Physicians Comm for Responsible Medicine

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Physician’s Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

William T. Jarvis, Ph.D.

January 15, 2001

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a nonprofit association that claims to promote “optimal diet for prevention of disease,” says there is evidence that humans don’t have a specific requirement for protein, and teaches that “too much dietary protein from animal sources is detrimental to health.” [1] PCRM’s reference to “animal sources” is key to understanding its true purpose. Its leader, Neal Barnard, MD, has been identified as medical adviser to the radical animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), and PCRM may be substantially funded by it. Animal activists are highly successful fundraisers. The combined budgets for 15 of the leading animal protection organizations exceeded $115 million in 1994 (PETA took in $12 million) [2]. In NCAHF’s view, PCRM is a propaganda machine whose press conferences are charades for disguising its ideology as news events.

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