Dr Martyn Williamson is a General Practitioner from Alexandra in Central Otago, achieving the honour of New Zealand’s Plant-Based Practitioner of the Year in 2019. In addition to his GP work, Martyn is a senior lecturer in the department of general practice and rural health at the University of Otago, is co-founder of Lifestrong Health with his wife Liz, and is a committee member of Evidence Based Eating NZ.

After discovering the countless benefits of lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition, Martyn changed his approach to practice, integrating these strategies into his work, helping countless people lead healthier, happier lives by preventing, treating and reversing lifestyle-related conditions.

In this episode we discuss:
• Martyn’s frustration with the limitations of standard medicine and his journey to embracing lifestyle medicine and wholefood plant-based nutrition
• The important difference between simply managing disease symptoms and actually treating the root cause of disease through lifestyle changes
• Understanding motivations for change and various intervention strategies for adopting a whole food plant-based diet – the benefits and potential pitfalls of the different approaches
• Coaching young cyclists and ensuring they’re eating sufficiently; and dispelling the need for additional protein
• The proven benefits of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP)
• Upcoming CHIP programmes in the Central Otago area
• Future plans for Martyn and Liz in their business Lifestrong Health
• The opportunity to join Martyn and Liz on a health retreat at Aro Hā just outside of Queenstown

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