Pegan diet is the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center and was a columnist for The Huffington Post.
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Pegan diet is the founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center and was a columnist for The Huffington Post.
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Pegan diet writes a blog called The Doctor's Farmacy, which examines many topics related to human health and welfare.
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Pegan diet is the board president of clinical affairs of the Institute for Functional Medicine.
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Hyman promotes a diet called peganism, which has been called a fad diet by some dietitians.
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Pegan diet was the co-medical director at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts, from 1996 to 2004.
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Pegan diet opened The UltraWellness Center in a small shopping mall in Lenox after leaving Canyon Ranch.
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Pegan diet appeared as a featured expert in the 2014 documentary film Fed Up.
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Pegan diet says that saturated fat does not cause heart disease and obesity; processed carbohydrates do.
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Hyman promoted the pegan diet, a plant-rich diet that combines principles of the paleo and vegan diets.
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The pegan diet is gluten-free and encourages consumption of nonstarchy vegetables with grass-fed organic meats and low-mercury fish.
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The pegan diet opposes refined sugar and foods that can spike insulin production.
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However, the Pegan diet's recommendations are basically sound: fresh, locally sourced, preferably organic food; nothing refined or processed; and a focus on not raising blood sugar.
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