Ten Ways a Vegan Diet Will Help You Avoid the Scalpel

Irminne Van Dyken, MD explains why the Standard American Diet is the biggest threat to American health today. Born in the Netherlands and raised in Montana, Dr. Irminne Van Dyken is a general surgeon in practice at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. She completed her MD degree, internship and residency at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. She is a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Van Dyken is a passionate advocate of a whole foods, plant-based diet, seeing it as a way to prevent and treat many common maladies in Hawaii and also in the entire world.

What is the largest threat to Americans today? Many would argue
it is the Standard American Diet. The SAD is responsible for a
myriad of common diseases and disorders such as obesity, diabetes, certain cancers and many gastrointestinal disorders. Many of these diseases are completely preventable and reversible by improving our eating habits. In this interactive, informative and entertaining discussion Dr. Van Dyken shares her experiences as a surgeon treating many of these preventable and reversible iseases. She will discuss ten ways that adopting a plant-based diet will help you avoid having to go under the knife.

Recorded 5/12/15 edited by William Harris, M.D.

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