Lifestyle Is Medicine
by Pathways Lifestyle Medicine Clinics and Lifestyle is Medicine
The Lifestyle is Medicine podcast explores one of the fastest growing and revolutionary areas of modern medicine: lifestyle medicine. The science now is overwhelming: a healthy lifestyle is medicine. A healthy lifestyle not only helps prevent disease but can also treat and often times reverse many of the leading chronic diseases of today. In this podcast, we explore the science and power of lifestyle medicine and how you can make practical lifestyle changes to optimize your own health.
Episodes
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Episode 65: Plant-based Eating for Gut Health (Part 2)
The recording is from Lifestyle MED LIVE, a series of free online events on today’s most important health and lifestyle medicine topics. Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in...
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Episode 64: Plant-based Eating for Gut Health (Part 1)
The recording is from Lifestyle MED LIVE, a series of free online events on today’s most important health and lifestyle medicine topics. Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in...
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Episode 63: Even vegans get sick (and other objections to plant-based eating)
The recording is from Lifestyle MED LIVE, a series of free online events on today’s most important health and lifestyle medicine topics. Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in...
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Episode 62: Enough protein, B12 and calcium on a plant-based diet? (Part 2)
The recording is from Lifestyle MED LIVE, a series of free online events on today’s most important health and lifestyle medicine topics. Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in...
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Episode 61: Answering common questions about plant-based eating (Part 1)
Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine in Toronto, Canada and Lifestyle Is Medicine. Pathways is a group of clinics in Toronto that prevents, treats and reverses disease using...
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Episode 60: Can we undo type 2 diabetes? (Part 3)
The recording is from Lifestyle MED LIVE, a series of free online events on today’s most important health and lifestyle medicine topics. Links Lifestyle MED LIVE Diabetes Undone Pathways Clinics Lifestyle Is Medicine The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle...
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Episode 59: Can we undo type 2 diabetes? (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a 3-part series of episodes on whether we can reverse type 2 diabetes. Dr George Cho is joined by two leading diabetes experts, Dr Wes Youngberg, the creator of Diabetes Undone program, and Dr John Kelly, founding president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. The...
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Episode 58: Can we undo type 2 diabetes? (Part 1)
Can lifestyle practices really prevent, treat and potentially reverse type 2 diabetes? In this part 1 of a 3-part series of episodes, join Dr. George Cho and leading diabetes experts Dr. Wes Youngberg, creator of the Diabetes Undone program, and Dr. John Kelly, the founding president of the...
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Episode 57: COVID-19 and love
Many of us are probably practicing social distancing: staying home most of the time and keeping distance when going out. And that's really important! But we can't forget about the importance of staying socially connected to our physical and mental health. Links COVID-19 on CDC Pathways Clinics...
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Episode 56: COVID-19 shows our lifestyles matter
Having a chronic disease appears to put us at greater risk of COVID19. Lifestyle medicine is effective at preventing, treating and reversing these conditions. Dr George Cho, Clinic Director of Pathways Clinics also shares simple health principles for staying healthy during this pandemic. Links...
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Episode 55: COVID-19 origins and lifestyle medicine
The novel coronavrius has altered our lives perhaps forever. Traveling, work, healthcare and even how we socialize may never be the same. How did we get here and what might lifestyle medicine have to say about the possible origins of this new virus? That’s what we’re talking about in this…
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Episode 54: Debunking myths about plant-based nutrition (Part 2)
Here’s dietitian Lauren McNeil again for the final part of her presentation debunking the most common myths about plant-based eating. Lauren McNeill is a Registered Dietitian with a Masters of Public Health in Nutrition and Dietetics, with a collaborative specialization in Women’s Health from the...
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Episode 53: Debunking myths about plant-based nutrition (Part 1)
Whole foods plant-based nutrition is the bedrock of lifestyle medicine and overall good health. Unfortunately there’s so many myths about plant-based eating that continue to cast shade on this scientifically-supported way of eating. You need to eat meat for protein! You need dairy for calcium!…
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Episode 52: Preventing and treating cardiovascular disease with plant-based nutrition (Part 2)
Here’s part 2 of Dr Shane Williams’ presentation at the Canadian Plant-based Nutrition Conference about the science behind the power of plant-based nutrition for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. In 2010, Dr Williams stumbled across a copy of the book ‘The China Study’ written by…
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Episode 51: Preventing and treating cardiovascular disease with plant-based nutrition (Part 1)
We’re back at the first Canadian Plant-based Nutrition conference where we listen in to Dr Shane Williams speak about the science behind the power of plant-based nutrition for preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. In 2010, Dr Williams stumbled across a copy of the book ‘The China Study’...
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Episode 50: Food as prevention for diabetes (Part 2)
Here’s part 2 of a 2-part series by Dr Subhas Ganguli, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at McMaster University, on food as medicine for prevention and treatment of diabetes. This presentation was presented as part of the Canadian Plant-based Nutrition Conference held on June 1, 2019 in...
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Episode 49: Food as prevention for diabetes (Part 1)
Dr Subhas Ganguli, Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at McMaster University, presents on food as medicine for prevention and treatment of diabetes. This presentation was presented as part of the Canadian Plant-based Nutrition Conference held on June 1, 2019 in Toronto. Dr. Ganguli practices...
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Episode 48: Introducing the first ever Canada Plant-based Nutrition Conference
In partnership with Plant-based Canada, we’re excited to share the presentations from the first Canadian Plant-based Nutrition Conference! On June 1 2019, Plant-based Canada, Canadian Academy of Lifestyle Medicine and Plant-based Health Professionals UK put on the first Canadian Plant-based...
