In this webinar, Dr. Alan Goldhamer (founder of TrueNorth Health Center, co-author of The Pleasure Trap, and featured expert in the documentary What the Health) and Dr. T. Colin Campbell explore how medically supervised water-only fasting, with a transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, can be a safe option to help break food addiction, jumpstart the immune system, and treat and reverse many chronic diseases.
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Although fasting has been used for thousands of years for various reasons, it has recently become a hot topic in medicine. Recent research has shown that medically supervised water-only fasting can be an effective, evidence-based tool to help treat and reverse lifestyle-related conditions. But is it safe?
In this webinar, Dr. Alan Goldhamer (founder of TrueNorth Health Center, co-author of The Pleasure Trap, and featured expert in the documentary What the Health) and Dr. T. Colin Campbell explore how medically supervised water-only fasting, with a transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, can be a safe option to help break food addiction, jumpstart the immune system, and treat and reverse many chronic diseases.
In this webinar, Dr. Alan Goldhamer (founder of TrueNorth Health Center, co-author of The Pleasure Trap, and featured expert in the documentary What the Health) and Dr. T. Colin Campbell explore how medically supervised water-only fasting, with a transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, can be a safe option to help break food addiction, jumpstart the immune system, and treat and reverse many chronic diseases.
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In this webinar, Dr. Alan Goldhamer (founder of TrueNorth Health Center, co-author of The Pleasure Trap, and featured expert in the documentary What the Health) and Dr. T. Colin Campbell explore how medically supervised water-only fasting, with a transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, can be a safe option to help break food addiction, jumpstart the immune system, and treat and reverse many chronic diseases.
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Dr. Campbell also discusses the rewards and challenges of the nutrition research he and his father, T. Colin Campbell, PhD, have been involved with over the years.
If you are interested in learning more about Dr. Campbell’s research, you can find information, including published papers, under his profile at the University of Rochester at https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/112360026-thomas-campbell.
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Diet has a remarkable impact on the disease. The standard American diet, high in added sugars, processed foods, and fats, actively promotes diabetes. The good news is we can also drastically lower our risk with simple diet and lifestyle changes.
In this webinar, Dr. Milton Mills and Michael Como, BSN, MSN, CRNP, explain how diet can help prevent, treat—and potentially even reverse—diabetes.
As awareness of these benefits has increased, organized movements promoting gradual dietary change have become commonplace. Likewise, these movements help increase awareness. But how effective are these “less-meat” campaigns?
Read more: nutritionstudies.org/how-effective-are-campaigns-like-meatless-mondays-or-veganuary
Learn more about tackling food waste at home: nutritionstudies.org/how-to-become-a-food-waste-warrior-protect-your-budget-the-earth
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Learn more about CNS's Caribbean Immersion Program here: caribbeanretreat.nutritionstudies.org
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In this webinar, Drs. Victoria Collazo and Amy Lanou discuss how diet directly affects bone health, how to get enough calcium in the diet to help build strong bones, and how a whole food, plant-based diet can help improve bone health for the long haul.
In this week-long retreat, attendees will EAT nourishing and delicious whole food, plant-based meals, PLAY on the golden sands of Playa Dorada, and LEARN how to obtain optimal health.
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Learn more from Dr. Campbell, and 25 additional plant-based experts, in our online Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate: nutritionstudies.org/courses/plant-based-nutrition
To learn more, watch our full webinar: youtu.be/eJ5srBZOkPI
Or visit Dr. Goldhamer’s website: truenorthhealthfoundation.org
Learn about solutions with author J. Morris Hicks, Steven Disla, and Dr. T. Colin Campbell as they explore the link between planetary health and human health. We’ll learn how animal agriculture affects the environment, how our world leaders need to step up to the plate to help slow climate change, how regenerative agriculture practices can improve planetary health, and how a whole food, plant-based lifestyle can make a difference.
Find out more here: nutritionstudies.org/courses/plant-based-nutrition/enroll
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Even if a whole foods, plant-based diet is more effective at treating heart disease than brain cancer, you can be sure that this diet will not promote one disease while it stops another. It will never be “bad” for you. This one good diet can only help across the board. So I’m afraid I don’t have a different, catchy formula for each disease. I only have one dietary prescription. It is a chance to clear away much of the incredible public confusion. Quite simply, you can maximize health for diseases across the board with one simple diet.” - Dr. Campbell