With a friendly and enthusiastic tone, Gundry explains his view that eating a healthy diet can turn off genes in the human body that lead to weight gain and chronic disease. Gundry's rather complex three-phase diet plan focuses on reducing or eliminating grains and sugar, in favor of lean protein and large amounts of vegetables. The initial phases of Gundry's eating plan bear some similarities to the Paleolithic or caveman diet, as presented in books such as Ray Audette's NeanderThin or Loren Cordain's The Paleo Diet.
John Glenn: First American to Orbit the Earth. On the morning of February 20, 1962, millions of Americans collectively held their breath as the worldâs newest pioneer swept across the threshold of one of manâs last frontiers.
See the Archiveâ. Glenn was the third American to ever enter space and the first to orbit the earth. He died Thursday, aged 95. Astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of MA-6 on February 20, 1961 and became the first American who orbited the Earth.