Joel Kahn
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May 19, 1959
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| Occupation | Cardiologist |
Joel K. Kahn (born May 19, 1959) is an American cardiologist, integrative medicine practitioner and promoter of whole food plant-based nutrition. He has been criticized for promoting anti-vaccine and COVID-19 misinformation.[1]
Kahn obtained a BA in 1980 and MD in 1983 from the University of Michigan.[2] He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine.[2] He is the founder of the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity in Bingham Farms, Michigan.[2] Kahn is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.[3][4] He has authored articles for HuffPost and the Reader's Digest.[5][6]
Kahn has been a vegan since 1977.[3] He promotes a whole-food plant-based diet consisting of fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds and whole grains to prevent chronic disease.[7][8] During his lifetime he aims to prevent a million heart attacks.[9] He has commented that "there is no more effective way to prevent and reverse heart disease than eating a plant-based diet naturally low in oils, sugar, and salt."[10] He has noted from measuring the blood and skin levels of his patients that both omnivores and vegans are frequently low in vitamin B12, iodine, omega-3, taurine and vitamin K2 and that vitamin supplements can provide the correct amounts.[11] He advises his patients to support healthy nitric oxide levels by getting more exercise and juicing.[12] He has credited Caldwell Esselstyn and Dean Ornish as influencing his work.[13]
In 2015, Kahn and his wife Karen and son Daniel opened a vegan café, the GreenSpace Café in Ferndale, Michigan.[14] It closed in February 2020.[15][16]
An article by Science-Based Medicine has accused Khan of promoting "heavy metal detox" quackery and unproven health claims about CBD oil.[1] The article also noted that Kahn has a history of promoting conspiracy theories such as anti-vax material and COVID-19 misinformation.[1]
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