiovascular Physiology as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He participates in co-funded projects with scientists in England, New Zealand, France, Finland and Australia. He serves regularly on advisory panels at the NIH, the American Heart Association and the Children’s Heart Foundation and recently served as Co-Chair of the task force to determine the 10-year vision of the developmental origins of health and disease for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. I enjoyed Dr. Thornburg's talk, I hope you do too.
The Game Changers is a documentary film produced by James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar) on health and performance. It's perhaps the most coherent summation of the advantages of a plant based diet so far. That one thing alone makes it worth seeing. But it's also enjoyable -- "a good watch".
So many people still don't know about the power of a whole foods plant based diet to reverse disease. Or they've heard "claims" but don't believe it. Or they think it's too hard to give up their love for the foods they've eaten their entire lives. The truth is it's a much easier way to live. The truth is keto is hard, and healthy carbs is easy. This brief vid is a series of MDs giving vignettes about specific patients they've seen in their own practices. The last docs presentation is particularly compelling.
