CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

All Posts Tagged: optimal nutrition

Podcast: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   This year’s Christmas is not about traditions for me.  It is about the basics.  Health and wellness.  The simple things.  How do you make your health a little better each day.  Both mental and physical? How do you choose to tell the story? I hope your holiday story is […]
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Podcast: Finding Beauty in Change

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Have you heard the song; A Few of My Favorite Things?  This episode has a few of my favorite things I find beautiful.  The little things that can make your day.  If little things make you smile, perhaps finding the little but beautiful things in a healthy lifestyle can […]
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Podcast: The State of the Medical Community

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Do you go to your doctor to hear what makes you happy or to hear the truth about your state of health?  Would you like to go back to the old days when a physician might not tell you the truth about your prognosis because he didn’t think you […]
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Podcast: Why we look like our dogs, but should eat like herbivores.

Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Who domesticated who? Our canine friends are most likely descendants from wolves over 14,000 years ago. In fact, when people say you look like your dog, they are not that far off genetically when you look at our shared microbial DNA. Some of my veterinarian collogues are realizing the […]
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Podcast: How are You Going to Up Your Game

Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  I hope you had the opportunity to see The Game Changers Movie.  We had a great turnout here in Port Charlotte, Florida.  I think there were many positives from the movie, and it was very educational.  Yes you can be big and strong and eat plants.  I especially liked […]
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Podcast: ICNM Conference Recap with Addie Majnaric, RDN

Welcome! and Thank you for listening!.  Today Addie Majnaric RDN joins me as we do a recap of the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine that was held in Washington, DC.  It was a great time once again at a plant based nutrition conference with my favorite dietitian.  This year we were joined by my […]
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Blogpost: What is Your Nutritional Story?

I had a patient say to me years back, “never trust a skinny cook”. I guess that is partly why she is no longer my patient. Changing beliefs can be hard. We often construct our story around beliefs and hang on tight. We make justifications to suit our actions. Our words are powerful and our […]
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Blogpost: Is a Vegan Diet the Best?

We all want to be the best we can be. So why not eat the best so we can be the best. However, when it comes to nutrition, I am more likely to hear, I eat “pretty healthy”. It seems as though most people are quite satisfied with “pretty healthy”. We lower the bar when […]
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Blogpost: That One Second Decision

Everything was going great. You had your morning oatmeal with flaxseed and blueberries and did your morning walk.  You pull into Starbucks to order a tall black coffee and in a split second before the barrister takes your order you change to a venti Christmas Ginger Latte with whipped cream.  You drink it and in […]
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