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It’s an absolute honour to have Dr. Neal Barnard return to the podcast today.

In 1985, Dr. Barnard founded the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and for nearly four decades, this groundbreaking organisation has been championing a healthier, more compassionate world for animals, people, and the planet.

PCRM promotes preventative medicine, conducts clinical research, and advocates for higher ethical standards in research.

Today’s conversation covers potent weight loss principles from Dr. Barnard’s latest book, The Power Foods Diet. We also delve into some of PCRM’s recent victories and discuss peer-reviewed studies that powerfully illustrate the health benefits of a low-fat vegan diet.

Dr. Barnard’s research, combined with his calm while uncompromising and persuasive yet professional manner give me hope for the world we might still be able to create.

A compassionate, healthy, vegan world where nutrition education becomes a cornerstone of medical training, empowering patients to take charge of their health.

To briefly touch on Dr. Barnard’s extensive bio: he is a physician, clinical researcher, and author, as well as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Ok, time to dig in with Dr. Neal Barnard’s Food As Medicine Protocol For Kickstarting Weight Loss…. and so much more.

• What are some recent wins for PCRM and the plant-based movement that give Neal hope.
• I ask Dr Barnard: Where is change happening frustratingly slow? And get the BEST Reframe!
• Dr Barnard’s new book, The Power Foods Diet and his, food-as-medicine protocol for kickstarting weight loss and keeping it off.
• Certain foods (that) make weight loss easy.
• Foods that reduce the appetite | Trap calories so they are flushed away and cannot be absorbed | Increase the body’s ability to burn calories.
• Some of the foods we think are good for us can actually be harmful. Like: salmon, goats cheese and coconut oil.
• Dr Barnard busts some myths about Soy including, why it won’t give you “man boobs”!
• We discuss some benefits of Soy, including reduced hot flashes for menopausal women.
• PCRM’s peer-reviewed studies on nutrition and health, including one showing a low-fat vegan diet to be far more effective than a Mediterranean diet for weight loss.
• For the individual who does not want to lose weight and does not have a significant health condition, how low fat does Dr Barnard recommend?
• Some of Neal’s favourite food prepping tips to make healthy eating easier.

I imagine you are not new to Dr. Barnard, he is of course a leader in the vegan and plant-based movement.

He is also someone I turn to when I feel overwhelmed by the flood of health misinformation clouding the simple truth: there is one diet that benefits humans, the planet, and, most importantly, the animals.

If you have not heard my first conversation with Dr Barnard I will link to, E669:  Optimising Hormonal Health with Simple Diet Changes in the show notes.

We’re not disappointed or frustrated. What we are here is Determined. So if there's progress that remains to be made, we continue to go after it... people are kind of hooked on bad diets. So our work is not yet done. @DrNealBarnard Share on X

Purchase, The Power Foods Diet:

Neal mentioned PCRM’s, The Nutrition Guide for Clinicians:

The PCRM website: https://www.pcrm.org/

PCRM’s The Exam Room Podcast: A Podcast Examining Vegan Nutrition and Medical News.

Connect with Dr Barnard across the socials: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok.

Connect with PCRM across the socials: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Youtube.

That’s it for this week in Healthification.

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