Frederic Patenaude's Blog, page 10

How to Get Fit Without Quitting

Before I get started with today’s ezine, I need to apologize about something first.

Last Tuesday, I was traveling from Hawaii to Vancouver and I sent out my last ezine with my friend Roger Haeske’s article on fitness.

The Mistakes of Natural Hygiene, Part 2: Garlic, Onion, and Other Forbidden Foods

In my last article, I explained how Natural Hygiene developed in the United States, and also explained why some of its philosophy should be revisited in light of today’s science.

The Mistakes of Natural Hygiene: Part 1: Drugs and the Germ Theory

The Mistakes of Natural Hygiene, Part 1

Natural Hygiene is one of the health philosophies that influenced me the most. I first discovered the raw food diet through the writings of Albert Mosséri, who was a disciple of Herbert Shelton, who’s considered the grand-father of the modern Natural Hygiene movement.

Intermittent Fasting for Health and Energy or Skipping Breakfast

Breakfast is universally recognized by the mainstream to be the most important meal of the day. But is it really?

Type the question “is breakfast important” in a search engine, and you’ll be overwhelmed with results such as:

– Why breakfast is the most important meal of the day– Why skipping breakfast is harmful– Common sayings such as “eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper”

Yet, many healthy people commonly skip breakfast.

Top 7 Bad Arguments in Favor of a Raw Food Diet

Lately, some people have recently decided to engage in a sort of “war of arguments” to try to prove to me that a 100% raw diet is the best diet for everybody, no matter what, in every and all circumstances.

Can You Change Your Body PH? The Alkaline Diet Scam

I recently received the following question from a reader:

Fred,

A few years back my mom was following pretty much Dr Robert Young alkalarian diet – with NO fruit at all, where he considers fruits – high sugar content ones specially – to be acidic, as a perfect and only greatest discovery diet ever.

Do Raw Foodists Have an Eating Disorder like Orthorexia?

A few years ago, I did an interview with Dr. Steven Bratman, M.D., who wrote the book “Health Food Junkies,” which was his personal story of how he became so fixated with healthful eating that eventually his quality of life diminished.

Eating Raw on a Tropical Island

First, I want to show you a little video I made when I was “lost and cast away” on a tiny island in Fiji, which inspired me to create a new episode for the popular Lost show… one featuring yours truly.

30-Day Update (My One-Year Challenge)

As mentioned in my last article, I decided this year to do a “No-Compromise Challenge.” Here are the elements of my challenge, for 2023:

Diet: Consuming no concentrated sources of fat (oil, avocados, nuts, seeds, and coconut products.) and eating strictly plant-based.

My One-Year Challenge

There are many examples of 30-day challenges. For example, many people do a “Dry January,” where they don’t consume any alcohol for one month.