Redefining medicine with special guest Dr. David Katz

Dr. Katz is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Lifestyle Medicine, with an expertise in nutrition. He holds numerous U.S. patents; has over 200 peer-reviewed publications; has published hundreds of online and newspaper columns, and has authored/co-authored 19 books to date. He has an extensive media portfolio and has presented at conferences in all 50 states and multiple countries on six continents.   Dr. Katz is the President and Founder of the non-profit "True Health Initiative" and the Founder and CEO of Diet ID, Incorporated.   The topics he covers in this episode include: 1) Much has happened within the world of medicine and the world in general in the past couple years, and you've recently published an article "What the Pandemic Keeps Unmasking". How has your practice and personal approach to your career evolved since the COVID-19 pandemic first began? 2) You speak about the "The Case for Diet as a Vital Sign". Can you please explain to our audience why diet matters most for our health? 3) You've coined the term "vigevity" - the combination of vitality and longevity! Can you please share with us why lifestyle is the key to longevity and vitality - and how you came up with that term? 4) Dr. Katz, we know you are founder and former director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center and the Past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine - and that you also have two new ventures - being the President and Founder of the non-profit True Health Initiative; and Founder and CEO of Diet ID, Incorporated. Can you please share a bit of your journey and reasons for developing these? 5) What are your favorite healthy habits that you incorporate into your life each day?