Functional Foods: Spices, Teas & Plant Powders
Millions of people around the world are discovering that a whole food, plant-based diet is the most effective intervention for the prevention, suspension and reversal of lifestyle or non-communicable diseases. Simultaneously, researchers are exploring ways to enhance a whole food plant-based diet through the addition of Functional Foods like herbs, spices, teas, fruit and vegetable powders and others. Historically, herbs, spices, teas and fruit/vegetable powders, long thought to have powerful medicinal effects, have been a central part of ancient traditions like Ayurveda.
While awareness has grown significantly, many people are not aware of the large body of research on the beneficial effects of using functional foods like teas, herbs and spices or of the new science emerging in support of the use of fruit/vegetable powders.
Dr. Scott Stoll, Dr. Bharat Aggarwal, Dr. Michael Greger and John Blair, participated in an enlightening and engaging scientific Plantrician Education Series, Town Hall discussion about how herbs, spices, teas, fruit/vegetable powders and other functional foods may dramatically enhance the nutrient density and total antioxidant capacity of a well-planned, whole-food, plant-based diet.
Moderator: Scott Stoll, MD
Dr. Stoll is recognized as an international leader in lifestyle medicine and whole food plant-based nutrition. He is the co-founder of the Plantrician Project, the International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference, the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention, and the Regenerative Health Institute, a unique collaborative project with the Rodale Institute that integrates a regenerative vision of human health, agriculture, and the environment. He served as the chairman of the department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Coordinated Health for 16 years, a team physician for Lehigh University and the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Team and was a member of the Whole Foods scientific and medical advisory board. Dr. Stoll is the Chairman of the board for The Plantrician Project.
Every year Dr. Stoll hosts the very popular one-week Total Health Immersions in Florida and helps attendees recover lost health, overcome addictions, and restore emotional balance. In addition to authoring several books and numerous scientific articles, Dr. Stoll has appeared on a wide variety of national shows including the Dr. Oz show, hosting a 2018 PBS special Food as Medicine, and numerous documentaries including Eating You Alive, Wait till its Free, and The Game Changers. As well as being a published author and member of the 1994 Olympic Bobsled Team, he is a highly sought-after international speaker. Dr. Stoll and his family live in Franklin, TN.
Bharat Aggarwal, PhD
Dr. Aggarwal is currently a Founding Director of an Inflammation Research Center in San Diego, California. He is also currently serving on the Advisory Board of several Nutraceutical companies. Until December 31st, 2015, Dr. Aggarwal was a Ransom Horne (Jr) Distinguished Professor of Experimental Therapeutics, Cancer Research, Cancer Medicine, Biochemistry and Immunology; and Chief of Cytokine Research Section, in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. He also served as member of the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, and as an Adjunct Professor at Albert B. Alkek Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas.
Dr. Aggarwal is currently a member of the editorial boards of 24 international journals and served as a reviewer for more than 160 journals, grant proposals and of Ph.D. theses. Dr. Aggarwal has edited 15 books (including The Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin in Health and Disease; Molecular targets and therapeutic uses of spices: Modern uses for ancient medicine ) and served as Guest Editor for Biotherapy, Cancer Letters, Current Opinion in Pharmacology, Immunopathologic Diseases and Therapeutics; and Molecules. He has trained over 80 Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors from around the world. He has co-organized and served as member in many International and National Conferences/ Symposia; has started International Society of Translational Cancer Research and has delivered over 400 lectures/seminars/ keynote talks in more than 50 countries.
He has authored a book “Healing Spices” published by Sterling Inc, which is already a Best-Seller.
Dr. Aggarwal has received numerous awards including ARTOI Award from Association for Research Integrated Oncology Therapies, Rome, Italy, 2012; 2011 James A. Duke Award Excellence in Botanical Literature Award, American Botanical Council, Anaheim, California, 2012; World Congress Science Prize from Oxygen Club of California 2010; Excellence in Research Award of McCormick Research Institute from the American Association of Nutrition, 2008, Outstanding Scientist Award from the American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research, 2006, Ranbaxy Award for Outstanding Scientist of the year, 2004.
Michael Greger, MD
A founding member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Greger is a physician, author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, food safety, and public health issues. He has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in the defense of Oprah Winfrey in the infamous “meat defamation” trial.
He is a graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Currently Dr. Greger serves as the director of public health and animal agriculture at The Humane Society of the United States. Hundreds of his nutrition videos are freely available at NutritionFacts.org.
NutritionFacts.org is a non-commercial, nonprofit, science-based public service provided by Dr. Greger, providing free daily updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. He has hundreds of videos on more than a thousand topics, and new videos and articles are uploaded every day.
John Blair
John Blair is the retired Senior VP of The Juice Plus+ Company. He was with the company for 30+ years. John was born and raised in Southern California. He has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from UCLA.
John had a leadership role in many areas throughout the company including company acquisitions, product developments and marketing efforts. John then initiated and managed the world-wide research effort that underscores the efficacy and credibility of Juice Plus+® as a functional food used to support human health.
John was on the Board of Directors of the Council for Responsible Nutrition in Washington DC for a decade and served as Chair for 2013 and 2014. He is a frequent speaker on health, fitness and whole food based nutrition to audiences around the world.
John strives to live an active and healthy lifestyle, as an avid golfer cyclist and skier. He was formerly a world-ranked Masters Handball player earning 15 U.S. National Handball Championships.
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