Jami Dulaney MD Wellness Podcast

It really is not that easy.  If it were more people would be plant based.  There are certainly obstacles and some may live in the same household.  Be brave.  Choose  health.  Stay strong.  I enjoy every plant strong meal.  Not only because they are nutrient dense but because they taste good.  Experiment maybe one time per week and keep the good recipes that your family enjoy.  Try a new vegetable or fruit each week.  Check out Instagram for some healthy meals.  The winner this week for me was eggplant bacon.  I never really cared for pork bacon but this has a really good flavor.   

Exercise is not going to cure you but it will add to your overall health by making your bones stronger and your body more efficient and flexible.  Don't accept loosing mobility as a part of aging.   I recently did a yoga class on the beach and the instructor appeared at least in her sixties but her mobility was more in her twenties.  Set goals and go for them.  Don't settle.  You probably will not become the perfect plant strong vegan overnight but a step in the right direction each day adds up.  

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Welcome to episode 77!.  Just me this episode.  It is Memorial Day Weekend.  A time to honor the fallen and remember their sacrafice for us.  It is also a time of gathering friends and neighbors for cookouts.   That means grilling for the masses.   And a scary time to be plant based, potentially.  But fear not there are plant based salads that would turn a carnivores head and Riblets!  Seitan riblets on the grill and veges on the grill.  Corn in the husk with red pepper sauce for dipping.   Giant fruit salads.  The best of both worlds.  Eating til full but not feeling poorly because of the nutrient density of the food.  I give you some insight to day one of my nutrition class and we discuss some dishes I have been enjoying.   Contact me with questions at [email protected] or doctordulaney.com.  

Enjoy!

Welcome.  Tonight I invite you to sit in on my office nutrition class graduation night.  It is the 6th and final session for this class.  Some students are seasoned plant strong cooks and others are just learning the why and how of eating plant strong.   I am always happy with the way the classes support and encourage each other.   Plant strong pearls are acquired as well as plant strong friendships.   The students get healthier in mind and body.  The class is certainly my favorite time of the day.  I hope you enjoy the interactions.  The sound is not perfect but I believe the points come across.   If you would like to contact me a [email protected], I would love to hear from you.   Check out my website at doctordulaney.com.   

The recipes share were a sushi  salad and a pistachio cake.  I will post the recipes in my next newsletter.

This episode features Matthew Kenney.  He is the founder and developer of multiple raw food and vegan restaurants around the world including Plant Food + Wine;  in Venice, California, and Miami, Florida, and 00 +Co in New York,  New York and his newest set to open in May; Arata, in Belfast, Maine.   He is the author of multiple fabulous cookbooks including Raw Food Real World, Everyday Raw and Raw Food Express.   His next book will be 90 Day Raw Food Diet.  He has culinary schools in California, Miami, Maine, and Thailand.  He is a culinary and health visionary with a passion to educate and demonstrate the beauty of fine vegan and raw food cuisine.   I was so excited to be able to speak with a chef that invisions health instead of promoting disease.  Check out his website at matthewkenneycuisine.com.  He is  as he says truely "Crafting the Future of Food"  

Please contact me a [email protected] with any questions and check out my website at doctordulaney.com for class information, newsletters and much more.

Being sick and overweight can seem like an insurmountable challenge.  One worth ignoring.  Everyday there are advertisements for a quick fix via injections, supplements or major surgeries.  Often these so call mechanical cures can lead to more problems that still require medical care an can be quite limiting.  Is it possible to loose weight or regain your health without being in a spa or on a reality tv show?  Jason Cohen is on a mission to document Big Change in ordinary people living regular lives and working regular jobs with a regular family.  He also make a big change loosing a significant amount of weight.  Now he does much of his photography travel via bicycle.  He is a young guy that fast food and chain food got a hold of and made him overweight and on the way to major health problems.   Listen to his story and check out his YouTube Chanel: Big Change The Film.   

You can email me a [email protected] with questions.  Check out my website at Doctordulaney.com   

Learn how to transition to plant based nutrition in our 6 session class if you are in the area.  See the website for detail.   It is never to late to get healthy.

