Ditching The Standard American Diet (SAD) and Getting HAPPY | PBNOW

Ditching The Standard American Diet (SAD) and Getting HAPPY Featured Speaker: Rachael Brown Rachael J. Brown earned her Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate and Food Systems and Sustainability Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell. After being diagnosed with high cholesterol in her late 20s, she discovered The China Study and started exploring the science of nutrition. After just 17 days of eating WFPBNO her cholesterol dropped 50 points. That was the beginning of her family’s journey from the Standard American Diet (SAD) to a Whole Food Plant-Based No Oil (WFPBNO) lifestyle. A licensed practitioner of massage and Pain Neutralization Technique, Rachael is also a certified yoga and Pilates instructor and a spiritual director. She completed the 12-Day McDougall Program and has led corporate mindfulness seminars. She received her B.A. in geography from the University of Washington and has been an adjunct professor in nutrition and wellness. Rachael belongs to the University of Washington Alumni Association, the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies’ Whole Communities program, and Eat for the Earth, as well as Plantstrong and McDougall communities. Rachael is happily married with two grown children. She lives in California, where she can usually be found trail running, rock climbing, cycling, and bikepacking with her husband. Learn more about PBNOW at https://www.pbnow.org #plantbased #diet #nutrition