Dr. Reddy is the director of interventional cardiology at the James A Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, FL. He  completed his general and interventional cardiology fellowship training at Winthrop University Hospital in Long Island, NY. After practicing interventional cardiology for ten years, he changed his focus towards cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention, using lifestyle and nutrition based strategies. He is a member of American College of Cardiology’s working group on nutrition and lifestyle. In addition, he serves as a board of director and the treasurer for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is the founding Co-Chair of Veterans Health Administration/Department of Defense member interest group and the Cardiology member interest group under the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Reddy is board certified in Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology and Lifestyle Medicine. 

He is closely involved with the department of Whole Health at the Tampa VA hospital. Working in partnership with the local Whole Health leadership, he established two preventive cardiology clinics.

HEAL – Healthy Eating and Living – Introductory Program

CALM – Comprehensive Approach to Lifestyle Medicine – 6 weeks of multidisciplinary program. 

He is passionate and deeply committed to the idea of health promotion and disease prevention, using lifestyle and nutrition related tools. It is with this passion and commitment, he boldly challenges his patients with  – “I have a carrot and a stent, you pick!”

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Daniel Parson is in his twenty-third season of organic growing. He started in 1998 at wildflower organics in Dawsonville, GA, where he worked four years. Next, he managed the Clemson University student organic farm for two years, and operated Gaia Gardens in Decatur, GA for five. In 2009, he started a new venture, Parson Produce, supplying a CSA, local restaurants, and farmers markets in Clinton, SC. In 2014, Daniel moved to Oxford, GA to start a campus farm for Oxford College of Emory University, producing food for the dining hall, CSA, and Emory Farmers Market while serving as a resource for student education and research.

Daniel has two degrees from Clemson, a BS in Biological Sciences and an MS in Plant and Environmental Science, focusing on cover crops and organic systems. In addition to growing produce, Daniel has presented workshops on various organic topics to many state and regional groups, including the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Southern SAWG and Georgia Organics. Daniel received the 2009 Georgia Organics Land Steward of the Year Award and in 2008 was listed on Mother Nature Network’s 40 farmers under 40. Also, he served on the Georgia Organics board from 2006-2008 and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association board from 2012-2014.

In this episode Daniel makes an introduction to home gardening that can help people think about planting this season. Daniel talks about site selection (sun, proximity, and water); soil management and testing; mapping/calendar/rotations; crop selection and timing-garden calendar from UGA; weed management: cultivation and mulching; harvest timing -getting the most out of your planting.

UGA extension is our best resource in Georgia and every state has a similar service if there are listeners from other parts of the country. 

https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/html/B577/B577PlantingChart.pdf

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https://oxford.emory.edu/academics/organic_farm.html

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Jenny Bilko, MS, RDN, LD is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at the Emory Executive Health Clinic, the Paul W. Seavey Comprehensive Internal Medicine Clinic, and the Emory Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness Center. She received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Dietetics from the University of Georgia. She completed Dietetic Internship and received Master’s degree in Nutrition Science at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Jenny also has a Certificate in Training for Vegetarian Nutrition.

Jenny is passionate about nutrition for prevention and management of chronic disease through plant-based and Mediterranean diet. She provides education and counseling to patients for weight loss, heart health, diabetes, etc.

Alzheimers is the most common type of dementia and the 6th leading cause of death un United States. In every disease there is a genetic component and the environmental component. When it comes to Alzheimers - what does that distribution look like? Jenny Bilko, RD talks about the MIND diet and how to take advantage of foods that we eat to manage and prevent Alzheimers.

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In this episode, we talk to Catherine Mitchell Jaxon, a food allergy parent and one of the founders of Mission MightyMe. Mission MightyMe is a revolutionary food company on a mission to end the food allergy epidemic, by making it deliciously simple for parents to follow new pediatric guidelines for including peanuts and other common food allergens in infant diets.  The company was co-founded by world-renowned pediatric allergist Dr. Gideon Lack, whose groundbreaking research proved that most peanut allergies can be prevented. Dr. Lack founded the company with pioneering food allergy advocate Todd Slotkin (co-founder of FARE/Food Allergy Research & Education) and food allergy parents, Catherine and JJ Jaxon, whose personal struggle with food allergy prevention inspired the company.

