Dr. Pam Popper, The Wellness Forum

Published: Feb. 23, 2011, 6 p.m.

b"Today host, Laura Theodore, the\\xa0Jazzy Vegetarian,\\xa0\\xa0chats with\\xa0Dr. Pam Popper, Ph.D., N.D. who is a naturopath, nutritionist and the Executive Director of The Wellness Forum. We'll discuss how to improve our diet and lifestyle for preventing, reversing, and stopping the progression of degenerative disease. The Wellness Forum offers educational programs designed to assist individuals in changing their health outcomes through improved diet and lifestyle habits; to assist employers in reducing the costs of health insurance and medical care for employees; and to educate health care professionals about how to use diet and lifestyle for preventing, reversing, and stopping the progression of degenerative disease. Dr. Popper is currently featured in two widely distributed documentaries, \\u201cProcessed People\\u201d and \\u201cMaking a Killing\\u201d and will be appearing in the full-length feature film, \\u201cForks Over Knives\\u201d about diet and health. Dr. Popper is the author of several books and cookbooks, as well as several programs offered for continuing education credits for medical professionals. She is the Founder of The Wellness Forum Foundation, which offers programming in schools designed to improve children\\u2019s health and well-being through better nutrition. Dr. Popper serves on the Physician\\u2019s Steering Committee for the Physicians\\u2019 Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington D.C. She works for Whole Foods, as part of Rip Esselstyn\\u2019s team, charged with helping employees improve their health with plant-based nutrition and better lifestyle choices. Additionally, she is part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell\\u2019s teaching team at eCornell, teaching part of a certification course on plant-based nutrition. Everyone who is interested in health should hear her speak. For some, their lives may depend on what she has to say!"