CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Tag: nutrition as medicine

  • Blogpost: We Physicians need to Teach more and Tell Less

    What is the role of a physician? We undergo the most extensive training in the sciences of the human body and are in training a minimum of seven years after college, with some fellowships extending that by another four years. We are taught to diagnose, educate, and treat the sick. However, if we know the…

  • The Survey Says………Get Back in the Kitchen

    I recently posted a question on my general Facebook page that asked why people did not like to cook.  I was looking to see if anything in particular was hindering people from the joys of cooking plant based meals.  The most popular responses were: They do not enjoy cooking for one, or separate meals, for…

  • Podcast: Episode 177-Take Care of Yourself and Why You Should Avoid Extreme Eating

    Welcome and thank you for listening. We all realize that exercise is good for you. Last week I discussed how it could add years onto your life. I discuss a study on this episode how exercise might help prevent colon and lung cancer. Exercise, is a lot like everything in life. You get out of…

  • Podcast:Episode 176-Can a Single Measure of Fitness Predict Longevity?

    Welcome and thank you for listening. Lance Armstrong had one of the highest V02 max readings at 84. Killian Jornet, the world class ultra runner clocks in at an amazing level of 92. In a study published in the Journal of the American Cardiology, August, 2018 investigators in Copenhagan followed 5000 males for 42 years…

  • Blogpost: Is Bariatric Surgery as good for Patients as Hospitals?

    The first hospitals were Almshouses. They were run predominately by Catholic nuns. No one was turned away, and caring for the sick and the needy was the only focus. Hundreds of years later, and mainly in the last forty years, insurance companies came on the scene and a game began that turned hospitals into corporate,…

  • Podcast 175- There is Always Hope to be a Healthier You

    Welcome, and thank you for listening. My Grandmother used to say, “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride”. Can you hear the Irish self determination in that? My Italian Grandmother would say, “If everyone hung their dirty laundry out, you would want to bring your own back in”. These were two of the most…

  • Blogpost: Are you Worried about Your Health

      When populations are polled about important things in their life, health almost always makes the top five on the list.  The other phrase that comes up repeatedly is that they are “worried” about something concerning their health.  You know the song; Don’t Worry Be Happy, but can you still be happy if you are…

  • Podcast 173 with Dr. Ayesha Sherzai and Dr. Sherzai-Dementia Prevention

    Welcome and thank you for listening. Are your legs strong? Do nutritional cheat days really matter? Today my guest Drs Ayesha and Dean Sherzai discuss these things and more. They call themselves TeamSherzai because they are co directors of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University. After being frustrated with the traditional pharmacologic model…

  • Blogpost: Trying Hard not to be an Angry Vegan Doctor

    I agree we are entitled to our own opinions and choices, but we have to be very in tune from where our nutritional information is being derived. My vegan feathers got ruffled last evening while lifting weights with the TV on for distraction.  The Five, a Fox News channel show, had a segment reporting on…

  • Blogpost: Learning to Speak the Plant Based Language

    Learning to speak a new language can be very difficult especially if that language was selected for you.  I took German in college because I was told that it was was a good language for chemistry majors.   The most fun I had with the language was translating letters that a family friend used to…