Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

164 Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

4. The name of your diet is the "greens and beans diet"; green
   vegetables and beans should make up most of your diet.


5. Limit animal food intake to no more than two servings of fish
   weekly.


6. Try to exercise regularly and consistently, like dispensing your
   medication. Do it on a regimented schedule, preferably twice
   daily. Walking stairs is one of the greatest exercises for weight
   loss.

As the information in this book becomes your prescription for

health, heart attacks and strokes can be avoided. If this diet were

adopted by the general public, these illnesses would become rare and

diabetes would practically disappear from our society.

The Eat to Live Formula Lowers Triglycerides

Some physicians and nutritionists believe that individuals suffering

from obesity, diabetes, and elevated triglycerides may have more ef-

fective results in losing weight and controlling the high triglycerides

and elevated glucose with a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet.

They believe this because it has been observed that high-carbohydrate

diets can raise triglyceride levels.

I agree that a diet high in refined carbohydrates is not advised and

will worsen this condition. However, I want to make it absolutely

clear that these patients can achieve spectacular results without the

added dangers of a diet high in animal protein and saturated fat.

They merely need advice on how to modify the plant-based diet for

their condition. They do so by eating a relatively high protein plant-

based diet that reduces the amount of low-fiber carbohydrates. The

diet is heavy in beans, raw vegetables, and cooked greens. The results

are invariably impressive.

Headaches, Hypoglycemia, and Hunger

It's almost incredible to believe, but almost all patients with head-

aches and hypoglycemia get well permanently following the formula

for health in this book. I believe it has very much to do with detoxifi-

cation.

The body can heal itself when the obstacles to healing or stressors

are removed. The reason people can't ever make complete recover-