Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention

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Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention
Evidence Supporting the New Four Food Groups
Kerrie K. Saunders

10 CPEU or CE hours

Course: $78
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Description
The United States is one of the sickest nations on the planet. Most American accept degenerative chronic disease such as obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis heart disease, osteoporosis and cancer as part of the normal aging process. Find out how a diet based on the New Four Food Groups can help prevent or alleviate the chronic disease that affects so many Americans—without the need for pills, sugary, or fad diets. In this thoroughly researched and comprehensive guide, Dr. Kerrie Saudners points the way to new standards of health and health care for the twenty-first century.

Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 1590560388
ISBN-13: 9781590560389
Format: Paperback, 220pp
Publisher: Lantern Books NY
Pub date: 2003

Content
Acknowledgments
Information for Readers
List of Tables
Preface
Chapter 1: Historical Comparisons of Dietary Practices and Resultant Disease Prevalence
Chapter 2: The Vegan Diet
Chapter 3: Obesity
Chapter 4: Diabetes and Hypoglycemia
Chapter 5: Atherosclerosis, Stroke, Cardiovascular Disease, and Hypertension
Chapter 6: Osteoporosis
Chapter 7: Cancer
Chapter 8: Related Ethical and Political Issues
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix One: The PCRM Diet
Appendix Two: Family Resource List
Appendix Three Arthritis and Diet
The B Vitamins
Building Better Bones
Cancer and Diet
Cholesterol, Stroke, and Heart Disease
Diet and Diabetes
Essential Fatty Acids
Exercise
Fiber
High Blood Pressure
Iron
Lactose Intolerance
Phytonutrients and Antioxidants
Potassium
Purines and Gout

About the author
Dr. Kerrie Saunders is a Certified Prevention Consultant and a Certified Addictions Counselor, and has a doctorate in Natural Health from Clayton College in Birmingham, Alabama. Her work has appeared in several newspapers and health-related magazines. Dr. Saudners currently provides consultation to professionals and clinic patients at an integrative medicine office in Port Huron, Michigan.

Reviews
“The Vegan Diet as Chronic Disease Prevention is a compelling and concise argument for the overwhelming benefits to the human being of a pure vegetarian diet. Doctors and scientists should know these facts, and every person should live by these principles.” - John McDougall, M.D. Director, McDougall Residential Program Author, McDougall Program books

“Kerrie Saunders’ discussion of the evidence is well done, reliable and professional. For those interested in the kind of nutrition that optimizes health, this is a good place to start.” - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University Director, Cornell-Oxford-China Diet and Health Project

Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
4000 Wellness and public health
4010 Community intervention, monitoring, and evaluation
4040 Disease prevention
4050 Epidemiology
4110 Vegetarianism