I had the opportunity to attend the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine‘s Leadership Summit last weekend in Washington DC. It was a great opportunity to get updated about the many ongoing initiatives they are undertaking at PCRM. I thought it might be nice to share some of the highlights as they are really making huge advances in a number of different areas. My weekend started off attending the opening celebration for the Barnard Medical Center. The vision of the Physician’s Committee President and Founder, Dr. Neal Barnard, the Barnard Medical Center is a state of the art medical facility in Washington D.C. where patients can come to see one of the many board certified physicians who take an approach to health and wellness that emphasizes prevention and nutrition. They are already changing many lives, helping their patients treat and reverse diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and many other serious
April 2016
Ethan and I were approached by Sunwarrior to see if we would be interested in trying their Sunwarrior Protein Powder. While we don’t often use protein powders, we do occasionally like them. We like to use protein powders when we know we are going to have a long gap between meals, like before a road trip, and want to make sure we have a good store of protein and essential nutrients to keep us going until we can eat a meal.