What are the best (and worst) foods for weight control?

Dr. Neal Barnard

Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.

As president of the Physicians Committee, Dr. Barnard leads programs advocating for preventive medicine, good nutrition, and higher ethical standards in research. His research contributed to the acceptance of plant-based diets in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. In 2016, he founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a model for making nutrition a routine part of all medical care.

Working with the Medical Society of the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association, Dr. Barnard has authored key resolutions, now part of AMA policy, calling for a new focus on prevention and nutrition in federal policies and in medical practice. In 2018, he received the Medical Society of the District of Columbia’s Distinguished Service Award. He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.

Originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Dr. Barnard received his MD degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine and completed his residency at the same institution. He practiced at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York before returning to Washington to found the Physicians Committee.

The surprising truth about body fat and how to streamline our metabolism

Dr. William Li

William W. Li, MD, is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of EAT TO BEAT DISEASE – The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on: Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America; and in The Atlantic, TIME, and The New York Times. An author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet, Dr. Li has served on the faculties of Harvard Medical School, Tufts University, and Dartmouth Medical School.

S.E.L.F.I.S.H. - seven principles to lose weight and protect yourself against our #1 killer

Dr. Columbus Batiste

Dr. Columbus D. Batiste is a board-certified Interventional Cardiologist, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, and Regional Chief of Cardiology for Southern California Permanente Medical Group.

In 2010, Dr. Batiste sought to break-the-cycle of prescriptions and procedures as the sole management of chronic disease and began promoting a long-term solution for his patients through nutrition, stress reduction, and exercise. In 2016 Dr. Batiste led a group that collaborated with Samsung Technologies and developed a virtual cardiac rehabilitation program utilizing a Samsung wearable. Since its launch the program, which applies the principles of lifestyle, has treated over 15,000 patients.

Understanding that the health of an individual is uniquely tied to their community, Dr. Batiste collaborated on the formation of a non-profit organization called the Healthy Heart Nation. The mission of Healthy Heart Nation is to improve the health of the community by narrowing disparities in education, business, justice, and ultimately health otherwise described as social determinants of health.

The Pleasure Trap: escaping the hidden forces that make us fat

Dr. Alan Goldhamer

For over 30 years Dr. Alan Goldhamer has been the director of the True North Health Center and the TrueNorth Health Foundation in Santa Rosa CA. TrueNorth Health is an integrative medical facility combining medicine, osteopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic and psychology as well as a research center on the application of fasting to the treatment of high blood pressure, diabetes, autoimmune disorders and lymphoma.

Dr. Goldhamer is the author of the Health Promoting Cookbook and co-author of The Pleasure Trap. He was the principal investigator in a number of studies that have appeared in the peer reviewed literature including 2 papers on the use of fasting in the treatment of high blood pressure and a recent report that appeared in the British Medical Journal on the treatment of Lymphoma cancer with fasting and an exclusively plant-based diet.

The science of food addiction: how our brains respond to processed foods

Dr. Nicole Avena

Dr. Nicole Avena is a research neuroscientist and expert in the fields of nutrition, diet and addiction, with a special focus on nutrition during early life and pregnancy. Her research achievements have been honored by awards from several groups including the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychological Association, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Dr. Avena has written several books, including What to Eat When You’re Pregnant, What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler and What to Eat When You Want to Get Pregnant. She regularly appears as a science expert on the Dr. Oz Show, Good Day NY, and The Doctors, as well as many other news programs. Her work has been featured in Bloomberg Business Week, Time Magazine for Kids, The New York Times, Shape, Men’s Health, Details, and many other periodicals. Dr. Avena is a member of the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. She has the #2 most watched TED-ED Health talk, How Sugar Affects Your Brain (over 10 million views) and blogs for Psychology Today.

How your gut health unlocks a surprising weight loss mechanism in your body

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI, or Dr. B. as he likes to be called, went to med school at Georgetown School of Medicine, trained in medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and gastroenterology at The University of North Carolina Hospitals, got his Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) from Northwestern University and a certificate in nutrition from Cornell University.

Dr. B. is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and an expert in digestive diseases and the gut.

Dr. B. has won multiple awards and distinctions for his work as a clinician, and conducted research for/contributed to 20+ published scientific articles and 40+ presentations at national meetings. He has been featured in Shape, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, and on HuffPost.

In 2020 he published Fiber Fueled which instantly became a New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher’s Weekly bestseller.

The power of small goals and daily victories (getting into shape without a gym)

Jaime Brenkus

Jaime has dedicated his professional life for the past 30 years on providing systematic approaches to fighting the obesity and weight problems across the nation. He started his own fitness training businesses in Los Angeles, Tampa and Cleveland.

He’s famous for his ability to take simple, tried-and-true health concepts and deliver them as exciting, consumer-friendly innovations. One of his biggest successes is the nationally known, 8-Minute Abs workout video series, which has helped millions of people. The 8 Minute series has over 77 million views on YouTube.

He choreographed supermodel, Kathy Ireland’s videos “Bodyspecifics” and “Reach” and created the entire concept of the 15 Minutes to Fitness package (a series of exercise videos, audios, menus and grocery lists). He wrote Get Lean in 15, a 270 page book to shape up and slim down.

He has produced over 150 fitness videos. Jaime has over 50 appearances on various home shopping channels including QVC, HSN, Canadian Home Shopping and Value Vision.
Jaime received two patents for his portion control plate, which sold over 200,000 units.
In 2007, he wrote Get Lean in 15. Jaime was awarded a Fitness Advocate for the President’s Challenge in Washington, DC. In 2009, he founded Slim & FIT Personal Weight Loss and Fitness Centers which sold over 20 locations in 2010. In 2013, Jaime Appeared on the Dr. Oz show as a fitness expert. In 2017, Jaime launched an on line fitness training site that focuses on the Baby Boomer audience. Currently, Brenkus owns and operates Lean Living, a fitness studio in Cleveland.

