Mary Ewing, DC

Genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger. The way you eat, how much you exercise, how you manage stress, and your exposure to environmental... toxins all contribute to things like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and of course, heart disease. The current way doctors treat heart disease is misguided because they treat the risk factors not the causes. To think we can treat heart disease by lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure and lowering blood sugar with medication is like mopping up the floor while the sink overflows. Instead, we need to ask what causes these risk factors like high blood pressure, high blood sugar or abnormal cholesterol in the first place. Research shows changing your lifestyle can be a more powerful intervention to prevent heart disease than any medication. These 8 simple modifications can go a long way to preventing or reversing heart disease. 1. Eat a healthy diet full of real, Whole Foods that are low glycemic. 2. Keep your blood sugar stabilized. 3. Increase your fiber consumption to up to 50 grams per day. 4. Avoid processed, junk foods. 5. Include plenty of Omega-3 fatty acids into your diet. 6. Eliminate ALL hydrogenated, processed oils. 7. Make sure to exercise regularly 8. Manage your stress levels with meditation, yoga, or deep breathing. See more

Verified These olive oils are some of the brands that studies have found to be authentic and top quality. Intensive olive farming has led to widespread soil... erosion and desertification (a process by which fertile land becomes desert) in Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. A report commissioned by the European Commission singled out irresponsible olive-farming practices as a severe environmental problem across European countries. In addition to destroying fertile lands, large olive producers rely on massive amounts of pesticides and other chemicals, which pollute waterways. Because olive production occurs on such a large scale to meet the growing demand for oil, it also puts a lot of pressure on water supplies. It would be great if we could all purchase from small farms with well-managed production practices, but that isn’t always possible. I recommend checking out Tom Mueller’s guide to buying better oil: www.truthinoliveoil.com/great-oil/how-to-buy-great-olive-oil See more

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