John La Puma, MD, FACP is the New York Times best selling author of seven books, translated into 10 languages, with over a million copies sold. Co-founder of ChefMD, a consumer-health media company, he is considered the founder of culinary medicine, now taught in 40% of U.S. medical schools and worldwide. He is also Founder of EcoMedicine.org, a nature-based approach to optimal well-being and optimal aging. 

Dr. La Puma has lectured on nature therapy and culinary medicine at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, Stanford University, TEDMED and TEDx, Kaiser Permanente and aboard The World. With Leeza Gibbons and Joan Lunden, Dr. La Puma co-hosted the national cable weekly series “Health Corner”, underwritten by Walgreenʼs, for Lifetime TV for five years and 120 episodes. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, three medical books and hundreds of other works. His first general-audience book, with Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute Founder Michael Roizen, M.D, RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat became a NYTimes bestseller, as did his ChefMD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine.

Dr. La Puma focuses on helping patients connect with nature as a way of enhancing wellness, preventing and treating medical problems, and creating more joy in their lives. He has identified Nature Deficit Disorder as a clinical problem and created ComfortNatureQuiz.com to help people identify their comforting places in nature, and SADQuiz.com as a way of detecting Seasonal Affective Disorder. He considers outdoors to be an outpatient clinic, with the ability to help people live, feel and look years younger. Dr. La Puma currently stewards a biodiverse, regenerative certified organic educational farm in Santa Barbara, California.

Resources and links:

Free RealAge recipe download, and Nature as Medicine Primer

https://www.drjohnlapuma.com/join-our-community/

Quizzes

naturedeficitquiz.com

comfortnaturequiz.com

www.SADquiz.com (to give resources for and likelihood for Seasonal Affective Disorder)

Farm website

www.lapumafarms.com

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Sean Hashmi, MD, MS, FASN, is a practicing Nephrologist and Obesity Medicine specialist in southern California.  He is a sought-after speaker on topics ranging from health, nutrition, fitness, and wellness.  Currently, Dr. Hashmi serves as the Regional Director for Clinical Nutrition and Weight Management at a large healthcare ogranziation in Southern California.  Driven by his lifelong commitment to be of service to others, Dr. Hashmi provides evidence-based health, nutrition, and wellness research through his 501c(3) nonprofit, SELFPrinciple.org. In addition, SELF Principle also supports children's education efforts through scholarships, books, and supplies.

To learn more about Dr. Hashmi's work, please follow the links below:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/selfprinciple

Podcast: https://podcast.selfprinciple.org/

Website: https://www.selfprinciple.org/

Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/selfprinciple

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Rollin McCraty, Ph.D. is Director of Research of the HeartMath Research Center at the HeartMath Institute. As a psycho-physiologist, Dr. McCraty’s research interests include the physiology of emotion, heart-brain communication and the global interconnectivity between people and the earth’s energetic systems. Findings from this research have been applied to the development of tools and technology to optimize individual and organizational health, performance, and quality of life. Dr. McCraty has acted as Principal Investigator in numerous studies examining the effects of emotions on heart–brain interactions and on autonomic, cardiovascular, hormonal, and immune system function, and outcome studies to determine the benefits of positive emotion-focused interventions and heart rhythm coherence feedback in diverse organizational, educational and various clinical populations.

He has been featured in a number of documentary films such as I Am, The Truth, The Joy of Sox Movie, The Power of the Heart, Solar Revolution, and The Living Matrix among many others.

To learn more please visit:

• HeartMath Institute 
• HeartMath Inc.
• HeartMath Experience Training (free)

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Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACLM, FACPM, DipABLM is the President of Global Positive Health Institute. As an innovative global leader in lifestyle medicine, Liana Lianov, MD, MPH, FACLM, FACPM, DipABLM has advanced the movement for integrating positive psychology into health care. She led the development of the original lifestyle medicine core competencies for physicians and health professionals, which have recently been expanded to include positive psychology-based knowledge and skills. She serves as the President of the Global Positive Health Institute, chair of the Happiness Science and Positive Health Committee of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), lead faculty for the ACLM Physician and Health Professional Wellbeing Program, and vice-chair of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.