Jaime received his BA from the University of South Florida in 1983. Brenkus has been certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as an Exercise Physiologist since 1988.

Creating flavors and dishes you love that are low in calorie density

Chef Darshana Thacker

Bonus: Download Chef Darshana’s recipe

Chef Darshana Thacker is a vegan chef who specializes in whole-food, plant-based cuisine. A graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute, she’s known for her hearty and distinctly flavorful creations, which draw inspiration from a wide range of ethnic traditions.

Chef Darshana was the recipe author of Forks Over Knives Family and a lead recipe contributor for the New York Times bestseller The Forks Over Knives Plan. Her recipes have been published in The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Forks Over Knives—The Cookbook, Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health, Forks Over Knives: Flavor! Delicious Whole-Food, Plant-Based Food to Cook Every Day and LA Yoga magazine online.

How to make your health goals a reality (and the two dietary deficiencies that prevent weight loss)

Dr. Doug Lisle

Dr. Lisle has been the clinical psychologist at the TrueNorth Health Center for over 30 years. He has published numerous articles in the scientific literature. He is the co-author of The Pleasure Trap and is in private practice, conducting psychotherapy at the TrueNorth Health Center.

Dr. Lisle is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego (Summa Cum Laude). He received the President’s Fellowship and was a Dupont Scholar at the University of Virginia where he completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. He was then appointed Lecturer in Psychology at Stanford University and was on the staff at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Palo Alto, California.

Dr. Lisle worked as a forensic psychologist for the criminal justice system in Dallas, Texas and as a consultant for the National Institute of Health Clinical Trial on Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Depression at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Lisle lectures nationally to health professionals on topics including evolutionary psychology, cognitive therapy, lifestyle modification, relaxation and stress management, and weight loss. His research and clinical interests have broadened to include health and wellness, self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression, and optimizing achievement motivation.

The sneaky tactics food companies use to manipulate our eating habits

Dr. Joan Ifland

Dr. Ifland is a food addiction professional who is active in both online recovery and research.

Dr. Ifland has been an innovator in the field of recovery from food addiction since 1999 with the publication of her first popular book. She is the lead author of the first scholarly description of processed food addiction according to classic addiction diagnostic criteria and the first scholarly definition of addictive versus non-addictive foods.

Dr. Ifland earned her PhD in 2010 at Union Institute in addictive nutrition. Her MBA was awarded by Stanford Business School in 1978 and her BA in Economics and Political Science by Oberlin College in 1974. Dr. Ifland is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. She currently resides in the Seattle area where she enjoys hiking, women’s business groups, and the arts.

Reversing the vicious cycle of carbs - diabetes - weight gain

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD

Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, is a cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and is an internationally recognized nutrition and fitness coach who has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002. Using an evidence-based approach to nutrition and fitness, he first reduced his own insulin usage by more than 40%, and has educated thousands of people with all forms of diabetes how to reverse insulin resistance using diet and exercise. Cyrus earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, then earned a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012. He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at the Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthcare Conference, has been featured on Forks Over Knives, NPR, PBS, KQED, Fast Company, and is the author of the bestselling book Mastering Diabetes.

Reviewing the effectiveness and health consequences of keto & paleo diets

Brenda Davis, RD

Brenda Davis, registered dietitian, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Brenda is a featured speaker at nutrition, medical and health conferences throughout the world. She is author/co-author of 12 books with nearly a million copies in print in 15 languages. Her latest works include: Nourish: The Definitive Plant-based Nutrition Guide for Families (2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials (2019), The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018), Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014), Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013), and Becoming Raw (2010). Brenda’s books have won several awards, including two Canada Book Awards. She has also authored and co-authored several articles for peer-reviewed medical and nutrition journals and magazines. Brenda was the lead dietitian in a diabetes research project in the Marshall Islands. She is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association. In 2007, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. Brenda lives in Calgary Alberta with her husband, Paul Davis. She has two adult children, and two grandchildren.

Three levels of food addiction and how to reverse the progression

Dr. Vera Tarman

Dr. Vera Tarman
MD, M.Sc, FCFP, ABAM

Dr Vera Tarman has been working in the field of addiction medicine since 1994. She is the medical director of Renascent and oversees their in and out patient food addiction program. She has spoken internationally to public audiences, as well as on radio, television and multiple podcasts on the subject of food addiction. She runs a Facebook support group: “I’m Sweet Enough: Sugar Free for Life”. She is the author of “Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction, 2nd Edition”.

The hidden link between being overweight and cognitive decline

Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, MD

As Co-Directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University Medical Center, the Sherzais, through research and their extensive collective medical backgrounds, work to demystify the steps to achieving long-term brain health and the prevention of devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Dean Sherzai, MD, PhD, is co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University. Dean trained in Neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed fellowships in neurodegenerative diseases and dementia at the National Institutes of Health and UC San Diego. He also holds a PhD in Healthcare Leadership with a focus on community health from Andrews University.

Ayesha Sherzai, MD is a neurologist and co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University, where she leads the Lifestyle Program for the Prevention of Neurological Diseases. She completed a dual training in Preventative Medicine and Neurology at Loma Linda University, and a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is also a trained plant-based culinary artist.

Two sides of the same coin: Why you can't separate your weight from your health

Dr. Michael Klaper

Michael A. Klaper, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois Col-lege of Medicine in Chicago. He received postgraduate training in in-ternal medicine, surgery, orthopedics and anesthesiology at the University of British Columbia Hospitals in Vancouver and obstetrics at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Klaper has prac-ticed acute care medicine in Hawaii, Canada, California, Florida and New Zealand.

