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RECAST: The Best Diet for Raising a Healthy Family with Brenda Davis, RD, and Reshma Shah, MD Jan 16, 2024

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Brenda Davis, RD, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. As a prolific nutrition and health writer, she has co-authored 12 books with nearly a million copies in print in 14 languages. Her most recent works include Nourish (to be released Nov. 2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials (2019), The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018), Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014) and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013). Both Becoming Vegan books have won awards, including the Canada Book Award, and have also received a star rating by the American Library Association as the “go-to books” on plant-based nutrition. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical and nutrition conferences in over 20 countries on 5 continents. She is also co-author of several peer reviewed journal articles. Brenda is the lead clinical nutrition specialist for the diabetes intervention project in the Marshall Islands. Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2007, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame.

Reshma Shah, MD, MPH is a board-certified pediatrician and affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has additional training and certification in plant-based nutrition and cooking. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.

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Brenda Davis and Reshma Shah are the authors of Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families.

To learn more about their work please visit:

https://reshmashahmd.com

https://www.brendadavisrd.com

Managing Menopause and Beyond with Michelle Tollefson, MD, FACOG Dec 29, 2023

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Dr. Michelle Tollefson is a lifestyle medicine expert and obstetrician-gynecologist. She is a pioneer in women’s health and lifestyle medicine and a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She is the editor-in-chief of the textbook Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan and co-authored PAVING a Woman’s Path through Menopause and Beyond with Drs. Frates and Comander. Dr. Tollefson was one of the first physicians ever trained as a wellness coach. She is an international speaker, women’s health consultant, mother to three kids, and a breast cancer survivor/thriver.

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Visit Michelle's website at drtollefson.net

Learn more about the PAVING the Path to Wellness program here

RECAST: Philosophy of Public Health with William Foege, MD, MPH Dec 15, 2023

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William H. Foege, MD, MPH is the Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University and the Gates Fellow at The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is an epidemiologist who worked in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Dr. Foege became Chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Smallpox Eradication Program, and was appointed director of CDC in 1977.

In 1984, Foege and several colleagues formed the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, a working group for the World Health Organization, UNICEF, The World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Its success in accelerating childhood immunization led to an expansion of its mandate in 1991 to include other issues that diminish the quality of life for children.

Dr. Foege joined The Carter Center in 1986 as its Executive Director, Fellow for Health Policy and Executive Director of Global 2000. In 1992, he resigned as Executive Director of The Carter Center, but continued in his role as a Fellow and as Executive Director of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development. In 1997, he joined the faculty of Emory University, where he is Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at the Rollins School of Public Health. In 1999, Dr. Foege became a Senior Medical Advisor for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In 1999, Dr. Foege resigned as Executive Director of the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and in 2001, he retired from both Emory University and the Gates Foundation. However, he remains active in both organizations as Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health and as a Gates Fellow.

RECAST: The Longevity Diet with Valter Longo, PhD Dec 01, 2023

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Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at USC in Los Angeles, and of the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM (Molecular Oncology FIRC Institute) in Milan. His studies focus on the fundamental mechanisms of aging in simple organisms and mice and on how they can be translated to humans. Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA/NIH) and the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo "Rising Star" Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR).

Dr. Longo is an author of The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight.

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For more resources, please visit valterlongo.com and prolonlife.com

Whole Woman Health with Carrie Levine, CNM, IFMCP Nov 10, 2023

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Carrie E. Levine is a certified nurse midwife, an Institute of Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, the founder of the Whole Woman Health Clinic, and the author of Whole Woman Health: A Guide To Creating Wellness For Any Age and Stage. She helps women find wholeness in imperfection, helping them restore their health at any age or stage. In her two decades of innovative healthcare practice, Levine has harnessed science and intuition to connect her patients’ physical symptoms and test results with their lifestyle choices and daily practices, resulting in whole, healthy, and happy lives. Sign up for her free weekly newsletters featuring recipes, podcasts, articles and more.

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Visit Carrie's website at carrielevine.com

Connect with Carrie on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn

Lifestyle Prevention for High-Risk Breast Cancer with Preeti Sudheendra, MD Oct 31, 2023

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Preeti Sudheendra, MD is a breast cancer medical oncologist at Ohio State/The James Cancer Hospital and has been in practice for almost 15 years. She also has an expertise in seeing patients who may be at high risk for developing breast cancer in the future due to genetic or other predispositions. Dr. Sudheendra has been involved with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine since 2022 and is the incoming co-chair for the ACLM Breast Cancer Subcommittee.

