Health & Wellness Champions

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Matthew Nagra on yet another failed keto diet.

Let's be exhausted together

Let's laugh about it.

Let's clasp each other like two strangers

who just saw a horror pass by.

Let's ugly cry over the sink.

Let's eat the baking chocolate.

The nutrition book that transformed my worldview of the body and nutrition and other lifestyle factors is Whole, by T Colin Campbell, PhD. If you have not read it in a while, I very highly recommend it. The problem with virtually all current popular approaches to health and nutrition is how simplistic they are, how reductionist. People argue about nutrient A vs. nutrient B for disease C. If we can get across to our audience the complexity of the body, and how A vs. B vs. C discussions are not going to be particularly helpful, we might make more progress.

According to Dr. Campbell what counts is the overall Pattern! It's taken some time, but I've reoriented myself to seeing our bodies in so much complexity, and we are learning more every day.

Not according to NutritionFacts.org

Our neighbors up north swear by it. I am only ever tempted after a hot sauna and I will say it provides a sense of euphoria. However, you will not find me in Canada this month jumping into an icy cold lake - even if Lee bore a hole big enough!!

What say you?

Hi everyone — I’ve just completed the full manuscript for my upcoming book, which explores whole-food, plant-based nutrition, fitness, and chronic disease through the lens of a diagnostic radiologist. After decades of reading scans, the patterns are unmistakable: lifestyle choices quietly shape health long before disease ever becomes a diagnosis.

I’m now in full edit mode, refining the message with a focus on clarity, evidence, and practicality. In parallel, I’m also involved in a forthcoming cancer documentary that examines prevention, overtreatment, and the role lifestyle plays in long-term outcomes — themes that deeply overlap with the conversations we’ll be having here.

This community exists to ask better questions, challenge outdated assumptions, and support one another with science-based, compassionate discussion. I’m glad you’re here and look forward to engaging with you as we learn together.

BTW - what do you think of this for a title: Reading Between the Scans

What…

I am so glad to be home for a bit till my next trip!! Traveling is wonderful but there is no place like home!

Hope everyone is well and I look forward to following and joining this discussion page!

Ann Marie