Resources
Where to Start
If you are not familiar with the ability of whole food plant-based nutrition to reverse chronic disease, we first suggest viewing the documentary film, “Forks Over Knives“. The trailer is below.
Useful Resources
PEER REVIEWED PAPERS
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Summary of significant papers on the prevention, treatment and reversal of chronic disease with whole food plant-based nutrition
International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention
Neal Barnard/Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Hans Diehl/Lifestyle Medicine Institute
Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets
The BROAD study: A randomised controlled trial using a whole food plant-based diet in the community for obesity, ischaemic heart disease or diabetes
BOOKS
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.
Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease by Dr. Dean Ornish
Prevent and Reverse Diabetes by Dr. Neal Barnard
Starch Solution by Dr. John McDougall
How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger
The China Study by T. Colin Campbell, PhD and Dr. Tom Campbell
Whole by T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can’t be Wrong
RECIPES
Happy Herbivore
Straight Up Food
Recipes from Dr. McDougall’s Health & Medical Center
Recipes from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Recipes
Good Nutrition Fact Sheets and Recipes from PCRM
Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show
COVID and Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition
Commentary by the founders of Actuaries for Sustainable Health Care
FILMS/VIDEOS
Forks Over Knives
Eating You Alive
WEBSITES
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn’s Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Program
T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
Dr. John McDougall’s Health & Medical Center
Dr. Michael Klaper Nutrition-Based Medicine
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Resources from Nathan Pritikin
PRESENTATIONS, PAPERS, AND OTHER RESOURCES PRIMARILY BY MEMBERS OF ACTUARIES FOR SUSTAINABLE HEALTH CARE
The Nutritional Reversal of Cardiovascular Disease: Fact or Fiction? – Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries 2017 Health Meeting
Why Cover Expensive Medical Treatments That Don’t Work? – Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries 2017 Annual Meeting
Food As Medicine – Presentation given at the Casualty Actuarial Society/Canadian Institute of Actuaries 2016 In Focus Seminar
An Actuarial Model to Improve Health and Reduce Costs – Article published in the October 2017 Society of Actuaries Health Watch newsletter
Society of Actuaries Podcast about article shown above
Eat Responsibly – editorial published in the April/May 2018 Society of Actuaries The Actuary magazine
Health Care’s Fundamental Flaw And The Recurring-Payment-For-Outcomes Solution – Health Affairs Blog article
Remarkable lifestyle medicine cost savings from an actuary’s pilot project – IntegrativePractitioner.com article
Making Lifestyle Medicine Financially Rewarding for Health Care Providers: An Actuary’s Perspective – American College of Lifestyle Medicine webinar
A New Approach for Lifestyle Medicine Payment – article in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
A Universal Actuarial Model to Improve Health and Lower Costs – Presentation given at the 2018 International Congress of Actuaries
Reforming Health Care through Chronic Disease Reversal – Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries 2018 Annual Meeting
Better Health, Reduced Costs, and Higher Doctor Pay…Can We Really Have it All? – 2019 Webinar for the International Actuarial Assocation Health and Life sections
Is Diet the Magic Bullet? – article featured in The Actuary magazine in April 2019
A Time of Revolution – article published by Actuaries for Sustainable Health Care, May 2019
Quality of Care Models & Incentives for Health Care Providers – Presentation given at the International Association of Black Actuaries 2019 Annual Meeting
Holistic Wellness: A sustainable model for financing healthcare – Presentation given at the 2019 Benefits Forum & Expo
Diet and Chronic Disease – Presentation given at the Asian Actuarial Conference 2019
Reforming Health Care with Chronic Disease Reversal
and the Role of Actuaries for Sustainable Health Care – Presentation given at the Actuaries Club of Boston Fall 2019 Meeting
Improving Health and Reducing Costs: Sustainable Strategies for Self insured Payers – May 2020 presentation for self-insured payers hosted virtually by the University of Northern Iowa Center for Engergy & Environmental Education
Post-COVID Strategies: Connecting Pandemic Outcomes, Health Equity and Fiscal Sustainability – Presentation given at the Society of Actuaries 2021 Annual Meeting
The Role of Chronic Disease Reversal in Value-Based Health Care – Presentation given to WTW 2022 EPIC conference
Lifestyle Medicine for Health Systems: A Sustainable Approach for Success – Presentation given to the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Health Systems Council 2022
The Growing Global Obesity Risk: Implications and Strategies – Presentation given at the 2023 International Congress of Actuaries
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