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Perspectives on The Past, Present & The Future of Food and Health With Dr. Marion Nestle Apr 19, 2024

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Join us as we discuss the past, present and future of food and health innovation in the US with Dr. Marion Nestle

About Dr. Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She holds honorary degrees from Transylvania University in Kentucky and the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York.

She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. Previous faculty positions were at Brandeis University (1968-1976) and the UCSF School of Medicine (1976-1986). From 1986-88, she was senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services and editor of the 1988 Surgeon General’s Report on Nutrition and Health.

Her research and writing examine scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice and its consequences, emphasizing the role of food industry marketing. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of fifteen books, several of them prize-winning, most recently Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics (2022). She has received many awards and honors, among them the 2023 Edinburgh Medal for contribution to science and society. For more information, see www.foodpolitics.com where she blogs almost daily.

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About Dr. Olayanju:

Dr. Julia Olayanju is a scientist and educator who advocates for enhanced nutrition education in schools and communities. She is the founder of FoodNiche-ED and FoodNiche where she and her team are driving a healthier future through programming, resources and technology.

Food, Weight Loss and Health With Rachael Hartley RD Apr 05, 2024

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Join us as we discuss food and weight loss with registered dietitian Rachael Hartley.

About Guest

Rachael Hartley, RD, LD, is a Boston, MA-based nutrition therapist, certified intuitive eating counselor, and nationally recognized food and nutrition expert. In 2014, Rachael opened her group practice specializing in intuitive eating, disordered eating and eating disorders, women's health, and digestive disorders. She is passionate about supporting other dietitians in their non-diet work and has presented multiple times at national and local dietetics conferences, and works with dietitians individually through clinical supervision. Rachael is the author of Gentle Nutrition: A Non-Diet Approach to Healthy Eating, and she also runs the popular food and wellness blog The Joy of Eating. Sponsor:

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Understanding Regenerative Agriculture, Food, Soil and Health With Dr Daphne Miller Mar 22, 2024

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Join us as we discuss with Dr. Miller on regenerative agriculture, the soil, traditional food, and health.

About Guest

She is a practicing family physician, science writer, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco, and Research Scientist at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.

Dr. Miller started the Health from the Soil Up Initiative at UC Berkeley Center for Occupational and Environmental Health to engage other health professionals in transforming our food system from the soil up. She is also Curriculum Director for Community and Integrative Medicine in the Lifelong Family Medicine Residency Program in Richmond, CA. Where she partners with Urban Tilth, a local farm, to teach doctors-in-training about the connections among food, soil, community, and health.

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Understanding Food & Health - With Samantha Cassetty RD Mar 08, 2024

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In this episode, we will be debunking some myths and misconceptions about food and nutrition with dietitian Samantha Cassetty MS RD.

About Guest

Samantha Cassetty, MS, RD is a nationally recognized food and nutrition expert, media personality, nutrition consultant, author, and regular columnist for TODAY.com. Her positive approach to balanced eating empowers clients and readers with smart strategies, approachable advice, and food and lifestyle solutions that make it easier to eat and live more healthfully.

Samantha previously served as the nutrition director for Good Housekeeping and nutrition correspondent for Drop 5 Lbs with Good Housekeeping on the Cooking Channel. She’s the co-author of Sugar Shock, and a contributor to the New York Times bestseller 7 Years Younger and the follow-up 7 Years Younger: The Anti-Aging Breakthrough Diet. She is regularly featured in top-tier media, including Shape, Real Simple, and Well + Good, and has appeared on Dr. Oz, TODAY Show, CBS Sunday Morning, and numerous other local and national shows.

Samantha also serves as a consultant to like-minded brands and commodity boards, helping to create effective messaging, developing brand-defining product guidelines, and acting as a spokesperson in the media.

You can learn more about her on www.samanthacassetty.com

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Diet Quality and Quality of Life With Dr. David Katz Feb 24, 2024

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Join us on this episode as we discuss the different intricacies of food and health especially different ways to support people to know more about food and their health. Ultimately making it easier for people to eat well, live well, and improve health outcomes in our community. Our special guest today is Dr. David Katz.

About Guest

David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine/Public Health, and Lifestyle Medicine, with particular expertise in nutrition.

He earned his BA at Dartmouth College (1984); his MD at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1988); and his MPH from the Yale University School of Public Health (1993). He completed

sequential residency training and board certification in Internal Medicine (1991) and Preventive Medicine/Public Health (1993).

Katz is the founder and former director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center (1998-2019) where he secured and managed roughly $40M in research funding; Past President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; Founder of the non-profit True Health Initiative; and Founder and CEO of Diet ID, Inc, acquired in 2023 by Tangelo, an award-winning food-as-medicine company, where he now serves as Chief Medical Officer.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine; the American College of Physicians; the American College of Lifestyle Medicine; and Morse College, Yale University.

