Dr. McDougall’s Testimony on the Need for Nutrition Education for Doctors

Note: this content originally appeared in our May 2011 newsletter. More up-to-date research may be available, but the message is still the same!

California Senate Bill (SB) 380 provides an unprecedented opportunity for doctors to help their patients prevent and cure common chronic diseases with a healthy diet (Diet Therapy) by requiring that part of a physician’s mandatory continuing education (now focused on drugs, surgery, and other expensive, non-curative therapies) be dedicated to learning about human nutrition.

Authored by John McDougall, MD

Presented by Senator Roderick Wright

Supported by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and others.

Opposed by the California Medical Association and several other groups whose primary purpose is to support the welfare of physicians.

Heard Originally on April 25, 2011

Passed out of the Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on May 2, 2011 by a 7 to 1 vote. More hearings and a vote of the California Legislature are required before SB 380 becomes law.

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