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    A Nutrition Revolution
    A Nutrition Revolution
    A Nutrition Revolution
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    A Nutrition Revolution

    By Elizabeth Kahn

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    After a visit to a nutritionist dramatically improved Kahn’s health, she experienced a paradigm shift about eating, healing and health care. She subsequently became a nutrition consultant and educator and an advocate for changing not only how people approach their own eating habits and health care but how they view food manufacturers, school cafeterias, pharmaceutical companies, doctors, insurance companies, and the political, economic and educational systems in this country.

    Kahn says, “For those who know deep down, there has to be a better way, this book is for you.”

    "Kahn is at the forefront of a paradigm shift... this book is a must read.”

    “Fabulous!”

    Jaime Mitchell, MA Holistic Health Education, specialization in Holistic Nutrition
    Publisher & Owner, Natural Awakenings Magazine, East Bay
    *************************************************
    “Good information on cancer and advocating for the alternative and complementary methods.”

    Sonia Gaemi, EdD., RD
    Author, Eating Wisely for Hormonal Balance
    Producer & Host, The Art of Self Healing & International TV
    *************************************************“An important story that needs to be told.”

    Julia Roll, MA Teaching
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    “Explores important issues in a thoughtful and provocative way.”

    Christina Cunnison
    Public School Educator
    *************************************************
    "A very perceptive and thorough analysis of not just our American diet, but the pharma, food and education industries."

    Jon Erlandson
    A Founder of Healthy Food in Schools
    *************************************************
    “Kahn's impassioned argument for nutritionally based alternatives to traditional therapies and treatments serves as powerful inspiration for us all to seek a more holistic approach.”

    Amy Roby
    Columnist, The Record-Courier News
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElizabeth Kahn
    Release dateJan 8, 2011
    ISBN9781458060488
    A Nutrition Revolution
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    Elizabeth Kahn

    Elizabeth Kahn earned her degree in Clinical Nutrition from the University of California at Davis, and a Health Sciences teaching credential from Brandman University. She has published several health-based articles, teaches nutrition and maintains a nutrition consulting practice.

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      A Nutrition Revolution - Elizabeth Kahn

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      A Nutrition Revolution

      By Elizabeth Kahn

      Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Kahn

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      A Nutrition Revolution

      i. Foreword

      ii. Introduction

      1. My Story

      2. Medicine

      3. Society

      4. Politics

      5. Amino Acids

      6. Micronutrients

      7. Macronutrients

      8. Diet

      9. Research

      10. The Brain

      11. The Cafeteria

      12. Education

      Resources

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      i. Foreword by Jaime Mitchell

      I remember my pediatrician. I remember the sterile white floors, the crunchy tissue-like paper that covered the patient table, and the freezing cold temperatures of the examination room. When I was sick as a child, I distinctly remember being horrified at the thought of having to leave my house, go to the doctor, put on the patient gown and freeze while he listened to my lungs, swabbed my throat and tapped around my joints to check my reflexes. But more than the décor, the climate and the crackling paper, I most often recall my pediatrician for his characteristic treat at the end of the visit: the lollipops.

      To ease the pain and panic of any kid’s trip to the doctor, my pediatrician always had a jar full of lollipops. Little white sticks topped with (undoubtedly) artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and corn syrup, colorfully displayed in a clear canister to entice all of us resistant children. But why wouldn’t we love to visit a practitioner who made us feel better? Maybe it was because what was making us sick could have been healed with fewer trips to the doctor and more outings to the farmer’s market; a little less penicillin and a few more plants. Throughout my research at John F. Kennedy University’s Master’s program in holistic health education and nutrition, I became acutely aware of this country’s psychological dependence on pharmaceuticals as the only means of healing and health. Even children are taught at a young age that if something is wrong, only a doctor and drugs can fix it. Elizabeth Kahn’s A Nutrition Revolution exposes the misinformation that consumers receive from food manufacturers, drug corporations and the diet industry: information that tells us that junk food and diets are what we need and that drugs cure illness.

