A WFPB Diet Helped My Fibroid and Menstrual Pain

Plant-based nutrition can produce profound benefits for those suffering from hormone-related conditions and diseases, including several which affect huge proportions of the American and global population.

Cancer, Heart Disease, & Weight Loss: A Plant-Based Diet Rescued My Health

Although modern medicine’s first inclination is to fight disease, Bryan Jackson, cancer and heart attack survivor, suggests a friendlier approach- one that not only helps slow or reverse disease but helps the whole person.

“Doctors for Nutrition” Webinars Reinforce Benefits of Plant-Based Diets

Doctors For Nutrition provide engaging online and in-person plant-forward nutrition resources and education for healthcare professionals and students.

Race, Class, Nutrition, and COVID-19

There is a clear nexus between income, nutrition, and the pre-existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease which increase probabilities for COVID-19 infection

What If Doctors Were Paid to Keep People Well?

Promoting and managing disease is big business. What if our healthcare system instead placed people over profits?

Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 2

The American healthcare system does not focus on establishing healthful behavior, but on responding to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. Trends in life expectancy and chronic disease incidence rates suggest that this disease response system is not very effective, despite improvements in some areas of response.

Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 1

The health care system today is not equipped to establish health, or even prevent disease. Instead, it responds to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. The widespread, and still spreading, use of drugs illustrates this reliance on technology.

How Much Does Malnutrition Really Cost?

Malnutrition, including the dietary patterns that produce obesity and chronic disease, is the number one cause of death today, killing millions worldwide every year. Its costs to both individuals and societies continues to grow, despite being largely ignored by healthcare policy institutions, the media, and the public.

4 Terrifying Truths About the US Health-Scare System

We all know that the US medical system isn’t perfect. But sometimes, it can be downright scary. What you are about to read isn’t a trick or treat; so beware and prepare for chills as you learn these terrifying truths about the US healthcare system.