The recipient of numerous awards for teaching, writing, and contributions to public health, Katz was a 2019 James Beard Foundation Award nominee in health journalism, has been a widely supported nominee for the position of U.S. Surgeon General, and has received three honorary doctorates. He is a 2023 recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Doctors’ World Gala. Katz has an extensive media portfolio, having served as a nutrition columnist for O, the Oprah

Magazine; an on-air contributor for ABC News/Good Morning America; and with appearances on most major news programs and contributions to most major magazines and leading newspapers, including OpEds in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

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The podcast is made possible by FoodNiche-ED, a gamified platform that enhances the knowledge of food and health. Learn more on foodniche-ed.com

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About Dr. Olayanju:

You can connect with her on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ here or on her website

Optimizing Health Through Food With Dr. Michael Fenster Feb 05, 2024

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In this episode, we dive into different approaches to optimizing health through nutrition with board-certified interventional cardiologist and professional chef Dr. Michael Fenster.

Michael S. Fenster, MD, FACC, FRSM, FSCA&I, MIANE, PEMBA, member FIDES, known to friends and fans simply as “Chef Dr. Mike,” is one of the world’s only board-certified interventional cardiologist and professional chef. He holds cross-faculty appointments at The University of Montana (College of Health and UM Medicine, School of Public Health, and Missoula College Culinary Arts Program). He currently teaches one of the country’s leading courses on Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana.

In addition to his clinical practice, he has a huge media footprint. He has had innumerable television appearances, including The Doctors and Fox National News, where he has served as a national contributor. He has hosted a national radio show, Code Delicious with Dr. Mike, featured on RadioMD, and a sponsored weekly podcast, Journeys into Quantum Food. He has done countless lectures, cooking demonstrations, and presentations, including keynote addresses for audiences as diverse as The American Heart Association and The American Culinary Federation.

He currently writes a regular column for The Center for Food As Medicine.org and previously wrote a regular column for Psychology Today. He has done a TEDx talk on culinary Medicine (The Ordinary Meal) and hosted PBS’ House Calls with Chef Dr. Mike. He has authored several books, including The Fallacy of The Calorie: Why The Modern Western Diet is Killing Us and How to Stop It (Koehler Books, 2014), Ancient Eats: The Greeks and Vikings (Koehler Books, 2016) and Food Shaman: The Art of Quantum Food (Post Hill Press, June 2018). Most recently, he was selected by The World Health Organization as one of less than 200 physicians worldwide recognized as a provider of reliable medical healthcare information (FIDES).

Chef Dr. Mike can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram (@RealChefDrMike), and at www.chefdrmike.com. He can be reached at info@chefdrmike.com.

Currently Professor of Culinary Medicine at the University of Montana

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Trailer : Happy New Year Jan 13, 2024

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Each year, people start their year strong with health and wellness goals. Some set goals to improve their dietary lifestyles. Others set fitness goals or a combination of both.

Regardless of the goals you have set for yourself this year, one thing is sure, food is important to health and having adequate information that can help you make informed choices about what you eat and on how to improve your health is something valuable we are bringing your way this season.

This season we are bringing exceptional health care professionals your way. They are physicians, dietitians, food scientists, they are thought-leaders who are working each day to improve lives. They are changemakers and I look forward to sharing their insights and how you can even engage with them with you.

We would not be leaving any stone unturned as we discuss strategies you can adopt to optimize health through nutrition, debunk myths many have held on to or share scientific insights that will open your eyes to see food in a whole new way.

Look out for a new episode every other week and share this podcast with your friends too.

Innovating The Future Of Precision Medicine With Genomic Data & Intelligent Dietary Recommendations - Ranjan Sinha Dec 01, 2023

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On this episode, our special guest Ranjan Sinha shares how his personal journey with health challenges led him to start a company which is focused on empowering people to improve their health by making intelligent food choices. If you have heard about precision medicine and wonder what it is all about or you may have heard about people leveraging information gathered from your microbiome analysis along with your genomic data to make dietary recommendations to improve health. Then on this episode you will learn more about it. Ranjan Sinha is the CEO & Founder of Digbi Health. To learn more about their work visit here: https://digbihealth.com/

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Leveraging Technology To Help People Eat Better With Victor Penev Nov 17, 2023

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In the past few years, technology has made it easy for consumers to learn more about and their health. Helping people learn simple yet practical ways to optimize health through nutrition. On this episode will be diving into how different technology tools are being leveraged daily to help people live healthier lives. We discuss how technology can be leveraged to make informed decision, tackle food insecurity and improve overall quality of life.

Our very special guest today is Victor Penev, he is an innovator and founder at Edamam, a food technology company that provides nutrition solution to businesses in food and health. Prior to Edamam, Victor has built and sold a company, he is also an active investor.

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How Food Affects Your Mental Health With Dr. Uma Nadioo Nov 03, 2023

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On this episode, we dive into the conversation on food and the way it affects our mental health with expert: Dr. Naidoo. Dr. Uma Naidoo a Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutrition specialist who wrote the recent national bestselling book, “This is Your Brain on Food: This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD. She is also the author of the soon-to-be-released book: ‘CALM YOUR MIND WITH FOOD" (Release date: December 26, 2023) She founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the United States and is the director of Nutritional and Metabolic Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at the MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Uma is regarded as the US pioneer in the ground-breaking area of Nutritional Psychiatry

She is a regular expert resource for media and has appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, goop and more, and in appearances including ABC News, Live with Kelly & Ryan, and TODAY.

This podcast was made possible by FoodNiche: FoodNiche is a mission-driven organization promoting a healthier food system through strategic partnership and educational programming. To learn more visit here:foodnicher.com

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