The average American is estimated to consume at least 4 chicken wings tonight, now we know there are some who will consume more than that but let's try to keep things simple.
"The National Chicken Council (NCC) says that Super Bowl weekend is the biggest time of the year for wings. More than 1.25 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend in 2012, totaling more than 100 million pounds of wings, according to the NCC’s 2012 Wing Report.
If the wings were laid end-to-end they would circle the circumference of the Earth— more than twice—a distance that would reach approximately a quarter of the way to the moon, according to the NCC."
As my kids would say, Really?
Really.
Well, for my chicken wing eating lovers out there how about washing down some of that nice chicken fat with a nice pint of green smoothie (you choose what goes in it!) and sitting down to relax after "the game" by watching the film "FORKS OVER KNIVES". It might just change your life.
"FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
Dr. Campbell, a nutritional scientist at Cornell University, was concerned in the late 1960′s with producing “high quality” animal protein to bring to the poor and malnourished areas of the third world. While in the Philippines, he made a life-changing discovery: the country’s wealthier children, who were consuming relatively high amounts of animal-based foods, were much more likely to get liver cancer. Dr. Esselstyn, a top surgeon and head of the Breast Cancer Task Force at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, found that many of the diseases he routinely treated were virtually unknown in parts of the world where animal-based foods were rarely consumed.
These discoveries inspired Campbell and Esselstyn, who didn’t know each other yet, to conduct several groundbreaking studies. One of them took place in China and is still among the most comprehensive health-related investigations ever undertaken. Their research led 
them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented – and in many cases reversed – by adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.
them to a startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented – and in many cases reversed – by adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.
The filmmakers travel with Drs. Campbell and Esselstyn on their separate but similar paths, from their childhood farms where they both produced “nature’s perfect food,” to China and Cleveland, where they explored ideas that challenged the established thinking and shook their own core beliefs.
The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Throughout the film, cameras follow “reality patients” who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-food, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments – while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed."
In the meantime... may the best team win, may the game be fare, and may you live a long and healthy life!
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"I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life."- Dr. Campbell, The China Study.
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Morning: 6 oz of wheatgrass, cucumber, celery, garlic, ginger, pear, coconut water. 20 oz.
Lunch: 2 cups of hot water with Unpasteurized Miso.
Sipped through afternoon: Spinach, mung bean sprouts, carrots, celery, apple, lemon. 40 oz.
Afternoon: 4 oz of wheatgrass in 8 oz coconut water.
Cup of green tea.
Dinner: Red cabbage, spinach, cucmber, red chard sprouts, apple, lemon. 20 oz.
Cup of green tea.
As I write: cup of hot water with Unpasteurized Miso.
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"I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life."- Dr. Campbell, The China Study.
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Morning: 6 oz of wheatgrass, cucumber, celery, garlic, ginger, pear, coconut water. 20 oz.
Lunch: 2 cups of hot water with Unpasteurized Miso.
Sipped through afternoon: Spinach, mung bean sprouts, carrots, celery, apple, lemon. 40 oz.
Afternoon: 4 oz of wheatgrass in 8 oz coconut water.
Cup of green tea.
Dinner: Red cabbage, spinach, cucmber, red chard sprouts, apple, lemon. 20 oz.
Cup of green tea.
As I write: cup of hot water with Unpasteurized Miso.
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