Dean Ornish MD is one of the internationally recognized nutrition and medical experts (link) whose work I have studied, and will continue to reference. Here is a very short video by Dr. Dean Ornish from a presentation he made at a TED (link) conference about the world wide obesity trend and what can be done about it. Continue reading →

Dr. Dean Ornish gave this presentation at a TED conference in February 2004. He discusses the importance of lifestyle including diet as well as exercise and stress reduction in maintaining or regaining good health. His program has had proven success in reversing heart disease and cancer. He and his colleagues have shown that the more a person is willing to move to the healthy end of his Spectrum of lifestyle choices, the more positive results they will obtain. Continue reading →

In Dr. Neal Barnard’s “The Cancer Project” web site, he offers a video, “Eating Right for Cancer Survival”, which is designed to be used along with his “Survivor’s Handbook”. It includes several presentations describing how the right food choices can help in cancer prevention and survival and bring major changes in your health and well being. They are available to purchase and on-line. Continue reading →

This is a lecture presented by Dr. Caldwell, a prominent surgeon and medical researcher from the Cleveland Clinic, one of the leading coronary care institutions in the world. Dr. Caldwell describes the mechanism for a heart attack and the results of a long term research study he conducted with patients with severe coronary disease. Continue reading →

This Charlie Rose interview gives an opportunity to hear Dr. Ornish in his own words talking about his work, successes, strategy and goals. Continue reading →

T Colin Campbell, PhD was the project leader for a research study known as The China Project. It is the largest nutrition study ever conducted. It was funded by United States and Chinese government, and was joint research project among Cornell University, Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine. Dr. Campbell reports The China Project produced more than 8,000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease. Continue reading →

This is a video of a lecture by Neal Barnard, MD in which he talks about why foods like chocolate, cheese, meat, and sugar are physically addictive. He also states we can eliminate our craving for these foods by eliminating them from our diet for 3 weeks. Try it yourself. Continue reading →

Dr. Joel Fuhrman is one of my Nutrition and Medical Experts whose works I have referenced. His approach to nutrition is very similar to that recommended by the other Nutrition and Medical Experts, and he, like they, have documented positive results. I will be placing additional posts about his work.

Here is a video that is part of a lecture Dr. Fuhrman presented. In it, you should understand that his dietary approach has cured diabetes in his patients. And you should also see the influence that industry has in publishing or not publishing these very good results and dietary approaches. Other nutrition and medical experts have experienced similar industry influences which, unhappily, are negatively affecting the health of ordinary people. Continue reading →