His current practice via telemedicine focuses on health-promoting food and lifestyle choices to help people stay out of hos-pitals and off of operating tables. A long-time radio host and a pilot, Dr. Klaper has served as nutrition advisor to NASA’s programs for space colonists on the Moon and Mars and on the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association.

He has authored numerous articles on plant-based nutrition and is authoring a book on using plant-based medicine in the clinical set-ting to arrest and reverse disease. He makes the latest information on health and nutrition available through his website, DoctorKlaper.com, where visitors can find the latest nutrition information through his numer-ous articles and videos, subscribe to his free newsletter, “Medicine Capsule” and support his “Moving Medicine Forward” Initiative to get applied nutri-tion taught in medical schools.

Behind closed doors of the food industry and 5 key choices you can make today

Dr. Hans Diehl

In honor of the late Dr. Hans Diehl.

A true champion of preventive medicine, Dr. Diehl was the esteemed founder of the Lifestyle Medicine Institute, a renowned institution committed to promoting healthier lifestyles and preventing chronic diseases through evidence-based practices. Throughout his illustrious career, he touched countless lives as a mentor, professor, and researcher, leaving an indelible mark on the medical community and beyond.

Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Diehl was the visionary behind the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP), a comprehensive lifestyle intervention that has empowered countless individuals to make lasting, positive changes in their health. His compassionate and empathetic approach to patient care earned him the admiration and gratitude of all who crossed his path.

In recognition of his immense contributions, Dr. Diehl was honored as “One of America’s 20 Health Superheroes,” a fitting tribute to his lifelong commitment to fostering healthier communities. His dedication and achievements were to be further acknowledged with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Hans Diehl’s departure leaves a void in the medical world, but his legacy will continue to shine brightly through the lives he has touched and we are honored to share a powerful presentation that Dr. Diehl recorded for this summit.

How to use your body's innate food instincts to your advantage

Susan Roberts, PhD

Dr. Susan B. Roberts is Senior Scientist and Director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at the HNRCA. She has published over 260 research papers in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association and British Medical Journal, and is among the top 0.1% of all scientists quoted by other scientists worldwide in the biological and physical sciences (h-index 63). Dr. Roberts’s work is widely quoted by national and international media including the New York Times, CNN, NBC, and ABC. She is currently researching factors influencing energy regulation and is conducting interventions for sustainable weight loss in worksites and military families. Dr. Roberts is a Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and holds appointments as Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Staff Member in Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine. The American Society for Nutrition awarded Dr. Roberts the E.V. McCollum Award for being a creative force in nutrition research, and in 2016 she received the W.O. Atwater Lecturer award for major contributions to nutrition research. She was a member of the 2016-2017 National Academies of Science committee that reviewed updates to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dr. Roberts is regularly invited to both domestic and international speaking engagements, including the 2017 U.S. House Hunger Caucus. She also cofounded the International Obesity Consortium for Global Studies, which is focused on developing effective interventions for reducing non-communicable diseases worldwide and is Co-Director of the Tufts Global Obesity Consortium.

Life-changing lessons from years of substance abuse and attempted suicide

Adam Sud

Adam Sud is the founder of the Plant-Based for Positive Change, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the research on diet and mental health and addiction. In 2020 he ran the very first controlled research trial to investigate the effects of a plant-based diet intervention on early addiction recovery outcomes. As an international speaker on plant-based nutrition and addiction recovery, he has been a featured speaker at the Whole Foods Market Tribal Gathering, Nexus Global Summit, The Food Revolution Summit, and Plant-Stock. He is a diabetes and food-addiction coach with Mastering Diabetes, a program that helps people reverse insulin resistance through the use of low-fat, plant-based, whole-food nutrition. Adam has worked in recovery centers using plant-based nutrition as a tool for strengthening recovery and preventing relapse. Adam has been a guest on The Plant Proof Podcast with Simon Hill, The Darin Olien Show, and The Rich Roll Podcast. He has been featured in magazines including Forks Over Knives, Austin Fit Magazine, Naked Food, and Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine, and in the documentary film Diet Fiction.

The secret life of fat and why it's so hard to keep the weight off

Sylvia Tara, PhD

Sylvia Tara holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from The University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

She was a healthcare management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and has worked for the world’s largest biotechnology companies.

After an extended battle with fat, Dr. Tara became fascinated with its resiliency and embarked on a mission to better understand it. This book is the culmination of years of research and interviews with physicians, patients and leading scientists. The Secret Life of Fat will forever change how you think about this misunderstood organ.

How hormones program your body to either store or release fat (and how to flip the switch)

Dr. Frank Sabatino

Dr Frank Sabatino is the past Health Director of some of the world’s leading health centres where he cared for, lectured and inspired thousands of people for 45 years.

Dr Sabatino is a Chiropractic physician who also has a Ph.D. in cell biology and neuroendocrinology from the Emory University School of Medicine. The book of his original research on the effects of brain peptides on the regulation of reproductive hormones was published in 1988. While an assistant professor at the Health Science Center of the University of Texas School of Medicine, he did extensive landmark research on calorie restriction, stress and aging, and has published a number of major scientific papers in some of the most well-respected peer reviewed journals in the fields of cell biology, endocrinology, and neuroscience. He has also written numerous articles for lay magazines and journals in the areas of clinical nutrition, healthy weight loss, women’s hormones, stress management, addiction, and healthy aging.

Dr. Sabatino is available for personal consults as part of the TrueNorth health coaching services or you can join him at the Balance For Life retreats in Florida.

Epigentics: How food can up or down-regulate our "fat genes"

Dr. Rosane Oliveira

Dr. Rosane Oliveira combines a lifelong passion for nutrition with 25 years of genetics research to create programs that help people develop healthy habits on their journey towards a more plant-based lifestyle.

She is a Visiting Clinical Professor in Public Health Sciences at the University of California Davis and is currently working with the School of Medicine curriculum redesign team to integrate topics related to preventive and lifestyle medicine into the new 4-year curriculum.

