The Power Foods Diet with Dr. Neal Barnard

Join us for an inspiring event with Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and bestselling author, as he shares the groundbreaking science behind health, weight loss, and the healing power of food.

Based on his new book, The Power Foods Diet, Dr. Barnard will reveal how simple, science-backed food choices can transform your health—and your life. Dr. Barnard will be signing books after the event.

• 4:30pm: Doors Open & Appetizers
• 5-6:30pm: Presentation

Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.

Dr. Barnard has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, hormonal symptoms, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking study of dietary interventions in type 2 diabetes, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. Dr. Barnard has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 20 books for medical and lay readers, and is the editor in chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.

María José Hummel, PhD, is a nutritionist, health educator, author, international speaker, and former engineer. She holds multiple degrees, which include a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Cal Poly, a Master’s of Science in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, a Master’s in Public Health from San Jose State, a certification in Plant-Based Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies at Cornell University, and she holds a doctorate in naturopathy as well as a Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Natural Medicine from the International Institute of Original Medicine.

​As a health educator and plant-based nutritionist, certified by the American Association of Lifestyle Medicine, Maria Jose enjoys sharing not only her knowledge, but her passion, for nutrition, health, and plant-based cooking. She has appeared on cooking shows on radio and television networks such as 3ABN, 3ABN Latino, and other radio and television networks. She has taught nutrition courses at the Adventist University of Chile and the Peruvian Union University. She is frequently invited to give seminars and health education courses at churches, community groups and clinics where she teaches people how to avoid, and to reverse, lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and obesity.

Rev. Chef Beth Love is the founder of Eat for the Earth, an ordained New Thought minister, and the author of the Tastes Like Love book series. She has brought a message of transformation to multiple audiences with her speaking and facilitation skills, in contexts as diverse as the California state Pr*son system, schools, nonprofits, churches, radio, various online forums, local community television, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is known for her fierce commitment, wise counsel, strategic mind, and huge capacity for love.

Rev. Beth’s life calling has taken many twists and turns, but has always been centered on human transformation. She has taught in and run Montessori schools, helped to found a New Thought church and served in various capacities in that community for over 20 years, facilitated trainings on issues of power and privilege, run nonprofit organizations focused on the topic of child abuse, and done extensive volunteer work with Pr*son inmates. Due to her concern about the contribution of animal agriculture to the climate crisis and other environmental crises, Beth started Eat for the Earth, an organization that supports a human dietary shift towards more plants and less animal products to sustain all life on Earth.

Host or Publisher Eat for the Earth