Dr. Lianov is the immediate past president of the Positive Health and Wellbeing Division of the International Positive Psychology Association, A few of her notable past roles include president of the ACLM, director for the Healthy Lifestyles Division of the American Medical Association and board regent for the American College of Preventive Medicine. She also directed programs in heart disease, stroke and cancer prevention at the California Department of Health Services.

In 2018, Dr. Lianov convened the inaugural Summit on Happiness Science in Health Care cosponsored by the ACLM and Dell Medical School, which led to scholarly publications and a groundbreaking book on how to integrate happiness science into medical practice, Roots of Positive Change, Optimizing Health Care with Positive Psychology. To further this mission, she founded the Global Positive Health Institute (https://www.positivehealth.world) which provides positive psychology education and practical tools for health professionals to use in their clinical practices and support their personal well-being. You can follow her work with the GPHI on FB and Instagram @globalpositivehealth. Her latest book, Strengths in the Mirror, Thriving Now and Tomorrow shares inspirational stories from colleagues and sums up how we all can flourish through healthy lifestyles, positive activities and personal strengths.

To learn more, explore the links below:

• Strengths in the Mirror, by Liana Lianov, MD, MPH Book
• Global Positive Health Institute - https://positivehealth.world
• My Happy Avatar - http://www.myhappyavatar.com
• The Greater Good Science Center and Greater Good In Action

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In this episode we interview Cath Lee, Lar Lee and Matt Crane - founders of Semaine Health, "a health and wellness company that takes women’s pain seriously". Cath and Lar, twin sisters, describe their personal journey with endometriosis and years of period pain. Together with Matt (Lar's husband), they started experimenting with trying natural plant-based ingredients, vitamins and supplements, to help alleviate pain, decrease inflammation, improve digestion and mood, while also doing research on existing evidence. This research and experimentation ultimately lead them to creating a plant-based supplement and starting a company called Semaine Health. The supplement has 9 clearly listed ingredients and Matt describes how they play a role in supporting a healthy body during period time - for example magnesium, Vitamin D, or curcumin. Lar and Cath share their passion for building a community, where talking about women's health, including period pain and menopause is normal. Tune in to learn more about their story!

Catherine Lee was born and raised in Maryland in the suburbs of D.C. She graduated from Agnes Scott College and got her MPA at Georgia State. For 15 years she did economic development for the cities of Decatur and Chamblee, Georgia. In 2019, Catherine, her twin sister and brother-in-law, created Semaine Health, a womxn’s wellness company that creates all-natural, science-backed solutions to common problems like period pain, hormone imbalances and UTIs. Semaine products are currently sold online, Thrive Market and at Target stores nationwide. Catherine lives in Decatur, GA with her rescue dog, is an ENFJ and loves to talk all things about womxn’s health.

Lauren Lee calls Atlanta home, but originally hails from the metro DC area. She graduated magna cum laude from Agnes Scott College and launched her 15 year career in graphic design, art design and creative leadership. Lauren worked for award winning agencies both in the US and UK, and pursuing her travel dreams around the world. In 2019 she cofounded Semaine Health Co., a plant-based supplement company that supports and finds solutions for women at every stage of her life, from her first period through menopause (and every UTI in between). Lauren uses her creative background to help women feel empowered about their health and health choices, and is passionate about making the wellness space more equitable and inclusive.

Matthew Crane completed his BS and MS at Case Western Reserve University. He completed his PhD in Bioengineering at Georgia Tech, where his work was highlighted by The New York Times, The Scientist and Nature Methods. Matthew completed postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Washington. He joined the University of Washington School of Medicine faculty before leaving in 2019 to help start Semaine Health. He is passionate about designing natural products that take a rigorous and clinical approach to help address common but neglected problems. 

