The Physicians Committee nonprofit promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards in education and research.
A healthful diet and lifestyle can help reduce your breast cancer risk. 🎀
Our
#LetsBeatBreastCancer
campaign centers around four steps:
1. Choose Plant-Based Foods
2. Exercise Regularly
3. Limit Alcohol
4. Maintain a Healthy Weight
It’s time to prioritize human-centered aging research. ⏳
We urged
@NIHAging
to focus on nonanimal methods in their 2026-2030 plan. Animal models have not delivered cures for age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s. Human-based research offers another way.
Processed meat includes meat products that have been cured, smoked, or salted, or have had preservatives added to change the taste and texture, or to extend the shelf life. This includes meat products such as hot dogs, bacon, deli meats, and jerky.
Over 1,000 students in Illinois are now benefiting from a PCRM-supported law requiring schools to provide plant-based options! For the students across New York hoping to have the same benefit, we are asking
@GovKathyHochul
to prioritize plant-based options for students and ensure
A common misconception is that fruit should be avoided in people with type 2 diabetes because it is high in sugar. However, the sugar in fruit is not the same as the sugar found in refined foods. Fruit sugar comes packaged with fiber, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and more.
Processed and red meat contain cancer-causing compounds and are noted as a Group 1 and Group 2A carcinogen, respectively, according to the World Health Organization.
#ChoosePlants
!
Eating habits are set in early childhood. Choosing a plant-based diet can give your child—and your whole family—the opportunity to learn to enjoy a variety of nutritious foods.
Milk and other dairy products are the top source of saturated fat in the American diet, contributing to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. Studies have also linked dairy to an increased risk of breast, ovarian, and prostate cancers.
🌟 Happy DAF Day! 🌟
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We’re urging the NIH to prioritize nonanimal, human-centered research. It’s time to advance biomedical research without animal testing. Learn more about our efforts here.