“You see that the people who are drawn to alternative medicine are often fairly healthy and they go to alternative medicine for what I call the 'symptoms of life.' Fatigue, joint pains, inability to concentrate, perhaps, the kinds of things that anyone over twenty-five gets at some point.” PeopleKindPainFiveHealthyTwentiesMedicineAlternativesSymptomsInabilityFatigueJointsTwenty FiveAlternative Medicine Author:Marcia Angell
“We've all seen chicken portrayed as the low-fat, heart-healthy alternative to red meat for years, but it no longer adds up. You might want to lean away from eating birds and lean toward more plant-based options of protein like black beans, lentils, tofu, chickpeas and whole grains.” WantYearsHeartWholeMightBlackHealthyEatingLowsBirdRedAddPlantFatsAlternativesMeatChickensGrainBeansProteinRed MeatTofuWhole GrainsLentils Author:Kathy Freston
“As incisively pointed out in the documentary Food Inc.," an overwhelmingly large percentage of "new," healthy," and "organic" alternative food products are actually owned by the same parent companies that scared us into the organic aisle in the first place. "They got you comin' and goin'" has never been truer.” FirstsParentCompanyProductsHealthyScaredAlternativesDocumentariesPercentagesAisle Book:Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Source: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook