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Joel Fuhrman Biography

Joel Fuhrman (born December 2, 1953) is an American celebrity doctor who advocates what he calls a micronutrient-rich diet.

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American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe. This spread of obesity foreshadows an explosion in degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer waiting to erupt in our children's future. Together we can stop this tragedy from ever happening.

Children, Cancer, Heart, Stop, Waiting, Globe

When people tell me they will give it a try, I say don’t bother, you have already decided to fail. It takes more than a try to quit addictions; it takes a commitment. A commitment is a promise that you stick with, no matter what.

Commitment, Decided, Giving, Matter, People, Takes

Food is really and truly the most effective medicine.

Effective, Food, Medicine, Vegan

Life is a highway - the enjoyment you get depends on the lane you choose.

Life, Lanes, Enjoyment, Choose, Lane, Depends

There is no longer any question about the importance of fruits and vegetables in our diet. The greater the quantity and assortment of fruits and vegetables consumed, the lower the incidence of heart attacks, strokes, and cancer. There is still some controversy about which foods cause which cancers and whether certain types of fat are the culprits with certain cancers, but there's one thing we know for sure: raw vegetables and fresh fruits have powerful anti-cancer agents.

Cancer, Fresh, Heart, Know, Powerful

Delaying a meal brings about symptoms most people call "hunger. " These symptoms include abdominal cramping, weakness, and feeling ill-the same as during drug withdrawal. This is not hunger. Our dietary habits, especially eating animal-protein-rich foods three times a day, are so stressful to the detoxification system in our liver and kidneys that we start to get withdrawal, or detoxification, symptoms the minute we aren't busy processing such food. Real hunger is not that uncomfortable.

Animal, Brings, Include, People, Real, Stressful

Dieting by portion control doesnt work because one is constantly fighting addictive drives.

Fighting, Dieting, Portion Control, Drives, Control

Nutritional excellence is the only real fountain of youth.

Excellence, Fountain, Nutritional, Real, Youth

Health is not luck. We have an innate ability to maintain good health if we establish the optimal environment for healing.

Ability, Environment, Healing, Health, Luck

Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state, the longer we live.

Animal, Episodic, Extend, Fasting, Life, Spend

Primates are the only animals on the face of the earth that can taste sweet and see color. We were designed by nature to see, grasp, eat, and enjoy the flavor of colorful, sweet fruits.

Animal, Color, Designed, Grasp, Nature, Sweet

The most important thing to remember about food labels is that you should avoid foods that have labels.

Avoid, Food, Foods, Important, Physicians

The modern diet is grossly deficient in hundreds of important plant-derived immunity-building compounds which makes us highly vulnerable to viruses, infections and disease.

Diet, Disease, Highly, Important, Viruses

Yesterday I saw a child wearing a T-shirt that said, "If you love me, don't feed me junk food. " I was delighted to see this, but I also know how difficult it can be to feed our children well, particularly when the foods that are most convenient and the most heavily advertised are often the ones we should avoid. Joel Fuhrman's new book is a blessing, because it makes it so much easier. It is excellent, and full of clarity, wisdom, and guidance you can trust. It can indeed give you the power to shape your child's health destiny - John Robbins

Children, Book, Destiny, Convenient, Particularly, Clarity

Eating a high-nutrient diet actually makes you more satisfied with less food, and actually gives the ability to enjoy food more without overeating.

Actually, Eating, Enjoy, Giving, Satisfied

Anything you adopt temporarily only begets temporary results, and fluctuating your weight up and down is not lifespan favorable.

Fluctuating, Results, Temporarily, Up And Down, Weight

Medicines cannot drug away the cellular defects that develop in response to improper nutrition throughout life.

Defects, Drug, Life, Medicine, Nutrition

Permanent results only come from permanent changes in lifestyle and diet style. You don't get permanently well unless you permanently change the way you live.

Come, Diet, Inspiring, Life Changing, Permanent, Style

The right raw materials can. . . double or triple the protective power of the immune system.

Immune System, Power, Protective, Raw, Raw Materials, System

To provide optimal levels of protective micronutrients, a diet must be vegetable-based, not grain-based.

Grain, Levels, Micronutrients, Optimal, Vegetables

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