Discovered today that there was a huge International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition held at Loma Linda University in California, March 4-6 of this year. Loma Linda Univ. is affiliated with the Seventh-Day Adventist Church which adheres to vegetarianism as one of its tenets. The university's nutrition department, part of the School of Public Health, is apparently vegetarian-focused.
The Congress was attended by 400+ scientists (doctors, Ph.D's, nutritionists, etc) from around the world. It is held every five years and this was the fifth Congress -- a pretty amazing track record.
Here is a video of Dr. Juan Sabaté (MD, DrPh), chairman of the LLU department of nutrition, talking about the Congress. While the Seventh-Day Adventists have been advocating vegetarianism for a long time (the "Kellogg" who found the Kellogg cereal brand/company was an SDA vegetarian), it's great to see scientists gather from all over the world to share updates on the health benefits of a plant-based diet. (As always with YouTube videos, click in the video itself to be taken to YouTube for a larger format version.)
The Congress was attended by 400+ scientists (doctors, Ph.D's, nutritionists, etc) from around the world. It is held every five years and this was the fifth Congress -- a pretty amazing track record.
Here is a video of Dr. Juan Sabaté (MD, DrPh), chairman of the LLU department of nutrition, talking about the Congress. While the Seventh-Day Adventists have been advocating vegetarianism for a long time (the "Kellogg" who found the Kellogg cereal brand/company was an SDA vegetarian), it's great to see scientists gather from all over the world to share updates on the health benefits of a plant-based diet. (As always with YouTube videos, click in the video itself to be taken to YouTube for a larger format version.)
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