Dr. Fuhrman is a board certified family physician who specializes in nutritional medicine. He is an author and public speaker, who educates and motivate audiences to make life-saving changes. His patients have made remarkable strides, such as getting rid of their diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and a host of other chronic ailments. Due to this, he can make such claims as, “Don’t treat your diabetes—get rid of it” and “People can chose not to have heart disease.”

Today, the majority of our population is overweight and one in three are obese. Obesity is the fastest growing health problem in the modern world today.

Ninety percent of those over 65 will require medication for high blood pressure or diabetes. More than half of Americans die of heart disease or strokes, more than all other causes of death combined.

Eat To Live is a life-saving book for anyone who is concerned about their health and is looking to change their lifestyle in order to lose weight, improve their health and recover from chronic disease.

Dr. Fuhrman is committed to spreading the message that disease is not the inevitable consequence of aging or primarily genetics, rather we earn disease predominantly from inferior nutrition. Modern nutritional science can enable us to avoid common diseases and common causes of death, allowing us to live healthier and longer than ever before in human history.

His message comes at a most fortuitous time. Baby boomers, now in middle age, are searching for an answer to their most vital question, “How can I live longer and in such a way that I can maintain my health and vigor.” They want an answer that makes sense. Eat to Live provides that for them. There is so much misinformation out there. But not in Eat to Live; the thousands of footnotes in Eat to Live is the result of Dr. Fuhrman’s 30 years of dedication to the understand more than 60,000 of the most applicable research articles on human nutrition. It is the most scientifically-supported diet-style on the bookshelves today.

Due to the ignorance of the public and the medical profession, America has become the most overweight nation in the history of the world. As a result, we have become the most sickly.

Dr. Fuhrman is particularly outspoken that most chronic illnesses simply do not have to occur and nutritional excellence can wipe out the risk in those properly informed.

Education is the key, not willpower.

Regardless of what percentage of people will chose to live in good health and without the risks of diabetes, stroke and heart disease, at the very least, people should be properly informed of what they can do to protect themselves if they so choose. Cancer, perhaps the biggest fear of people, is also largely a disease of nutritional ignorance, fueled by the improper way we feed ourselves and our children.

As a expert in human nutrition, Dr. Fuhrman has spoken at hundreds of locations throughout the United States and Canada, such as conferences, college campuses (including Harvard and Cornell), television shows, and radio talk shows. He also speaks to other physicians at hospital grand rounds and has lectured in benefits for the American Heart Association and the U.S. Olympic Team.

His appearances include Good Morning America, The Today Show, America’s Talking, TV Food Network, CNN and the Discovery Channel.

Dr. Fuhrman is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Health Association; Advisory Panel, The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Diplomat, American Academy of Family Physicians; and PwC Health and Performance Advisory Panel, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Dr. Fuhrman lives in Flemington, New Jersey with his wife, Lisa, daughters, Talia, Jenna and Cara and son, Sean.

His best-selling book, Eat To Live, The Revolutionary Formula For Fast and Sustained Weight Loss was published by Little Brown & Co. in 2003, has gone through 9 printings and will be available in paperback in January 2005. It describes his dietary approach that is simply the safest and most effective way to lose weight.

1. Medical research backs up this claim, such as:
2. Dr. Fuhrman’s vegetable-based diet has been shown in the medical journal, Metabolism, to lower cholesterol more powerfully than drugs, more than any dietary method ever studied.
3. A recently completed research-study headed by T.Colin Campbell of Cornell Graduate School of Human Nutrition and Barbara Sarter, PhD at the University of Southern California followed 60 overweight individuals for a full two years who were introduced to Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat To Live approach and found that the average person lost over 50 pounds (and kept it off) making this the most weight loss ever shown in any medical study in history. This study is still awaiting publication.

Call his office (908)237-0200 to speak to Dr. Fuhrman to arrange for radio, television, or print interviews or for permission for reprints of his writings.

Suggested Interview Questions For Radio Shows

1. What are the main factors that have resulted in the obesity epidemic in the modern world?

2. How is it that people can eat as much as they want with your program and still lose weight?

3. What kind of success have you seen with your dietary recommendations and what scientific support do you have for them?

4. You write that Americans are addicted to food and that it is the addictive withdrawal symptoms that drive people to overeat, creating obesity. Could you explain?

5. So, how does your Eat To Live method break the cravings to overeat and eat unhealthful processed foods?

6. You claim people can lose 20 pounds the first 6-weeks on your program and then 8 to 10 pounds a month after that. Isn’t it bad to lose weight that quickly? What is your experience with people gaining the weight back?

7. What are the unique features that make Eat To Live different from other diets and what are the main features that account for your successful results?

8. How long does it typically take for a patient to be able to get off a prescription drug (or drugs) for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol?

9. Why are the popular high-protein diets dangerous? What are their major risks?

10. Do you thing Eat To Live and your dietary ideas will change the way people think about food and nutrition in America? Can we defeat this epidemic of obesity?

11. How do you address the nay-sayers that say that most people will have a difficult time sticking to a dietary program that seems restrictive?