Food allergies are a huge public health problem impacting 1 in every 13 children in the U.S. In the last two decades, the rate of food allergies in children has increased by more than 50% and the rate of nut allergies has tripled. Experts now believe feeding guidelines issued twenty years ago, advising parents to avoid feeding babies potentially allergenic foods like peanuts, may be partially responsible. When these foods were removed from infant diets, food allergy rates skyrocketed.

In 2015 however, everything changed, thanks to a landmark clinical trial (the Learning Early About Peanut study), led by Mission MightyMe Co-Founder Dr. Gideon Lack. The LEAP Study showed that more than 80% of peanut allergies can be prevented by regularly including peanut in babies’ diets, starting in the first year of life. The LEAP Study findings were groundbreaking. Children who completely avoided peanut until age five were over 5x more likely to develop a peanut allergy than children who consistently consumed peanut, starting in the first year of life until age 5. This discovery completely upended the old feeding guidelines. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Institutes of Health have now joined dozens of other health organizations around the world in recommending peanut introduction in infancy to prevent peanut allergies.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the NIAID, said the LEAP Study findings could potentially save “thousands and thousands of kids from peanut allergies.” However, there was still a huge problem – peanuts and peanut butter are choking hazards for infants, and the entire baby food industry is allergen-free. The Jaxons discovered this when trying to include nuts in their infant son’s diet, in hopes of preventing him from developing a nut allergy like his older sister. So they partnered with Dr. Lack to develop a line of foods that makes it easy and enjoyable to include nuts and other common food allergens in infant diets.

The company’s first product launched in April - Proactive Peanut Puffs. The puffs were developed in accordance with the LEAP Study and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations, contain the exact amount of recommended peanut protein, use organic, simple ingredients, dissolve quickly for babies, and also taste delicious.  

In 2021, Mission MightyMe plans to roll out the first ever multi-nut puff, which turns a collection of tree nuts into a delicious, baby-friendly puffed snack. More product extensions containing other common food allergens are also in development.

The mission is baked into the business model to achieve mass market adoption, but Mission MightyMe also gives back to food allergy prevention research and education to help end the food allergy epidemic and make children’s lives better in the process.

Website: http://www.missionmightyme.com

Food Allergy Prevention Research 

Pediatric Feeding Guidelines

Instagram: @Mission MightyMe

Facebook: Mission MightyMe

Twitter: @MightyMeKids

Dr. Lack Video 

Why We Started Mission MightyMe Video 

You Tube: MMM on YouTube

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Tim Cunningham never thought he would become a nurse. His first passion was in the performing arts—theatre, clown, dance and acrobatics. He worked as an actor for nearly a decade in various regional theatres in the U.S. and internationally. It was through those experiences that he began work with Clowns Without Borders in 2003. A small non-profit, Clowns Without Borders sends professional artists into war zones, refugee camps and other zones of crisis with the simple mission of catalyzing laughter and playfulness. Tim has performed in more than 20 countries with the clowns, he served for five years as the Executive Director of CWB and now sits on their Board of Directors. It was working in a pediatric ward in pre-earthquake Haiti that inspired Tim to study nursing. 

He graduated from the Clinical Nurse Leader program at the University of Virginia in 2009 and then worked an emergency/trauma nurse at the UVA Health System, Children’s National Medical Center and New York Presbyterian, Cornell. He has worked internationally as a clinician in post-earthquake Haiti; Sierra Leone, during the Ebola outbreak with the organization, Partners in Health; and most recently with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. His work as a clown and nurse keeps bringing him back to the central question: What keeps people resilient?  

