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"The Tree of Life also hosts a thanksgiving potluck, open and free to the public. In 2006, nearly 200 people gathered at thanksgiving to celebrate their gratitude for a nutrient-dense diet of plant foods, healthy living, a better planet, and for the community of people living in the Culture of Life as an Act of Love. Realizing Our True Potential When we quit thinking only about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of con-sciousness." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"In the end, she was driven home from Vermont after thanksgiving weekend at my sister's, probably having cardiac symptoms but not reporting them, and went into the bathroom when she got home. She was in there for about fifteen minutes before the people who'd driven her home got concerned, found her, and called 911. The ambulance arrived, and seeing a basically dead person who was hooked up to oxygen and who probably hadn't been breathing for at least fifteen minutes, they intubated her and must have done cardiac resuscitation and took her off to the emergency room." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Trouble began after a six-week school trip to India over thanksgiving and Christmas. Soon after returning home from overseas, Emily started getting sick to her stomach, probably from an exotic gastrointestinal parasite that a raft of tests failed to identify. An operation on her gallbladder seemed to help for a few weeks but then the chronic nausea returned. The disorder did not interfere with her eating and she didn't have to vomit but being nauseous much of time wasn't fun." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Harvest some cancer prevention A traditional American thanksgiving dinner could help you prevent breast cancer. But why wait for a holiday? Feast on these festive treats year round, and you may get protection you can be thankful for. Binge on beta carotene. Pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole and cooked carrots are not just great thanksgiving dishes. They're also great sources of beta carotene, a cancer-repelling antioxidant found in foods." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"The third level of distraction that keeps us "in a bottle" and unable to tap the power of the ocean is the distraction that comes from the thoughts and feelings in our own minds: that important meeting, the embarrassing situation at work, feeling bad about not showing up at your sister's for thanksgiving, planning a vacation, gearing up for that parent-teacher conference, remembering to call the doctor, picking up the dry cleaning, and so on. Subconscious fear, sadness, anger, or anxiety also distract and preoccupy our minds." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"Thanksgiving arrived a few weeks later, and the feeding frenzy continued. The foundation for my behavior was being laid for the holiday season, and I started to feel like my food intake was totally out of my control. It took everything I had to continue with my workouts, which at least kept the calorie-consuming machine somewhat in check. The thanksgiving leftovers seemed to last right up to the time we started pounding down eggnog while trimming the Christmas tree. Then the real nightmare began when my wife started with her long-standing tradition of making a thousand Christmas cookies." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"You may be familiar with tryptophan, or at least its effects, since it's present in your thanksgiving turkey. Its most widely remarked (if indirect) effect is to lull you and your guests to sleep after holiday dinner. Tryptophan—or the product your body converts it into, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)—can be particularly useful because these substances are part of the biochemical chain producing serotonin, a substance in the brain responsible for normal sleep." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"Kids would come to the door and he wouldn't even look up, so Lynne turned off the lights. thanksgiving dinner, of course, was completely impossible with Paul in the house, and at Christmas Paul just tore open everyone's packages, with no interest whatsoever in l ne v^niiaren / their contents. Normal activities ceased. Bike rides? Not possible. The movies? No way. The mall? Out of the question. Church, where Wesley was the minister? No-Lynne and Paul sat outside on the curb. Play dates? With whom} Paul Duty didn't consist of play dates." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Fresh and Light Tacos* 1 cup red grapes (25) 8. thanksgiving Open-Faced Sandwich* Medium SuperFoodsRx side salad* or All Season Fruit Salad* 9. Roasted Vegetable Pita* Modern Ambrosia* 10. Greek Salad Roll Ups* Tuscan Bean Soup* Alternate to soup: V3 cup black beans and whole apple. 11. Tofu "Eggless" Salad* Sandwich 2 sliced whole grain bread, 1 sliced tomato, romaine lettuce All Season Fruit Salad* or Modern Ambrosia* 12. Poached Salmon in Spinach Tortilla Wrap* Great Northern Bean Dip* 20 carrot and celery sticks Alternate to veggies and dip: All Season Fruit Salad* 13." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"In 2006, nearly 200 people gathered at thanksgiving to celebrate their gratitude for a nutrient-dense diet of plant foods, healthy living, a better planet, and for the community of people living in the Culture of Life as an Act of Love. Realizing Our True Potential When we quit thinking only about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of con-sciousness. JOSEPH CAMPBELL Through living in the Culture of Life we become potentialists, seeing the true capabilities of everyone, individually and collectively." