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With record government debt and expenses compounding out of control in most countries, higher consumption and corporate taxes, as well as spending cuts are necessary for financial viability.  More efficient policy and operations around food and energy are the most obvious areas to focus.

To eliminate unnecessary (and unaffordable) costs while increasing productivity and quality of life for the masses, young and old, a food evolution is in process.

For an illuminating new documentary on this topic, we recommend “What the Health” now available on Netflix or for rent on vimeo here. Here is a link to the trailer.

“With heart disease and cancer the leading causes of death in America, and diabetes at an all-time high, the film reveals possibly the largest health cover-up of our time.

With the help of medical doctors, researchers, and consumer advocates, What the Health exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars and keeping us sick.”

Recent reports cite mental health professionals noting an increase in people seeking help for anxiety and depression since Donald Trump’s election:

The American Psychological Association has recorded a rise in anxiety in the Trump era, with a five per cent increase (52 to 57 per cent) in politically induced stress levels over a six-month period before, during and after the 2016 election. Overall, stress levels were the highest they’ve been in a decade, according to the APA.

In an online survey in February 2017, two-thirds of Americans — including most Democrats as well as most Republicans — said they were stressed about the future of the nation. Most of the more than 3,500 people polled blamed the extreme political polarization for their anxiety. There was a strong correlation between stress levels and electronic news consumption.

I agree that we are living in anxiety inducing times, and I have great empathy for young people who feel that our future is growing more precarious by the day.  It is right now.

But this is not about Trump.  The habits and policies that have created our current strife have been unfolding for decades and across political parties of all stripes.

No doubt, Trump represents the unvarnished ugly of what humans can be, and having him as the leader of the free world is unsettling, to say the least.  But to make meaningful improvements from here, we need to see unvarnished ugly so that we can admit, repent, reform and recover.

Those who thought the election of Barack Obama had somehow fixed our self-destructive status quo were painfully naive, perhaps hoping for an easy way out.  The change we need to make here is big, not painless, and it must be driven by our individual action, not passive observation.

Positive steps and progress are the antidote to anxiety and fear.   In this sense Trump offers a powerful inverse mentor and catalyst.  We can use it.

Although Chef Charity has well over 15 years of experience, her calling to become a plant based chef followed as a result of her family’s own transition. That transition paired with her affinity to cook and be creative was the driving force that propelled her into her calling to become a plant based, vegan and transitional chef. As a lover of food, and self proclaimed foodie, her goal is to assist people in making an easy transition from animal products to well balanced plant based meals. She does this by providing nutrient rich and savory easy to follow recipe’s along with educating about the benefits an organic, non-gmo, plant based lifestyle has on the body and overall well being.

Chef Charity is most certainly more than a chef as many professional athletes will attest. She currently provides vegan meal preparation to several NFL players and has recently been featured by ESPN highlighting her awesome home made meals that have encouraged athletes to educate themselves, improve their athletic performance as well as their overall health.

Here is a direct audio link.