Real food. Real Life. Real Progress.
Fill in the blank.
When you are being lazy you are being a couch…
When you are being extremely lazy you….out.
When a patient is brain-dead they are a…
Don’t just sit there like a…
When you are acting crazy you are…(yellow fruit)
When your bought a faulty car you bought a … (different yellow fruit)
You are a bad….when you are the only one misbehaving in a bunch.
Lazy, inactive, boring, crazy all describe the foods best for you. Let that ‘sink in.’
Why would Phillip Morris want to buy a food company?
Issuing a landmark announcement that cigarettes were dangerous was issued by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry on January 11, 1964.
Struggling since the announcement notorious tobacco companies profits were dwindling. Squeezing every dollar out of each cigarette their scientist were adding synthetic chemicals to increase addiction and decrease cost.
What were they going to do to stay afloat?
The answer lies in an event that reshaped American nutrition forever.
WWII exploded and traditional family dynamics were “flipped” on their head.
Rosie the Riveter ushered in wave a Mother’s into the workforce.
There was only one problem, no one was home to cook for the children.
Pre-packaged meals prepared by your local grocery store provided healthy meals. Until convenience found an unlikely mate.
Seizing the golden opportunity of convenience:
Discovering El Dorado they found a group of forever addicts.
Imagine you are a kid again and you hear from your parents that Grandma has a sick heart and she will not get better. She is flying out to California from Miami to see a doctor who may help.
And the next thing you know your sweet wheelchair-bound Grandmother cured after 3 weeks?!?!
Not only that but she was walking 10 miles a day.
Her doctors had only given her a few weeks to live.
What did she do? She changed her diet.
Before you call bullshit, this is documented in Dr. Pritikin’s autobiography, “Pritikin: The Man Who Healed America’s Heart.”
This is the Super Hero origin story of how Michael Greger, MD got into medicine and nutrition.
Amazing right! He actually cured her terminal heart disease and she lived another 30 years.
Most of us will die from Diseases of Affluence without ever knowing why. What is a Disease of Affluence? It’s defined as chronic non-contagious disease based on societal conditions and lifestyle choices.
Now for the first time in 3 generations Gen Alpha lifespan is estimated to be shorter than there parents.
And it all stems from the misinformation around nutrition.
Hang out as we dive into a helpful resource. “How Not to Die” by Dr. Greger.
Jeff Bites 