CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Tag: vegan

  • 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 Episode 174-International Conference on Plant Based Nutrition with Addie Dulaney Majnaric RDN

    Welcome and thank you for listening. I am joined in this episode by Addie Dulaney Majnaric to discuss our trip to Washington, D.C. to attend the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. It was great traveling with Addie not only as my daughter but representing our practice as the only mother-daughter, MD-RDN team practicing plant…

  • 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…

  • Podcast: Episode 173-What is the Real Cost of Eating Out

    Welcome and thank you for listening. Americans eat out an average of 18.2 meals each month with city dwellers in Houston, Texas leading the pack. The reported average cost per person ranges from $36.40 to$46.14 per meal. That is a lot of cabbage. It is also a lot of highly salted, fatty foods that lead…

  • 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…

  • Podcast: Episode 172-The Opportunity to Change for the Better

    Welcome and thank you for listening. Life expectancy numbers have recently shown the US at number 27, below smaller countries such as Croatia and South Korea despite the billions of dollars we put into “healthcare”. To no surprise to my listeners, it has been attributed to our poor diet with 80% of Americans not getting…

  • Episode 171-Siptopia, leptins and What the Fork!

    Welcome and thank you for listening. Eating healthy is hard. There are temptations everywhere you look. Even the gas station is serving “food”. The reality is that they entice people to come in where they are greeted by sugary drinks and greasy food. Even at the pump the videos blare of all the treats inside.…