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Dairy Products and Overweight
A new study from Purdue University counters the notion that dairy products encourage weight loss, an idea touted in dairy industry advertisements. Researchers assigned participants to one of three groups: (1) a control group that maintained its usual diet, (2) |
The Origin of U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Current U.S. dietary policies still reflect the basic design of the food guides from the early part of this century. In 1894, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) developed the first food composition tables and dietary standards for Americans. In 1916, the first daily food guides appeared in U |
PCRM Conference Confronts Childhood Obesity Epidemic
As the federal government’s National School Lunch Program continues to emphasize artery-clogging, high-cholesterol foods, childhood obesity has reached record levels—16 percent of children ages 2 to 19 are now considered obese. And as waistlines expand, so does the risk for chronic disease, including h |
Vegan Diet Effective Treatment for Diabetes in PCRM Study
A low-fat vegan diet offers a remarkably effective way to treat type 2 diabetes, according to a recently completed study conducted by PCRM and funded by the National Institutes of Health. On June 9, PCRM President Neal Barnard, M.D., will present the encouraging |
Who Says It’s Hard to Stick to a Diet? A Vegan Diet Might Be Easier Than You Think, According to a New Study
WASHINGTON—Adopting a vegan diet is not just healthy; it’s surprisingly easy, according to a new study of people with diabetes who made the switch as part of a research study in February’s Journal of the American Dietetic Association. The diet helped them lose weight, lower their blood sugar, and r |
A Response to Food/Tobacco Industry Attacks
Groups funded by the tobacco, meat, dairy, or chemical industries sometimes attack health advocacy and research organizations, including the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Such industry-funded groups include the "Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF)." This background paper describes th |
Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success
Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success Diabetes Basics Glucose, a simple sugar, is the body’s main fuel. It is present in the bloodstream, but in people with diabetes it cannot get into the cells where it is needed. In type 1 diabetes (which was once referred to as childhood-onset diabetes), the pro |
Targeting Diabetes: Groundbreaking PCRM Study Shows the Dramatic Impact of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet
Groundbreaking PCRM Study Shows the Dramatic Impact of a Low-Fat Vegan Diet More than 20 million Americans have diabetes, a condition that greatly increases the risk of heart problems and other complications. A new study has shown that a low-fat vegan diet treats type 2 diabe |
Human Experimentation: An Introduction to the Ethical Issues
The Scandal Unfolds Tuskegee Studies Unnecessary Drugs Mean Unnecessary Experiments |
New Study: Soy Improves Prostate Cancer Outlook
A new Australian study suggests that soy products can help decrease the risk of prostate cancer progression. The study, published in the September issue of Urology, included 29 Australian men with prostate cancer who were waiting to undergo a radical prostatec |
Childhood Obesity Conference Confronts the Fattening of America
Is childhood obesity more dangerous than cancer? In the next 50 years, pediatric obesity may shorten life expectancy in the United States by two to five years—an effect equal to that of all cancers combined, according to research by David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D. Hear his and other childhood obesity experts’ |
PCRM’s Summit on the Dietary Guidelines 2000
On September 18, 1998, PCRM and Georgetown University Medical Center jointly sponsored a major conference which examined what Americans should eat and how the U.S. government’s diet guidelines should be changed. PCRM’s director of nutrition Patricia Bertron, R.D., planned the conference in li |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
Food Guide Pyramid Needs Makeover, Say Nutritionists
WASHINGTON— Nutritionists at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are calling on the government to revise the Food Guide Pyramid to better reflect the growing body of evidence that a vegetarian diet, rich in whole grains, offers the most disease protection of any dietary pattern. The U.S. Departm |
A Vegan Diet for Diabetes Control
A study in the August issue of Diabetes Care, published by the American Diabetes Association, shows that a low-fat, vegan diet is highly effective for blood sugar control in people |
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