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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 |
Good Medicine Archive
2011 Issues Ivy League Animal Cruelty: PCRM Uncovers Shocking Animal Cruelty at Nation's Top Schools Good Medicine Autumn 2011 Vol. XX, No. 3 |
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 |
Weight-Loss Books
A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine January 2003 A healthy weight-loss plan should go beyond promoting weight loss. It should also promote good health and nutrition by recommending a diet based on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, |
Reversing Diabetes Across the Country
PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., may be bringing his new program for reversing diabetes to your town. This January, Dr. Barnard begins a nationwide tour to talk about his new book, Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes. The book outlines a completely new dietary approach to preventing, controlling |
Nobel Prize Winner Praises New Book's Case for Animal Intelligence and Emotion
Do baboons have a keen sense of right and wrong? Do chickens find certain human faces attractive in the same way people do? Do cats and dogs get their feelings hurt? In his new book, Second Nature, Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., an ethologist and biologist affiliated with PCRM, makes the case that animals, once viewed o |
Reversing Diabetes Across the Country
PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., may be bringing his new program for reversing diabetes to your town. This January, Dr. Barnard will begin a tour across the country to talk about his new book, Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes. The book outlines a completely new dietary approach to preventin |
Kickstart Book Tour Reaches Maximum-Capacity Crowds
Auditoriums and bookstores across the country have been filling with Americans eager to try the 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart. Tomorrow, PCRM president Neal Barnard, M.D., continues the latest leg of his Kickstart book tour in Pittsburgh. In Pittsburgh, Dr. Barnard will discuss his newest book, 21-Day Weight Loss Kic |
Doctors Rate Popular Diet Books
WASHINGTON—On the eve of a long-awaited U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report on the health effects of popular diets, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has completed its own nutritional analysis of top weight-loss books. Doctors and registered dietitians at PCRM, |
2007 Year in Review: Books Reach a Wide Audience
Nutrition Guide for Clinicians Medical students across the country do not always get the nutrition education they will need to help their future patients adopt better eating habits. So PCRM created a 900-page Nutrition Guide for Clinicians and made it available free of charge to every second-year medical stud |
Breaking the Food Seduction
$16.99 Neal Barnard, M.D. Whether you’re drawn to chocolate, cookies, potato chips, cheese, or burgers and fries, we all have foods we can’t seem to resist—foods that sabotage our best efforts to lose weight and improve our health. These foods are winning the battle—but that’s |
Renowned Author Donates Dakota Proceeds to PCRM
New York Times best-selling writer Martha Grimes is generously donating a portion of the royalties from her new novel, Dakota, to PCRM. Supporters can meet Ms. Grimes at lectures and book signings in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Martha Grimes is the author of the internationally popular Richard Jury murder myster |
Dr. Barnard Takes the Kickstart on Tour
Book Tour Schedule April 9 Washington, DC April 15 Atlanta, GA April 18 Toledo, OH April 19 Cleveland, OH April 20 Columbus, OH April 21 Cincinnati, OH April 25 Charlotte, NC April 26 Winston-Salem, NC April 27 Greensboro, NC April 28 Raleigh, NC April 29 Virginia Beach (Norfolk), VA May 1 Baltimore, MD |
Evidence Mounts that Foods are Physically Addictive
WASHINGTON—Anyone who’s tried to give up coffee knows that caffeine is physically addictive, and many suspect the same about chocolate, but a new book by nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., argues that other foods are just as habituating. |
New Cooking and Nutrition DVD Now Available
The Cancer Project’s new Eating Right for Cancer Survival DVD set is designed to work hand in hand with the companion book, The Cancer Survivor’s Guide: Foods That Help You Fight Back. Together, they provide powerful information on simple, everyday choices that can cause major changes in health and well |
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