Eat to live
shellywine26
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looking to touch base with people who are following the eat to live Philosophy.. Dr. Joel Furhman
I have found the most success in losing weight and feeling great while eating this way.
It's a hard first week to get through that's for sure. I also struggle with food boredom and stress eating. What are some of your favorite recipes to keep things interesting?
I have found the most success in losing weight and feeling great while eating this way.
It's a hard first week to get through that's for sure. I also struggle with food boredom and stress eating. What are some of your favorite recipes to keep things interesting?
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Not getting good vibes from Dr Furhman's website; http://www.drfuhrman.com/
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The End of Diabetes
Was a very helpful book of his
I like the ideas he has as far as I have read.
I followed the Diabetes Reversal path and dropped many pounds and am no longer diabetic or prediabetic
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I don't follow Eat to Live specifically since I never read the book but I do follow many of the basic principles. I forgot, do they mention combining certain fruits together?
As for simple food idea:
Big salad
Quinoa thrown on top
Flax oil for dressing
Beans (pinto, black, etc)
Red Onion
Green Pepper
Salt and pepper to taste
Stirfry:
Shiitake mushrooms
Red onion
Red pepper
I am a vegetarian working on being vegan so your diet will have more choices than mine. For me, the key is eating enough so food boredom and stress eating don't come into play. I think we as a society have been so overstimulated with certain foods that when we try to eat in a way that Joel Furhman recommends, it's like we have to de-stimulate our taste buds, body, and mind. It's almost the same as someone trying to get off of caffeine. They will go through withdrawals first but once things regulate, things are good.
As mentioned before, the main thing is eating enough. What kind of foods/recipes do you eat regularly?
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IsaackGMOON wrote: »Not getting good vibes from Dr Furhman's website; http://www.drfuhrman.com/
@IsaackGMOON - Pretty sure the OP asked for people who are following Dr. Furhman's philosophy, not those who are against it. You're 19 and can eat pretty much anything you want. Once you are in your 40s with heart disease, you'll change your tune.
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TrailBlazinMN wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Not getting good vibes from Dr Furhman's website; http://www.drfuhrman.com/
@IsaackGMOON - Pretty sure the OP asked for people who are following Dr. Furhman's philosophy, not those who are against it. You're 19 and can eat pretty much anything you want. Once you are in your 40s with heart disease, you'll change your tune.
Lol did I ever say I was against it? The principles of it seem pretty good, just wasn't getting good vibes from him selling a bunch of supplements.. but with a bit of reading I can see why he sells them now.0 -
According to his website, you don't need to count calories. And he will send you the starter kit for $57.95.0
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SherryTeach wrote: »According to his website, you don't need to count calories. And he will send you the starter kit for $57.95.
No good vibes, huh?0 -
I have an eat to live philosophy and I will share how I do it for free. I like helping people.0
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Eat to live is a great book. I don't follow it to a T. But I truly believe that removing processed foods from our diet makes amazing changes.
I adore cheese however dairy really is so bad for our bodies that I avoid it unless stress eating.
I also limit oils and of course meats.
I typically use Furhmans Philosophy for 6 to 8 weeks as part of the detox to cleanse the palate and read my body of cravings.
It works like a charm for this purpose. At least for me.
I do add by fish grains.
Right now I am a week into the this round of detox and it's been fairly easy. The results have been amazing.0 -
Land to answer your question TrailblazinMN you can mix fruit and veggies all you want. Just keep the veggies about 70%0
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The only thing I have ever purchased was the book. It's informative enough.0
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I eat to live... for ice cream.
It's working amazing so far.0 -
IsaackGMOON wrote: »Lol did I ever say I was against it? The principles of it seem pretty good, just wasn't getting good vibes from him selling a bunch of supplements.. but with a bit of reading I can see why he sells them now.
Your parents make a living by either selling something themselves or working for a company that sells something. If they work for the government (teacher, police officer, administrative for city/county/federal), then the government pays them but guess how the government gets paid...that's right...from people who sell things. People make a living by selling something or working for a company that sells something. To criticize someone for selling something is hypocritical if you want to get down to the basics.
Not trying to start an interwebz war but it seems there is a huge group on MFP that criticize anyone that sells supplements yet they forget they themselves are part of an economy that is all about selling stuff.
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SherryTeach wrote: »I have an eat to live philosophy and I will share how I do it for free. I like helping people.
I see you are a middle school teacher. Do you do that for free?0 -
shellywine26 wrote: »Land to answer your question TrailblazinMN you can mix fruit and veggies all you want. Just keep the veggies about 70%
Got it. Personally I never felt awesome eating fruits and veggies together. I didn't feel sick but I just felt kind of bloated afterwards. After doing some research, I found that eating fruit 30 minutes before or just keeping it separate from veggies was an idea and that idea happened to work wonders for me.0 -
SherryTeach wrote: »According to his website, you don't need to count calories. And he will send you the starter kit for $57.95.
And he's selling supplements...?!
Yeah....no.
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shellywine26 wrote: »looking to touch base with people who are following the eat to live Philosophy.. Dr. Joel Furhman
I have found the most success in losing weight and feeling great while eating this way.
It's a hard first week to get through that's for sure. I also struggle with food boredom and stress eating. What are some of your favorite recipes to keep things interesting?
That Eat to Live book was published in 2003. It was a serious well thought out book about eating a plant based foods. He put a major emphasis on potion control as well.
