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Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity – Risk Factors for Women and Prevention of Chronic Disease – Dr. Debra Krummel

David Lemberg — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:24:05 +0000

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Dr. Debra Krummel discusses cardiovascular risk factors that have a greater impact on women, as well as the vicious cycle of obesity in women and the next generation. She describes recent research concerning the effects of maternal obesity on the baby. Dr. Krummel discusses a three-step program for the prevention of chronic disease.

Dr. Krummel is a nationally recognized expert on cardiovascular health. She is an Endowed Associate Professor and Millennium Scholar in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Cincinnati.

Her areas of expertise are women’s cardiovascular health, obesity prevention in postpartum women, and fetal origins of cardiovascular disease. Currently, she is studying the relation between maternal obesity and diet to inflammatory markers in African-American women.

Dr. Krummel has published more than 50 papers and abstracts and given over 100 presentations in several countries. She is the co-editor of 3 books including Nutrition and Women’s Health, and the author of 17 book chapters.

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Preventing Heart Disease and Cancer – Lifestyle Medicine – Dr. Ann Kulze

David Lemberg — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:13:08 +0000

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Dr. Ann Kulze discusses powerful nutritional strategies for maximizing heart health and the most important lifestyle strategies for reducing cancer risk.

Dr. Ann is a nationally recognized expert and motivational speaker in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and disease prevention. With her unique background and formal training in both nutrition and medicine, Dr. Kulze has distinguished herself as a one-of-a-kind “real world” nutrition and wellness expert.

Dr. Ann is the author of Dr. Ann’s 10-Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality, published by Greenleaf Book Group. She has been featured by a number of national media outlets including Oprah and Friends Radio, Time Magazine, and NPR, and is the national spokesperson for Ruby Tuesday’s highly acclaimed SMART EATING Initiative.

Technorati Tags: cancer prevention, heart disease prevention, Lifestyle Medicine, Nutrition, phytochemicals

Ending Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics – Dr. David Katz

David Lemberg — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:58:53 +0000

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Dr. David Katz

Dr. David Katz discusses solutions for ending the diabetes and obesity epidemics, including action steps for schools, physicians, government, communities, and individuals and families.

Dr. Katz has launched Nutrition Detectives, an exciting nutrition education program for elementary school children that is “Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices”. He has also recently launched Nuval, a nutritional scoring system, that helps consumers see – at a glance – the nutritional value of the food they buy.

Dr. Katz is an internationally recognized authority on nutrition, weight management, and the prevention of chronic disease. He is Associate Professor in Public Health Practice at the Yale University School of Medicine and Director and founder of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center. He is currently the nutrition columnist for O, the Oprah Magazine and a health columnist for the New York Times Syndicate.

Dr. Katz has twice been recognized by the Consumers Research Council of America as one of America’s top physicians in Preventive Medicine and has won numerous awards for his teaching and his contributions to public health.

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Raymond Francis – Never Be Sick Again

David Lemberg — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:47:41 +0000

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Raymond Francis

Raymond Francis is an MIT-trained scientist, internationally recognized leader in optimal health maintenance, and author of the breakthrough books Never Be Sick Again and Never Be Fat Again. Raymond has proposed an entirely new concept of health along with a simple program for achieving it called the Beyond Health Model.

Never Be Sick Again

He is also the founder and president of the nonprofit, Health-e-America Foundation. The foundation’s purpose is to end the epidemic of chronic disease by applying revolutionary technology to the basics of good health. The foundation is the sponsor of The Project to End Disease, a growing international movement to teach people how to end disease in their lives.

In our SCIENCE AND SOCIETY interview, Raymond Francis discusses

Simple methods for restoring good health – addressing both deficiencies and toxicities
Using advanced scientific methods at both the cellular and molecular levels
How toxicity causes overweight
Addressing cancer directly as a systemic disease

Technorati Tags: anti-aging, Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition, obesity, omega-3 fatty acids