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The Healing Power of Plants
October 13, 2014

Welcome to the weekly CVA blog!  In it you will find famous quotes, news and commentaries.

  1. Plant-Based to Reverse Diabetes
  2. Famous Quote: Mahatma Gandhi
  3. Kaiser Permanente's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition
  4. Bible Verse: 2 Corinthians 7: 1
  5. The Problem with Saturated Fat
  6. This Week’s Video: Telomeres Cap It All Off with Diet

1. Plant-Based to Reverse Diabetes

Diabetes is a common theme in modern society due to the poor diet most people consume, which is laden with processed sugars and animal products. Fortunately, the solution to diabetes seems to be a simple one: adopting a plant-based diet.

Researchers presenting at the International Conference on Diabetes found that a low-fat, plant-based diet was the most effective at reducing, and in some cases reversing, type II diabetes in Navajo populations. Please visit Navajo Nation Turns to Plant-Based Foods to Reverse Diabetes.


2. Famous Quote

“Non-violence is the weapon of the strong.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi


3. Kaiser Permanente's Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition

Craig McDougall, MD, in conjunction with Northwest Kaiser Permanente, developed a guide to plant-based nutrition, “Healthy Living: Eat Healthy, Live Better,” for his medical specialty clinic where he uses a plant-based diet to prevent and reverse most common diseases. Check it out here and share it with friends and family!


4. Bible Verse
2 Corinthians 7: 1

"Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, and make holiness perfect in the fear of God.”

We live in a world where some temptations and desires might drive us away from God, the source of our true essence. However, we are called to emulate Jesus' teachings and thereby reflect God's love onto all Creation. One important way is to show compassion and mercy daily by eating plant-based foods and thus avoid causing unnecessary suffering to God’s animals


5. The Problem with Saturated Fat

The typical American diet is laden with animal products, which contain saturated fat. And what’s worse, the media glorifies and promotes this way of eating. However, little by little scientists are exposing the truth: saturated fat is making people sick. Saturated fat can double the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, it increases cholesterol levels and heart disease risk, its high intake means high type 2 diabetes risk,  and it is associated with multiple cancers.

Please visit Oversaturation of Fat in the Media.

In Eden, all creatures lived peacefully, and God told both humans and animals to consume only plant foods (Gen. 1:29–31). By deviating from this path, we’ve allowed ourselves to numb our hearts and to exploit God’s animals for taste and profit, and to spread sickness. Going back to God’s ideal plan to eat a plant-based diet definitely helps bring healing and peace.


6. This Week’s Video: Telomeres: Cap It All Off with Diet

Is the reversal of cellular aging Dr. Dean Ornish demonstrated with lifestyle changes due to the plant-based diet, the exercise or just to the associated weight loss?

Please visit Telomeres: Cap It All Off with Diet.


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