Special Programming on Diet and Disease - VegFest 2010

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Mon, 08/30/2010 - 12:00am

Special Programming on Diet and Disease - VegFest 2010

Excerpts from the lectures of two experts on diet and disease

Milton Mills, M.D. critical care physician at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, and member of the Board of Directors - Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine speaks on diet with a focus on USDA guidelines and minority populations.

And Michael Klaper, M.D. speaks on "The Heart of the Matter," a look at heart disease (of course), osteoporosis, and asthma and the role that diet plays in these diseases.

Both Dr. Mills and Dr. Kaper will be speaking at the Portland VegFest 2010 coming up September 18 and 19 at the Oregon Convention Center.

www.nwveg.org/vegfest.php