"Share goodwill with others".  That is exactly what preparing a whole plant food nutrient dense meal is doing for your friends and family.  Heart disease is the number one cause of death and entirely preventable.  We are intolerant of motor vehicle defects that cause fatal crashes yet eating the Standard American Diet which leads to heart disease that kills more than 700,000 people each year.  Dr Joel Furhman has just release his latest book called, The End of Heart Disease.  He explains how to live a heart disease free life by eating a nutrient dense whole foods plant based diet.  The side effects of course are tons of energy, lower risk of cancer and dementia.   No muscle aches or liver damage. 

Check out his book and video at Say

No to Heart Disease.  It is pretty simple.  I highly recommend his Banana Oat Cookies and his Healthy Chocolate Cake as well.  But remember to eat a giant green salad and a big bowl of vegetable soup first.  Send me questions at [email protected] and check out my website at doctordulaney.com.

Tim Kaufman is a former fat man.  He is now a teacher, an athlete, and an inspiration.  I get the sense he is also a gentle giant when speaking with him.  Please check out his website at fatmanrants.com. 

Tim has Ehrlers Danlos syndrome that is a connective tissue disorder that affects the joints in particular.  Extra weight can be a death sentence.  He chose to be grateful for life itself and took one step at a time to regain his health and save his own life.  He is enjoying a youth that he missed with his wife as they now climb mountains and run marathons.  He has shrunk nearly 200lb from a 400lb sick man.  His website posts are tough love.   Do not take time to pity or make excuses.   Take a step toward health.  Even if it is small.  

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Enjoy this plant strong story.  

Check out Can't sleep, Can't ride, Can't Stop by Andy Holgate for a laugh about triathletes and their crazy training.

Radical change or baby steps,  Full bore vegan or gradual.  What really matters is achieving health and maintaining it.  Different strokes for different folks. Today's guest believes in trying to look back at what is natural and taking small steps everyday to get as close as we can.  Sid Garza-Hillman is a musician, author, and nutrittionist and health coach.  His book, 'Approaching the Natural"  delves into how we can take small steps to achieve a healthy by looking back at our original connection to the earth and our surroundings.  Don't panic this is not a lesson in tree hugging but more a pragmatic way to transform into a healthier self.   You can find his Youtube site at SidGarzaHillman and just about anything else you want by searching Sid Garza-Hillman.  He has a great podcast called Approaching the Natural.   We spoke about the grounding and a book called Earthling by Stephen T Sinatra and Barefoot Running by Michael Sandler.  Both are also interesting reads.  

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Loyal to the end.  Unconditional love.  Man's best friend.  We all recognize those phrases.  Eric O'Grey saved a dog and a dog named Peety saved him.  He was morbidly obese and hid from the world as much as possible until his naturopathic physician suggested he adopt a dog so that he would be force to go for walks.  She also showed him how to become plant based.   With walking Peety and eating a whole foods plant based diet he lost over 160 pounds in a year.  Peety lost weight as well.  They began running and the rest will bring a tear to your eye and warmth to your heart.  Watch his video on www.mutualrescue.org,  Eric and Peety.   You will need a tissue.  You can find Eric on Twitter @Eric_O'Grey or ericandpeety.com.  Eric is now a strong advocate for pet adoption and a marathon runner.  He will be featured on the Rachel Ray show in May along with his new four-legged running partner, Jake.   Simple steps such as getting an accountability partner and taking  nutrition back to whole plant foods can lead to happiness and health.  

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Sometimes good people just need to be reminded of their mission.  Most physicians set out to help people become healthy.  To heal them from disease.   Somewhere along traditional medicine we started to believe that there were only two ways.  Mediince and surgery.  One or the other.  And we as physician join one of those teams when we enter residency.  Medicine route or surgical route.  And then we  can subspecialize even further.  We have become good at diagnosing disease but not so good at preventing the diseae or curing the chronic diseases.  We have become satisfied in slowing the course. "Let food be thy medicine" was uttered long ago by Hippocrates.  Now some of us are excited to use food as medicine to heal and prevent chronic lifestyle diseases.  Susan Benigas has taken the mission upon herself to spread the word of Hippocrates to physicians so that we can begin to heal people as we originally sought out to do.  Listen as she talks of the progress that is being made to get the medical community on board to take back the practice of medicine to mean prevent and reverse chronic lifestyle diseases.   Check out the webside Lifestyemed.org. PBNHC.com and CulinaryRx.com for more information.  Also check out The Plantrician Project for more information.  Contact me at [email protected] or doctordulaney.com.  Thanks for listening.  I would love a 5 star rating on ITunes.