Plant-Based Prevention of Disease

This Saturday morning (September 11th) I will drive to Raleigh, North Carolina, to NC State University, to attend a portion of the second annual conference of P-POD.  Plant-Based Prevention of Disease.  This national conference is yet another indication of the revolution happening in America related to nutrition and the diseases of affluence.

Some of the learning objectives for the conference include:
1.  Identify dietary risk factors associated with development of progression of major chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes.

2.  Describe evidence for specific protective mechanisms and health benefits that may be provided at cellular, individual and global levels via plant-based nutrition.

3.  Discuss how nutritional advisement emphasizing plant-based approaches may be integrated into clinical practice, thus facilitating positive, measurable and cost effective clinical outcomes for various preventable chronic diseases.

4.  Identify factors that influence dietary choices or discourage behavior change, as well as strategies and techniques from promoting sustainable nutritional advancement in individuals and communities.

Some of the speakers will be:
Thomas M. Campbell II, MD Co-author of The China Study. Cornell University
Diet and Autoimmune Disease: Alternative Fringe or "Real" Medicine?

Hope Ferdowsian, MD, Georgetown U. Med. Center
Health Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet for Women

Robert Ostfeld, MD, Montefiore Einstein Cardiac Wellness Center
Your Heart on Plants.

Gordon Saxe, MD, University of Calif. San Diego.
Whole-Food Plant-based diets in the Prevention or Control of Cancer.

Milton Mills, MD, Inova Fairfax Hospital
How Plant-based Diets improve the interaction between the Gut Microbiome and Human Immune Function, Physiology and Psychology.

Ted Barnett, MD, Unity Health system, Rochester, NY
Dietary Guidelines: Politics and Practice

Amy Lanou, PhD, University of North Carolina, Asheville
Nutrition and Bone Health Update, and Strategies for Getting off the Dairy-Go-Round.

Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.  Cleveland Clinic, Wellness Institute.
The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease: Fact or Fiction?

I will be sure to report back what this slate of all stars bring to the conversation of plant-based lifestyle and the prevention and reversal of diseases.  Join the revolution for yourself, your family and the world!
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