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Dr. McDougall Wagers 10-Day Program That Will Free Paula Deen of Meds

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Mcdougall ForksOverKnives Dr. McDougall Wagers 10 Day Program Will Free Paula Deen of MedsDr. John McDougall believes Paula Deen’s type-2 diabetes is curable and is willing to wager that a visit to his 10-day McDougall Program will dramatically improve her health.

In his newsletter released this week, Dr. McDougall said, “If [Paula] attends my program and does not make the significant positive changes that I predict, then I will be a guest on her cooking show and eat sliced beef wrapped in bacon strips and fried in chicken fat. Otherwise, if the McDougall Program does, as I confidently predict, cause her to lose weight, lower her blood sugar, and get her off her diabetic drugs, then she will agree to be a speaker at my next Advanced Study Weekend, September 7-9, 2012, and prepare a five-course, low-fat vegan meal with a starch centerpiece, ending with a healthy dessert.”

borders template 300x210 Dr. McDougall Wagers 10 Day Program Will Free Paula Deen of MedsDr. McDougall’s program involves educating people on a “starch-based diet,” defined as a diet based in “potatoes, rice, corn, sweet potatoes, pasta, etc. along with vegetables and fruits.”  Dr. McDougall says studies going back decades show the benefits of eating this way and adds, “Over time, switching to a low-fat, starch-based diet and associated weight loss will cure essentially every patient with type-2 diabetes.”

We believe, along with Dr. McDougall, that a slim, diabetes-free Paula Deen serving up healthy plant-based fare can have an immeasurable positive impact on America.  This seems like a great opportunity.  What say you, Paula?

I got this article  from Forks Over Knives.  I love how mainstream this idea is becoming.  I hope that Paula Deen takes this seriously and gives it a shot  She will not be sorry and we might get a new vegan cookbook out of the deal.

Simple Ways to Stay Fit at Home: The Workout Pyramid

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This is a little off subject of being vegan but some people are asking about toning and working out so this is an easy routine that you can do at home with your favorite music.  It takes 45 minutes (not stopping to rest) with an easy stretch before and after and will absolutely kick your butt. If you want to bump up the intensity or difficult of the workout, you can use hand weights. 

Here’s how the “Pyramid” works:

You do the first exercise on the pyramid (first on the list) then you move to the next.  When done with number two you go back up to number one, then do number two, then three, after three you go back up to number one, then two, then three, then four, then back up to one, etc.

(The number in the parentheses is the amount of each you do.  For example: start with 1 minute of abs, then do 2 pushups.  Now, do 1 minute of abs, 2 pushups and 3 squat front kicks.  Now, back to the abs.  Get it?)