Physician to Physician Plant-Based Nutrition

Bonus Episode: More Travel Tips!

We're back with a bonus episode for Season 2. This week: more travel tips to make plant-based eating possible...no matter where you're venturing! 
 
Special shout out to Happy Cow and The Vegan Stay for making it easy to find great food and accommodations while traveling.

Integrative Medicine

Featuring guest Dr. Michelle Loy, this week we're talking all things Integrative Medicine and the role of nutrition in overall health and wellbeing.
 
 
References:
Twohig-Bennett C, Jones A. The health benefits of the great outdoors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of greenspace exposure and health outcomes. Environ Res. 2018 Oct;166:628-637. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.06.030. Epub 2018 Jul 5. PMID: 29982151; PMCID: PMC6562165.
 
Michelle Loy. Clinician Wellness—Self-Care for Staying Healthy: Narrative Medicine for Optimizing Well-Being and as an Antidote to Stress and Burnout.Integrative and Complementary Therapies.Aug 2022.163- 165.http://doi.org/10.1089/ict.2022.29027.mlo Pub-lished in Volume: 28 Issue 4: August 17, 2022 
 
Puma J. Culinary Medicine and Nature: Foods That Work Together. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2020;14(2):143-146. Published 2020 Jan 7. doi:10.1177/1559827619895149
 
Michelle H. Loy, John Usseglio, Danielle Lasalandra, and Melanie A. Gold.Probiotic Use in Children and Adolescents with Overweight or Obesity: A Scoping Review.Childhood Obesity.ahead of print http://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2022.0059 Online Ahead of Print:June 20, 2022
 
Alejandra Ríos-Hernández, José A. Alda, Andreu Farran-Codina, Estrella Ferreira-García, Maria Izquierdo-Pulido; The Mediterranean Diet and ADHD in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics February 2017; 139 (2): e20162027. 10.1542/peds.2016-2027
 
Sílvia Fernández Barrés, Dora Romaguera, Damaskini Valvi, David Martínez, Victoria Arija, Jordi Sunyer, Martine Vrijheid, Mediterranean Dietary Pattern in Pregnant Women and Offspring Risk of Overweight and Abdominal Obesity in Early Childhood: The INMA Cohort Study, Advances in Nutrition, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2016, Page 34A, https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/7.1.34A
 
Velázquez-López L, Santiago-Díaz G, Nava-Hernández J, Muñoz-Torres AV, Medina-Bravo P, Torres-Tamayo M. Mediterranean-style diet reduces metabolic syndrome components in obese children and adolescents with obesity. BMC Pediatr. 2014;14:175 
 
Chatzi L, Apostolaki G, Bibakis I, et al. Protective effect of fruits, vegetables and the Mediterranean diet on asthma and allergies among children in Crete. Thorax. 2007;62(8):677–683 123. Cepeda AM, Del Giacco SR, Villalba S, et al. A traditional diet is associated with a reduced risk of eczema and wheeze in Colombian children. Nutrients. 2015;7(7):5098–5110 
 
Castro-Rodriguez JA, RamirezHernandez M, Padilla O, PachecoGonzalez RM, Pérez-Fernández V, Garcia-Marcos L. Effect of foods and Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and first years of life on wheezing, rhinitis and dermatitis in preschoolers. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2016;44(5):400–409 125. Pepino VC, Ribeiro JD, Ribeiro MA, 
 
Jacka, Felice & Kremer, Peter & Berk, Michael & de Silva-Sanigorski, Andrea & Moodie, Marjory & Leslie, Eva & Pasco, Julie & Swinburn, Boyd. (2011). A Prospective Study of Diet Quality and Mental Health in Adolescents. PloS one. 6. e24805. 10.1371/journal.pone.0024805. 
 
Loewen OK, Maximova K, Ekwaru JP, Faught EL, Asbridge M, Ohinmaa A, Veugelers PJ. Lifestyle Behavior and Mental Health in Early Adolescence. Pediatrics. 2019 May;143(5):e20183307. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-3307. Epub 2019 Apr 19. PMID: 31004047.
 
Ventriglio A, Sancassiani F, Contu MP, et al. Mediterranean Diet and its Benefits on Health and Mental Health: A Literature Review. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. 2020;16(Suppl-1):156-164. Published 2020 Jul 30. doi:10.2174/1745017902016010156
 
Oddo, V. M., Welke, L., McLeod, A., Pezley, L., Xia, Y., Maki, P., Koenig, M. D., Kominiarek, M. A., Langenecker, S., & Tussing-Humphreys, L. (2022). Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Lower Depressive Symptoms among U.S. Adults. Nutrients, 14(2), 278. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14020278
 
Yin, W., Löf, M., Chen, R., Hultman, C. M., Fang, F., & Sandin, S. (2021). Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study. The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 18(1), 153. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-021-01227-3

Oncology

Dr. Urvi Shah joins us this week to discuss the impact of plant-based diets on cancer and the practice of oncology.
 