For the past 10 years, Dr. Oliveira also served as the founding director of the first Integrative Medicine program at UC Davis, where she created a Lifestyle Medicine Elective, published a #1 Amazon bestseller cookbook, and ran an annual challenge that gave nearly 150,000 individuals across 60+ countries the chance to try out plant-based eating.

As a molecular geneticist, Dr. Oliveira has studied transmission of infectious diseases, drug resistance in microorganisms, cancer initiation and progression, and how the food we eat can change gene expression to either cause disease or promote health and longevity.

She completed her postgraduate studies in Brazil and did her postdoctoral training in immunogenetics and functional genomics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

She is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has lived in the US since 2003.

“I didn’t think I’d make it another year” - what to do when all seems lost

Tim Kaufman

Tim Kaufman of FatManRants was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) in his early twenties. He was in chronic pain most of his life. By the time he had reached the age of 37 he was addicted to Fentanyl, alcohol, and fast food. At over 400 pounds he was unable to perform simple daily tasks. He had many chronic health issues and was almost immobile. He had lost his interest in life and had almost given up.

Tim started a journey to regain his health. He started to change one small thing a ta time. He is now an athlete that thrives on a plant-based whole food lifestyle and leads a healthy, happy, productive and very active life that is free of all medications he was once on. His passion is to spread the message that anyone can transition to a healthy, active lifestyle and dramatically change their life regardless of their current situation or size.

Tim has appeared on Podcasts from around the world and has been filmed for upcoming movies. He has been featured in Runner’s World Magazine, Good Morning America, Today, People, WebMd, ESPN, and many other media outlets.

Tim uses his platform as an international speaker to educate, inform and motivate people about plant-based nutrition, fitness, addiction recovery, overcoming physical challenges, and emotional and spiritual wellness.

An Anti-Inflammatory Diet & Other Secrets to Losing Weight And Keeping It Off

Dr. Sunil Pai

Sunil Pai, MD is internationally recognized an expert in Integrative Medicine, author, researcher, health activist/influencer and thought leader in the wellness industry. After his residency in Family Medicine at the University of New Mexico, he became Board Certified in Family Medicine. He was one of the first physicians 20 years ago and youngest in the U.S. to become a Fellow of the Program in Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona (Class 2002) directed by Dr. Andrew Weil, the “father” of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Pai also became one of the first Board Certified MD’s in Holistic Integrative Medicine in the U.S.

After his Fellowship training, he then studied with and become certified by Dr. Deepak Chopra as a Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor and a Creating Health (Ayurveda Lifestyle) Instructor. Dr. Pai then went further to enhance his knowledge Ayurvedic Medicine through specialized certified training at the S.D.M. College of Ayurveda (Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara 2004), and Intensive Yoga Therapies at the Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA 2004) in India. He is currently Senior Faculty at Ayurved Sadhana.

Dr. Pai then became certified in Functional Medicine (2003), Homotoxicology (2003), Physiological Regulating Medicine (2004) and Herbal Medicine (2019). Dr. Pai certified in Medical Acupuncture and Neuro-Acupuncture (2006) through Stanford University School of Medicine and from the world’s expert in Neuro-Acupuncture, Dr. Jason Hao. Dr. Pai is the Vice President of the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute, a non-profit organization focusing on teaching physicians neuro-acupuncture which is focused for pain conditions and neurological dysfunction such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and autism. Dr. Pai is featured in the documentary film Return To Life (2021) that demonstrates the miraculous benefits of Neuro-Acupuncture. He also specializes in Auriculotherapy (2016), a unique system of ear acupuncture that focuses on treatment of both food and inhalant allergies as well as provides Sublingual Immunotherapy. Dr. Pai is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University (2009) and the T. Colin Campbell Foundation and teaches each patient about the health benefits of eating whole food plant based diets.

Sunil Pai, MD is a Deacon of the House of Sanjevani Integrative Medicine Health and Lifestyle Center located in Albuquerque, an Integrated Auxiliary of the Priory of Santa Fe. As a nonprofit organization, they provide full service health education and Integrative Medicine services with emphasis in indigenous and natural medicines. Part of this approach encompasses the patient’s belief system as an integral part of their health and healing. Sanjevani is also certified by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), as an Educational Alliance Partner for delivering evidence based, clinical plant based nutritional programs.

Dr. Pai has helped thousands of patients worldwide with his critically acclaimed book An Inflammation Nation: The Definitive 10-step Guide to Preventing, Treating and Reversing All Diseases Through Diet, Lifestyle and the Use of Natural Anti-Inflammatories for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and cancer. The Forward is written by his mentor Dr. Andrew Weil. The book was chosen by Kirkus Reviews to be listed in the Best of 2016 Indie Books. The book is currently in the works to be made into a documentary film.

Dr. Pai is Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, lectures at national conferences and is actively publishing in in the field of Integrative Medicine, including in all 5 editions of Integrative Medicine by David Rakel (Elsevier) on Peripheral Neuropathy . Dr. Pai also consults with clinics in U.S., Curacao, Dubai, Thailand, India, Costa Rica and China on teaching his integrative medicine chronic disease and cancer supportive protocols.

Dr. Pai’s Integrative Medicine approach, evaluation, products and services are highly used by celebrities, actors, and musicians in the entertainment and music industries as well as professional athletes to improve and maintain their performance and longevity of their careers. Dr. Pai’s hobbies include playing drums, electric/acoustic guitar and music trivia and is known as the “RocDoc”. Dr. Pai lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico and his other interests include hiking and spending time with Princess Winnie (his dog), plant based cooking and yoga.

Dr. Pai is available by telehealth or in person consultations for both local, national, and international clients.

