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Joel Fuhrman utltizes nutritonal and natural methods to prevent and reverse disease in his patients. As author of seven books and a guest on hundreds of radio and television shows, Dr. Fuhrman has sought to combat obesity and chronic diseases that is directly affecting many Americans. He serves as the Research Director of the Nutritional...

For over 30 years, Dr. McDougall has been studying, writing and speaking about the effects of nutrition on disease. He founded and serves as the medical director of the McDougall Program, a ten day residential program located in Santa Rosa, CA, where diet and lifestyle changes are implemented with incredible results. Dr. McDougall developed a...

John Robbins was the first person many of us enountered in considering the plant based diet world. We were privileged to work one Immersion program with John Robbins, a world famous author who gave up the riches of the Baskin Robbins family to pursue his interest in health and plant based nutrition. Many of the...

Known as The Plant-Based Dietitian, Julieanna Hever has written several books including The Complete Idiots Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition and serves as a nutritionist columnist for VegNews Magazine. Outside of her private practice in Los Angeles, Julieanna Hever has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows, including Dr. Oz, and is published in journals,...

Dr. Lederman, an Internal Medicine physician, has strived to eliminate medication and reverse diease in his patients through diet and lifestyle changes.  He is coauthor, with his wife Alona Pulde MD, of Keep it Simple, Keep it Whole and he has appeared in Healing Cancer and Forks Over Knives where the work of Dr. Lederman...

When Dr. Michael Klaper came to the conclusion that the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) was either causing or intensifying many of his patients' illnesses he took action. He began studying the effects of a dietary, exercise and plant based nutrition regimen that helped to elevate the health of almost every test subject. Even Doctor Klaper,...

Dr. Neil Nedley authored Proof Positive, which promoted nutritional and lifestyle therapies to treat and prevent heart dsiease, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, kidney failure, high cholesterol and many other diseases. He is President of Weimar Center of Health and Education, which runs a residential lifestyle center, academy and college outside of Sacramento, California, and also the...

Pam Popper PhD worked with us on the first lifestyle programs in 2010 and 2011. It was wonderful to become friends with Pam. We certainly found her perspectives very thought provoking and insightful. She is a naturopath, a nutritionist and is recognized as an expert on nutrition, medicine and health. Pam is a woman on...

It is amazing to see how doors have opened for Rip Esselstyn to become such a strong leader in the plant-based movement. He was, of course in the right place at the right time, but even more he had a heart for helping others. We are so thankful for the opportunity to get to know...

Dr. T. Colin Campbell PhD, Nutritional Biochemistry, Cornell University has been a leader in the study of nutrition for many decades. He is an honest scientist whose research led him to repudiate all that he previously believed regarding the role of nutrition and health. Dr. Campbell, along with his son, is the author of the...

Offering both 10- and 18-day live-in sessions, patients will receive a personalized treatment plan upon careful evaluation on their first day. By following the NEWSTART principles of nutrition, exercise, water, sunlight, temperance, air, rest, and trust in divine power, patients will see an improvement in their health quickly. Situated in the foothills of the Rocky...

Nestled in a beautiful setting outside of Sacremento, California, The NEWSTART Lifestyle Program is offered through the Weimar Center of Health and Education. This program focuses on a plant-based diet with an emphasis on whole foods. A healthy exercise routine and physical activity are an important part of the balanced program. The medically-supervised program is...