Neal D. Barnard

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Early life and education

Barnard was born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota.[3][4] He received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine,[5] where he began exploring vegan diets.[6] He is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology,[7] a fellow of the American College of Cardiology[8] and a lifetime member of the American Medical Association.[9]

Barnard is an advocate for animal rights.[1] His organization, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, received support from the Foundation to Support Animal Protection and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in the 1990s.[1]

Career

Barnard founded Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 1985 to promote preventive medicine.[10] By 2016, the Washington D.C.–based PCRM had 150,000 members, including 12,000 physicians, and reported revenues of more than $20 million.[11][12] He appeared in the documentaries Super Size Me (2004),[13] Forks Over Knives (2011),[14][15] PlantPure Nation (2015),[16] and What the Health (2017).[14] Since 2003,[17] Barnard has served as an adjunct professor of medicine at George Washington University School of Medicine.[18] In January 2016,[19] Barnard founded the Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C.,[20] which provides primary care with a focus on nutrition guidance.[21]

In 2006,[22] Barnard completed a National Institutes of Health-funded trial to test the impact of diet on blood sugar control in individuals with type 2 diabetes.[23][24]

In his active practice, Barnard works with patients with diabetes, obesity, and other conditions in clinical research protocols.

In 2011, Barnard was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame of the North American Vegetarian Society during its summer conference, where he has occasionally spoken.[25]

In February 2013, Barnard's self-help book Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory was published. Reviewing it, biological psychologist David O Kennedy said that while it contained dietary advice which could be helpful, or at least harmless, its "all-or-nothing, hard-core vegan remedy" risked doing little more than raising readers' anxiety levels.[26]

By 2019, Barnard had authored 20 books, including The Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know about Plant-based Eating.[27]

He has hosted four PBS television programs on nutrition and health.[28][29]

Diabetes

Barnard has led many studies assessing the role of diet in diabetes and other health conditions.[30][31][32]

Barnard authored the 2009 book Dr Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes.[2] It argues that a low-fat vegan diet can stabilize blood sugar and insulin function and minimize medication within weeks.[2] Jim Mann has commented that although a low-fat vegan diet can help to promote weight loss to manage diabetes "some of the claims made by the author are overrated; in particular, to imply that Type 1 diabetes can be reversed is mischievous".[2]

Elaine Rush stated that although the book does include some sound advice, "not all diabetes can be reversed and therefore the title of this book is misleading." She also suggested that Barnard's low-fat vegan diet would not be suitable for children or pregnant women without expert support.[2] Peter Lipson of Science-Based Medicine has criticized Barnard's views on low-fat vegan diets reversing type 2 diabetes as based on only one study, commenting "This is not a study on which to hang an entire medical philosophy".[33] According to Lipson, weight loss is more important than a specific type of diet in determining diabetes improvement and the idea that a particular diet is a panacea is untrue.[33]

Selected publications

Books
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  • Dr Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes (Rodale Press, 2009)[2]
  • The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy (Grand Central Publishing, 2017)[34]
  • Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health (Grand Central Publishing, 2020)[35]

Awards

  • Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award, 2016[36] – from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
  • 6th Plantrician Project Luminary Award, 2019[37] – from the Plantrician Project

Personal life

Barnard plays cello, guitar, and keyboards. He has been a member of the bands Pop Maru, Verdun, and Carbonworks.[38][39] Alec Baldwin once called Barnard "Eddie Van Halen with a medical degree".[40]

See also

References

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  7. ↑ The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology database, accessed 21 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "American College of Lifestyle Medicine, "Distinguished Lifestyle Medicine Awards Recipients, accessed 21 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "American College of Lifestyle Medicine,"Distinguished Lifestyle Medicine Awards Recipients, accessed 21 November 2017.
  10. ↑ Evelyn Theiss,"Author Dr. Neal Barnard encourages plant-based, vegan diet," The Plain Dealer, 19 April 2011.
  11. ↑ Helen Mondloch, "Living Well with Dr. Neal Barnard," Northern Virginia," 20 October 2017
  12. ↑ "Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine," Charity Navigator, accessed 13 November 2017.
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  40. ↑ Editorial. Living well with Dr. Neal Barnard: A pioneer and iconoclast of startling dimensions, Dr. Neal Barnard is breaking health boundaries. Northern Virginia Magazine. October 20, 2017.

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