Healthcare Plant-Based Articles - Center for Nutrition Studies https://nutritionstudies.org/t/healthcare/ Food. Science. Health. Thu, 12 Jun 2025 12:50:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 A WFPB Diet Helped My Fibroid and Menstrual Pain https://nutritionstudies.org/a-wfpb-diet-helped-my-fibroid-and-menstrual-pain/ Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:54:26 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=41550 Plant-based nutrition can produce profound benefits for those suffering from hormone-related conditions and diseases, including several which affect huge proportions of the American and global population.

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Written by Jihye Lee.

]]> Cancer, Heart Disease, and Weight Loss: A Plant-Based Diet Rescued My Health https://nutritionstudies.org/cancer-heart-disease-weight-loss-a-plant-based-diet-rescued-my-health/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:02:59 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=39285 Although modern medicine’s first inclination is to fight disease, Bryan Jackson, cancer and heart attack survivor, suggests a friendlier approach- one that not only helps slow or reverse disease but helps the whole person.

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Written by Bryan Jackson.

]]> “Doctors for Nutrition” Webinars Reinforce Benefits of Plant-Based Diets https://nutritionstudies.org/doctors-for-nutrition-webinars-reinforce-benefits-of-plant-based-diets/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:01:38 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=35609 Doctors For Nutrition provide engaging online and in-person plant-forward nutrition resources and education for healthcare professionals and students.

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Written by Hannah O'Malley.

]]> Race, Class, Nutrition, and COVID-19 https://nutritionstudies.org/class-nutrition-and-covid-19/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:01:28 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=34869 There is a clear nexus between income, nutrition, and the pre-existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease which increase probabilities for COVID-19 infection

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Written by Craig Livermore, JD.

]]> What If Doctors Were Paid to Keep People Well? https://nutritionstudies.org/what-if-doctors-were-paid-to-keep-people-well/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 20:41:50 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=34335 Promoting and managing disease is big business. What if our healthcare system instead placed people over profits?

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Written by Mike McGowan, MS.

]]> Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 2 https://nutritionstudies.org/healthcare-vs-disease-response-system-part-2/ Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:33:26 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33693 The American healthcare system does not focus on establishing healthful behavior, but on responding to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. Trends in life expectancy and chronic disease incidence rates suggest that this disease response system is not very effective, despite improvements in some areas of response.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 1 https://nutritionstudies.org/healthcare-vs-disease-response-system-part-1/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:15:45 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33580 The health care system today is not equipped to establish health, or even prevent disease. Instead, it responds to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. The widespread, and still spreading, use of drugs illustrates this reliance on technology.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> The True Cost of Malnutrition https://nutritionstudies.org/how-much-does-malnutrition-really-cost/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:37:11 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=32895 Malnutrition, including the dietary patterns that produce obesity and chronic disease, is the number one cause of death today, killing millions worldwide every year. Its costs to both individuals and societies continues to grow, despite being largely ignored by healthcare policy institutions, the media, and the public.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> 4 Terrifying Truths About the US Health-Scare System https://nutritionstudies.org/4-terrifying-truths-about-the-us-health-scare-system/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 15:47:51 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=32924 We all know that the US medical system isn’t perfect. But sometimes, it can be downright scary. What you are about to read isn’t a trick or treat; so beware and prepare for chills as you learn these terrifying truths about the US healthcare system.

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Written by Chloe Cabrera.

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