Dr. Shintani describes major points of his new book, "The Peace Diet: How to Reverse Obesity, Aging, and Disease by Eating for Peace of Body, Mind and Spirit.”

Some of the topics to be covered:
 Five lessons for long-term weight control and health  Protein: Why vegetarian animals have bigger muscles than meateaters Why eating MORE may be better for weight loss  Eight enhancements to whole person health  Beat high blood pressure and diabetes with less meds  How diet is related to your personal peace  Anti-inflammatory diet for arthritis, asthma and autoimmune disease How to cut cholesterol with less medication  …and more.

Terry Shintani, MD, JD, MPH, received his master’s degree in nutrition at Harvard University and his medical degree and law degree at the University of Hawaii. He is board certified in preventive medicine and is Associate Chair of the Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. He has been appointed to the National Advisory Board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

He is the author of 12 books including the Eat More Weigh Less® Diet, the Hawaii Diet, the Good Carbohydrate Revolution, and the new Peace Diet. He has been featured in Newsweek, on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC and the Encyclopedia Britannica. For his service to humanity, he is formally designated a “Living Treasure of Hawaii.”