Check out Semain Health website to learn more!

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Jacob Mirsky, MD, MA is a primary care physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere HealthCare Center and a consultation physician at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. Dr. Mirsky attended medical school at the University of California San Francisco and completed residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston as part of the Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates primary care track. In addition to his primary care practice, he leads virtual group visits (also called shared medical appointments) in primary care focused on healthy lifestyle change for symptom management and disease prevention. He helped open the MGH Revere Food Pantry in 2019, which provides free plant-based foods to patients with food insecurity, and he currently serves as its Medical Director. Dr. Mirsky also founded and is the Medical Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine Healthy Lifestyle Program (HLP). The HLP has a mission to establish healthy lifestyle change as the standard of care for preventing and treating chronic disease.

In this conversation Dr. Mirsky talks about the idea, background and concept of shared medical appointments, also called group visits. Dr. Mirsky discusses the benefits of group visits for both - the patient and the provider - especially for managing and reversing conditions like hypertension, type II diabetes, and helping with weightloss through lifestyle medicine. He touches on how it enhances patient experience, allowing them more time with provider and building a support group; and contributes to physician satisfaction potentially counteracting burnout. Tune in to learn more about the evolution of the program and the success stories of patients who participate!

To learn more, please visit:

• Website: https://www.massgeneral.org/medicine/internal-medicine/healthy-lifestyle-program
• Twitter: @DrJacobMirsky

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David Prologo, MD is a Christian, a Husband, a Father, and a Fighter. He is a dual board-certified interventional radiologist and obesity medicine specialist.  Dr. Prologo has spent more than twenty years specifically analyzing the phenomenon of diet attrition—why do diets always fail? More importantly, when they do fail, why do we blame the patients for that failure?  

That journey led Dr. Prologo to perform first in human advanced interventional procedures to manage obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic conditions. It further led to the identification of the catching point—a clear pivot point beyond which calorie restriction and exercise are easier for patients. Dr. Prologo has been recognized nationally and internationally for his work, including features on The Today Show, in the Washington Post, on Capitol Hill, in numerous in peer-reviewed journal publications, countless web based invited expert articles, and much more.  

He currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. Dr. Prologo continues to advocate for those who are in pain or struggle with weight loss – particularly driving an agenda of acceptance, inclusion, and love.   

In this conversation Dr. Prologo talks about his recent clinical trial that quickly gained attention, which involved freezing the hunger nerve. Dr. Prologo shares why and how this trial was effective in helping patients with weightloss long term. We then transition the conversation to weightloss in general: why do most diets fail, how does a physiology of an overweight patient differ from the one with normal BMI, willpower relevance, success factors and introduce the notion of the catching point. Dr. Prologo elaborates on the science, lessons learned and his experience of working with his patients, which he also summarized in his upcoming book "The Catching Point Transformation" available for preorder today. Tune in to learn more!

To learn more please visit:

• Visit the site and preorder the book here.
• Website www.drprologo.com
• Twitter https://twitter.com/jdprologo
• Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdprologo/
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jdprologo
• Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-david-prologo-md-fsir-abom-d-40071861/

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Kristi Artz, MD, diplABLM, is a practicing board certified Emergency Medicine specialist since 2006, ABLM certified diplomat 2018 and Lifestyle Medicine specialist 2021.  She serves as Medical Director of Lifestyle Medicine at Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, MI. She is an Advisory Board member for Health Meets Food and is a Certified Culinary Medicine specialist since 2017.  She is the physician lead for Spectrum Health’s Culinary Medicine program.  Dr. Artz led the strategic development and implementation of a comprehensive lifestyle medicine department at Spectrum Health with a focus on virtual care delivery, value-based cost reduction modeling and medical education.  Dr. Artz believes in the value of educating current and future physicians in the practice of Lifestyle Medicine and truly meeting patients where they are at in order to encourage and facilitate positive health behavior change in their lives.