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"The largest harvest each year in the United States is called the "Thanksgiving Pull," for the traditional preparation of stuffing for the turkey. Why Should I Eat Celery? Celery is a good source of vitamin A—the darker the green, the higher the level of vitamin A. Celery also contains vitamins C, Bl, and B2; calcium; iron; magnesium; phosphorus; and potassium. The leaves contain many of these nutrients and can work well as a replacement for parsley. Celery contains phalides, which may help lower cholesterol, and coumarins, possibly useful in cancer prevention." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"I celebrated my 80th birthday during the 2007 thanksgiving season! I definitely gave thanks to the awesome intelligence that created this marvelous body that heals itself no matter how damaged or sick it may become! Natural Hygiene's teachings have always helped me keep alive, if not always thriving, in spite of all the stress and emotional upheavals in my tumultuous, demanding, exciting, rewarding life! I searched for all the possible causes of my ulcers so that I could eradicate them and get well. I had no toxic habits, and I was supplying all the needs of life except one: equanimity!" - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"I still struggle with wanting pecan pie at thanksgiving. Know that all of us who are sugar sensitive—all of us—go through this process. Healing your sugar sensitivity is not like abstaining from alcohol and drugs. You do not and cannot put food away forever. You must make choices about what you will eat several times a day. You may be faced with a hundred choices in just one day. This is really hard no matter how you look at it. And if you are in a vulnerable, upregulated state, it will be even harder. This is why having support is critical." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.) "Birthdays, thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, Halloween. Food galore! Healthy holidays for people who are sugar sensitive take careful planning and require loving support. If you don't think holidays through ahead of time, you will either slip off your food plan or feel a huge sense of frustration, regret and remorse when you are left out of traditions that have meant a lot to you. Prepare for the first holiday after designing your food plan very carefully. Practice the expected rituals." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"In Michigan, for example, that's usually mid- or late September. By thanksgiving and Christmas, in the upper half of the United States, many people have very low D levels. Worldwide, the same phenomenon occurs, moving from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere as the seasons change, and the wave of respiratory illnesses (including flu) follows. Vitamin D turns out to be very important in your immune system's defense against viral and bacterial attack. As less vitamin D is available, your immune system's ability to mobilize the right cells in the right places becomes sluggish." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Haven't you ever started a mundane task, such as doing the dishes after thanksgiving dinner, when your thoughts drift off, and before you know it, the dishes are done and you hardly remember doing them? That's moderate hypnosis. Light hypnotic states occur very frequently. For example, let's say you're typing on your laptop on an important project at your nearby cybercafe or Starbucks. It's lunchtime, and there's a lot of hubbub in the background?music, patrons bustling around, baristas handling coffee orders—but you are so focused on your work, you hear none of it." - Rick Levy and Lou Aronica, Miraculous Health: How to Heal Your Body by Unleashing the Hidden Power of Your Mind (Get the book.)

"I am currently over 95% raw, usually falling down in annual family events like Christmas and thanksgiving. I started out eating almost exclusively fruit. I thought, "This is great, dessert for all meals!" I noticed after about three weeks that my odors became less. I previously had bad breath almost constantly. My bad breath disappeared; my foot odor disappeared; my normal body odor largely went away; even bathroom odors were greatly diminished. I had loads of energy, no afternoon lull. I felt strong and vibrant. I ate lots of food, twice as much as before." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Thanksgiving period [8]. Despite the small magnitude of these increases, they may be of clinical significance because small uncorrected errors over time will lead to weight gain. Furthermore, the group mean obscures significant weight gain in a subset of the population [8-11]. Hull et al. [8] reported fifteen percent of a college study sample gained 2.0 kg or more over the course of the holiday period. Approximately ten percent of the sample observed by Yanovski et al. [6] gained 2.3 kg or more during the 6-week holiday period." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"So much of the love of thanksgiving comes with dessert. Think about whether you can make a dessert that will work for you. Get creative. Brainstorm with your family about nonsugar options. Enlisting their support will make the process a celebration of sharing rather than a source of either resentment or denial. Christmas and Hanukkah can be difficult as well. Cookies, special breads and candy are central to how these times are celebrated. You will need to reframe the holiday to fit your plan. You can do it by developing new holiday rituals that don't revolve around food." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"The effect of the thanksgiving Holiday on weight gain. Nutr. J. 5, 1-6. 9. Hull, H. R., Hester, C. N., and Fields, D. A. (2006). The effect of the Holiday season on body weight and composition in college students. Nutr. Metab. 3, 44-50. 10. Van Staveren, W. A., Deurenberg, P., Burema, J., DeGroot, L. C, and Hautvast, J. G. (1986). Seasonal variation in food intake, pattern of physical activity and change in body weight in a group of young adult Dutch women consuming self-selected diets. Int. J. Obes. 10, 133-145. 