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Connect with Dr. Sudheendra on Twitter/X and LinkedIn

How to Identify and Avoid Additives and Emulsifiers with Dawn Sherling, MD Sep 28, 2023

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Dr. Dawn Harris Sherling is a board-certified internal medicine physician who is also board-certified in obesity medicine. She began studying journalism before switching to pre-med studies at the University of Florida where she graduated with honors and as a phi beta kappa. She earned her M.D. with honors from the Yale University School of Medicine and then completed her residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital where she went on to serve as an attending physician and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard University. She moved back to her native Florida in 2008, and currently sees patients at a clinic for underserved populations and is an associate program director for the internal medicine residency at the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. She is most recently the author of Eat Everything: How to Ditch Additives and Emulsifiers, Heal Your Body, and Reclaim the Joy of Food. Inspired to write this book after an additive-free trip to Italy seemingly cured her IBS, Dawn did a deep dive into the published literature on our microbiomes and how emulsifiers and other substances may be feeding the wrong bacteria in the wrong places, contributing to alarming rates of diet-related diseases.

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Visit Dawn's website here

Order Dawn's latest book, Eat Everything: How to Ditch Additives and Emulsifiers, Heal Your Body, and Reclaim the Joy of Food

Connect with Dawn on Twitter/X, Instagram, and Threads

Protein for Health, Longevity, and Sustainability with Brenda and Cory Davis Sep 14, 2023

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Brenda Davis, RD, is one of the world’s leading plant-based pioneers and an internationally acclaimed speaker. Widely regarded as a rock star of plant-based nutrition, she has been referred to by VegNews as the “godmother” of vegan dietitians and was the 2022 recipient of the Plantrician Project’s Luminary Award. Brenda’s work focuses on ensuring that everyone who wishes to be plant-based can succeed brilliantly. She lives in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, Paul. Visit her at brendadavisrd.com.

Cory Davis, MBA, P.Ag, is a professional agrologist who has worked in natural resource management since 2012 and has been a lifelong advocate for animal welfare and environmental stewardship. His broad range of experience and diverse degrees encompassing business, the sciences, and intercultural relations have given him a unique, integrated perspective on sustainable practices and their effects on human health and well-being. Cory lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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Order Brenda and Cory's book, Plant-Powered Protein: Nutrition Essentials and Dietary Guidelines for All Ages, here

Visit Brenda's website, brendadavisrd.com

The Science of Weight Loss and GLP-1 Medications with Jon Bonnet, MD, MPH Aug 31, 2023

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Jonathan Bonnet is a board-certified family, sports, obesity, and lifestyle medicine. He is an associate professor (affiliate) at Stanford University School of Medicine and the program director of medical weight loss at the clinical resource hub weight management center at the Palo Alto VA. Jonathan has a background in exercise physiology and is a certified personal trainer. He completed his undergraduate and medical school degrees at Ohio State University before finishing his family medicine residency at Duke University, and his sports medicine fellowship at the University of Florida. He also holds a master’s degree in public health from Harvard.

Jonathan serves on the board of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and co-chairs the American College of Lifestyle Medicine's (ACLM) 30-hour CME board review course. He also serves as the advisor for the Emory University Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group and previously served on the board of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He has co-authored two editions of the Lifestyle Medicine Handbook and the first edition of the Medical Fitness Bible. He has published research in sleep medicine, nutrition, sports and exercise, obesity, and behavior change and serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.

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Breast Oncology Through the Lens of Lifestyle Medicine with Amy Comander, MD Aug 17, 2023

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Dr. Amy Comander is a breast oncologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She is Director of Breast Oncology and Cancer Survivorship at the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham and at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and Medical Director of the Mass General Cancer Center in Waltham. Dr. Comander is Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Mass General Cancer Center, which is the first cancer center to have a dedicated lifestyle medicine program. As an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, she enjoys teaching medical students and residents about oncology, as well as lifestyle medicine.

Given her strong interest in cancer survivorship and lifestyle medicine, Dr. Comander is dedicated to improving the quality of life, well-being, and outcome of individuals with cancer through important lifestyle interventions, including exercise, diet, and mind/body interventions. She promotes healthy lifestyles for both her active treatment patients as well as those in the survivorship phase of care. She practices what she preaches, having run marathons, including ten consecutive Boston Marathons so far, with the goal to improve the lives of those with a diagnosis of cancer.

In collaboration with Dr. Beth Frates, she has launched “PAVING the Path to Wellness,” a 12-week lifestyle medicine-based survivorship program for women with breast cancer. Along with Dr. Frates and Dr. Michelle Tollefson, she has published the “PAVING the Path to Wellness” workbook. Dr. Comander is currently proud to serve as the first oncologist on the Board of Directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also on the Board of the Ellie Fund, a non-profit that provides services and support to women diagnosed with breast cancer in Massachusetts. She is a medical advisor to the non-profit organization, SurvivingBreastCancer.org. She has served as a medical advisor to Oneinforty, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage about the one-in-forty chance of having inherited a BRCA mutation. She is married to Jason, a physician-scientist at Mass Eye and Ear, and is the mom of two teenagers.

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Learn more about Amy's PAVING the Path to Wellness Program here

Find more tips for lifestyle change in the PAVING the Path to Wellness Workbook

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