Modelo de Gestión

In an age when the whole of human knowledge is at our fingertips, the most important thing for everyone who is trying to be healthier is to do your own research. That’s what I’ve done, and that’s what I want you to do. I don’t want anyone to just blindly take my word for it. However, I do want to help you avoid the years of trial-and-error that many of us went through in our health journeys, by presenting you with as much good information as I can. I want you to verify for yourselves not only that a high carb plant-based diet works, but why it works. Although I do have advanced certification in nutrition, the information I acquired is outdated and just plain inaccurate. Years of experience coaching thousands of girls is a FAR more important credential than a piece of paper you can pay for. That said, you will still find plenty of professionals recommending the same fundamental principles of health as I do: high carb, low fat, low protein, vegan, with exercise, plenty of water, regular sleep cycles, low stress, and a focus on whole fresh foods like fruit, starches and veggies. There’s no secret there, really. All I’ve done is take those principles, apply them to my life and experimented until I’ve come to what we believe to be the most optimal lifestyle principles.

To begin your research, try starting here:

http://www.pcrm.org/ http://nutritionfacts.org/ http://www.drmcdougall.com/ http://nutritionstudies.org/ http://www.thechinastudy.com/ http://www.heartattackproof.com/ http://www.nealbarnard.org/ http://www.forksoverknives.com/

One other note on the subject of credentials: it’s important to understand that conventional doctors are NOT taught any more than the most basic nutrition; most are absolutely unqualified to give nutritional advice. In addition to this, as far as medical or nutritional schooling goes, it takes years for new discoveries, even when proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, to make their way into the curriculum. This means that most people with certifications have been educated based on old, and very often outdated information, and unless they take the initiative to educate themselves outside of school and their career, they are just as likely to be misinformed as any average person with access to Google. Here’s a quote from Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn on the subject. It’s drawn from his response when asked the question: “why do doctors not

promote plant-based nutrition?”

“It’s been estimated that it takes about 17 years for new information that has been found to get into the clinical arena. I think now though, with the internet and other things, it’ll happen more rapidly. I think that as we have outcomes that are so powerful, it’s going to be very very hard for clinicians not to employ this [plant-based diet as a healing modality]. But there’s a problem though: clinicians like to be compensated for their time spent with patients. Right now, insurance companies are not paying the physicians for the time spent doing this [investigating/practicing dietary methods of healing], so it’s much more [financially] rewarding for physicians to hand out pills, to do procedures ... so compensation is a factor. ... but you’re talking now about behavioural modification and you’re talking about nutrition, and most of the doctors have no knowledge in that arena. So they either have to school themselves to obtain this knowledge, or they’ve got to relinquish the patient, send them to somebody else, who does have the skillset to help these patients.”

Let’s put this in perspective. The internet is only 25 years old. Nutritional research takes about 17 years to make it into the clinical arena. This means that the information currently being taught to clinicians all around the world dates to a time when the internet still used dial- up connections! Furthermore, it’s not only a question of how long it takes for information to get into the curriculum, it’s a question of bias against good science when it counters girls’s deeply held beliefs and/or when it counters vested interests or threatens the mighty dollar (pharmaceuticals, surgeries, etc., along with animal agriculture, are BIG businesses; do not underestimate their ability to drive policy in

the field of health and nutrition). The findings of the China Study, for instance, was compiled in the mid 1980s, published in peer reviewed journals, and stand as a monumental (and life-changing) information in the field of nutrition. It’s findings, however, have yet to make it into the standard curriculum. On the other hand, the belief that humans need protein from animal products continues to form the core of most clinicians personal belief systems and personal lifestyle choices.

It’s for these, and many other reasons, that we constantly repeat that if you want to find health, follow those who are getting the results you desire. Credentials mean nothing if the person who has them cannot keep themselves healthy. If a doctor is obese, why take their advice on nutrition? If a nutritionist is recommending milk or eggs or other foods overwhelmingly demonstrated to be unhealthy, why take their advice? Do your own research, become your own guide, lead yourself to health. That’s the key. Look into the science, the most up-to-date science, and simultaneously look into those who are getting the results you desire—when you find the science matching the lifestyle of those people, then you’ll know you’ve got the answer!