Using Food to Make Your Health Better with Dr. Monique May

This episode tackles the topic of eating healthy food to improve your health. My special guest for this episode is Dr. Monique May, aka The Physician in the Kitchen. She is a board-certified family physician, author of Meal Masters: Your Simple Guide to Modern-Day Meal Planning, is an Amazon best-seller. Her follow up book, Doc Fix My Plate! The Physician In The Kitchen®’s Prescriptions For Your Healthy Plate Makeover, along with a self-proclaimed witch gadget junkie. Everyone mentions healthy eating, but what does that even mean. We’re here to demystify this for you. No matter what your relationship is with food, we have something for you. Please note that this isn’t an episode to shame you into being vegan or to make you feel bad about that piece of cake or fried chicken you had the other day. This is an episode to provide you with some tools and framework to help you fuel your body better each day. Questions this episode will answer: -Is there a specific diet that is best? -What are strategies to eat healthy without breaking the bank? -How do you make healthy food actually have flavor? -What are ways to socialize that are activities other than eating? Resources: www.Cookingwithdrmonique.com How to find Dr. Monique: Drmoniquemay.com https://instagram.com/physicianinthekitchen https://facebook.com/physicianinthekitchen https://twitter.com/physicianinthekitchen Https://instagram.com/drmoniquemay Https://facebook.com/drmoniquemay https://twittter.com/drmoniquemay Https://linkedin.com/in/drmoniquemay About Dr. Monique: Dr. Monique, the Physician In The Kitchen ®, is a Board-Certified licensed Family Physician with over twenty years of clinical experience. A native New Yorker, she has called Charlotte, NC home for most of the past twenty-three years. She graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in psychology, obtained her medical degree with honors from Temple University School of Medicine, and completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center (now Atrium) in Charlotte, NC, where she was named Resident of the Year. A life-long learner, she completed a Masters of Healthcare Administration at the George Washington University School of Public Health. Dr. May’s commitment to her community was recognized in 2019 with a Physician of the Year award. Dr. Monique is a best-selling author and self-proclaimed kitchen gadget junkie who loves to cook and experiment in her kitchen, which she lovingly refers to as her “lab”. Her first book, Meal Masters: Your Simple Guide to Modern-Day Meal Planning, is an Amazon best-seller. Her follow up book, Doc Fix My Plate! The Physician In The Kitchen®’s Prescriptions For Your Healthy Plate Makeover will be released soon. She is well-known for her skills in the kitchen and started a home meal delivery service in the Charlotte area and on online cooking class. She has also created a line of delicious vegan and gluten-free poundcakes. In addition, she is currently attending culinary school and shares her adventures with her social media followers weekly.