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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Who is Dr. McDougall? What is the best plant-food-based diet?

This weekend I will be attending an advance study at Dr. McDougall's in Santa Rosa, CA. I'm so excited! Not only will I be learning from the best in the medical/nutritional field, I will also be earning continuing education credits for maintaining my dietetics registration, meeting fellow nutrition enthusiasts and eating great, wholesome meals. The weekend is sold out- as it typically does. But YOU can watch it on line! Follow this link to sign up. It's $150 - a bargain price! You can also find the weekend schedule of lectures there.


These doctors agree on the basics. A plant based diet is the best way to prevent disease and lose excess weight. However, each doctor has their own specialty and therefore has their own differences in the "minor" details of the ideal vegetarian/vegan eating plan. This should be a great debate.

I'm thrilled to see John Mackey will be moderating the Saturday night debate. He is the founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market. I admire his desire to educate customers at Whole Foods about the power of nutrition to live a healthy life! Whole Foods has started a program called Healthy Starts Here. The program offers free cooking demonstrations, nutrition lectures ($5), recipes, 30 day challenges, educational weekend intensives, and special foods that follow their guidelines. A few girlfriends and I made Thursday nights at our local Whole Foods market a girls night out! We go and hear a great lecture, taste new healthy recipes and do a little shopping. We have a great time together and are encouraged on our path to eating well. If you have a Whole Foods near you -check out what Healthy Starts Here events your store offers. Our store also has a full time Healthy Eating Specialist to assist customers. If you don't have a Whole Foods Market near you, you can still benefit from the program on line (click the link above). There are lots of recipes, meal plans and educational resources.
The Healthy Starts Here eating plan at Whole Foods was desigened by Dr. Cadwell Esselstyn, Jr. (my favorite doctor), Dr. John McDougall (mentioned above), Dr. Joel Fuhrman (mentioned above), Dr. Neal Barnard (he has a great book on reversing diabetes), Dr. Michael Klaper (check out this great video by Dr. Klaper- Food that Kills), Dr. T Colin Campbell, John Robbins and Dr. Scott Stoll. It's like a medical super star team!! I follow most these doctors and have many of their books. I provided links to their sites. You should check them out. If they have a enewsletter, I recommend signing up and also reading their books. I get LOTS of great information from them! 

I hope to come back with some great new blog entries for you! Let me know what is confusing or concerning to you about eating plant based. I would love to answer your questions in a future blog. Feel free to email me at tristen@power-of-nutrition.com.



2 comments:

  1. My concern is always getting enough protein. Somehow I never feel like I get enough unless I eat meat.

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  2. Hi MaryBeth! Thanks for concern. That is a common concern. We have been so saturated by the meat and dairy industry to believe we won't get enough protein if we leave them out! Remember the old 4 food groups (meat, dairy, grains, fruit/veg)- it's hard to imagine leaving 2 whole food groups out and still being totally healthy. We have learned so much about nutrition since the 50's (when that was first published). You can totally avoid meat and dairy and be healthy- in fact there is a lot of research on the disease producing effects of meat and dairy. If you eat a whole foods (unprocessed), plant based diet you can actually improve health and reverse disease! I'll dedicate an entire post to the amazing power of nutrition and protein soon! Thanks for reading and keep your concerns coming :)

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