The coveted white asparagus. Yes indeed. I know that blueberries and berries in general are rockin good right now in Texas and I would imagine throughout much of the country. I think it’s important to take eating your fruits and vegetables seriously but this gentleman went a tad overboard with the former food of the

Heart disease and stroke currently account for 51 precent of American deaths.
It is a harsh and sad reality given the fact that this is a disease that never need exist–and even when it does, it can be halted and EVEN reversed with proper NUTRITIONAL intervention. Dr. Lewis Kuller of the University of Pittsburgh recently reported

1. Do you: a) eat on the run, or b) eat so you can run faster?
2. Which would you prefer: a) a heart transplant, or b) a diet transplant?
3. Are you: a) betting on cattle futures, or b) betting on your own health future?
4.

I’ve reversed this quote by Jack Lalane and given it an Engine 2 twist.
“You’ve got to eat right, exercise and have goals and challenges. Plant-strong nutrition is King; Exercise is queen. Put ‘em together and you’ve got a health kingdom!”
Check out this video of a 72 year old plant-strong warrior who lives and breathes this

There are people all over the country who are leading the charge, living large, and setting a shining example of the benefits of eating a plant-strong diet. I would like to recognize Rich Roll, a former swimming acquaintance who was just named by Men’s Fitness as one of the top 25 fittest men on the

Every day I receive wonderful emails from people who are doing the Engine 2 Diet, and who are succeeding in a big, big way!! Here’s a note that just came in from a fellow firefighting brother in Lincoln, Nebraska:
Rip. . .
Greetings, brother, from a fellow IAFF member and Local 644
Vice-President!! I started the Engine2Diet

Red Meat. Chicken. Pork. Fish. Whether it flaps a wing, wiggles a fin, paws a hoof, or closes a clam, if it has flesh and muscle it contains the demonic trinity of western diseases; artery-clogging saturated fat, plaque-promoting dietary cholesterol, and tumor and cancer-promoting animal protein. And yet America and other industrialized countries have been

A few Fridays ago I traveled to Station 1 (traveling being the term for a firefighter being sent to another station that is short on personnel for a day). Station 1, also known as Central Station, is located in the heart of downtown Austin; I was posted here for more than five years before moving

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Engine 2 Diet blog!
As you know, the Engine 2 Diet was published in late Feburary, and ever since then life has been an amazing whirlwind. The book was featured on both The Today Show and the CBS Sunday Morning News Show (that program also mentioned my Dad’s book, Prevent and