Jami Dulaney MD Wellness Podcast

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We all want to be healthy, but many of us struggle with the change to a healthy lifestyle.  What gets in the way.  Spoiler alert, you are supporting it on your shoulders, and perhaps in your heart.  Sure, there are roadblocks everywhere, but they don't stop you from getting where you really want to go!  Perhaps it is not what is stopping you, but really what you are running from.  

The holiday season is difficult for many people.  The pressure for perfection can be overwhelming.  Perhaps a different view is in order.  A view that looks at the simple signs of hope and peace all around us.  The efforts people  make to show they care.  I hope you find some of my suggestions helpful.  

Take a moment to enjoy the silence.  Take your nutrition back to the basics.  Fruits and vegetables in their natural form without adding toxins and distractions.  Do something simple but thoughtful for someone and observe their reaction and then yours.  Peace and happiness is not as hard to find as you might expect.  You just have to appreciate it in small doses.  

Go to doctordulaney.com to purchase gift certificates for a zoom nutrition class or our plant based wellness cookbook.  When you are ready to take your health to the next level, join our membership program, and let us get you off of your medications and on the path to optimal health and wellness. 

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening!  This episode is about congestive heart failure.  It is a condition that result from the inability of the heart to keep up with the metabolic needs of the body.  There are many causes, but more importantly many ways to avoid it, and successfully treat it. 

Make this holiday season one of the healthiest by decreasing you and your families risk of congestive heart failure by following a low sodium plant based oil free diet.  

Give the gift of health with a gift certificate to a special zoom conference Addie Majnaric RDN and I will be giving in early January to demonstrate how one can turn their favorite meals into healthy plant based alternatives.  Go on over to doctordulaney.com to purchase gift certificate as well as links to our Plant Based Wellness Cookbook.  

Email me at [email protected] with questions.  

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Happy Plant Strong Thanksgiving.  I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with gratitude and nutrients to make you and your family happy and healthy into the New Year.  

When did Thanksgiving first become a holiday of overindulgence?   Joshepha Hale  lobbied to get Thanksgiving to be an official United States Holiday in 184 , and it was she who wrote the first official menu that included turkey.   It was not until 1989 that George Bush Senior pardoned the first turkey at the White House.  

We all have fond memories of holidays, and luckily, the stressful parts become funny stories for the future.   I don't believe I have heard anyone reference a particular year when the food was the best.  It is really the fiascos that make the memory books.  Yet, we continue to try to make each holiday storybook perfect.  

This podcast touches on a few of those traditions in my house, and touches on my current Thanksgiving menu which is nothing like it was when I was young.  I am thankful for my family, their health, and my friends.   I am grateful for the support of my members and podcast followers.  I appreciate the opportunity to provide healthcare and guidance to those trusting me with their care.  You are all a part of my family.  

If you would like to give the gift of health this year, Addie and I have decided to offer a Zoom nutrition class demonstrating how to take 2 regular breakfast, lunch and dinners and make them plant based.  We will do a discussion on the health benefits of a plant based diet and take questions.  The recording will then be available for a week after for those gift card holders to view.  Below is a link to purchase. 

https://doctordulaney.com/healthy-ticket-into-2021/

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Plant based nutrition is a very effective method to reverse lifestyle diseases such as coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases.   Eating plant based and only plant protein sources is associated with a decrease in cancer and cancer recurrences.  People with kidney disease can have a slowing of the progression by eating plant based and eliminating sources of animal protein. 

 

You would think something so effective would be embraced widely and supported by friends and family.  The reality is that many can’t seem to pull it off.  Why is healthy food admonished?  Why is it cool to eat junk food and overeat?  Why do some people believe it will not work for them?  What is a reasonable price to pay for health?

 

Nike says, “Just do it”.  My father used to say, “buck up”.   I hear I am trying, or I have a lot of excuses.  The effort comes from a commitment from within.  I am healthy.  Therefore, I do not eat that.  I lament on these topics and more in today’s podcast.  I hope you enjoy.  