Food Freedom: How two simple strategies ended 40 years of yo-yo dieting

Tami Kramer

Tami Kramer has been following a whole food plant-based lifestyle since 2013. Through dietary changes she was able to lower her LDL Cholesterol and avoiding taking statins. She was also able
to achieve a healthy weight and more importantly she has been maintaining her 50-pound weight loss since 2015.

On her blog and YouTube channel called Nutmeg Notebook, Tami & her husband Tom, share their love of a healthy, whole food plant-exclusive lifestyle. Tami’s recipes are salt, oil, and
sugar free. She is well known for her “Beautiful Chopped Salads” and her weekly food batch
prep.

To help viewers work smarter not harder in the kitchen, she shares her proven tips, recipes, and
kitchen shortcuts to make this lifestyle easier. Tami helps you get healthy and stay healthy, one meal at a time.

How to break bad habits and build new ones effectively

Dr. Judson Brewer

Dr. Jud is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Mindfulness Center and associate professor in psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University, as well as a research affiliate at MIT. Before that, he held research and teaching positions at Yale University and the University of Massachusetts’ Center for Mindfulness.

As an addiction psychiatrist and internationally known expert in mindfulness training for treating addictions, Dr. Jud has developed and tested mindfulness programs for habit changes and studied the underlying neural mechanisms of mindfulness using standard and real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback. He regularly gives talks on the intersection of modern science and ancient meditative practices, helping to expose a modern audience to specific techniques and insights first discovered 2,500 years ago.

He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, trained US Olympic coaches, and his work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED (4th most viewed talk of 2016, with 10+ Million views), Time magazine (top 100 new health discoveries of 2013), Forbes, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera (documentary about his research), Businessweek and others.

His work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association, among others.

Dr. Brewer is the author of The Craving Mind: from cigarettes to smartphones to love, why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017) and Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind (Avery/Penguin Random House, 2021).

4 Stages of change - creating a new lifestyle without overwhelm

Dr. Neil Nedley

Neil Nedley, M.D. is founder and medical director of the Nedley Depression and Anxiety Recovery Programs, and “Optimize Your Brain” program designed to enhance emotional intelligence. Dr. Nedley is an award-winning practicing physician who also serves as President of Weimar Institute, a higher education college that houses the world-famous NEWSTART program and the residential and outpatient Depression and Anxiety Recovery Program. He has presented and published numerous scientific studies in the medical/scientific literature and is well known as a public speaker and teacher throughout the world. He is the author of Proof Positive, Depression—the Way Out, The Lost Art of Thinking, and Optimize Your Brain. Dr. Nedley pioneered the comprehensive Depression and Anxiety Recovery Programs, with options for home-based versions, community facilitator coached programs, and the ten-day live in residential therapeutic program.

Additionally, Dr. Nedley is a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist with an emphasis in the difficult-to-diagnose patient, gastroenterology, and mental health. He hosts the annual Emotional Intelligence Summit with global speakers and participants. He currently is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine, at Loma Linda University and serves on the constituency of Loma Linda University and the Corporate Board of Andrews University. Dr. Nedley and his wife Erica have four sons. He enjoys hiking in nature with his family, piloting his own aircraft, snow skiing, and listening to sacred and classical music. Nothing is as enjoyable to Dr. Nedley, however, as helping people from the depths of depression and anxiety to the pinnacle of success and fulfillment.

The 5 pillars of a lean, healthy body (and how to stop hating exercise)

Marco Borges

Passionate about guiding people to develop healthier lifestyles, Marco has spent more than 20 years empowering others with tools for ultimate wellness. His innovative exercise and nutrition programs are helping guide millions of people to healthier lifestyles. He is the author of “The Greenprint”, “The-22 Day Revolution”, “The 22-Day Revolution Cookbook” and “Power Moves”.

Over the past twenty years, he’s worked with some of the world’s biggest celebrities, guiding them towards healthier lifestyles.Having studied physiology and biology at Florida University, he went on to work as a nutritionist and developed the groundbreaking ‘22 Greenprint Laws‘, which he outlines as the most important diet, exercise, and lifestyle secrets for losing weight, increasing energy, boosting metabolism, and reducing inflammation, not to mention helping minimise your carbon imprint to help the planet. He co-owns plant-based company 22 Days Nutrition with Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

The little-known reason most diets fail: How your body fights against weight loss

Dr. Marc Hellerstein

Dr. Hellerstein is Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley, where he occupies an Endowed Chair (Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair). He is also Professor of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition in the Department of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, where he ran the diabetes clinic at SF General Hospital for 25 years. Dr. Hellerstein’s medical training was at Yale Medical School and he completed a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in addition to medical training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Dr. Hellerstein’s major research interest has been the measurement in vivo of metabolic fluxes through pathways critical to health and disease, as biomarkers for understanding metabolic control and its disorders, including applications in drug development and clinical diagnostics. This research has resulted in over 300 publications, 80 issued patents and participation on several editorial boards, including Science Translational Medicine. Dr. Hellerstein co-founded a medical diagnostics and drug development biotech company, KineMed, Inc., in 2001.

When you know better, you do better - finding new health as a family

Faith and Will Scott

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Will & Faith Scott are passionate about living a Whole Food Plant-Based lifestyle. They have lost a combined weight of over 180 pounds eating exclusively plants and have been able to sustain healthy weight for the past six years. They love to inspire and motivate others to live a healthy lifestyle by sharing Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and in-home workout routines on their blog Get2dRootHealthandWellness.com, Facebook, and Instagram. Their message is simple, “Our Health is our Wealth. Making Healthy Choices develops Healthy Habits and Healthy Habits creates a Healthy Lifestyle. Let’s ‘Get2dRoot’ of obtaining and sustaining optimal health by Eating More Plants”.

