Neil Nedley, M.D. is a full time practicing physician in Internal Medicine with emphasis in Preventive Medicine, Gastroenterology, and the difficult to diagnose patient. Dr. Nedley has recently accepted the position of president at the Weimar Center for Health and Education in Weimar, CA.

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Neal D. Barnard, M.D. is a nutrition researcher, author, and health advocate. As an adjunct associate professor of medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine, Dr. Barnard conducts studies on the role of nutrition in diabetes, obesity, and lipid management, among other health issues. His most recent clinical trial, funded by the National Institutes of Health, established the value of a novel dietary program for type 2 diabetes and set a new standard for dietary approaches to this increasingly common condition.

Dr. Barnard’s articles have appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the American Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Scientific American, the American Journal of Cardiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Lancet Oncology, Preventive Medicine, and many other scientific and medical journals. Dr. Barnard is the editor-in-chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians and the author of more than a dozen books for lay audiences.

In 1985, Dr. Barnard established the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a non-profit organization advocating for preventive medicine and higher ethical standards in research. He later established The Cancer Project, a nonprofit organization providing nutritional services for cancer patients and survivors and public education geared toward prevention, and the Washington Center for Clinical Research, an organization dedicated to studies of diet and health.

Growing up in Fargo, N.D., his extended family includes both doctors and cattle ranchers, two groups that are increasingly butting heads over America’s health policies. Dr. Barnard’s scientific approach aims to shed new light on these important issues.

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Chef Julio Barillas learned his trade at the Culinary Institue of America in New York City and joined Hilton International where, for years, he helped launch successful eating establishments in hotels in many parts of the world, training restaurants personnel and createing appealing and tasty menus. Since 2001 he has presented over 200 nutrition seminars in many churches, hospitals, and schools.

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Amy J. Lanou, Ph.D. is senior nutrition scientist for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting preventive medicine, especially better nutrition, and higher standards in research. Dr. Lanou is also assistant professor of health and wellness for the University of North Carolina-Asheville (UNCA).

Dr. Lanou formerly served as PCRM's nutrition director for five years overseeing nutrition edu-cation and outreach programs and advocating for healthier diets. She and her staff have estab-lished numerous campaigns to promote good nutrition, including the Healthy School Lunch, Safe Diets, and Not Dairy campaigns. Dr. Lanou is also the author of Building Bone Vitality (McGraw-Hill; June 2009) and Healthy Eating for Life for Children (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Feb. 2002).

Dr. Lanou publishes regularly on the relationship between dairy products and health concerns. The most recent paper in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition delineates the reasons why dairy products should not be recommended in vegetarian diets. Another paper in Pediatrics, titled "Calcium, dairy and bone health in children and young adults: a reevaluation of the evidence," shows that currently available evidence does not support the notion that dairy product consumption promotes bone health in young people.

Dr. Lanou currently teaches nutrition, women’s health, food politics and nutrition policy, and understanding chronic disease at UNCA. She previously taught courses in human nutrition, nutri-tion and exercise, and nutrition and aging at Ithaca College as an assistant professor and at Cor-nell University as an adjunct professor. She has worked with T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., at Cor-nell University as a nutrition writer and was managing editor of his newsletter and online journal, New Century Nutrition.

Dr. Lanou received her B.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of California at Davis and her Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from Cornell University. Her research was focused on body weight regulation and the control of food intake.

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Douglas Fowler My story starts in the morning, rushing out the door to work after 2 1/2 cups of coffee and a half-eaten breakfast. If I had time, I might pack a lunch (sandwiches, chips and soda for the most part); if not, then any fast-food joint would do. Dinner would be anything that would fill me up after a long day. Then off to bed, with no exercise to work off dinner or freshen up my mind.

It was this routine that landed me in the hospital emergency room one September day, with all the symptoms of a heart attack. “This cannot be happening to me,” I kept saying to myself as the doctors worked over me. My mind was reeling and in full denial: “My heart is fine, I shouldn’t be here; I’m only 37 years old; I’m in great health!” After a series of tests I was released, glad to be going home with nothing more than a severe case of heartburn.

But the events in the emergency room had shaken me up. I vowed then and there to take a serious look at my own life and what I needed to do to become more intentional with my wellness. I began with something simple: a daily walk. I soon took control of my diet, learning what I needed to eat to maintain good health. Over time, with the support of friends and family, I even challenged myself to participate in a few local fitness events.

Then it dawned on me: “It’s not that difficult to be healthy!” All it takes is a personal commitment to get you motivated, and some helpful partners to keep you accountable. It seemed so simple. Why couldn’t everyone do it this way, I asked?

My answer was to create CAMP21 Health Fitness, to give help to those who want better health but may have trouble sticking with it, or even getting started. I encourage you to take a serious look at your own well-being and ask yourself if you’re happy with where you are. Remember, It’s never too late to get healthy.

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Howard Lyman a successful Montana cattle rancher for nearly four decades. He sold his farm in 1983 and became a professional lobbyist for the Montana Farmers Union and the National Farmers Union, promoting the passage of the National Organic Standards Act. Lyman went on to become one of the most prominent activists in the animal rights and environmental movements. He has served as president of Earthsave, executive director of Jeremy Rifkin’s Beyond Beef Campaign, president of the International Vegetarian Union, and program director for the Humane Society of the United States. Lyman is best known for a 1996 appearance on “Oprah,” where he effectively launched a beef scare campaign by saying that mad cow disease would make AIDS “look like the common cold.” After a resulting lawsuit (filed by a group of Texas cattle ranchers) was decided in Lyman’s favor, he emerged as one of the anti-meat movement’s most visible and well-connected standard-bearers. Currently, Howard Lyman holds positions on the Organic Consumers Association’s policy board, Farm Animal Reform Movement’s national council, and the advisory boards of the Center for Food Safety and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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Sherri Flynt, MPH, RD, LD received her master's in public health from Loma Linda University. She is a registered and licensed dietitian and serves as head of the Center for Nutritional Excellence at Florida Hospital.

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Dr. Chan is a Co-Investigator of the Adventist Health Study on the faculty of Loma Linda University, School of Public Health, who planned and supervised the field clinics of this landmark study. She has presented her study on water intake and cardiovascular deaths at scien-tific meetings such as the XXth Congress of the European Society of Cardiology and the International Congress on Heart Disease. Jacqueline is currently studying the relationship between Vitamin D and heart disease under a post-doctoral grant from the National Institutes of Health.

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Dr. Pribis is a native of Slovakia, a small country in central Europe (it used to be a part of Czechoslovakia until 1993). He graduated in 1988 from School of Medicine at King Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1996 he graduated from Loma Linda University, School of Public Health with Dr.P.H. (Doctor of Public Health) in nutrition and epidemiology.

After graduation he worked as nutritional epidemiologist for the Adventist Health Study. He returned to Czech Republic in 1997 and worked as medical advisor and health consultant to several health promoting institutions. In 2000, he moved to Germany where he worked as health director responsible for health ministry at both German unions. Since 2004, he has worked as Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Wellness at the Nutrition and Wellness Department at Andrews University in Berrien Springs. He conducts research in the area of healthy lifestyle and longevity, and publishes in peer reviewed and lay magazines. He is an enthusiastic speaker about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and a promoter of evidence-based lifestyle medicine.

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