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The PaThways InTervIew
neaL BaRnaRd, Md: HeaLtH BeneFits oF ..................... 9
PLant-Based diets
By danieL Redwood
herB COrner
tHe ten Most incRediBLe HeRBaL PRoducts ................ 11
By toM woLFe
CulTIvaTIng COmPassIOn
guess wHo’s not coMing to tHe ............................... 15
enviRonMentaL dinneR
By FRed tutMan, coLuMn edited By caM MacQueen
neaL BaRnaRd, Md aCCessIng yOur InTuITIOn
HeaLtH BeneFits oF PLant-Based diets
Justice and tHe Laws Of Mind ..................................... 21
Pathways IntervIew • Page 9
By geRaLdine aMaRaL
The sPICe ChesT
FigHting diaBetes: gReen antidiaBetics ....................... 25
By JiM duke
asTrOlOgICal InsIghTs
it’s aLL aBout “we” not “Me” ................................... 36
By Misty kuceRis
energeTIC lITeraCy
you Have so MucH MoRe to youR HeaRt .................. 41
By Rose RosetRee
BOOk revIews By alyCe OrTuZar
guess wHo’s not coMing to
waLL oF siLence: tHe untoLd stoRy oF tHe MedicaL Mistakes tHat kiLL & inJuRe ... 17
tHe enviRonMentaL dinneR
Fred tutman • Page 15 tHe tReatMeRt tRaP: How tHe oveRuse oF MedicaL caRe is wRecking youR HeaLtH
and wHat you can do to PRevent it .............................................................................. 19
ResouRces FoR
tHe MedicaL waR against cHiRoPRactoRs: tHe untoLd stoRy FRoM PRosecution
cReative Living
to vindication ..................................................................................................................... 99
more articles
Community Action: A Call To MND • BODY • SPIRIT
C.R.E.A.T.E. A Warm Night For eneRgy Medicine FoR woMen, By donna eden ................................................................ 45
All .............................................. 51 tHe PRactice oF siLence, By stePHanie kRone FiRestone ................................................. 54
Washington Gardener:
green news anD vIews
Chrysanthemums .................... 56
Music Reviews ......................... 58 cHeMicaL waRFaRe: coMBating cHeMicaLs in ouR wateR, Food and aiR ..................... 47
Metaphysical Books ................ 61 PuRe and siMPLe: cLean natuRaLLy witH PLant essentiaL oiLs .................................... 48
Network of Light News ......... 89
signs oF cLiMate cHange .................................................................................................... 49
resources
An InvItAtIon From PAthwAys PublIsher, lou desAblA
Fall Calendar ............................ 77
Please set aside Sunday, October 9th on your calendar to share our joy at our 35th Natural Living Expo. It is a
Classes & Learning Centers ..111 wonderful opportunity to explore, learn, shop, play, network and have a great time.
Health Services ...................... 115 I have been blessed with the honor of producing this mind, body, spirit event for all these years and I am
Metaphysical Sciences .......... 119 constantly amazed at the diverse group of attendees that wander the exhibit halls and workshop rooms with a
Psychology & Therapy ......... 120 common look of awe and amazement. Everyone has a sublime time.
Retreats & Getaways ............. 122 At only $10, it’s cheaper than most movies. You can attend up to 8 workshops of the 64 that are offered, all included
Resource Directory ................ 123 in the $10 price of admission. You can learn about alternative medicine; get a massage and other healing services; a
psychic, tarot, shamanic or face reading; or peruse hundreds of unique products.
Natural Food Store Guide .... 133
Please join us. Bring your friends. For information and coupons, see pages 69-76.
Online Directory .................... 141
Ad Index ................................ 142 Pathways 35th Natural Living Expo • Sunday, October 9
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Health Benefts of Plant-Based Diets
BY DANIEl REDWooD, DC which for most people means for the
rest of their lives. That becomes pun-
Neal D. Barnard, MD, is a leader in ishing after a while.
preventive medicine, nutrition, and
research. As an adjunct associate pro- Do people on those diets fnd it too dif-
fessor of medicine at the George Wash- fcult and eventually give up?
ington University and a researcher
funded by the National Institutes of Many people do, or they compro-
Health, he has led key research studies mise with it. And if they then ratchet
to improve the health of people with back up their calorie intake, all of the
diabetes, obesity, lipid disorders, and unhealthy foods that they were eating
other serious health problems, and to in “moderation” increase as well, and
improve nutrition in schools and in the they’re right back where they started.
workplace. So with a plant-based diet, we don’t
He is the editor-in-chief of the Nutri- use calorie limits at all. Having said
tion Guide for Clinicians and the author that, calorie intake does fall, largely be-
of more than 15 books on nutrition and cause because the foods are low in fat.
health for lay readers, including Dr.
Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Could you explain what this diet con-
Diabetes, Foods That Fight Pain, The Food sists of?
Seduction, and the newly released 21-
Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabo- Sure. We focus on four food groups:
lism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically vegetables, fruits, whole grains and le-
Improve Your Health. His research has gumes. The legumes are beans, seeds
been cited by the American Diabetes and lentils. We also encourage people
Association and the American Dietetic to have any reliable source of vitamin
Association in offcial policy state- B12, which might be a multiple vitamin
ments on healthful diets. or it could be fortifed foods. That’s it.
Dr. Barnard’s articles have appeared However much you want to eat is up
in Diabetes Care, the American Journal of to you. If you want to follow, say, an
Clinical Nutrition, the American Journal Italian pattern, it might be lentil soup
of Medicine, Pediatrics, the Journal of or minestrone soup, followed by spa-
the American Dietetic Association, Sci- ghetti with a chunky tomato sauce. If
entifc American, the American Journal you want to do a Latin American pat-
of Cardiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, tern, it might be beans and tortillas. An
Lancet Oncology, Preventive Medicine, Asian pattern might be tofu, rice and
and many other scientifc and medical vegetables. How you interpret it is en-
journals. He is a frequent lecturer at tirely up to you.
scientifc societies and a peer-reviewer
for many medical journals. Without getting too technical, could you
He received his M.D. degree at the give some of the measures by which it was
George Washington University School determined that the Barnard diet outper-
of Medicine. He founded the Physi- formed the American Diabetes Association
cians Committee for Responsible Med- diet in this study?
icine (PCRM) in 1985. PCRM is a na-
tionwide group of physicians and lay The main index of blood sugar
supporters that promotes preventive control is called hemoglobin A1C. It
medicine and addresses controversies should be below 7 in a person who has
in modern medicine. He later initiated diabetes. Our people weren’t near 7,
the Cancer Project, providing nutrition they were around 8 at the beginning.
information for cancer prevention and As time went on, the people who
survival, and the Washington Center began the vegan diet had a drop of
for Clinical Research, a center for nu- Neal Barnard, MD about 1.2 absolute percentage points,
trition-related studies. compared to a drop of 0.4 for the
The PCRM website is www.pcrm. ADA group. By the way, a drop of 1.2
org. It includes a wide range of evi- ple approach a diet change with a cer- their own food, or they ate at restau- is huge. That’s bigger than you would see
dence-based nutritional information tain amount of trepidation, but very rants or fast food places, wherever with typical oral medications. We also
supporting a plant-based diet, along rapidly the diet ft like a new pair of they wanted to eat. We did not provide tracked body weight. Both groups
with the online Kickstart program, gloves and people did very well with meals for them. That was intentional lost weight and they kept the weight
which has already had 150,000 partici- it. In fact, when we looked at the data because we wanted to see how it works off. We tracked people for a full year
pants. on dropout rates with other kinds of in the real world. and a half and they never put all the
diets, and how people react to them, it weight back on. The vegans lost more
Your NIH-funded diabetes research appears that a plant-based diet is as ac- Were there limits on calories or portion weight but the difference between the
(Diabetes Care, 2006) demonstrated that ceptable or more acceptable than other sizes in those following your diet? two groups was rather small on weight
a low-fat, plant-based diet achieved bet- therapeutic diets. That was delightful loss. What’s surprising is that the veg-
ter health outcomes for reversing diabetes to see. No. That’s in many ways the beauty ans lost more weight than the people
than the diet recommended by the Ameri- of it. People with diabetes are used to who were intentionally counting calo-
can Diabetes Association. Aside from that In this study, did people prepare their being given a calorie limit, typically ries and trying to lose weight. On the
take-home message, what should people own food or did you provide food for them? 500 calories less per day than what vegan diet, they were free to eat as
know about this research? Was it a controlled, closed setting, or were they would eat normally. So if a per- much as they wanted, yet they still lost
people living their normal lives while fol- son is normally eating 2000 calories a more weight than the people on the
Perhaps the most surprising thing lowing this diet? day, a weight loss diet would cut them calorie restriction.
was not simply that a plant-based diet to 1500. And they are asked to main- With regard to cholesterol, we
is effective; we were also struck by the In prior studies, we provided food. tain that level of intake for as long as it
fact that it was quite easy. Many peo- But in the NIH trial, everybody made takes them to lose their excess weight, continued on page 106
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