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.
John Glenn, First American To Orbit Earth, Dies At 95. John Glenn, a freckle-faced son of Ohio who was hailed as a national hero and a symbol of the space age as the first American to orbit Earth, then became a national political figure for 24 years in the Senate, died on Thursday in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95. His death was announced on Twitter by Gov. John Kasich of Ohio.