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Losing Weight on Vacation?
I am a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at a large hospital and see approximately 8 patients per day. Many of my patients gain weight while on vacation for obvious reasons. Anyway, I just got back from a two week vacation and lost 5 pounds! I...
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Pricy Experiences Vitiligo Going into Remission
The patches of white skin, known as vitiligo, started when I was pregnant with my son. Unexpectedly, our landlord was making life extremely difficult for us. Between the usual emotions involved with pregnancy and the enormous pressures being exerted by...
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My Diabetes Confession
On Sunday, June 17, 2018 I gave a talk at the ATX Alive potluck meeting titled, "My Type-1 Diabetes Confession". The talk was to tell my story about how I discovered the Whole Foods Plant-Based Low-Fat Oil-Free diet. I thought I would share the text of...
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RE: Starches converting to sugar--good/bad for cancer diet?
White table sugar (sucrose) is not the most health-promoting food, but it does not create cancer. Neither does the glucose, (which comes from the breakdown of starchy whole-food plants like yams,) promote the initiation, growth, or spread of cancer,...
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RE: Welcomes and Introductions
Hello everyone, I'm Christine. My journey into the plant-based world started with a career in ornamental horticulture where I contracted Lyme disease that went undiagnosed and untreated for 5 1/2 years. After being on I.V. antibiotics for over 2 years,...
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Ken's Engineered Type 1 Diabetes Whole Food Plant Based Low Fat Lifestyle
Previous experiences with my doctors were extremely difficult because they wanted to control my Type 1 diabetes by prescribing specific medication doses and defining what I should eat. But, none of that was working. I felt extremely diseased and...
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Half Hour Food Coaching
Telephone Consultation: Dr. Carney Provides Thirty Minute Custom Starch-Smart® System, Dietary Care Extraordinaire Food Coaching Sessions available for purchase from the Vegvor.com online storefront. These Food Coaching sessions are not medical...
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One Hour Food Coaching
Initial Telephone Consultation: Dr. Carney Provides Sixty Minute Custom Starch-Smart® System, Dietary Care Extraordinaire Food Coaching Sessions available for purchase from the Vegvor.com online storefront. These Food Coaching sessions are not medical...
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Food is Powerful Medicine
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." These are wise words spoken by Hippocrates, an ancient Greek physician, that is "considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine." The Hippocratic Oath which is named after...
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From Health Scare to Health Care
My journey to health began in the wee hours of the morning in early 2014 when I awoke to an unsettling, fluttering sensation in my chest. Lying in bed, I put my fingers to the side of my neck to check a pulse. I glanced at the bedside clock and timed...
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Kim Has a Checklist of Conditions Reversed!
About five years ago and after suffering from thyroid problems for two years prior, I mentioned to my husband I wanted to change my doctor to a woman. I finally had a medication that required I see a doctor on a regular basis and men doctors were OK,...
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Susie's Crohn's Disease in Remission
I was looking for a doctor that could provide comprehensive care for me emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually. When visiting the doctor in the past each ailment was dealt with on a physical level with no regard for my emotional, mental, or...
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Going Plant-Strong With Rip Esselstyn
Rip Esselstyn , author of The Engine 2 Diet and Plant-Strong (Previously titled "My Beef With Meat") , often shows the image of a man drinking milk from a cow during his presentations to drive home the point that humans are the only mammals on the...
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Say Goodbye to Acid Reflux!
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a painful, chronic health condition in which the lower esophageal sphincter (a muscular valve between the esophagus and stomach) relaxes, which causes the contents in the stomach to travel up the esophagus....
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RE: Welcomes and Introductions
Hello all! I'm so excited to be here! I can't wait to peruse the halls and get to know you all. But let me start by introducing myself. I am a 48 yr old single woman with an adult son and one grandson who is my best buddy! But like so many other's, I...
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Ali Experiences High Cholesterol Reversal
After moving from California to Texas nearly five years ago, I became a patient of Dr. Carney and soon thereafter changed my diet and lifestyle with significant results. I had no idea that she was vegan and was looking for a new doctor that was close...
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NFL Player David Carter Proves Carnivorous Skeptics Wrong
Psychological studies show that men from Western cultures associate consuming meat with masculinity, virility, high testosterone levels/libido, power and physical strength. The belief that meat is a superior masculine food permeates most gyms, athletic...
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Do You Know Which Foods are Healthiest?
When it comes to nutrition, one of the most interesting phenomenon to me is the number of people with lifestyle-based health issues who believe that they eat a "pretty healthy diet." But I totally understand this. I truly believed I ate a "pretty...
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3 Steps to Making Type-1 Diabetes a Health Advantage!
Type-1 Diabetes can be a debilitating disease - OR, it can be used as a tool for elevating health and vitality. In my experimental studies of Type-1 diabetes, striving to survive it, I eventually discovered something quite remarkable. Using Type-1...
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Why is my blood pressure RISING since I started following plan?
Dr. Carney, I was so thrilled to see you for the second time at HealthFest in Marshall. I appreciate all your efforts to help us achieve optimal health. I came home excited to get into your plan. I have lost 4 pounds, but I am trying to lower my blood...
https://www.drcarney.com/discussions/1317-why-is-my-blood-pressure-rising-since-i-started-following-plan
