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15 Sep 2020
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How well do dietary guidelines by Kaiser Permanente (KP) align with those by Plant-Based Organizations like ACLM, PCRM, PBHP (UK), Plantrician Project, DFN, and PAN? Do they endorse a vegan or plant-only food system?
Sources: (2013) Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets, Permanente Journal, 17(2): 61-66, Spring 2013.
(2015) Plant-Based Eating (36 pages, 2015) and The Plant-Based Diet (20 pages, 2013).
(2016) Plant-Based Diets: A Physician's Guide, Permanente Journal, 20(3):15-082, Summer 2016.
(2017) Making Plant-Based Diets the New Normal by Dr Greger.
Sources: The Plant-Based Diet (20 pages, 2013).
Kaiser Publications

2013 was a landmark year. A major healthcare provider in USA embraced Whole Food Plant-Based guidelines: Kaiser Permanente!

Kaiser Permanente (KP) is a large corporation with over 200,000 employees and over 70 billion USD in annual revenue in 2017. It insures over 4 million individuals. For more information, see Facts about Kaiser.

1) Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets, Permanente Journal, 17(2): 61-66, Spring 2013. This was a landmark article that enabled Kaiser physicians to start advocating WFPB to patients. A quote:

“Physicians should consider recommending a plant-based diet to all their patients, especially those with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or obesity.”

2) Plant-Based Diets: A Physician's Guide, Permanente Journal, 20(3):15-082, Summer 2016 (another copy of the article). This technical article was developed for Kaiser Permanente physicians to help them guide patients adopt a WFPB Diet.

Source: Plant-Based Diets: A Physician's Guide, Permanente Journal, 20(3):15-082 (Summer 2016).

3) Plant-Based Diet (36-Page Booklet, 2015) is aimed at lay persons. Also see Plant-Based Diet (PDF, 2020) and Plant-Based Diet with multiple PDF files aimed at Infants, Toddlers / Preschoolers, Teens as well.

Dr Greger
(2014) What Diet Should Physicians Recommend?

(3 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Kaiser Permanente, the largest U.S. managed care organization, publishes patient education materials to help make plant-based diets the 'new normal' for patients and physicians."

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