Social beings - how obesity becomes contagious

Dr. Scott Stoll

Dr. Scott Stoll is a board certified specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He served as the chairman of the department of Physical Medicine and Rehab and medical director for Physical Therapy and the Spine Center at Coordinated Health. He specializes in regenerative medicine, utilizing natural treatments, diet, and lifestyle to aid the body in healing chronic disease and injuries. As a member of the 1994 United States Olympic Bobsled Team, Dr. Stoll is well suited for his additional roles as a team physician at Lehigh University, the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, and advising physician serving professional and Olympic athletes.

Dr. Stoll is served as a member of the Whole Foods Scientific Medical Advisory Board, assisting and advising the creation of a culture of health for the 53,000 employees and in the 300 stores worldwide including the Dr. Stoll one-week health immersion held biannually. He co founded the Plantrician Project, a not for profit 501c3, the International Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare conference, The International Cardiovascular Summit co-chaired with the President of the American College of Cardiology, educating and inspiring healthcare professionals to use whole food plant based nutrition as a foundation for healing and disease prevention.

He is the author of the best selling book The Change, and Alive! A Physician’s Biblical & Scientific Guide to Nutrition, monthly article in 3 international magazines, numerous scientific articles, and chapters in Rethink Food. He has appeared in a number of documentaries including Eating You Alive and Wait Til Its Free.

Dr. Stoll can be heard daily on his radio program, Health Minutes, in the Lehigh Valley, daily Health minutes on Channel 60 TV and in lectures nationally and internationally. He can also be seen in guest appearances on The Dr. Oz Show, Live with Marilu Henner, Trinity Broadcasting Network, and Daystar Television.

The emotional eater's repair manual - 10 steps to end emotional eating

Julie Simon

Julie M. Simon, MA, MBA, MFT is a Licensed Psychotherapist and Life Coach with a full-time private practice specializing in the treatment of overeating and associated mood disorders.

Julie holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. In addition to her education and twenty plus years experience as a psychotherapist, she is a Certified Personal Trainer with twenty-five years of experience designing personalized exercise and nutrition programs for various populations.

Julie is the creator of The Twelve-Week Emotional Eating Recovery Program, an alternative to dieting that addresses the mind, body and spirit imbalances that underlie overeating. Her professional experience with and personal journey through childhood trauma, weight challenges and body and brain chemistry imbalances led to the creation of the program. She is the author of *The Emotional Eater’s Repair Manual: A Practical Mind-Body-Spirit Guide for Putting an End to Overeating and Dieting* Julie M Simon ED book.

Julie offers individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy as well as classes and seminars. In addition to overeating, Julie offers psychotherapy and coaching for the following issues: relationship challenges, including marriage and couples, career development and transitions, work related stress, self-esteem, childhood dysfunction and trauma, grief and loss, co-dependency, self-care skills, and assertiveness training.

Does moderation work or can it backfire?

Dr. Eric Walsh

Dr. Eric Walsh serves as Medical Director for Urgent Care services. Dr. Walsh has a double doctorate in medicine and public health. Dr. Walsh is passionate about educating people on ways to improve their mental, physical and spiritual health. As a result, he has taken his God given talents across the world and has given lectures and sermons on every continent.

Good - better - best: Everything you need to know about nuts, coffee and alcohol

Dr. Linda Carney

Linda Carney MD has been practicing medicine since 1986, graduating in the top third of her class at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center, scoring very high on testing (higher than the top 96th percentile in the nation on the 3rd year Intraining test.) Dr. Carney supports ABEM’s Lifelong Learning Self-Assesment program and maintains Board Certification by ABEM.

Lessons from the front: how a food addict lost 250 pounds

Jamie Morgan Reno

Jamie Morgan Reno is a lifelong, severe processed food addict cursed with a slow metabolism, who, in 2008, lost 250lbs without surgery or pills. Though she sustained a new lease on her body, life and health, she soon found herself trapped in a food prison created by the processed foods and animal products the SAD (standard American diet) industry told her she could, and should, have.

Sick of the professional, societal and familial pressures that came with trying to moderate processed foods while fighting to maintain her newfound health, Jamie finally found food freedom through education and acceptance of processed foods’ effects on her body, mind and spirit. A processed food addict in recovery since 2017, Jamie’s soul led her exactly where she needed to go. Leveraging the research of Drs. Joan Ifland, and Vera Tarman and via Chef AJ’s influence, she quickly found a WFPB and SOFA-free lifestyle that has completely freed her from her addiction. Now, a total of 250lbs lighter, Jamie’s mental and physical health (and her metabolism) have recovered from the numerous negative and life-long effects of processed foods.

A passionate advocate for education and recovery from this insidious condition, Jamie speaks to and works with communities of recovering processed food addicts to share her lessons, tools and resources on how to navigate recovery while living in this disease-promoting, processed food-filled world. She loves to hear the real stories, real struggles and real heartache of other processed food addicts, knowing she also gets to witness their real recovery, too. Jamie is creating a YouTube community that explores how this devastating condition affects every aspect of our lives, bodies, psyches and spirits, and how to recover from it, one choice at a time. She encourages others to rise with her as she uncovers, celebrates and shares what it takes to overcome this life-altering addiction, for real.

When an African tribe busted the weight loss industry's biggest myth

Dr. Herman Pontzer

Herman Pontzer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Research Associate Professor of Global Health at Duke University, investigates how our species’ evolutionary past shapes our lives today. His team conducted the first measurements of daily energy expenditure in traditional hunter-gatherers and in non-human apes, with findings that have challenged the way we think about diet, exercise, metabolism, and health. Dr. Pontzer’s new book, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy, published in March, 2021.

We burn 2,000 calories a day. And if we exercise and cut carbs, we’ll lose more weight. Right? Wrong. In this paradigm-shifting book, Herman Pontzer reveals for the first time how human metabolism really works so that we can finally manage our weight and improve our health.

