Food as Medicine: A conversation with Dr. Judy Brangman The Plant Based MD

Dr. Judy Brangman, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine and lifestyle medicine physician who is dedicated to helping others live healthier and better. She is an advocate for a whole food plant based diet and enjoys teaching individuals and groups how to incorporate more plant based foods into their diet. Dr. Judy makes eating healthy and living well seem easy through her natural gift of making the scientific/medical concepts palatable for her patients.  She is the founder and owner of Newell Health, a boutique lifestyle medicine practice, Dr. Judy helps individuals to make effective lifestyle changes that can prevent and reverse chronic diseases. She is mindful of medication interactions and aims to help her patients to minimize their medication dependence as much as possible. Her patients love that she is caring, approachable, understanding, and open to natural modalities including alternative medicine, integrative medicine, and herbal medicine. In this episode Dr. Judy talks about her journey to becoming The Plant Based MD. She discusses in detail the power of a plant based diet to reverse, manage and prevent chronic disease. She also talks about the link between chronic disease and the current pandemic.  Dr. Judy gives the audience practical steps to transition to a plant based diet without the stress.  She also outlines principles for healthy living and strategies to overcome roadblocks to reaching your health goals.  Dr. Judy stresses the devastating consequences that poor health can have from a physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual standpoint, and goes into important role that prevention plays in our health. In this episode you will be challenged and inspired to eat your best life.  Picnic basket to eat your best life:  Bible, Sneakers, Green leafy vegetable Website: https://theplantbasedmd.com Book Dr. Judy: https://mynewellhealth.com IG: @theplantbasedmd Facebook: The Plant Based MD