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Health Topics
PCRM is pleased to provide fact sheets on several preventive medicine and nutrition topics: Arthritis Arthritis and Foods Calcium Calcium and Strong Bones: Protecting Your Bones Parents' Guide to Building Better Bones Cancer Breast Cancer Colon C |
Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition
Frequently Asked Questions About Nutrition 1. Do you recommend a vegetarian or a vegan diet? 2. I want to try a vegan diet. How should I start? 3. Is it healthy for children to be on a vegan diet? 4. How do I get protein on a vegan diet? Do I need to combine proteins? 5. How do I get enough calcium on a vegan diet |
Health and Nutrition
New in Health and Nutrition Food for Life: Unlocking the Power of Plant-based Nutrition DVD $14.95 |
Reports from PCRM's Nutrition Department
The Five Worst School Breakfasts March 2012 Five Heartbreaking Valentine’s Day Foods February 2012 Five Amazingly Unhealthy Super Bowl Fast Foods January 2012 The Five Worst Cookbooks of 2011 December 2011 |
Food for Life: Healthy Eating and Cooking to Beat Diabetes in Indian Country
Welcome! This is the home of curriculum materials for a unique nutrition education program designed to address the epidemic of type 2 diabetes among Native Americans. Research conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and many other research teams has demonstrated the power of plant-base |
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 |
Nutrición y Diabetes
Nutrición y Diabetes Fundamentos de la diabetes En la diabetes, las células del cuerpo no pueden obtener el azúcar que necesitan. La glucosa, un azúcar simple, es el principal combustible del cuerpo. La glucosa se encuentra en |
Section Four: Diabetes
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Nutritional Factors in Neuropathy |
Diabetes Success Stories
Over the past few years, we have heard from hundreds of people who have had tremendous success using a low-fat vegan diet to treat type 2 diabetes. Here are just a few of their stories. John Beale When doctors diagnosed him with type 2 |
Food for Life Training: Agenda
Translating Nutrition Research into Community Education: A Workshop for Implementing Diet-Related Chronic Disease Curricula Food for Life Training: Agenda SIGN UP TO RECEIVE UPDATES > Wednesday, Nov. 7 |
Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
Food for Life Classes Designed by physicians, nurses, and registered dietitians, we offer cancer, diabetes, and kids classes that focus on the lifesaving effects of healthful eating. Find a class > Vegetarian Starter Kit Switching to a vegetarian diet is ea |
Help Your Patients: Diabetes Resources for Health Care Professionals
Patient Education Printable Patient Education Fact Sheets Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success (PDF-in English) Diet and Diabetes: Recipes for Success (PDF-in Spanish) |
Nurses Nutrition Network
NEW Vegans Needed at PennMed A group of researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine are examining the differences in gut bacteria in vegans. This research can provide new information in the growing picture of how and why those |
Celebrity Chefs and New Classes Teach Plant-Based Diabetes Prevention
The new season of the TV show Top Chef just started and it’s packed with celebrity chefs. In the show’s challenges, chefs typically create high-fat, cholesterol-laden meals—like the ones that have contributed to America’s diabetes epidemic. But last month, PCRM presented its own challenge to |
PCRM Program to Treat and Prevent Diabetes Now on DVD
Jason Wyrick was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in his 20s and faced taking insulin for the rest of his life—until he turned to the diabetes treatment approach recommended PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D. Since then, Jason has lost 120 pounds, and he now has no symptoms of diabetes. His success story is amon |
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