Plant Based Comeback

02/28/2026

Interesting! Eating lots of antioxidants (sweet potatoes, tomato paste, greens) can protect our skin just like wearing SPF 4 sunscreen (without the nasty chemicals) 😎 🌱💪🏼💕

Sunscreens work almost immediately and offer much stronger shielding from the sun than dietary protection, which builds up slowly over weeks. Dietary protection only achieves an SPF of 4, compared to the SPF of 10 to 40 (or even higher) that we can get from topical sunscreens.

On the other hand, sunscreens have to be deliberately applied in sufficient amounts and with sufficient coverage––including all the hard-to-reach places––and then can still rub off, wash off, or be sweated off, whereas protection from plants is ever-present and built-in all over.

For example, eating a lot of antioxidant-rich foods, such as tomato paste, for ten weeks (but not four) before swimsuit season can reduce the redness of a sunburn by 40 percent. So, if we forget to reapply our sunscreen, our diet can help as a secondary approach to protecting our skin.

We should eat more antioxidant-rich plants and apply our sunscreen to protect our skin. Combined, these modalities complement each other.

Watch the video “The Best Foods for Your Skin” at see.nf/foodsforskin and “The Best Type of Sunscreen to Use” at see.nf/safesunscreen to learn more.
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01/21/2026

If you’d like help surviving a cancer diagnosis, or just want to avoid getting cancer in the first place, eat these common fruits and veggies 🌱💪🏼💕

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12/03/2025

Temps are dipping below zero tonight in Minnesota. Perfect time to visit a sauna! Do you have one you can use? It’s great for mental & physical health. 🔥🔥🔥💪🏼

What are the real benefits of saunas? What are the best types — infrared, steam, smoke, or Finnish saunas? And how do they work?

06/10/2025

Try these coconut lemon truffles! Simple, plant based, nutritious and delicious! 🍋💪🏼💕

04/19/2025

Need a serious mood boost? 😔 ➡️ 😁

Head to the produce aisle! 🌱💪🏼💕

A randomized controlled trial investigates diet and psychological well-being.

01/21/2025

If you like Hershey’s syrup but not the high fructose corn syrup, refined sugar, and chemicals, try making your own! (For a runnier version, add a little water to thin it out). Enjoy! 🍫🌱💪🏼💕

12/09/2024

Jumping on the homemade sourdough bandwagon 🥖😊 So yummy, toasted and topped with caramelized onion hummus and a pile of veggies 🌱💪🏼😋

11/24/2024

The #1 killer in the US is the American diet. Yet most doctors get no training on how food impacts health and they fail on basic nutrition test questions.

See if you know more about basic nutrition than most doctors.

11/08/2024

You know I’m a bit of a health nut! I’ve learned (the hard way!) what prevents vs fuels disease. I’m excited to see what Bobby Kennedy Jr. can do to release the deadly stranglehold big Pharma and the FDA have had on Americans’ health for decades 💪🏼🇺🇸🎉

10/16/2024

10/03/2024

I like this! Use “yesterday you“ to measure your progress, rather than comparing yourself to other people. 💕

10/03/2024

I like this! Use “yesterday you“ to measure your progress, rather than comparing yourself to other people. 💕

If you're constantly comparing yourself to the people around you, you will never be happy.

But if you use yesterday you as your guide, positive change is manageable and realistic.

Now, there's nothing wrong with looking up to the greats, but you can't look down on yourself because you aren't there yet.

Focus on YOU and YOUR journey!

Drop a ❤️ if you agree!