Resources about a whole food plant-based diet and its
ability to reverse chronic conditions and improve health
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Program - Physician using a plant-based diet as medical treatment.
T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies - Offers a certificate in plant-based nutrition and "promotes optimal nutrition through science-based education, advocacy, and research."
Dr. John McDougall's Health & Medical Center - Physician using a plant-based (starch) diet as medical treatment.
Ornish Lifestyle Medicine - Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease
Complete Health Improvement Program - Lifestyle Medicine program for preventing and reversing disease
NutritionFacts.org - Large quantity of nutrition research and health studies reviewed by physician Dr. Michael Greger.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine - Organization of physicians and others promoting the use of nutrition in medical education and practice
The Plantrician Project - Focused on educating physicians and other health care providers about the benefits of a plant-based diet.
Forks Over Knives - Documentary film demonstrating the benefits of a plant-based diet. Website also contains recipes.
Eating You Alive - Film demonstrating benefits of a plant-based diet. Website also contains recipes.
Happy Herbivore - Plant-based diet recipes and meal plans.
Straight Up Food - Plant-based diet recipes and meal plans.
Engine2Diet - Features recipes, information, and events about a plant-based diet.
Kaiser Permanente - Healthcare/insurance organization promoting a plant-based diet.
Actuaries for Sustainable Health Care - International association of actuaries dedicated to achieving sustainability of health care financing systems through the use of whole food plant-based nutrition.
CutHealthCareCosts.org - Paper summarizing plant-based nutrition and how the insurance industry can promote its widespread adoption.
An Actuarial Challenge to the Insurance Industry - A paper that was entered in the Actuarial Challenge that describes how using Food As Medicine can stabilize and improve the individual insurance markets.
The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease: Fact or Fiction? - Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries Health Meeting about how plant-based nutrition can reverse chronic disease and reduce health care costs.
Why Cover Expensive Medical Treatments That Don't Work? - Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting about how plant-based nutrition is more effective from both a cost and health perspective than traditional approaches such as drugs and surgery.
An Actuarial Model to Improve Health and Reduce Costs - Paper published in the October 2017 Society of Actuaries Health Section News about an actuarial model based on plant-based nutrition that can reduce health care costs and improve health.