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💚Plant Food Revolution: Vatican Conference

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This weekend was the Fourth Annual Vatican Conference “Unite to Cure” held in Vatican City.  
 
I first noticed on my Twitter feed...Katy Perry being greeted by The Pope.
Then my Plant Based forums were talking about this conference at
Vatican City....so I checked it out.
 
Purpose of the conference is basically to “address ways to impact
human health globally.”  Many speakers, experts in their field,
presenting in this 3-day conference.
 
This year a topic being discussed:
 
The Plant Food Revolution - Good for You and Good for the Environment
 
Two of the 5 panelists are familiar faces to me:
Dr. Neal Barnard & Dr. David Jenkins.
 
The hour-long presentation has varying thoughts, but at the end of the day...
Plant-Based is our future for nutrition, health & saving our planet by
reducing carbon footprint reduction. 
 
Exciting to see the Plant Based shift take place. There will be pushback,
even with those within the PB world (as this conf illustrates),
but just the fact “Plant Based” is even discussed is exciting. 
 
This talk is an hour in length, but worth the listen:
 
 
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Re: 💚Plant Food Revolution: Vatican Conference

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@sidsmom

 

Thanks for posting that link.  I just finished listening.

 

I was particularly riveted to the presentation given by Patrick Brown, M.D., Professor Emeritus at Stanford School of Medicine.

 

But it was an excellent overall presentation by all present.

 

Certainly reinforces my commitment to WFPB Vegan living.

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@QueenDanceALot

Thanks for listening to this.

My takeaway was the mention of a Carbon Tax & Carbon Credit System.

Like the special taxation of soft drinks, a carbon tax for animal

products/byproducts...humm. Good idea, but those industries are so

powerful, don’t see it happening in my lifetime...but just the fact

it’s conversation..that’s more important than anything. 

 

I perked up when Dr. Barnard explained the intramyocellular lipids 

again for the 1000th time. Stunning how so many of his 

professional peers still don’t understand how diabetes works.

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Re: 💚Plant Food Revolution: Vatican Conference

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As a side note, Katy Perry was there to present, as well.

She’s a huge proponent of Transcendental Meditation...

and the benefits it has as a non-medical treatment,

especially in children. 

 

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