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Presentation given by Rebecca Sterling on Clean, Green, Healthy Eating given at GreenU and Boeing. Slides by Amy Robinson.
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Rebecca SterlingCEO, Sterling Health and Wellness, Inc. andMTM Compounding Pharmacy
Clean Green Eating: Healthy Choices
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy
food.”- Hippocrates
300,000 to 800,000deaths preventedby proper nutrition
Pesticidesthe largest class of
toxic chemicalsin existence
Hypoxic = no oxygen = no life
What is “organic?”
No toxic chemicals
Natural pest control
Crop rotation
30% more Carbon in organic soil
4.7 million acresOrganic farmland in U.S., 2008
24 billion poundsAtmospheric carbon captured
25% more nutritionorganic
CSA: Community Supported Agriculture
Photo courtesy Greene Street Market
buyorganic
DirtyDozen
Environmental Working Group
• Grains are an essential source of nutrition
• They provide vitamins, energy giving carbohydrates, proteins, and valuable fiber
• 25-35 grams of fiber
Buying organic cuts pesticide exposurefor youyour familyand your community.
meat
You are also what your food eats.
You are what you eat.
10xMore
Omega-3s
5xReduction in
Antibiotic overload in 1 generation
Free Range
80% Antibiotics sold in
U.S. go to farm animals.
That’s
28.8 million
pounds every year.
The average American eats
67 poundsof beef per year.
100Fewer calories per 6 ounce serving than
grain fed beef.Grass Fed
2-4xMore
Omega-3s
Switching fromgrain to grass-fedfor one year cuts
16,642 calories.
11xmore fossil fuel
to make 1 pound of animal product
than 1 pound of plant.
8,700 gallons1 pound of beef
If 1,000 Americans chose to eat1 meatless meal per week,
we would conserve
70,000pounds of grains
40 milliongallons of water
1,000in 1800.
500,000today.
American bison:
Nutrition density =Micronutrients
Calories
SUPERFOODS
Can we eat to starve cancer?
Clean green foods for your health.
“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then is
not an act but a habit.”-Aristotle
• Wellness for individuals & groups• Health inspiration• Recipes• Healthy Huntsville updates• Disease management• Stress management
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