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Challenge aims to introduce plant-based diet to Macomb County – Detroit Free Press

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When Lois Maljakthinks of the switch to a plant-based way of eating, a quote from Hippocrates comes to mind: Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Maljak, owner of Willow Pond Farm in Armada, is part of the miHealth North Macomb Challenge aplant-based diet campaignthat gets under way Saturday.

Health professionals believe that switching to a plant-based diet can help people get control of their health and off medication, and the challenge aims to deliver that message.

The challenge was brought about by several community members, including life coach Marc Ramirez, Ruth Heidebreicht of TheMitt.tv, an Internet-based broadcast company serving Macomb County,and Maljak, whose farm offers locally sourced dinnersand healthy living classes.

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At its core, a plant-based diet consists of eating fruits, vegetable, legumes, nuts and grains. It's devoid of animal fat.

A screening of the documentary film "Eating You Alive," featuring Ramirez, kicks off the nearly month-long challenge at 6 p.m. Saturdayat Grays Opera/Masonic Lodge, 231 N. Main St., Romeo.

By adopting a plant-based lifestyle more than five years ago, Ramirez of Clinton Township said he not only shed weight but cleared his medicine cabinet of daily doses of several medications, including daily insulin injections.

Ramirez, 49, is an AT&T operations manager and former University of Michigan football player. Along with his wife, Kim, he founded Chickpea and Bean, which offers plant-based lifestyle seminars and cooking classes.

The whole idea (for the challenge) is to try and get people to think a little bit differently about how we eat, Ramirez said.

The cost is $50, which also includes pre- and post-challenge blood testing for cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose. Blood testing begins April 29, and the 21-day challenge startsMay 1.

The campaign includes meetings on Wednesdays and Saturdays that will offer food demonstrations, samplings and lectures from renowned health professionals, including Dr. Joel Kahn, who also is an owner of Greenspace Caf in Ferndale, along with food demonstrations and samplings.

Along with the lectures, the challenge includesan iOS app or e-mail with all the foods, recipes, and nutritional values of the food during the challenge.

And because eating out can be daunting, a dozen area restaurants have developed plant-based menu items for the event.

For nearly a decade, Ramirez suffered from Type 2 diabetes, as did many of his eight siblings. Ramirez controlled his diabetes, a disease that affects millions, by taking insulin shots along with two oral medications. Ramirez also took medication for high cholesterol and blood pressure.

His eureka moment to do something about his condition came after watching the film "Forks Over Knives," which looks at how adopting a plant-based diet and avoiding processed foods can control or possibly reverse certain diseases. He also read Dr. Neal Barnard's "Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs."

Its helped me reverse all the chronic illnesses I had, Ramirez said.

Thechallenge cameabout through Ramirez's relationship with Willow Pond Farm, where Chickpea and Bean have hosted Farm to Table seminars, and TheMitt.tv.

Ruth Heidebreicht, owner and director of the nonprofit station thatprovides coverage of community events and government meetings, took the 21-day challenge, along with her staff.

Heidebreicht said shefelt like a million bucks afterward.

"One gal on our team lost 28 pounds and improved her blood pressure and cholesterol," Heidebreicht said.

Maljak, along with her daughter, have been following a plant-based diet. "We met Marc and he talked about reversing his diabetes," Maljak said. "I listened to hisstory and soon after I did my own journey."

Since then, she's dropped 44 pounds and is on what she describes as "lighter medication."

Admission to the optional film screening today of "Eating You Alive, is $10 per person.

Register for the challenge here.

Contact Susan Selasky at 313-222-6872 or sselasky@freepress.com. Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter.

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