Episode Sources:
Soy and isoflavones consumption and breast cancer survival and recurrence: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pre-diagnosis and early post-diagnosis dietary soy isoflavone intake andsurvival outcomes: A prospective cohort study of early stage breastcancer survivors
Association between Soy Isoflavone Intake and BreastCancer Risk for Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women: AMeta-Analysis of Epidemiological Studies
Soy Isoflavones and Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis

Nephrology

Nephrologist Dr. Shivam Joshi joins us this week to discuss plant-based nutrition and renal health.
 
Sources:
PLADO Diet (AKA "the new renal diet")
 
A Review on Plant-Based Diets in Kidney Disease
 
Plant-Based Milks and Risks for Stone Formation
 
More information about the Plant-Based Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in NYC. 
 

Neurology [Part 2]

Neurologist Dr. Ali Saad joins us again to discuss the connection between plant-based nutrition, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis.
 
Studies:
Variation in Population Attributable Fraction of Dementia AssociatedWith Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors by Race and Ethnicity in the US
 
Association of Ultraprocessed Food Consumption WithRisk of Dementia
 
World Stroke Organization (WSO):Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022
 
Global and regional eff ects of potentially modifi able risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study
 
PALF Action Plan

Neurology [Part 1]

Neurologist Dr. Ali Saad joins us to discuss the connection between plant-based nutrition and brain health.
 
Studies:
Variation in Population Attributable Fraction of Dementia AssociatedWith Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors by Race and Ethnicity in the US
 
Association of Ultraprocessed Food Consumption WithRisk of Dementia
 
World Stroke Organization (WSO):Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022
 
Global and regional eff ects of potentially modifi able risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study
 
PALF Action Plan
 

Endocrinology

This episode, we're sitting down with Dr. Sandhya Bassin to discuss the connection between plant-based nutrition and endocrine health.
 
Sources:
A plant-based diet for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes McMacken M, Shah S. A plant-based diet for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2017 May;14(5):342-354. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2017.05.009. PMID: 28630614; PMCID: PMC5466941.
 
Effect of High Protein vs High CarbohydrateIntake on Insulin Sensitivity, Body Weight,Hemoglobin A1c, and Blood Pressure in Patientswith Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Sargrad KR, Homko C, Mozzoli M, Boden G. Effect of high protein vs high carbohydrate intake on insulin sensitivity, body weight, hemoglobin A1c, and blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005 Apr;105(4):573-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2005.01.009. PMID: 15800559.
 
A Low-Fat Vegan Diet Improves GlycemicControl and Cardiovascular Risk Factors ina Randomized Clinical Trial in IndividualsWith Type 2 Diabetes Barnard ND, Cohen J, Jenkins DJ, Turner-McGrievy G, Gloede L, Jaster B, Seidl K, Green AA, Talpers S. A low-fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2006 Aug;29(8):1777-83. doi: 10.2337/dc06-0606. PMID: 16873779.

Cardiology

This season, each episode features a different specialist discussing what the science says about plant-based nutrition and their speciality.
This episode, we're fortunate to have Dr. Andrew Freeman, an expert cardiologist joining us to discuss plant-based nutrition and heart health. 
 
Sources:
Lifestyle Medicine: An Antidote to Cardiovascular Diseases 
Reddy KR, Freeman AM. Lifestyle Medicine: An Antidote to Cardiovascular Diseases. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2022;0(0). doi:10.1177/15598276221130684
 

Bonus Episode: Dairy!

Replacing dairy with plant-based alternatives is often one of the last dietary shifts people make on their way to being entirely plant-based. And although we've been told for years dairy is critical to a balanced diet and our health, the truth is the data doesn't really support that claim.
 
Want to take action? Sign this petition to get more plant-based foods in schools and to encourage your legislators to remove the fluid dairy milk mandate for students across the count.
 
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Bonus Episode: Fish!

For years, fish has been touted as a health food. This week, we're breaking down what the data actually shows when it comes to the health benefits of consuming fish.
 
Sources:
Distribution and translocation of micro- and nanoplastics in fish
The dilemma of health eating and environmental sustainability: the case of fish
Omega-3 fatty acids for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease