Dr. Eric Sternlicht Speaks About Dairy:
Diet and lifestyle play critical roles in health and disease. Over thirty years of research has proven a direct link between dairy protein, casein, and tumor promotion. In addition, numerous studies have found a link between dairy intake and reduced phytonutrient bioavailability from coffee, tea, berries, and other foods. A shift away from the typical Western diet to a whole-foods, plant-based diet (WFPD) has the potential to eradicate many of the leading causes of death in our society, drastically reduce health care costs, and significantly reduce our burden on the environment by decreasing our water use, as well as, greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. My goal as an educator is to bring awareness to the research that is (and has been for decades) out there, bring understanding into the mechanisms an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle play in disease development, and demonstrate how a WFPD and our choices can be involved in disease treatment and disease prevention. I am blessed to be able to play a small role in the dissemination of the science, research, and facts involving diet, exercise & health.
Dr. Sternlicht’s Bio:
Eric Sternlicht, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Health Sciences in Crean College at Chapman University in Orange, California and president of Simply Fit, Inc., a nutrition and exercise consulting firm whose clients have included Disney, ESPN, Reebok, SONY, UCLA’s athletic department, and actor/director Clint Eastwood. As an educator for over thirty years, Dr. Sternlicht has been teaching classes that focus on the roles diet and lifestyle play in both disease development and progression, as well as disease treatment and prevention. Dr. Sternlicht and his mentor, R. James Barnard, Ph.D., have developed a course to introduce students to the research on the benefits of a WFPD. He teaches undergraduate pre-allied health care students that personal lifestyle choices play a role in chronic disease development and how a switch to a WFPD can improve health, functional capacity, and longevity and reduce morbidity and mortality.