      But the whistle has been blown on food, drug and diet companies in the past, which is why Elizabeth Kahn’s work delves deeper. The overwhelming evidence about the corruption in our food system is only the beginning. Without workable resolutions, we are left with a dismal outlook on our health and current health-care system. Elizabeth Kahn’s A Nutrition Revolution gives us the real active ingredients for nursing ourselves back to health: nutrition. When we ingest nutrients instead of popping pills — and seek nutrition guidance instead of our doctor’s orders — we can heal ourselves and experience sustainable health.

      Our health in America is on life support. We spend trillions of dollars every year on healthcare ($2 trillion in 2006), yet obesity, heart disease, autoimmune disorders, diabetes and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) continue to climb up the chart of concerns. We need to pull the plug on the current focus of health — from pharmaceuticals to nutrition, which is what A Nutrition Revolution does.

      Elizabeth Kahn is at the forefront of a paradigm shift: a re-shifting of focus toward root causes like nutrition and education. If you are a parent, an educator, or even a policy maker, this book is a must-read for you to empower yourselves, your children, your students, and your community. Elizabeth Kahn challenges us to take health into our own hands; to realize that nutrition is the most cost-effective, most health-sustaining and most powerful anti-inflammatory, cholesterol-lowering, anti-cancer, anti-aging product in the market today (grocery market, that is).

      When I have given nutrition talks to clients, parents and educators, I was always looking for one resource to recommend that succinctly explained food politics while providing tangible, user-friendly ideas for change. Elizabeth Kahn’s A Nutrition Revolution is that guide that will now be at the top of my recommended reading list.

      The time of dragging our children to the doctor whenever something is less than perfect is a thing of the past. We have the tools to be proactive health experts; to heal ourselves with the items in our refrigerator. Let’s start enticing our children less with colorful lollipops at the doctor’s office. It is time to introduce them to a new rainbow of colors… the ones you find neatly stacked around the produce section of your local grocery store.

      Jaime L. Mitchell

      Masters of Arts, Holistic Health Education, specialization in Holistic Nutrition

      Publisher & Owner of Natural Awakenings Magazine, East Bay

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      ii. Introduction

      No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo

      Since my body was healed and life changed with nutrition, my mission has been to spread the word and help others heal naturally.

      This book contains answers to questions I am asked most often, like, Why did you become a nutritionist? "How were you healed? Why doesn’t my doctor know more about nutrition? Why won’t my insurance plan pay for nutrition consulting? How can I get my child to eat more vegetables? Are carbohydrates bad for you? What do you think about this food or that diet fad?"

      This is not another how to diet book. This is a how to understand nutrition book. It is about education and making a philosophical shift in our approach to health.

      These pages contain the information needed to implement changes in our doctors’ offices, voting booths, grocery stores, homes and schools, and to make the necessary shifts in our attitudes and priorities about nutrition.

      The reader will not only learn about nutrition, but also a formula to repair our struggling health and healthcare, political, economic and education systems. We must dig deep to resolve our health and other issues and that is what A Nutrition Revolution does.

      This work has been designed for all people, but especially for consumers, voters and those in public policy-making positions. For those of you who know, deep down, there has to be a better way, this is for you.

      Road Map to Reading A Nutrition Revolution

      The reader will be taken down the same path that led to my good health and will become empowered, as I was, to heal themselves and others.

      The original title was Kids, Nutrition and Learning but eventually evolved into A Nutrition Revolution in order to encompass the entire problem, which is systemic and deeply embedded into the U.S. psyche and culture.

      The subject matter is now applicable to those of all ages. There is still a lot of information on child nutrition, education and how nutrients affect the brain, but also on Western medicine, diet and the American culture, advertising, supply and demand, lobbying, politics, nutrition fundamentals and food manufacturing.

      A Nutrition Revolution is divided into three main parts: the problems, proof, and solutions. Hypotheses were

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