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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.

Register Today!

Note: this is not a Physicians Committee sponsored event.