This question helped him complete his Doctorate of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. His dissertation focused on psychosocial support of expatriate Ebola aid workers in West Africa, with an emphasis on Narrative Medicine. In 2016 He joined the faculty at UVA with a joint appointment in the School of Nursing and Department of Drama. He also served as the Director of the Compassionate Care Initiative. Currently, Tim is the Vice President of Practice and Innovation at Emory Healthcare where he also holds an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Nell Hodgson School of Nursing at Emory University. Tim is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.  

In this conversation Tim shares his unusual journey, the suffering he faced and meaning and lessons he gathered from them. Tim talks about the power  and importance of non-verbal communication, finding connection, maintaining humanity, and guides us to find our our definition of resiliency.

Tune in to learn more!

To learn more about Tim's work visit:

Twitter: @timcunninghamrn

Website: timcunninghamrn.com

Book: agoodkite.com

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Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions; testified before Congress; has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show; and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial. In 2017, he was honored with the ACLM Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award.

Dr. Greger's most recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.

Dr. Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

He is the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. Both of his latest books, How Not to Die and the How Not to Die Cookbook, became instant New York Times Best Sellers. Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

In this conversation we talk through some of Dr. Greger's previous work and discuss his new book "How Not to Diet" that has released in December 2019. Every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad—and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. In "How Not to Diet" Dr. Greger suggests a different approach. He dives deep in the science and lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss —factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome—showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success. Dr. Greger talks about the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities.

The How Not to Diet Cookbook is primed to be a revolutionary new addition to the cookbook industry: incredibly effective and designed for everyone looking to make changes to their dietary habits to improve their quality of life, weight loss notwithstanding.

To learn more, please visit:

Cookbook: https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-diet-cookbook/

Website: https://nutritionfacts.org

Free Daily Dozen App: https://nutritionfacts.org/daily-dozen-challenge/

Podcast: https://nutritionfacts.org/audio/

How Not to Die Book: https://nutritionfacts.org/book/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NutritionFactsOrg

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nutrition_facts

Free Downloadable Evidence-Based Eating Guide: https://nutritionfacts.org/healthkit/

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Kate Galli is a vegan health coach, animal rights activist and creator of strongbodygreenplanet.com. Kate is relentlessly focused on creating a fit, strong, healthy, happy, Compassionate Vegan World.

She will help you create the Mindset that makes your best #plantstrong eating and exercising choices simple and sustainable. 

Kate got into fitness as a way to transform her body and confidence. She made a career of it 15 years ago and over the past 4-5 years has focused on Vegan Health Coaching as one of the most powerful ways to advocate for the animals is to be fit, strong, healthy and happy. 

Kate is qualified as a Master Personal Trainer, Life Coach, NLP Practitioner and has also completed the eCornell Plant Based Nutrition Certificate program.

To learn more:

The Healthification Podcast: search “Healthification" whereever you listen to podcasts or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/the-healthification-podcast/id856696884

Website: http://www.strongbodygreenplanet.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StrongBodyGreenPlanet/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongbodygreenplanet/

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Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD MPH FACC FASNC is a Board Certified Cardiologist at the Emory Heart and Vascular Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Isiadinso earned a dual degree in Medicine and Public Health during medical school. She joined the faculty at Emory University School of Medicine in 2010 after completing her Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship at Temple University Hospital. She is Board Certified in General Cardiology, Nuclear Cardiology, Echocardiography.
She is clinical cardiologist in the Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention. She is a dedicated educator and serves as the CME Course Co-Director for both the Emory Symposium on Coronary Atherosclerosis Prevention and Education (ESCAPE) Conference and the Annual Emory Women and Heart Disease Conference. Dr. Isiadinso served as the Director of the Emory Women's Heart Center at Decatur and Lithonia. She is passionate about preventing heart disease in women.

Dr. Isiadinso's clinical research interest is focused on cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases (specifically SLE and RA). For reasons that are not fully understood, this patient population is at increased risk for CVD and has a greater prevalence of traditional CV risk factors compared with the general population. Dr. Isiadinso's interest is to gain a better understanding of this increased risk through collaborative research projects and increase awareness among patients and clinicians through educational activities. Her clinical practice includes providing CVD screening, evaluation, and treatment of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

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Timothy Harrison, Associate Director for CBCT® at the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory University, oversees the center’s programs, including the teacher certification process and implementation of CBCT for research purposes.

