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Week 1
Each day during the Kickstart, we provide recipes and suggestions for every meal. Don’t let this overwhelm you. We want you to know there are tons of options, but you get to pick and choose how many recipes you make each day or week—and how much of each recipe you make. For those of you cooking for four to
Ten Celebrity Cookbooks
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine December 2002   Cookbook Rating System PCRM’s registered dietitians based each cookbook’s rating on three criteria: percentage of healthful recipes (up to 75 points), amount of health and n
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
A Guide to Healthy Weight Loss
A Guide to Healthy Weight Loss: Three weeks on a low-fat vegan diet gets you on the road to your healthy weight goal Of the many ways to lose weight, one stands out as by far the most healthful. When you build your meals from a generous array of vegeta
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
Vegetarian Diets for Children: Right from the Start
Vegetarian Diets for Children: Right from the Start Eating habits are set in early childhood. Choosing a vegetarian diet can give your child—and your whole family—the opportunity to learn to enjoy a variety of wonderful, nutritious foods. Children raised on fruits, ve
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
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)
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
A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes DVD
It’s time for A New Approach to Nutrition for Diabetes This DVD provides a guide to moving beyond simply managing diabetes. It will help you turn the disease around. It delivers medical results: weight loss, blood glucose control, and reduced heart disease risk, and may even reduce or prevent the need fo
Hollywood Stars Share Their Favorite Vegan Recipes with PCRM
Vegetarian diets are “in” in Hollywood. And like a growing number of celebrities, movie and television stars Alicia Silverstone and Kevin Nealon know the benefits of following a meatless diet—and now they are sharing their favorite vegan recipes with PCRM. Actress Alicia Silverstone, star of the h
The Five Worst Foods to Grill
The Five Worst Foods to Grill   A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine August 2005 Three out of four American households own a barbecue grill, according to the Hearth, Patio, & Barbecue Association.

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