His interests today are off the charts crazy.0 -
TrailBlazinMN wrote: »SherryTeach wrote: »I have an eat to live philosophy and I will share how I do it for free. I like helping people.
I see you are a middle school teacher. Do you do that for free?
What is your point? Yes, I get paid to be a teacher, but I do not sell sell supplements to my students, convincing them that they need to buy them to become better readers and writers. I'm certainly not opposed to buying and reading nutrition books, but much of that website smacks of needless promotion of items not needed to achieve weight loss.0 -
So back to the favorite recipes requested by the OP. I do believe that eating a wide variety of foods is the key to making this a true lifestyle change. I do not have any food restrictions so while I stay within my calorie goals, my favorite foods include: pork tenderloin roasted with Dijon mustard, caraway and celery seed, steamed carrots, steamed broccoli, roasted asparagus with olive oil and lemon juice, turkey chili, red quinoi cooked in chicken broth with wilted kale and pine nuts, strawberries with coconut, grilled sirloin steak sliced thin and added to a teriyaki stir fry, apples baked with cinnamon and nutmeg, Italian sausage soup, fresh green beans with almonds, pumpkin custard, fresh sliced tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and cracked pepper, hummus and pita. Oh the list goes on and on. I got to my goal weight on this food an have maintained for 2.5 years.0
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@SherryTeachSherryTeach wrote: »TrailBlazinMN wrote: »SherryTeach wrote: »I have an eat to live philosophy and I will share how I do it for free. I like helping people.
I see you are a middle school teacher. Do you do that for free?
What is your point? Yes, I get paid to be a teacher, but I do not sell sell supplements to my students, convincing them that they need to buy them to become better readers and writers. I'm certainly not opposed to buying and reading nutrition books, but much of that website smacks of needless promotion of items not needed to achieve weight loss.
this...TrailBlazinMN wrote: »IsaackGMOON wrote: »Lol did I ever say I was against it? The principles of it seem pretty good, just wasn't getting good vibes from him selling a bunch of supplements.. but with a bit of reading I can see why he sells them now.
Your parents make a living by either selling something themselves or working for a company that sells something. If they work for the government (teacher, police officer, administrative for city/county/federal), then the government pays them but guess how the government gets paid...that's right...from people who sell things. People make a living by selling something or working for a company that sells something. To criticize someone for selling something is hypocritical if you want to get down to the basics.
There is a difference between weight loss and being healthy. I've seen healthy bloodwork in people deemed overweight and horrible bloodwork in thin and ripped individuals. As for needless promotion, I don't see him saying that people need to buy his supplements to be healthy nor do the prices of his supplements seem out of line. If anyone is ripping people off when it comes to supplements, it's GNC and MLM pyramid schemes like Advocare but that is a whole different topic.
From what it looks like, Dr. Fuhrman has dedicated his life to helping people one way or another just like you dedicated your life to helping kids learn. Does selling a few books or supplements really throw away someone's credibility? Should we discredit conventional doctors since they are taught to push pharmaceutical drugs on patients? That's really all they do. Seriously. Talk to medical students and see if they are taught about diet and nutrition thoroughly or if they are trained to just prescribe drugs. Seems to me that conventional medicine (for the most part) is more of a threat to our overall health and well-being than Dr. Fuhrman and his books, DVDs, and supplements are.0 -
It's not about getting "paid" - it's about selling supplements when claiming you have the dietary answers. That's a Zero Credibility path.
And good bloodwork != good health.
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ain't nothin but crooks in here
gettin mad money off the books this year0 -
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It's not about getting "paid" - it's about selling supplements when claiming you have the dietary answers. That's a Zero Credibility path.
And good bloodwork != good health.
Where exactly did Dr. Fuhrman say his way is the best way? Don't a large group of people here on MFP say that to lose weight, all people have to do is eat at a calorie deficient which is not 100% truth?
I think any reasonable person would concur with the idea that good bloodwork is a much better marker of good health than weight loss. You can have high levels of CRP and cortisol on an "unhealthy" diet where you are losing weight.
It all comes down to how you want to look at it. Dr. Fuhrman has probably helped hundreds of thousands of people and has done more good in the name of health and nutrition than all the naysayers here combined. You know what they say....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRPCQ6rH8-M
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SherryTeach wrote: »So back to the favorite recipes requested by the OP. I do believe that eating a wide variety of foods is the key to making this a true lifestyle change. I do not have any food restrictions so while I stay within my calorie goals, my favorite foods include: pork tenderloin roasted with Dijon mustard, caraway and celery seed, steamed carrots, steamed broccoli, roasted asparagus with olive oil and lemon juice, turkey chili, red quinoi cooked in chicken broth with wilted kale and pine nuts, strawberries with coconut, grilled sirloin steak sliced thin and added to a teriyaki stir fry, apples baked with cinnamon and nutmeg, Italian sausage soup, fresh green beans with almonds, pumpkin custard, fresh sliced tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and cracked pepper, hummus and pita. Oh the list goes on and on. I got to my goal weight on this food an have maintained for 2.5 years.
Great food choices.0 -
I have Eat to Live and his cookbook. I tweak stuff and I've read his book twice. I'm not fully committed but I do like the nutritarian way in general and find ways to incorporate it into my lifestyle.0
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TrailBlazinMN wrote: »..snip...chapter from Bromancing the Stone...
Whatever works for ya.
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Beware of any book or product with "Dr." in front of the purveyor's name.0
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