In this conversation we discuss the role and the place of lifestyle medicine in patient care. Dr. Artz shares her experience with integrating innovative models and approaches in her practice at Spectrum Health. We talk about lifestyle-focused care, how it can help and what it consists of, touching on health pillars such as nutrition, movement, sleep, stress resiliency. Dr. Artz describes some of the programs she leads, including culinary medicine program, group visits, classes, supervised fasting and fasting mimicking diet, and talks about her patients' experience and success they have seen. Tune in to learn more!

For more information please visit:

 - Lifestyle Medicine practice at Spectrum Health: Lifestyle Medicine Practice | Spectrum Health

 - Online registration page for Lifestyle and culinary medicine consumer programs: Spectrum Health System (onlineregistrationcenter.com)

 - Connect with Dr. Artz on social media.

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TJ Waterfall is a registered sports nutritionist specialising in plant-based nutrition. TJ has a first-class Master's degree in clinical and public health nutrition from University College London (currently in the top 10 universities in the world) and has since worked with many world-class elite athletes, including several UK Olympians. TJ recently authored a book published by Penguin, The Plant-Based Power Plan, to make lots of the evidence-based strategies, advice and tips he uses with his clients accessible to anyone interested in improving their health and fitness on a plant-based diet. 

In this conversation TJ shares what sets plant-based diet apart when it comes to athletic performance - we talk about recovery, antioxidants load, gut health, micronutrients, and anti-inflamatory quality of the diet overall. TJ also addresses common question related to protein intake requirements, effectiveness of plant-based nutrition for elite athletes and weight-lifters, carb-loading, and many other common questions he receives when working with his clients. Tune in to learn more!

For additional resources, please visit the following:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tj_waterfall
• TJ's book, The Plant-Based Power Plan (US): https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Based-Power-Plan-Increase-Strength/dp/024147244X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+plant+based+power+plan&qid=1623612793&sr=8-1
• TJ's book, The Plant-Based Power Plan (UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plant-Based-Power-Plan-Increase-Strength/dp/024147244X
• Website: www.meatfreefitness.co.uk

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William Hsu, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at L-Nutra - a company that is leading the science of Longevity Through Nutrition. To date, L-Nutra had numerous scientific breakthroughs, attracted over $36 million in funding and carried out 14 clinical trials. One of their key discoveries was unlocking the benefits of periodic fasting (fasting for more than two days). Their research showed that periodic fasting induces a special stress leading to cellular rejuvenation – a powerful mechanism for slowing cellular aging. 

Prior to joining L-Nutra as CMO, Dr. Hsu was the VP of International Programs and Medical Director of the Asian Clinic at Joslin Diabetes Center, a teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
In his role, Dr. Hsu continues to advance the science and research that L-Nutra and multiple global research centers conduct on the Fasting Mimicking Diet® and other proprietary prescriptive formulations. Dr. Hsu also advances global awareness and adoption of cutting edge nutri-technologies such as the Fasting Mimicking Diet within healthcare practices and associations, and among key opinion leaders, health policy makers, and payers in healthcare.
Dr. Hsu received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine, and completed his fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Harvard Medical School - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center.

In this conversation Dr. Hsu talks about the research around fasting, referring to the work of Dr. Valter Longo (check out Episode 63!). Dr. Hsu describes what fasting is, and how fasting mimicking diet is different, explaining physiological versus cellular fasting. Dr. Hsu goes in detail on the benefits of fasting (explaining autophagy; weight loss, specifically belly fat; improved relationship with food; mental clarity and others), and explains why mimicking fasting can be a valuable, and often less intimidating way to improve health and reverse chronic disease. Tune in to learn more!

For more information please visit:

https://l-nutra.com

https://prolonfast.com

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