by Dr. Joanne Kong The global pandemic of COVID-19 has become a driving force for us to re-examine our place in the world. A new reality has set in, as we face threats to our survivability that are unprecedented in our lifetimes. These are frightening times not only because of the dire threats of the…
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This Wednesday! PBW Hosting LIVE Q+A with Dr. Scott Stoll
This Wednesday, July 29, Plant Based World will be hosting a special LIVE Zoom session with Dr. Scott Stoll. The webinar and Q+A are presented in collaboration with The Plantrician Project, now offering their CE-credited healthcare educational conference virtually. The LIVE session will include information relevant to both healthcare professionals and the general public and…
Planting the Seeds of Change with Dr. Scott Stoll and Tom Dunnam
The Plantrician Project has been leading the movement to educate the healthcare community about the benefits of whole food, plant-based nutrition for the better part of the past decade. The Project is a proud partner of Plant Based World Conference & Expo where they programmed the education for the CE-credited Health Summit featuring many of the…
MEDICAL NEWS TODAY: Plant-Based Eating to Lower Diabetes Risk
A new Harvard study has furthered the research linking plant-based eating to a lower risk of type 2 diabetes. Check out the full recap from Medical News Today here: One of the main risk factors for type 2 diabetes — the most common form of diabetes — is diet. However, this is a modifiable entity,…
ONE GREEN PLANET: Plant Based World Conference & Expo Coming to Javits Center in NYC
Plant Based World Conference & Expo, the only dedicated event for all things plant-based, has been announced for June 7-8, 2019 at the Javits Convention Center in NYC. Check out this write-up by One Green Planet and learn more about the event at http://www.plantbasedworldexpo.com! The Plant Based World Conference and Expo will be held at the…
FIDDLEHEAD FOCUS: Maine Medical Center Offers Seminar on Plant-Based Diet and Health
Caribou, ME CARY Medical Center is doing its part to educate the healthcare community on the benefits of a plant-based diet: Cary Medical Center will present a four-hour seminar on Sunday, Feb. 25, in the Chan Center that will review the benefits of plant-based nutrition based on the work of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a noted…
NUTRIENTS: Plant-Based Diet Reduces Risk of Diabetes
A plant-based diet can be used to greatly reduce the risk of diabetes according to a new study published by Nutrients. Physicians Committee researchers posit that because the intervention group experienced weight loss, including loss of body fat, their fasting insulin resistance decreased (i.e. improved), and their beta-cell function improved as a result. “If nothing changes,…
THE PLANTRICIAN PROJECT: Uniting the Worlds of Healthcare and Plant-Based Eating
The non-profit Plantrician Project describes their mission: A nation—and world—in which the vast majority of physicians and healthcare professionals have experienced the dietary paradigm shift, enthusiastically embracing the health-protecting power of plant-based nutrition; in turn, effectively promoting patient and client adoption of a predominantly whole food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. The result: Sustainability of human health and…