PCRM ON NBC THE TODAY SHOW.

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PCRM ON NBC " THE TODAY SHOW "

 

 

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Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:46 AM

DawnWatch -

PCRM's Dr Neal Barnard on Today Show with Matt Lauer

 

 

On Tuesday, January 9, Neal D. Barnard, M.D., head of the Physicians

Committee for Responsible Medicine, was interviewed by Matt Lauer on

NBC's TODAY SHOW.

 

(If you are unfamiliar with the Physicians Committee for Responsible

Medicine please visit their website at

http://www.PCRM.org to learn about their work.)

 

Barnard discussed and gave ratings of popular diet books using a five

star rating system. Lauer outlined the system for us,

 

" For diets that are high in fiber, one star; sufficient fruits and

vegetables, one star; low cholesterol, one star; low fat, one star,

and low saturated fat, one star. "

 

The Eat More, Weigh Less diet by Dr. Dean Ornish topped the list with

five stars. Barnard said,

" This is, first of all, the only one of these books that was written by

someone who had actually done research on how the diet helps people

to keep weight off over the long run. Well-published, very

well-respected, and it's as close to a perfect diet as you are going

to get. Every menu is vegetarian. There's a lot of fiber.

Very rich in fruits and vegetables. It's very healthy. "

 

Lauer added,

" It can actually reverse the effects of heart disease, as well. "

Predictably, Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution came out at the bottom,

with no stars.

 

Barnard's review:

 

" A very problematic book. Very seductive. Over the short-run, a lot of

people go on this approach and they lose weight. But it turns out that

what they're doing is, they're simply cutting out most of the foods they

would normally eat, any food like starchy vegetables that has

carbohydrates in them. So they're losing weight just because they're

cutting out calories.

What they're left with is so high in protein that it can be damaging

to the kidneys over the long run. And this diet leaves out the healthy

vegetables and fruits that are going to protect against cancer in the

future.... It's a dangerous diet for people to follow. "

 

You can write to the TODAY SHOW producers at

 

today (at nbc.com)

 

Here's a link

for AOLers and some others:

<A HREF= " today " >Email TODAY</A>

 

Please send them a very quick thank you for having

Dr Barnard on the show.

 

It is important that the producers know that many viewers want to hear

about healthy vegetarian eating.

 

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Additional notes: You may send more Thanks to the following

NBC " The Today Show " . Please let them know that you are

thankful to them for having Dr. Bernard in the Today Show

for the true health on millions of Americans :

 

 

Host, Matt Lauer : matt.lauer

(at nbc.com)

Executive Producer, Jeff Zucker, jeff.zucker (at nbc.com)

Senior Producer, Linda Finnell, linda.finnell (at nbc.com)

Senior Producer, Michael Bass, michael.bass (at nbc.com)

Supervising Producer, Sandy Mayer, sandy.mayer (at nbc.com)

Special Projects Executive producer, Beth O'Connell

beth.oconnell (at nbc.com)

Special Projects Producer, Mary Alice O'Rourke

mary.orourke (at nbc.com)

 

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