11. Reid, R., and Hackett, A. F. (1999)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Urban legend department: Everyone thinks that the reason we get tired and fall asleep after thanksgiving dinner is because of the tryptophan (an amino acid) in turkey. Nope. Four ounces of turkey actually has less than half a gram of tryptophan. We get sleepy after thanksgiving dinner cause we eat too dam much; we zone out while all the blood leaves our head to go down to the digestive tract, where it has a ton of work to do. "D O 5 > Z o m a a in Cw ¦•ass-fed Beef Beef is beef and carrots are carrots, right? Wrong, grasshopper." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"Can you recall a time, such as thanksgiving, or a feast of celebration, when you ate a meal of cooked food until you felt "stuffed"? You couldn't eat another bite, yet after an hour or so, you were back poking around the kitchen looking for something more to eat. Why was your body turning on the hunger signal again? You had eaten more than enough food. Or had you? What your body was telling you was, "In all that cooked and processed food you ate, you didn't give me the supplies I need to do my job. I need usable nutrition." Dr." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"Pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole and cooked carrots are not just great thanksgiving dishes. They're also great sources of beta carotene, a cancer-repelling antioxidant found in foods. In a Johns Hopkins University study, women with the most beta carotene, lycopene, and total carotenoids in their bloodstreams had 50 percent less risk of breast cancer than women with the lowest blood levels of carotenoids. a hearty, hot cereal. For a satisfy- fighting antioxidant. ing snack, eat a baked sweet potato with cinnamon and a sliver of butter." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"However, an hour after a thanksgiving dinner, guess what?...you are asleep! We know that all success is about transmuting energy. This message is about transmuting the energy used in digestion into achieving our goals. On The Sunfood Diet you need less sleep. I used to sleep 8 hours a night. I was the type of person who had to sleep 8 hours. Since adopting The Sunfood Diet, my sleep needs decreased to 3 hours at a minimum to 6 hours at a maximum." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"The thanksgiving leftovers seemed to last right up to the time we started pounding down eggnog while trimming the Christmas tree. Then the real nightmare began when my wife started with her long-standing tradition of making a thousand Christmas cookies. There were peanut butter cookies, chocolate covered chocolate chip cookies, jam-filled cookies and sugar-coated, pecan cookies. I am sure I must have eaten more than 100 cookies over a two-week period, and as always during the holiday season, there were a variety of other temptations that didn't help matters." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"It was the thanksgiving before last (last thanksgiving was at my house so the work interfered with the pleasure). I ate my aunt's incredible stuffing and my mom's delectable pumpkin pie. That's what I wanted, I enjoyed every exploding mouthful, and I had a great time with the family afterward. I didn't feel guilty because thanksgiving is the only day of the year that I allow myself to eat whatever I want." Eating pleasure for Ann happened only once a year; on the other 364 days, she felt restricted, deprived, or guilty. Like Ann, I too used to restrict and deprive." - Debra Waterhouse, Why Women Need Chocolate: Eat What You Crave to Look Good & Feel Great (Get the book.)

"And, on thanksgiving, "If you want our thanks, fix the subway." The staff of NYPIRG have come to be highly regarded as "content experts" on transportation policy, but the real source of their power is their ability to turn out large numbers of people and gain media attention. They've marched across the Brooklyn Bridge; they've issued report cards on every transit line; they've put posters up in bus stops; they've met with politicians running for office; they've written letters to the editor." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Just before the thanksgiving recess of 1980, I was called back to meet with senators and key staff, such as Curtis Moore, the influential staff director of the Environment and Public Works Committee. A flurry of activities arose to convince the newly elected Republican administration to accept the proposed Superfund Law. We thought the law was set up to make those who had caused damage pay, not to penalize those who were caught decades later holding land. The law's sponsors wanted this major new act to provide massive funding to clean up such sites as Triana and Times Beach." - Devra Davis, The Secret History of the War on Cancer (Get the book.)

"As he says, he had four feasts a day: Easter during breakfast, thanksgiving at lunch, Christmas at dinner and a birthday party for dessert. It caught up to him, and at the age of eighteen, a few months into college, John had a stroke. After recovering with a new appreciation for life, he became a straight A student as an undergraduate and then completed medical school in Michigan and an internship in Hawaii." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"A week before thanksgiving 2000, to vociferous congressional and business criticism, the outgoing Clinton administration finally proposed workplace rules intended to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries. By then, the government estimated that 1.8 million U.S. workers suffered from the effects of such damage. Promising to actively fight the standard, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spokesperson responded, "We don't think there is any scientific basis to say how many repetitions are too many, how much weight is too much." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

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