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Dr. Neal Barnard on the Biggest Nutrition Myths Holding You Back

Podcast: The PlantWhys Podcast · Ali Essig

Opublikowano: 2026-07-04

Host Ali Essig interviews Dr. Neal Barnard, founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, about the International Conference on Nutrition and Medicine in Washington, D.C., which trains doctors to apply nutrition science in practice while serving healthy, tasty meals. Barnard shares how an autopsy job and learning about atherosclerosis led him from a meat-heavy upbringing to plant-based eating, and explains that type 2 diabetes is driven by fat buildup in liver and muscle cells that blocks insulin, so a low-fat vegan diet with minimal oils can rapidly improve blood sugar and reduce liver fat. He discusses benefits for...