Monday, August 11, 2008

Better Nutrition Without Meat - Nutrition Information For Doctors & Health Care Providers

Here are two good nutrition resources-

NutritionCME is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, nutritionists, and other health care providers interested in how nutrition can be used for health promotion and disease prevention.

http://www.nutritioncme.org/

PCRM
http://www.pcrm.org/about/index.html
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Doctors are encouraged to make use of these useful websites.

They came from an interview of a doctor that grew up in North Dakota on a cattle ranch who now does not recommend meat since there are many significant health issues and also mounting environmental issues due to meat - including salmonella in tomatoes from meat farms contaminating water used on tomatoes.


From PCRM

The new Four Food Groups are:

Whole Grains (5 or more servings a day)
Vegetables (4 or more servings a day)
Fruit (3 or more servings a day)
Beans - Legumes (2 or more servings a day)

The major killers of Americans—heart disease, cancer, and stroke—have a dramatically lower incidence among people consuming primarily plant-based diets.

Weight problems—a contributor to a host of health problems—can also be brought under control by following the New Four Food Group recommendations.

Try the New Four Food Groups and discover a healthier way to live!
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Preventive Medicine & Nutrition Vegetarian Diets

Explore nutrition’s role in combating specific illnesses, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and mad cow disease. go>

New: Reversing Diabetes With a Low-Fat Vegan Diet

 

 

Discover the benefits of a vegetarian diet - for children and adults - and find answers to your questions. go>

Nuevo: Guía de Iniciación para una Dieta Vegetariana

Nutrition Department Reports   PCRM's Clinical Research

PCRM’S in-depth analysis of current health and nutrition related issues such as high-protein diets, airline food, and fast food salads. go>

New Report: 2007 School Lunch Report Card

 

 

PCRM's research projects on diabetes, weight-loss, and PMS and premenstrual pain. go>

Diabetes: Targeting Diabetes: PCRM Study Shows the Dramatic Impact of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet

The Cancer Project  

Lifesaving information on reducing cancer risk, and how diet and other factors may help improve survival. go>

Where to Start?
The Cancer Project web site

 

Enjoy these low-fat, heart-healthy, vegetarian delights. Here’s to your health! go>

Where to start? Recipe of the week

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Here's information on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
http://www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/index.html

A good place to begin is the Vegetarian Starter Kit
also available in Spanish-language Guía de Iniciación una Dieta Vegetariana

and our fact sheet Vegetarian Foods: Powerful for Health
also available in Spanish-language La Comida Vegetariana: Poderosa para la Salud

For additional information, check out
FAQs About Vegetarian Diets
Find answers about issues such as protein, milk, eggs, athletic performance, essential fatty acids, lactose intolerance, calcium absorption rates in foods, vitamin B12, vegetarian diets for correctional facilities, and incorporating vegetarian meals on college campuses.

FAQs About General Nutrition Issues

The New Four Food Groups

Information About Diabetes

If you're pregnant, be sure to read
Vegetarian Diets For Pregnancy

To raise vegan children, read our fact sheets:
Vegetarian Diets for Children: Right from the Start
Vegetarian Diets: Advantages for Children
a comprehensive report by PCRM's Nutrition Panel

Healthy Snacks for Kids

Restaurant Vegetarian Starter Kit



NutritionCME is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, nutritionists, and other health care providers interested in how nutrition can be used for health promotion and disease prevention.

http://www.nutritioncme.org/


PCRM
http://www.pcrm.org/about/index.html

Doctors and laypersons working together for compassionate and effective medical practice, research, and health promotion.

Prevention
PCRM promotes preventive medicine through innovative programs:

  • PCRM has led the way for reforms of federal nutrition policies.
  • Our clinical research programs are breaking new ground in diabetes, cancer, and other serious conditions.
  • PCRM’s Cancer Project has provided vital information to tens of thousands of people.
  • The New Four Food Groups is PCRM’s innovative proposal for a federal nutrition policy that puts a new priority on health.
  • Our public service announcement series features medical experts on prevention and health.

Research Advocacy
We encourage higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research:

  • We oppose unethical human experiments. While great strides have been made in eliminating such experiments, problems remain. For example, children are still given synthetic growth hormone in experiments to make them taller, and both children and adults are exposed to unnecessary new drugs which have toxic effects.
  • We promote alternatives to animal research. We have worked to put a stop to gruesome experiments, such as the military’s cat-shooting studies, DEA narcotics experiments, and monkey self-mutilation projects. We also promote non-animal methods in medical education. Currently, more than three-quarters of all U.S. medical schools have dropped their animal labs for medical students.

Organization
Founded in 1985, PCRM is a nonprofit organization supported by physicians and laypersons who receive Good Medicine each quarter. PCRM programs combine the efforts of medical experts and grassroots individuals.

Leadership
PCRM Board of Directors: Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President; Mark Sklar, M.D., Secretary; Russell Bunai, M.D., Director.

PCRM’s advisory board includes 11 health care professionals from a broad range of specialties:

T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. Cornell University
Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D. The Cleveland Clinic
Suzanne Havala Hobbs, Dr.PH., M.S., R.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Henry J. Heimlich, M.D., Sc.D. The Heimlich Institute
Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D. Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente
Virginia Messina, M.P.H., R.D. Nutrition Matters, Inc.
John McDougall, M.D. McDougall Program, St. Helena Hospital
Milton Mills, M.D. Gilead Medical Group
Myriam Parham, R.D., L.D., C.D.E. East Pasco Medical Center
William Roberts, M.D. Baylor Cardiovascular Institute
Andrew Weil, M.D. University of Arizona

Affiliations are listed for identification only.




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