Want to buy a plant based gift of a free zoom cooking class?  Check out our website for details.

 

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Pick up a copy of our book;  Plant Based Wellness Cookbook, the Doctor, the Dietitian, and the Diva.https://www.amazon.com/Plant-based-Wellness-Cookbook-Generations-Cooking/dp/1733967702/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-nc-drs1_0?cv_ct_cx=doctor+diva&dchild=1&keywords=doctor+diva&pd_rd_i=1733967702&pd_rd_r=5ea2ba98-f20b-42bf-a395-2411169e0a92&pd_rd_w=kV1w0&pd_rd_wg=cFSqJ&pf_rd_p=84ce0865-d9ca-42e3-87ed-168be8f93162&pf_rd_r=2XYJEV4BDFZ6AM1FT8RY&psc=1&qid=1605895963&sr=1-1-88388c6d-14b8-4f70-90f6-05ac39e80cc0

 

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  The Odyssey SwimRun is in the books.  It was our first team event, and our first ever tethered swim!  

Covid restrictions has dampened our usual racing season.  That seems a little selfish, but we use races as life challenges.  Marathons, ultras, and Ironman races are ways to get out of your comfort zone.  You never know what will happen, but you know there will be challenges both in training and on race day.  The concept of SwimRun was inaugurated after a bet with two friends to swim island to island running in between.  It was called Otillo or island to island.  The original race covered 24 islands in Sweden.  Competitors carry their swim gear of paddles, and pull buoys, goggles and caps while wearing a wetsuit during the running portion.  The swim is done in shoes while being tethered to a race partner.  The race has caught on in other countries and the Odyssey SwimRun company odysseyswimrun.com has several races in the United States.  Winners are eligible for the World Championship in Sweden.  

Michael and I decided to give it a go and signed up for the Austin event a year ago.  Covid hit and pools closed so our swimming came to a halt.  Many other races were canceled, but we got word a month ago that the Austin SwimRun was on.  So with less than 2000 yards of swim practice and no tether experience, we set out for the long course event that totaled over 13 miles of running and 6000 yards of swimming.  

Today's podcast is my recount of the event.  Spoiler alert: we finished and had a great time.  Perhaps you will join us in another event.  If not at least check out our website to learn about optimal health and wellness through plant based nutrition and movement at doctordulaney.com

Don't know how to cook plant based?  Grab our cookbook or get one for a friend: Plant Based Wellness Cookbook, the Doctor, the Dietitian, and the Diva.  

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 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 could understand or handle it?  

Medicine went through a transition not all that long ago to emphasize the patients right to know and make informed decisions.  It is when consent forms started to be a part of medical practice in the late 1980s. However, we are having a shift in healthcare to more of a popularity contest.  Feel good medicine.  Take this pill and you will be ok, or feel better, or feel nothing.  Let's put candy in the waiting room to reward you for coming to check on the state of your health decline.  Now there is even a push to offer ice cream as a means to get people to have a colonoscopy!!!

Before you sign on to the ice cream truck mobile colonoscopy unit, let me bring you back to reality.  There is not a pill or procedure that eliminates lifestyle diseases.  Health starts and stops at the dinner table.  You health decline does not take breaks for ice cream nites, or weeks without exercise.  And it certainly does not take breaks for cheesecake after gastric bypass or ice cream preps for colonoscopies. 

We want to help people achieve optimal health and wellness.  It involves a hard look at ones present state of health and education to see that the shiny boxes and billboards are products with the financial health of the manufacture or salesperson first. 

If you are ready to truly get healthy and fit, contact me at [email protected]

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening!.  Today Addie Majnaric, RDN and I reflect on the three year anniversary of our plant based wellness practice.  There is nothing better than to be able to work with your plant based registered dietitian, daughter.  We are also very thankful for Barbara Dill, our front office person, and Dawn McMaster LPN, our plant based nurse.  Barbara, Dawn and I have worked together for 22 years and Addie grew up with them in our medical practice.  

