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Ten Must Read Nutrition & Health Books

If you want the skinny on how to become healthy and know what is scientifically so about nutrition, here are ten must read books that you'll eventually want to lay your hands on. Some of them are easy to read, some are more "heady" and others are somewhere in-between.

Dean Ornish Addendum

A few people wrote to me in response to my last blog post on Dean Ornish. They felt I unfairly attacked him and that this was not justified or worthy of me.

Dean Ornish - Pioneer of Health or Profiteer for Wealth?

For well over two decades Dean Ornish, M.D., current Senior Medical Editor for the Huffington Post, has been advocating and promoting a low-fat, plant-based diet.

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5 Top Health Websites

Here are 5 of the best health websites on the web:

Almond Flour - You can have your pancakes and eat them too!

For those of you who can't seem to kick the pancake and waffle habit, there is a solution - almond flour!

Plant matter - do we really need it?

I don't think so. Not much of it at least.

Don't Count Calories - Eat Real Food

I'll be blunt here - anyone who tells you to count calories in order to lose weight is completely clueless about the kinds of foods a human being should be eating. Here's a good example of such nonsense.

A List of Low Carb Physicians

This is a list of physicians that understand and support a low carbohydrate dietary approach to health and wellness. It was compiled by my friend Jimmy Moore of Livin' La Vida Low Carb fame.

Heavy Weights vs. Light Weights

A new study has emerged that is being plastered all over the internet suggesting that more reps are better than less reps for building muscle. Some of the titles the writers use are different stating that lighter weights are superior for building muscle or pump less iron. Here's another example.

    

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