Dr. Ted Crawford
Holly Bukes
The SaddleBrooke Plant-Based Nutrition Group is pleased to bring back Dr. Ted Crawford to speak on plant-based nutrition and lifestyle on Friday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in the Mountainview Ballroom. You’ve likely heard the buzz about the “Blue Zones”—regions in the world where people are claimed to live longer than average. Come and learn more. Those people who were lucky enough to have heard him talk here pre-COVID are still telling everyone what a great talk it was. This is a talk you won’t want to miss!
He has presented to many groups and conferences throughout the country, often bringing patients of his along to share their testimonials. He was featured in the highly acclaimed documentary Eating You Alive. As Dr. Crawford puts it, “The most potent medicine comes not from a pill, but from what’s at the end of a fork.” Come and listen to Dr. Crawford speak. There will be time for questions and answers afterward.
Dr. Crawford is a board-certified physician who promotes plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine. He retired from full-time clinical practice in 2020 but still works one day a week serving as the medical director for the Pinal County Jail clinic in Florence.
He and his wife Barbee adopted a plant-based lifestyle more than 12 years ago. He suffered from several chronic medical issues himself, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, reflux disease, and a weight problem. Within six months of adopting a plant-based diet, he had lost over 30 pounds and was able to discontinue the four prescription medications he was taking. Having experienced the many positive benefits to his own health, he began promoting and advocating this way of nutrition to his patients. Those who followed his lead were able to improve and even reverse such chronic diseases as high blood pressure, diabetes, and coronary disease.
Dr. Crawford was born, raised, and educated in Iowa, obtaining his bachelor’s degree at Drake University and graduating medical school from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He performed his postgraduate residency training in the U.S. Air Force and moved to Arizona in 1988.
For more information on Dr. Crawford’s talk and/or the SaddleBrooke Plant-Based Nutrition Group, please contact [email protected].