Roy Vartabedian
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Nutritional Value of Foods, Weight Loss, Wellness, and Longevity Expert
Roy Vartabedian Quick Facts
Dr. Roy Vartabedian is the New York Times bestselling author of “Nutripoints: Healthy Eating Made Simple!” and a leading authority in the field of nutrition and longevity.
After working with patients for over 10 years, Dr. Vartabedian developed a simple system that helps the average person figure out what are the healthiest foods to eat, without reading labels. His computer analyzes every food for 26 positive and negative factors (calories, fat, sugar, fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc.), and gives one number (the Nutripoint score) for every food. The higher the number, the better the food. He has analyzed over 50,000 foods worldwide.
Dr. Vartabedian holds a Doctor of Public Health degree from Loma Linda University, and Master of Public Health degrees in Nutrition and Health Education.
He has worked in the field of health promotion and disease prevention for nearly 30 years in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and is an experienced authority on health and nutrition with over 200 T.V. and radio interviews, and magazine articles.
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10 Tips for Managing Stress
There are 3 main ways to deal with stress: (1) eliminate, decrease, or spread out the stressors (causes of stress) in your life (2) change your attitudes and perceptions of stressful events or situations in your life (3) use healthy coping mechanisms to deal with the inevitable stress in your life. Here are 3 or 4 tips for each way to deal with stress listed above: 1. Prioritize, then don't sweat the small stuff. Ask: How important is this going to be one year from now? Work toward main life goals, don't get bogged down with meaningless details or get sidetracked. 2.
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Fueling Your Body for Peak Performance and Optimal Health
Peak physical performance is the goal of every athlete. Proper training is of vital importance to achieve this goal. But keep in mind that while exercise moves the body, food not only fuels the body but actually makes the body. We've all heard the analogy about needing to eat good food for high-energy fuel just as our cars need good gasoline. But a living organism is quite different from a car. Our fuel literally makes and remakes our bodies as we grow, metabolize, tear down, and ultimately rebuild our bodies on a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly cycle.
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5 Diet Red Flags to Avoid
A short time ago, I received a promotional booklet in the mail from a very well-known and "credible" company (they have an extensive scientific advisory board) that publishes a monthly magazine on health and prevention, as well as many books on various health topics. It was shocking to read through it and count the many outrageous promises and claims made about their diet and health program. Here are some quotes: "DROP 30 lbs.
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7 Keys to Choosing the Best Supplements
With thousands of nutritional supplements on the market today, how do you choose the best ones for you? With each new "got to have it" product that comes out, how do we sort through the maze of facts vs. fiction? Every day I receive emails or phone calls asking me what I think about a new supplement or health drink that an exciting new company has come out with. How do I evaluate these new products? Let me give you some guidelines that you can use to evaluate the majority of these yourself. There are some key principles you want to follow when looking at a nutritional product.
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Whole Foods vs. Antioxidant Supplements for Optimal Health
Hundreds of studies done over the last few decades have shown the benefits of eating whole fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Scientists have studied these foods to determine what is in them that provides these positive results in lower cancer rates, less heart disease, strokes, diabetes and many other chronic diseases. One common factor in all of these are the "antioxidants" vitamins A (in the form of beta-carotene), C and E. An antioxidant is a molecule which can slow or prevent the oxidation of other molecules.
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5 Ways to Super-Fuel Your Body
Many people don't realize that the food they eat not only "fuels" their body for energy, but actually "makes" and "remakes" their body as cells and cellular material are replaced every day. This is a key reason we must eat high quality food, since we will actually "become what we eat" over time. But there are more reasons that it is critical for us to eat high quality, nutrient-dense foods each day! 5 Reasons to Super-Fuel Your Body What you eat will determine: 1. The amount of energy you have based on the quality of the food or "fuel."
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Roy Vartabedian
"If your lifestyle does not control your body--eventually your body will control your lifestyle, the choice is yours." Adapted from E Baxter, Author, "I Almost Died."