KevinMD March 2, 2025
As both a physician and a certified culinary medicine specialist, I know firsthand how a nutritious diet can prevent and treat diet-related diseases. Diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other conditions are becoming increasingly more common. Over and over, the science tells us that a low-fat vegan diet, rich in fruits and vegetables, can help patients suffering from these conditions. Physicians can do our part to help patients use the power of healthy eating to improve their own lives, but how do we harness that same power at a national level? Physicians need backup from public policies that encourage healthier eating.
Luckily, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — and the Trump Administration — can easily improve the diets...