As a Senior Instructor, Tim has taught clinicians at the Cleveland Clinic and the Cambridge Health Alliance, as well as nurses through the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center. He has taught CBCT to teens in foster care, incarcerated individuals, college students and HIV+ patients. Ongoing courses include CBCT for students at the Emory School of Medicine, chaplain residents in Emory’s hospitals, and teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools.

Tim has consulted on a number of peer-reviewed published research projects with special populations, including veterans with PTSD, breast cancer survivors, and parents of autistic children. He also directs the implementation of CBCT as part of a 5-year research grant funded by the US Department of Education for training and supporting new public school teachers.

Tim has a Master’s degree from Harvard University and practiced different forms of meditation for two decades before training in CBCT.

Timothy Harrison joined the staff of the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics (formerly Emory-Tibet Partnership) in 2013 and is the associate director for CBCT®(Cognitively-Based Compassion Training). In this capacity, he coordinates the expanding CBCT® Teacher Certification program as well as the provision of CBCT® for research studies. Harrison teaches CBCT® courses to students at the Emory School of Medicine and to residents in the Emory Healthcare Spiritual Health education program.  Additionally, he teaches CBCT® to undergraduate students through Emory’s Counseling and Psychological Services, and he works with several community outreach and research programs, offering CBCT® to public school teachers, vulnerable children and adolescents, and participants in numerous research studies. Harrison was a long-term practitioner of both lo jong and Zen meditation before expanding his outreach to those of various backgrounds through CBCT®.

In this conversation Tim teaches us to become aware of stress in our own bodies, and how that simple act of noticing is the first step of working through it. He talks about early signs and long-term consequences of prolonged stress, and shares how practicing kindness and compassion towards self and those around can help alleviate our suffering. Tune in to learn more!

To learn more about CBCT Program please visit this page:

https://www.compassion.emory.edu/cbct-compassion-training/index.html

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Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized professional speaker on a number of important public health issues. Dr. Greger has lectured at the Conference on World Affairs, the National Institutes of Health, and the International Bird Flu Summit, among countless other symposia and institutions; testified before Congress; has appeared on shows such as The Colbert Report and The Dr. Oz Show; and was invited as an expert witness in defense of Oprah Winfrey at the infamous "meat defamation" trial. In 2017, he was honored with the ACLM Lifestyle Medicine Trailblazer Award.

Dr. Greger's most recent scientific publications in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Critical Reviews in Microbiology, Family and Community Health, and the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition, and Public Health explore the public health implications of industrialized animal agriculture.

Dr. Greger is also licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition and is a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He was featured on the Healthy Living Channel promoting his latest nutrition DVDs and honored to teach part of Dr. T. Colin Campbell's esteemed nutrition course at Cornell University. Dr. Greger's nutrition work can be found at NutritionFacts.org, which is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit charity.

He is the author of Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching and Carbophobia: The Scary Truth Behind America's Low Carb Craze. Three of his recent books — How Not to Die, the How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet — became instant New York Times Best Sellers. His latest book, How to Survive a Pandemic, was just released in May. View the trailer for How Not to Die here, for How Not to Diethere, and for How to Survive a Pandemic here. Dr. Greger is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and the Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Greger is proud to be a Council of Directors member of the global voice for lifestyle as medicine, the True Health Initiative (THI). This is a growing coalition of more than 360 world experts representing 35 countries. It is an unprecedented assembly that includes physicians, university Deans, former Surgeon Generals, Olympic athletes, chefs, environmental professionals and a diverse group of nutritionists. Together they offer clarity over confusion and support the foundational principles of healthy eating and healthy living.

All speaking fees and proceeds Dr. Greger receives from the sale of his books and DVDs are donated to charity. To invite him to speak, fill out the Speaking Request form. To make an interview inquiry, fill out the Interview Inquiries form.

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