Pontzer’s groundbreaking studies with hunter-gatherer tribes show how exercise doesn’t increase our metabolism. Instead, we burn calories within a very narrow range: nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level. This was a brilliant evolutionary strategy to survive in times of famine. Now it seems to doom us to obesity. The good news is we can lose weight, but we need to cut calories. Refuting such weight-loss hype as paleo, keto, anti-gluten, anti-grain, and even vegan, Pontzer discusses how all diets succeed or fail: For shedding pounds, a calorie is a calorie.

At the same time, we must exercise to keep our body systems and signals functioning optimally, even if it won’t make us thinner. Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza move about five hours a day and remain remarkably healthy into old age. But elite athletes can push the body too far, burning calories faster than their bodies can take them in. It may be that the most spectacular athletic feats are the result not just of great training, but of an astonishingly efficient digestive system.

Revealing, irreverent, and always entertaining, Pontzer has written a book that will change how you eat, move, and live.

Herman Pontzer
Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Global Health

How did the human body evolve, and how does our species’ deep past shape our health and physiology today? Through lab and field research, Dr. Pontzer investigates the physiology of humans and other primates to understand how ecology, lifestyle, diet, and evolutionary history affect metabolism and health. He is particularly interested in cardiometabolic disease and the lifestyle factors that protect against obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other noncommunicable diseases that are common among industrialized populations but rare or absent in non-industrialized societies.

Dr. Pontzer’s field projects seek to understand how diet, activity and other ecological factors influence the physiology and health of people in small-scale societies, including hunter-gatherers and subsistence farmers in east Africa and South America. Back at Duke, his lab research focuses on energetics and metabolism, including respirometry and doubly labeled water methods.

To learn more about the Hadza hunter-gatherer community, please check out
https://www.hadzafund.org/

70+ pounds down in her fifties - practical tips to making it happen for you

Susanna

By age 53, Susanna’s BMI had climbed to 36.5. She lost 15 pounds on her own following a “sloppy” plant based diet in that first year. In February 2021, Susanna stumbled upon The Truth About Weightloss Summit and felt empowered to take action! In two years she lost another 55 pounds (totaling 70 pounds) while taking care of a huge family. She has just 10 pounds to go to reach a healthy BMI and says, “I’m looking forward to spending my second 55 years in great health!”

3 simple actions that will get you the most results

Dr. Thomas Campbell

Thomas M. Campbell, MD is the Medical Director of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, co-author of worldwide bestseller, “The China Study, The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and The Startling Implications for Diet, Weight-Loss, and Long-Term Health” (an international bestseller) and author of The China Study Solution.

Dr. Campbell is also the Medical Director of the University of Rochester Weight Management and Lifestyle Center at Highland Hospital. He continues to have a particularly strong interest in nutrition and lifestyle counseling. With strong evidence that many of the most common chronic diseases can be prevented and treated with lifestyle changes, Dr. Campbell strives to partner with patients to support them in helping them improve their health.

Dr. Campbell is the executive director of a nonprofit organization in Ithaca, NY partnering with eCornell (Cornell University’s online education organization) to promote optimal nutrition through science-based education, advocacy, and research.

Inspired living in a world full of temptation and conflicting advice

Dr. Stephan Esser

Stephan Esser, MD is a physician, author and motivational speaker specializing in sports medicine and lifestyle modification. He is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their best health and maximize fitness, fun and function.

Dr. Esser completed a Bachelor of Science at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Medical School at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and a Fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He founded EsserSports to provide affordable, personalized sports and biologic care at at www.essersports.com.

Keeping the weight off without going insane or feeling deprived

Chuck Carroll

Chuck Carroll is host of the Physicians Committee’s popular “The Exam Room” podcast and known widely as The Weight Loss Champion, a name given to him by an NFL player for losing an incredible 275 pounds.

At just 5 feet 6 inches tall, Chuck weighed 420 pounds and had a 66-inch waist before radically changing his life.

Before that, like so many others, he tried and failed countless times to lose weight. Any success he achieved was short-lived as the weight came pouring back on and then some. At his heaviest, he was eating 10,000 calories every day.

Out of desperation, he decided to have weight loss surgery in 2009. Prior to the procedure he was convinced that it would become like all the other failed attempts to lose weight. Chuck was just 27 years old at the time and didn’t believe he would live to see 30. He thought at least he would go to his grave saying he tried everything.

But then the unexpected happened. He woke up from the surgery and never looked back.

Although a critical component, the procedure proved only to be the first step in his journey. In fact, he only attributes 10 percent of his long-term weight loss success to it. The rest he credits to a plant-based diet and changing his lifestyle!

By adopting a plant-based diet, he is no longer afraid of regaining the weight as he had so many times before — no more yo-yo dieting! He is thrilled that he is lowering his risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, both of which run rampant in his family. As a bonus, he is no longer spending massive amounts of money on medical expenses because of his optimum health!

The confidence he gained from the weight loss enabled him to pursue his dream of becoming a reporter where he covered sports and news for CBS and later NBC News Radio. He was also previously featured in PCRM’s Teaming Up 4 Health campaign where he had the opportunity to speak on Capitol Hill and share his remarkable journey.

Now he is delighted to be bringing his passion and talents to the Physicians Committee as host of The Exam Room and to show others that the impossible is possible — you can get healthy!

Why when you eat matters as much as what you eat

Dr. Pam Peeke

Dr. Pamela Peeke is a nationally renowned physician, scientist, expert and thought leader in the fields of integrative and preventive medicine. Dr. Peeke is a Pew Foundation Scholar in Nutrition and Metabolism, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland, holds dual masters’ degrees in public health and policy, and is a Fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Sports Medicine.

Dr. Peeke is featured in the National Institutes of Health’s “Changing Face of Medicine” exhibit on the history of women physicians at the National Library of Medicine. She has been named one of America’s top physicians by the Consumers Research Council of America. Dr. Peeke has received national recognition from the fitness and nutrition industries for her continuing leadership and expertise.

