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“It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.”
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“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
“The salicylic acid content in plants may help explain why traditional, plant-based diets were so protective. For instance, before their diets were Westernized, animal products made up only about 5 percent of the average Japanese diet.72 During this period in the 1950s, age-adjusted death rates from colon, prostate, breast, and ovarian cancers were five to ten times lower in Japan than in the United States, while incidences of pancreatic cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma were three to four times lower. This phenomenon was not unique to the Japanese. As we’ve seen throughout this book, Western rates of cancers and heart disease have been found to be dramatically lower among populations whose diets are centered around plant foods.73”
― How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
― How Not To Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
“Make improvements, not excuses. Seek respect, not attention.”
― The Light in the Heart
― The Light in the Heart
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