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title: "World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Hans Diehl - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Hans Diehl: International Vegetarian Union (IVU) 35th World Vegetarian Congress 'Food for all our futures' Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland July 8-14, 2002 Hosted by The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom Hans Diehl,"
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date: "2026-11-06T04:00:29+00:00"
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#  World Vegetarian Congress - Edinburgh, Scotland, Summer 2002 - Hans Diehl

**International Vegetarian Union (IVU)** | ![IVU logo](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/members/pics/ivu-con1.gif) | 35th World Vegetarian Congress    **'Food for all our futures'**   ---   Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland    July 8-14, 2002 | Hosted by    [![](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/congress/2002/bluelogo.gif)    **The Vegetarian Society    of the United Kingdom**](http://www.vegsoc.org/) |  |
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 | **Hans Diehl, Dr. Hsc.**    Thursday - 11.30am - 12.30pm : High protein / osteoporitis link    Thursday - 2.00pm - 3.00pm : Ecology: the vegetarian advantage    Friday - 9.00am - 10.00am : Health: The Vegetarian Alternative    Friday - 10.00am - 11.00am : Reversing heart disease with knife and fork  More than 10 years ago, this doctor of health sciences designed the Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP), intended to help communities improve their collective health by switching to low-fat, low-sugar, low-salt, cholesterol-free, high-fibre diets.  Each individual project is started in a chosen community, where anywhere from 500 to 3,000 people are recruited for a 40-hour educational program that teaches how such a diet can reverse heart disease and adult-onset diabetes, lower high blood pressure, promote weight loss and counteract depression.  After running dozens of these programs, the 52-year-old author of Health Power (Review & Herald Publishing, 2001) has established a CHIP National Centre in Rockford which sets up projects within a town's schools, hospitals, corporations and churches.   He has also been working with restaurants, grocery stores and doctors in those same communities to make sure healthy meals are available to participants and that the program is supported. The goal is to get other communities to follow suit and set up their own health improvement projects. | ![](http://www.sdachip.org/images/diehl.jpg)  [**Diet for a New Century** ](http://www.european-vegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news973/nutrition.html)(EVU News)  [**Cancer** ](http://www.europeanvegetarian.org/evu/english/news/news974/cancer2.html)(part 2 of the above article)  [**CHIP**](http://www.trcalliance.com/chip/Hans.html) - You could break a lot of hearts if you don't think about yours.  [**Adventist CHIP**](http://www.sdachip.org/)  [**Toronto area CHIP**](http://www.geocities.com/chiptor/hansd.html) |
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