The Primary Goal of Medical Research Must Change

The Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) is a bold new venture between the NIH, ten biopharmaceutical companies and several non-profit organizations to transform the current model for developing ... READ MORE...

Do Some WFPB Athletes Need To Supplement With Protein?

When National Football League (NFL) future Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez first went plant based after reading T. Colin Campbell’s “The China Study”, he began eating lots of fruits, veggies and ... READ MORE...

What About Supplements?

Eating a sensible, balanced Whole Food Plant Based diet (WFPB) allows you to eat until you’re full and provides comfort in knowing that you’re consuming large amounts of health promoting nutrients.  ... READ MORE...

The Real Heart Healthy Diet

Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. have clearly demonstrated that low-fat Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) diets can prevent and treat coronary artery disease (CAD). Their diets are truly low ... READ MORE...

The WFPB Revolution!

WellPoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest health benefits companies, and global well-being improvement leader Healthways, Inc.  have entered into a definitive agreement whereby WellPoint’s ... READ MORE...

Americans Love Animals. They Love To Eat Them.

Using Statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), economists gathered data to estimate the amount of food, by weight, Americans eat per year.  It turns out that the average ... READ MORE...

Live Long and Prosper!

 Dr. Dean Ornish , in collaboration with Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD,   showed that the following lifestyle changes can lengthen telomeres, the ends of chromosomes that control how long we ... READ MORE...

The Bronx Bombers – Crushing Heart Disease

On January 11, 2014, at the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY, I witnessed a team in action, who like the New York Yankees, deserve the moniker “Bronx Bombers”. However, this team’s playing field ... READ MORE...

Be a Successful Weight Loss Maintainer

Be a Successful Weight Loss Maintainer  The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) was established in 1994 by Rena Wing, Ph.D. from Brown Medical School, and James O. Hill, Ph.D. from the ... READ MORE...

The Glycemic Index is a Load of …

The Glycemic Index (GI) is a ranking of carbohydrates on a scale from 0 to 100 according to the extent to which they raise blood sugar levels after eating. Foods with a high GI are those which are ... READ MORE...