Name: “What I Wish I Learned in Medical School About Nutrition”
Start: 2024-10-26T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-26T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Old Mill Playhouse Epic Theatres of The Villages

$\u201cWhat I Wish I Learned in Medical School About Nutrition\u201d$

Learn about the link between food and chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, fatty liver disease & dementia
About this Event

Come and hear an eye-opening presentation by a nationally known expert on nutrition and its role in chronic disease prevention. There will be a one hour talk, followed by a 30 minute question and answer session.

Dr. Michael Klaper is a well respected physician and educator renowned for his advocacy of plant-based nutrition and it's benefits for health. With a medical degree from the university of Illinois College of medicine, Dr. Klaper has spent decades promoting the health advantages of a whole food, plant-based diet through lectures, workshops, and publications. He emphasizes the importance of nutrition in preventing and reversing, chronic diseases, often critiquing, conventional, dietary guidelines, and medical practices that neglect the role of diet in health. Dr. Klaper is also a faculty member at the university of California, San Diego, and has contributed significantly to the education of both medical students and the public on the importance of sustainable, plant-based eating.