1. Climate Change & Plant-Based Diets
Aaron Levy, MD
Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center

2. Important CME Information
DISCLOSURE INFORMATION: The planners of this activity and the speaker, Aaron Levy, MD do not have affiliations with any corporate organizations that may constitute a conflict of interest with this presentation.
CME CREDIT: Attendees must sign in to receive the online evaluation survey for this presentation. CME Credit will only be issued to attendees who complete the evaluation survey within the next 30 days.

3. From a “Food Math” perspective
From a “Food Math” perspective, let’s take a look at a few irrefutable facts. Consider this:
The earth’s surface is covered by oceans and other bodies of water and approximately 8 billion acres of arable land—the equivalent of about 6 billion football fields (approximately 1.3 acres each).
Currently, there are over 7 billion people on the face of our planet, predicted to hit the 9 billion mark by 2050.
In order to produce the Standard American Diet (SAD), heavily comprised of animal protein and dairy, it’s estimated that the equivalent of 2 football fields are required per person per year—with much of this allocated to growing the crops to feed the animals. If all 7 billion of us on the face of the earth were consuming the SAD, we would need at least two planet Earths to feed us all, and we only have one.
By contrast, on just one football field of arable land, it’s estimated that food can be produced to feed 7 people for an entire year when they are consuming a predominantly plant-based diet.

4. If everyone in the world at a plant-based diet…
If everyone in the world consumed a predominantly whole food, plant-based diet, we would have the equivalent of nearly 5 billion football fields worth of arable land that could be returned to forested land to regenerate the lungs of the planet or to expand food production to meet the needs of a growing world population.
When considering this, in addition to the science that supports the efficacy of whole food, plant-based nutrition in its ability to prevent, suspend and even reverse the chronic, degenerative diseases that are plaguing much of the world, it’s clear that a shift to a heavily plant-based dietary lifestyle both domestically and internationally is essential.

5. Water usage
When it comes to grain production vs. beef production: By using our grain to produce beef, we waste an estimated 96% of the grain’s calories and 100% of its fiber. Hence, for every “quarter pounder” of beef consumed, (190 calories of beef) the grain required to produce those 190 calories would produce enough grain to feed three people for an entire day.
The good news: The dietary lifestyle that’s the most health promoting and disease fighting is also what’s sustainable and enables us to feed the world’s growing population. A predominantly whole food, plant-based diet = global sustainability.

8. Nutrient Density

9. What percent of medical schools require a course in nutrition?
10%
25%
75%
100%

10. 25% What percent of medical schools require a course in nutrition? 10%
75%
100%

11. On average how many hours of nutrition education are taught in medical school?
<6
7-12
13-18
19-24

12. On average how many hours of nutrition education are taught in medical school?
<6
7-12
13-18
19-24

14. PBD Education Independent Study
Watch The Last Heart Attack (CNN/Sanjay Gupta, online-free!, 41 minutes).
Watch Forks Over Knives (Library- free!, 1 hour 36 min)
Read the China Study Book (Library-free! 8 hours).
Watch Uprooting The Leading Causes of Death (online-free! 56 minutes—nutritionfacts.org)
Total cost: Free! Over 10 hours of education

15. More PBD Education
CulinaryRx online plant based cooking course: $ without prescription or $ when prescribed! 40 hours of nutrition and cooking instruction and you get to eat your homework!
Subscribe to the daily from nutritionfacts.org

16. Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference
Hyatt Regency Orange County ~ Garden Grove (Anaheim), CA September , 2017

17. Resources for patients
The Plant Based Diet booklet from Health Education
Thriving On a Plant Based Diet classes in Health Education
Single session
4-wk session
Support group in Fairfield
CulinaryRx online plant based cooking course

18. REMINDER ABOUT CME CREDIT
Attendees must sign in to receive the online evaluation survey for this presentation. CME Credit will only be issued to attendees who complete the evaluation survey within the next 30 days.