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Episode #4: (Part 2) The Doc's Kitchen with Dr. Edwin McDonald
Hey everyone!
Today we finish the podcast with Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Edwin McDonald of The Doc's Kitchen.
What we discuss:
Local and Regional Food Systems
Getting Back into Your Kitchen
The Doc's Kitchen
How to Eat Better
The show notes are down below:
Frank: 00:00 Hey everyone and welcome to unconventional wellness radio, a powerful and inspiring podcast, set to revolutionize and disrupt healthcare. It's time to put you in the driver's seat to be the force of change necessary for the lifestyle you've always wanted.
Frank: 00:17 Hey guys, I'm so excited to bring you part two of my conversation with Dr Edwin Mcdonald of the University of Chicago. You can check out Dr Mcdonald on thedocskitchen.com as well. So enjoy the rest of my conversation today with Dr Mcdonald.
Dr. McDonald: 00:39 Like I, I hate to say everyone wants to talk about willpower and self control. Like I, I feel like these concepts are unsteady to some degree because it's hard out here and there are certain environments where it's actually harder. Uh, so, you know, imagine that being an alcoholic and your neighborhood is as far as the bar bar Bar, that's not a good environment for you to be. And uh, you know, regardless of how much willpower you have for the average person that is just, it's a setup for a struggle, uh, and not many people get through that struggle. Uh, and, and that's what our neighborhoods like. And, and, and another thing that really got me interested in nutrition, so I'm like, I know these nights from these days I live in these neighborhoods and you know, what I have seen over the past 20 years, the rise of dialysis centers and urban neighborhoods specifically here in Chicago.
Dr. McDonald: 01:40 So when I look at a church, I'll see a church with a dialysis center next to, it was like a Popeye's chicken next to the dialysis center and me just looking at that, the image of like there was a dialysis center where there's a church and as a fried chicken place like, well what about this makes sense sense whatsoever. And, and, and, and for me originally I wasn't really interested in nutritional world. Like originally I wanted to be a basic science so I did research in the lab, you know, killing mice and trying to figure out how to, you know, great medications for inflammatory fat and stu
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Hey everyone!
Today we finish the podcast with Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Edwin McDonald of The Doc's Kitchen.
What we discuss:
Local and Regional Food Systems
Getting Back into Your Kitchen
The Doc's Kitchen
How to Eat Better
The show notes are down below:
Frank: 00:00 Hey everyone and welcome to unconventional wellness radio, a powerful and inspiring podcast, set to revolutionize and disrupt healthcare. It's time to put you in the driver's seat to be the force of change necessary for the lifestyle you've always wanted.
Frank: 00:17 Hey guys, I'm so excited to bring you part two of my conversation with Dr Edwin Mcdonald of the University of Chicago. You can check out Dr Mcdonald on thedocskitchen.com as well. So enjoy the rest of my conversation today with Dr Mcdonald.
Dr. McDonald: 00:39 Like I, I hate to say everyone wants to talk about willpower and self control. Like I, I feel like these concepts are unsteady to some degree because it's hard out here and there are certain environments where it's actually harder. Uh, so, you know, imagine that being an alcoholic and your neighborhood is as far as the bar bar Bar, that's not a good environment for you to be. And uh, you know, regardless of how much willpower you have for the average person that is just, it's a setup for a struggle, uh, and not many people get through that struggle. Uh, and, and that's what our neighborhoods like. And, and, and another thing that really got me interested in nutrition, so I'm like, I know these nights from these days I live in these neighborhoods and you know, what I have seen over the past 20 years, the rise of dialysis centers and urban neighborhoods specifically here in Chicago.
Dr. McDonald: 01:40 So when I look at a church, I'll see a church with a dialysis center next to, it was like a Popeye's chicken next to the dialysis center and me just looking at that, the image of like there was a dialysis center where there's a church and as a fried chicken place like, well what about this makes sense sense whatsoever. And, and, and, and for me originally I wasn't really interested in nutritional world. Like originally I wanted to be a basic science so I did research in the lab, you know, killing mice and trying to figure out how to, you know, great medications for inflammatory fat and stu