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Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan See book keywords and concepts

If you would like to join in our work to promote healthful diets and tackle other issues in medicine and research, I hope you will consider joining pcrm. You will find full details at www.pcrm.org. Members receive our quarterly magazine, Good Medicine, and can sign up to receive PCRM's Breaking Medical News, a free, noncommercial service that alerts you by e-mail when new studies are about to break. Menus and Recipes The following menus and recipes were developed and tested by Bry-anna Clark Grogan, a veteran chef, recipe developer, and food writer.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

The front group is also fond of accusing pro-vegetarian organizations like the pcrm and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) of hiding behind an animal rights platform. But here's the funny thing: these groups' agendas are not at all concealed— they are trying to protect animals, and they readily acknowledge this goal. pcrm and PETA just also happen to subscribe to the scientifically supported view that vegetarian diets are healthier than meat-centered ones.

Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan See book keywords and concepts

You will find full details at www.pcrm.org. Members receive our quarterly magazine, Good Medicine, and can sign up to receive PCRM's Breaking Medical News, a free, noncommercial service that alerts you by e-mail when new studies are about to break. Menus and Recipes The following menus and recipes were developed and tested by Bry-anna Clark Grogan, a veteran chef, recipe developer, and food writer. Originally from California, Bryanna now lives in British Columbia.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Website: www.pcrm.org Founded in 1985, pcrm is a nonprofit organization supported by over 5,000 physicians and 100,000 laypersons. pcrm programs combine the efforts of medical experts and grassroots individuals to promote preventive medicine through research programs, reforms of federal nutrition policies, and the advocacy of higher ethics and effectiveness in the use and research of drugs, synthetic hormones, and other mainstream medical approaches. Recommended Reading Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs. Stephen M. Fried. New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1999.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Promotes preventive medicine through vegetarian diets; also works to reform federal nutrition policy and uses legal tools to protect consumers. www.pcrm.org Public Health Advocacy Institute Working to advance public health through legal and policy tools; "Law and Obesity" project offers resources for preserving consumers' access to the courts. www.phaionline.org Organic Consumers Association Works to protect the integrity of organic standards, preserve the environment, and promote locally grown, sustainable food. www.organicconsumers.

The nonprofit, which also petitioned the federal government to stop the campaigns, says that other researchers have found that dairy products either have no effect on weight or cause weight gain.30 pcrm had initially included Kraft as a defendant, but dropped the company from the suit after it agreed to end an ad campaign featuring images such as a giant block of cheese engraved with the words Burn More Fat. Nevertheless, Kraft's Web site inexplicably continues to tout dairy as a weight-loss aid, appealing to Zemel's studies to corroborate this claim.

Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

You may also wish to join the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit organization I founded in 1985 to promote preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher standards in research. PCRM's magazine, Good Medicine, is available for both doctors and laypersons. You can write to pcrm at 5100 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20016. I wish you the very best of health! MENUS AND RECIPES BY JENNIFER RAYMOND A WORD FROM THE COOK When Neal Barnard described this book and asked me to do the recipes, I must admit I had some misgivings.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

When I asked dietitian Brie Turner-McGrievy (who conducted the pcrm study) to explain the discrepancy, she said that the site numbers must have changed, since she used data that was posted in 2003. She also noted that right after her group's study was released, McDonald's changed their nutrition facts to list all of the salads without chicken as an option. (This was not available prior to the survey.) "So we know they went back to look at their nutrition facts after our review.

McDonald's salads were among the worst offenders. pcrm noted that all of the corporation's salad entrees contain chicken (which has virtually as much cholesterol as beef) and concluded that the salads "may very well clog up your arteries." The group also awarded the Announces "Balanced, Active Lifestyles Platform" General Release of Super Size Me Lawsuit filed against McDonald's over cooking oil April 2004 May 2004 July 2004 Bacon Ranch Salad with Crispy Chicken and Newman's Own Ranch Dressing "the dubious distinction of having the most fat of any salad rated.

Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan See book keywords and concepts

Members receive our quarterly magazine, Good Medicine, and can sign up to receive PCRM's Breaking Medical News, a free, noncommercial service that alerts you by e-mail when new studies are about to break. Menus and Recipes The following menus and recipes were developed and tested by Bry-anna Clark Grogan, a veteran chef, recipe developer, and food writer. Originally from California, Bryanna now lives in British Columbia. Her many cookbooks cover an enormous range of foods and cooking styles, from quick and easy recipes to many kinds of ethnic cuisine.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

But here's the funny thing: these groups' agendas are not at all concealed— they are trying to protect animals, and they readily acknowledge this goal. pcrm and PETA just also happen to subscribe to the scientifically supported view that vegetarian diets are healthier than meat-centered ones. In CCF's myth-making, this scientific verdict on human nutrition is yet another pesky fact that it's prepared to ignore in the interest of smearing and marginalizing food-industry critics. Why engage in serious debate on the merits of the issue when name-calling is so much easier?

Food Politics Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

Late in 1998, pcrm filed a federal lawsuit based on this and one other charge: 6 of the 11 members of the Guidelines committee had significant ties to the meat, dairy, or egg industries. pcrm charged that these members—all university-based academics—had received research grants from, lectured to, consulted for, published with, or served on boards of the organizations with commercial interests in specific guidelines and what was said about them. Table 9 lists such organizations.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Founded in 1985, pcrm is a nonprofit organization supported by over 5,000 physicians and 100,000 laypersons. pcrm programs combine the efforts of medical experts and grassroots individuals to promote preventive medicine through research programs, reforms of federal nutrition policies, and the advocacy of higher ethics and effectiveness in the use and research of drugs, synthetic hormones, and other mainstream medical approaches. Recommended Reading Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs. Stephen M. Fried. New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1999.

Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

In 2000, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) had had enough and filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting an immediate investigation into the health claims of the milk mustache ads. pcrm asked the FTC to investigate whether the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board and the Milk Industry Foundation had been disseminating scientifically unsubstantiated, purposefully deceptive, and harmful advertising.

Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis See book keywords and concepts

The Washington, DC—based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) sued the USDA, late in 1999, charging that these meat, dairy, and egg interests would influence nutrition policy, and they won. pcrm cited, for example, that the guidelines promote dairy product consumption as a means of preventing osteoporosis—even though studies have shown that eating dairy products doesn't reduce the incidence of that disease. The lawsuit was, unfortunately, won too late to revise the current guidelines. In the future, though, the USDA will have to publicize the advisory committee selection.

Food Politics Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

Late in 1998, pcrm filed a federal lawsuit based on this and one other charge: 6 of the 11 members of the Guidelines committee had significant ties to the meat, dairy, or egg industries. pcrm charged that these members—all university-based academics—had received research grants from, lectured to, consulted for, published with, or served on boards of the organizations with commercial interests in specific guidelines and what was said about them. Table 9 lists such organizations.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

Founded in 1985, pcrm is a nonprofit organization supported by over 5,000 physicians and 100,000 laypersons. pcrm programs combine the efforts of medical experts and grassroots individuals to promote preventive medicine through research programs, reforms of federal nutrition policies, and the advocacy of higher ethics and effectiveness in the use and research of drugs, synthetic hormones, and other mainstream medical approaches. Recommended Reading Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs. Stephen M. Fried. New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1999.

Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief Neal Barnard, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

You can write to pcrm at 5100 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20016. I wish you the very best of health! MENUS AND RECIPES BY JENNIFER RAYMOND A WORD FROM THE COOK When Neal Barnard described this book and asked me to do the recipes, I must admit I had some misgivings. The low-fat, no-cholesterol recipes were no problem. We have been using them for years to help people open up arteries, balance their hormones, and get diabetes under control. What I found challenging was cooking without the foods that can trigger migraines and arthritis.

Food Politics Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

Other critics charged that the PCRM's "potentially dangerous" dietary advice disguised an underlying animal-rights agenda.13 This story elevated the advice to eat less meat to front-page news. Thursday, April 11 Joe Crea, then a food reporter for the Orange County Register in Southern California, often wrote stories based on interviews with Betty Peterkin, a veteran USDA staff nutritionist. She told him about the Pyramid. Crea wrote an article comparing the Pyramid's recommendations to those of the Physicians Committee.

His story appeared with an illustration comparing the two guides and a quote from a representative of the American Dietetic Association "lamenting" that the pcrm recommendations had appeared first, because the Pyramid was "a far more balanced and sensible approach."14 As was standard practice, this story went out over news wire services. Saturday, April 13 Washington Post reporter Malcolm Gladwell noticed the Orange County Register story on the wire services and thought it worth pursuing; his editor advised him to expand it with interviews. His April 13 account featured the remarks of Dr.

Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

Washington, DC 20016; 202-686-2210; www.pcrm.org Public Citizen Founded by Ralph Nader, fights for safer drugs and medical devices, cleaner energy sources and environment, fair trade, and a more open and democratic government. 1600 20th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009; 202-588-1000; www.citizen.org Public Citizen Stop Food Irradiation Project Organizes activists to halt adoption of food irradiation and encourages industry to ensure safer food supply by cleaning up production and inspection procedures. 215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, D.C. 20003; www.citizen.

Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition Larry Trivieri, Jr. See book keywords and concepts

The statements of the pcrm may have some merit, but much more research will be required before a final verdict. Until then, keep these guidelines in mind:22 • Breast milk is best for babies up to at least age 2. Efficient breast pumps can be obtained from hospitals (or purchased) to extract breast milk and make life easier for working mothers.

Dr. Earl Mindell's Unsafe at Any Meal: How to Avoid Hidden Toxins in Your Food Earl Mindell and Hester Mundis See book keywords and concepts

PCBs Polychlorinated biphenyls; toxic industrial-waste contaminants. pcrm Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Peptic Pertaining to the digestive tract. pH Degree of acidity or alkalinity of a substance. Photosensitivity Sensitivity to light. PKU (phenylketonuria) A hereditary disease caused by the lack of an enzyme needed to convert an essential amino acid (phenylalanine) into a form usable by the body; can cause mental retardation unless detected early in life. Polyunsaturated fats Highly nonsaturated fats from vegetable sources; tend to lower blood cholesterol.

Food Politics Marion Nestle See book keywords and concepts

Eventually, the court denied PCRM's request for a preliminary injunction but agreed that the methods for appointing committee members deserved further scrutiny. Although previous advisory committees also were obliged by federal law to hold open meetings, the workings of this one were especially public because transcripts and documents could be posted immediately on USDA's Internet Web site. Thus reporters and anyone else from industry or advocacy groups could follow the development of the committee's thinking.

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