Protect Your Kidneys. Prevent Diabetes. Reclaim Your Health.
Friday, April 17, 2026, 4:30 – 7:00pm EST | First Presbyterian Church, Loudon Hall, 175 Lake Hollingsworth, Lakeland, FL 33803
Dr. Barnard is speaking at a very special event in Lakeland, FL
Protect Your Kidneys. Prevent Diabetes. Reclaim Your Health.
Join Polk Wellness Professionals & FL Kaleblazers for a powerful, FREE community event featuring two leading voices in lifestyle medicine:
- Neal Barnard, MD – Founder & President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and expert on preventing and reversing diabetes through a whole food, plant-based diet
- Shivam Joshi, MD – Preventive nephrologist and nationally recognized expert on kidney health
Why This Matters
- Early kidney disease often has no symptoms, many people don’t know they’re at risk until damage is advanced.
- High blood pressure and diabetes are the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Prevention is critical—help prevent, slow and even reverse conditions like CKD and Type 2 diabetes
Food as Powerful Medicine
Discover how a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle can:
- Lower blood pressure naturally
- Improve blood sugar control and insulin sensitivity
- Reduce inflammation and metabolic stress on the kidneys
- Help prevent, slow, and even reverse conditions like CKD and Type 2 diabetes
What You’ll Learn
- How plants protect kidney function and reduce dialysis risk
- Why animal-based foods can worsen kidney and metabolic disease
- How plant foods help correct acidosis and excess phosphate
- The connection between dietary fat, insulin resistance, and Type 2 diabetes
Who Should Attend
- Anyone with diabetes, prediabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney concerns
- Those with a family history of kidney disease
- Anyone interested in evidence-based prevention and reversal strategies
Your kidneys matter. Your choices matter. Your plate matters.
Note: this is not a Physicians Committee sponsored event.