I like to think that the ideas in Dr. Joel Fuhrman's book, Disease-Proof Your Child will change the world!

Dr. Fuhrman is a family physician in New Jersey who helps his patients to realize health and deal with chronic diseases by adopting a high-quality plant-based diet.  He is also author of Eat to Live.  In his latest book, he considers the impact of the Standard American Diet (SAD) on children in terms of setting them up for medical conditions, such as ear infections, obesity, and diabetes in childhood, and for cancer and heart disease later in life.  The scope of this problem is staggering and tragic in industrialized nations! 

Dr. Fuhrman offers recommendations for introducing a health-supporting plant-based diet to children in a way that will help this become their normal/desired way of life.  He clearly illustrates the importance of quality nutrition for children and gives practical suggestions for helping parents make changes that will support their family's health. 

I hope readers will not be put off by what may be a gradiose-sounding title.  Dr. Furhman is a dedicated physician who provides clear, well-researched, high-quality information that is backed by his personal and extensive professional experience.  His work rings true as an expression of great integrity and wise compassion. 

Yesterday I saw a child wearing a T-shirt that said, “If you love me, don't feed me junk food.”  I was delighted to see this, but I also know how difficult it can be to feed our children well, particularly when the foods that are most convenient and the most heavily advertised are often the ones we should avoid.  Joel Fuhrman's new book is a blessing, because it makes it so much easier.  It is excellent, and full of clarity, wisdom, and guidance you can trust.  It can indeed give you the power to shape your child's health destiny - John Robbins

Every day a parent asks, “When is your pediatric nutrition book coming out?”  Parents are eager for information.  They don't know what to feed their kids.  They know that the diet of their household and of their community are unhealthy, but they don't know what to do.  They are stumped because they want to make changes, but they don't know how to get their kids to like healthy foods.  This book has the answers.  Not only will it explain what a healthy diet is, it will show you how to implement the best diet for your children in such a way that they will love it, eat it, and adopt a healthy approach to nutrition that will last a lifetime.

American children are the heaviest worldwide, and they are getting heavier at a faster rate than other children around the globe.  This spread of obesity foreshadows an explosion in degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer waiting to erupt in our children's future.  Together we can stop this tragedy from ever happening.