Joel Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman, is an American author, physician, speaker, and media personality who advocates what he calls a micronutrient-rich diet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
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Excess body fat alters the levels of the hormones insulin, leptin, and estrogen, and these factors are believed to be responsible for the acceleration of pubertal timing by obesity.
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The problem with the standard American diet, a primary cause of our current obesity epidemic, is the fact that the majority of foods consumed are high in calories and low in micronutrients.
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Hypertension is an important risk factor for kidney disease, but dietary sodium has other damaging effects on the kidneys. High salt intake drives the production of oxygen radicals, leading to oxidative stress in kidney tissue.
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High salt intake is a risk factor for osteoporosis because excess dietary sodium promotes urinary calcium loss, leading to calcium loss from bone and therefore decreased bone density.
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The indisputable fact is that nutritional science is the most powerful weapon available to win the war on cancer.
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Excess dietary salt is most notorious for increasing blood pressure. Americans have a 90 percent lifetime probability of developing high blood pressure - so even if your blood pressure is normal now, if you continue to eat the typical American diet, you will be at risk.
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Preferring healthful foods is a skill, and skills take practice and perseverance to develop.
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Raw leafy greens contain only about 100 calories per pound and are packed with nutrients.
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Scores of studies support the power of certain natural foods to prevent cancer.
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A significant number of research studies have documented that heart disease is easily and almost completely preventable through a diet rich in plant produce and lower in processed foods and animal products.
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Doctors' positions and recommendations about drugs, procedures, surgical interventions, health and nutrition are not always based on strong scientific evidence.
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Consuming mushrooms regularly has been associated with decreased risk of breast, stomach and colorectal cancers.
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Don't forget: cruciferous vegetables must be chopped, crushed, or chewed well for maximum benefit!
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Micronutrient-poor foods, like pasta, sugar, and soda, don't just give you empty calories and make you fat; they also do damage to the body and cause disease.