As a senior research fellow at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Dr. Peeke was the recipient of the National Health Research Science Fellowship and Intramural Research Training Award while conducting her original research on the relationship between belly fat distribution, trauma and stress. Dr. Peeke was the first senior research fellow at the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine, where she helped establish the scientific foundation for the research and development of investigations involving stress, nutrition and fitness. Dr. Peeke is a regular in-studio medical commentator for the national networks including Good Morning America, ABC Nightline, Today Show, CNN, Fox News, the BBC and Huffington Post Live. Dr. Peeke is a three-time New York Times bestselling author, co-host of the popular HER radio show, a Trustee of the National Senior Games Foundation, and is a Senior Olympic triathlete.

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Why we overeat and snack (this is what your cravings really mean)

Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling author (his latest book is Eat for Life), and nutritional researcher who has specialized for over 30 years in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. At his Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego, CA, and through his books, television specials, and virtual speaking engagements, Dr. Fuhrman shares his life-saving nutritional protocols with hundreds of thousands of people around the world seeking to recover from obesity, food addictions, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, cancer, and other serious health concerns.

Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) School of Medicine (1988). He received the St. Joseph’s Family Practice Resident’s Teaching Award for his contribution to the education of family practice residents and a C3 Cardiology Global Health Award for teaching nutritional science to cardiologists. Dr. Fuhrman also serves as the President of the Nutritional Research Foundation and is on the faculty of Northern Arizona University, Health Sciences division. His work and discoveries are published in medical journals, contributing to multiple ongoing nutritional studies with major research institutions across America.

A native of Yonkers, New York, Dr. Fuhrman is a former world-class figure skater, placing second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973 and third in the 1976 World Professional Pairs Skating Championship in Jaca, Spain. Dr. Fuhrman has served on sports medicine committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes about maximizing performance and preventing injury.

In 2018 Dr. Fuhrman opened his Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego, where people from all over the world stay for extended periods to resolve food addiction, lose weight, and recover from serious medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, and more.

The vilified food group that holds the key to satiety on fewer calories

Dr. John McDougall

John McDougall’s national recognition as a nutrition expert earned him a position in the Great Nutrition Debate 2000 presented by the USDA. He is a board-certified internist, author of 13 national best-selling books and co-founder of the McDougall Program. He has dedicated over 50 years of his life caring for people with diet and lifestyle medicine. Physician, speaker, and best-selling author, John McDougall, MD teaches the importance of a whole food, starch-based diet in order to halt, reverse and heal chronic disease.

Dr. McDougall is co-founder of the McDougall Program alongside his wife, Mary McDougall – the original whole-food plant-based vegan and creator of thousands of low fat, oil-free, vegan recipes. The McDougall Program is a leading medical program that heals chronic illness through professional medical care, world-class education and ongoing support for people transitioning to a starch-based lifestyle.

Undo It: How To Lose Weight And Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

Dr. Dean Ornish

Dean Ornish, MD is often regarded as the father of lifestyle medicine. He’s been honored as one of the 125 Most Extraordinary University of Texas Alumni in the past 125 years, one of the 50 Most Influential Members of his Generation (LIFE magazine), one of the Most Interesting People of 1996 (People magazine), one of the Seven Most Powerful Teachers in the World (Forbes Magazine) and has received numerous rewards for his groundbreaking work. Dean Ornish is the author of six books, all national bestsellers including: The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health, Love & Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Health, Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Everyday Cooking with Dean Ornish, Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly, Stress, Diet & Your Heart: A Lifetime Program for Healing Your Heart Without Drugs or Surgery. Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute (PMRI). For over 35 years, Dr. Ornish has directed clinical research through PMRI, demonstrating for the first time that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. After 16 years of review, Medicare recently agreed to provide coverage for Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease. This is the first time that Medicare has covered a program of comprehensive lifestyle changes. Dean Ornish has written a monthly column for Newsweek and Reader’s Digest magazines and is currently Medical Editor of The Huffington Post, which has 45 million unique readers per month. Dean Ornish, M.D. is a revolutionary thought leader in healthcare and medicine, proving through 35 years of research studies that comprehensive lifestyle changes can improve chronic conditions and transform lives. For example he was the first to prove that life style changes can reverse even severe coronary heart disease in both women and men, affect gene expression in men with prostate cancer, lengthen telomeres, the ends of our chromosomes that control aging, inhibit angiogenesis, thereby killing tumors with less toxicity by disrupting the tumor’s blood supply and more.

How not to diet: What we've been doing wrong and what works

Dr. Michael Greger

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. His science-based nonprofit, NutritionFacts.org, offers a free online portal hosting more than 2,000 videos and articles on myriad health topics. Dr. Greger is a sought-after lecturer and has presented at the Conference on World Affairs and the World Bank, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in Oprah Winfrey’s defense in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. A graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greger is also an acclaimed author. How Not to Die, The How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet became instant New York Times Best Sellers. More than a million copies of How Not to Die have been sold. All proceeds Dr. Greger receives from the sales of his books and speaking honoraria are donated directly to charity.

The science of feeling full and satisfied without overeating on calories

Dr. Barbara Rolls

Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., is professor of nutritional sciences and the Helen A. Guthrie Chair of Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, where she heads the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior. A veteran nutrition researcher and past president of both the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and the Obesity Society, Dr. Rolls has been honored throughout her career with numerous awards, including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and honorary membership in the American Dietetic Association. In 2010 she received the Obesity Society’s highest honor, the George A. Bray Founders Award, and was elected to the American Society for Nutrition’s Fellows Class of 2011. She is the author of more than 250 research articles and six books, including The Volumetrics Weight Control Plan, The Volumetrics Eating Plan and her latest book The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet. She lives in State College, Pennsylvania.