The past three years have been a radical change from traditional cardiology that was largely hospital based with heart catheterizations and other procedures to a practice where nutrition class is at the heart of the practice. I could not be more happy to trade a catheter for a spatula! 

The biggest change has been the reversal of lifestyle diseases instead of just trying to control ever progressing diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension.  We are taking more people off of medications than prescribing new ones.  Hospitalizations are rare in our patients that range from 31 to 98 years young.  I have not had the need to do a heart catheterization in over 2 years!.  

The nutrition class provides a community of like minded individuals looking for wellness through nutrition and movement.  Our wellness challenges, developed by Addie Majnaric are aimed at making daily movement fun as well as a way to interact with others in the practice.  

We have members around the country that take part in our weekly Zoom nutrition class where we cook a recipe together and discuss the latest topics in health and wellness.  

I hope you find this anniversary podcast informative and entertaining.  We are grateful for the opportunity to help our members achieve optimal health and wellness through our plant based family community.  

Thank you for listening.  Check out our website at doctordulaney.com and email us at [email protected] and [email protected].  

You can purchase our cookbook that is used in class and at our home with recipes by the Doctor, the Dietitian, and the Diva.  

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening! Today I am going to share with you a few stories that you might just identify with.  Sometimes, people think they have more trouble changing than others.  Or perhaps they have more trouble with support than others.  It is really not true.   

Don't feel bad that your family does not support your nutritional choices.  It is not you, it is them.  They are not ready to change, and they don't want to admit they are struggling as well.  No one want to be sick or overweight.   They don't want to admit their food choices are making them sick.  

However, you do deserve health and support.  Perhaps we could declare the golden rule of nutrition.  If you don't like mine, at least support me in my presence.  If you are paying the bill, you get to choose.  If it is your house, you get to choose.  Eat your vegetables and fruit.  Be kind to others.  Respect your parents.  You have the power to choose health even it others elect not to.  

Check out our website at doctordulaney.com

Email me at [email protected] to find out more about our practice.  We provide a community of like minded people looking for optimal health and wellness, both in person and online.  

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Do you eat fast food? Do you feed your dog fast food?  Do you suffer from inflammatory diseases?  How about your furry companion?  The leading cause of taking a pet to the veterinarian is allergies or skin conditions.  These conditions are often a manifestation of poor immune health.  What are the contributing factors?  What can we learn about ourselves by looking at our animal’s health? 

 

This episode features Dr. Will Falconer, DVM.  We discuss how nutrition and over preventative treatments leads to poor immune function in our pets, and how we can help them to regain their health.  This is just another example of how important nutrition is to the health of people, animals ,and the planet.  What we consume is directly reflected through our appearance, health and overall immune function.  

Learn more about Dr. Will Falconer, DVM at vitalanimal.com  Check out his podcast at https://vitalanimal.com/vital-animal-podcast/ 

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Our cookbook: Plant Based Wellness Cookbook, the Doctor, the Dietitian, and the Diva can be purchased on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Plant-based-Wellness-Cookbook-Generations-Cooking/dp/1733967702/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2RDDTJF0YIZBS&dchild=1&keywords=plant+based+wellness+cookbook+dulaney&qid=1602286518&sprefix=plant+based+wellness+co%2Caps%2C206&sr=8-3

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Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  The perfect debate question to me is a problem defined. and then solved by the debating parties.  We did not see much of that during this week's debate.  So I have taken it upon myself to debate the healthcare issue.  Firstly, it should be defined as sick care because there is little investment in health.  How to make America healthy again?  I believe it can be done without doing harm.  

Let's address the obese elephant in the room shall we?  Vaccine and safety?  What are the risk vs benefits?  What about skin in the health game? How much pain is needed to push someone to a healthier lifestyle?  When does our choice affect others?

I will give you my opinion on many of these topics on this episode.  Let's start with what we all have in common.  

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