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Episode 47: Answering common objections to plant-based eating (Part 2)
In this episode, we’re back in Kingston, Ontario in Canada for Part 2 of Dr George Cho, Clinic Director of Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine presentation answering common objections to plant-based eating. Links Go Plant-based program The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by…
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Episode 46: Answering common objections to plant-based eating (Part 1)
In this episode, we go to Kingston, Ontario in Canada where Dr George Cho, Clinic Director of Pathways to Wholeness Lifestyle Medicine gives a health talk answering some common objections to plant-based eating. This is part 1 of a 2-part series. The Lifestyle Is Medicine podcast is produced by...
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Episode 45: Will it stick? - How to make lifestyle changes that last
Health talk given by Dr George Cho, ND on how we can make long lasting lifestyle changes. The talk was given as part of the Blue Health program, a community lifestyle medicine program that helps participants and patients adopt the lifestyle principles of people living in the Blue Zones. Learn…
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Episode 44: Moai - Connected to Longevity
Health talk given by Dr George Cho, ND as part of the Blue Health program, a community lifestyle medicine program that helps participants and patients adopt the lifestyle principles of people living in the Blue Zones. This talk discusses the importance of strong social relationships for good…
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Episode 43: Feeding the bugs in your gut
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Pekka Maatanen to discuss some of the most important questions about one of the hottest areas in medicine: the gut microbiome. What is the gut microbiome? Is a keto diet actually good for our gut? Should I take a probiotic after taking antibiotics? What’s the...
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Episode 42: The Heart of the Matter (Part 3) - Why our mouth matters for our heart
In the final episode of our 3-part series on lifestyle medicine for the heart, Dr Shanny Chang, dentist at Junction Family Dental Care, shares why our oral health matters for our heart. Our gums are an extension of our skin and damage to our gums can lead to the spread of bacterial infection and...
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Episode 41: The Heart of the Matter (Part 2) - Is alcohol really good for your heart?
You’ve probably heard it said that alcohol’s good for the heart. However, new studies published in the Lancet are questioning this popular notion. In fact, the safest amount of alcohol might actually be zero. In this episode, Pathways’ Dr George Cho shares why abstinence from alcohol might be the...
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Episode 40: The Heart of the Matter (Part 1) - Why heart disease shouldn't be a leading killer
Heart disease is the number one killer in America. But this need not be the case. Heart disease is preventable and if we have it already, it can be reversed by applying key lifestyle principles. This is part one of a health talk given by Pathways medical director Dr George Cho and Dr Shanny…
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Episode 39: Four other reasons to go plant-based (#4 Power your mental health with Dr. Linda Plowright)
Plant-based eating isn’t just good for our physical health. It’s also better for our mental health. In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Linda Plowright, plant-based psychiatrist from London, Canada who shares with us why plant foods are so good for our mental health, why animal foods are not…
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Episode 38: Four other reasons to go plant-based (#3 Feed the hungry)
Here’s another reason why we should go plant-based: it can help reduce hunger for the millions of people - including many children - who still cannot get enough to eat. We produce enough food - grains, soy, corn etc - to feed every single human in the world. Yet, we divert so much of these...
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Episode 37: Four other reasons to go plant-based (#2 Save the planet!)
Want to save the planet and fight climate change? Don't just switch to an electric car - go plant-based! This is part 2 in our series on 4 other reasons why we should choose plant-based eating as recommended in lifestyle medicine. In our last episode we learned how plant-based eating is the...
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Episode 36: Four other reasons to go plant-based diet (#1 Choose compassion and reduce suffering)
In lifestyle medicine we know that plant-based eating is great for our health. When you go plant-based, you significantly increase your chances of avoiding today’s leading chronic diseases and experiencing a long vibrant life. But good physical health is only one of the many reasons why you…
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Episode 35: Being a plant-based MD: Interview with Dr Zahra Kassam
Dr Zahra Kassam is a radiation oncologist in Newmarket, Canada, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and a leader for plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine in Canada. In this episode we have a wide-ranging conversation on her journey to becoming a plantbased doctor and where...
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Episode 34: Genetics loads the gun, Lifestyle pulls the trigger
If your father, uncle and grandparents all had diabetes, are you doomed to get diabetes as well? Are today’s leading chronic diseases mostly due to genetics or our lifestyle? Lifestyle medicine recognizes what science is revealing about the role of our genes and lifestyle in chronic disease…
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Episode 33: Give kids lifestyle medicine
Have you ever tried to tell a kid not to do something unhealthy - like eat that extra piece of cake or candy - just to be rebuked by a well-meaning adult who tells you, "it's ok! They're just kids!" Is that true? Is it ok for kids to do unhealthy things just because they're kids. In this episode,...
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Episode 32: Exercise is Medicine (Part 3)
In this final episode of our series on Exercise Is Medicine, we explore how exercise can help reverse disease. That’s right - not just prevent and treat disease, but also reverse the course of disease processes. This is part 3 of a 3-part series by Pathways medical director Dr George Cho of a…
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Episode 31: Exercise is Medicine (Part 2)
In this episode we continue our series on Exercise Is Medicine. In Part 1, we explored how exercise can help prevent disease. In this episode, we take it a step further and look at how exercise can help in the treatment of disease. This is part 2 of a 3-part series by Pathways medical director Dr...
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Episode 30: Exercise is Medicine (Part 1)
We all know exercise is good for you. We exercise to be healthy, have fun and look good. But did you know exercise is actually medicine? Exercise doesn’t just prevent disease; it can help treat and reverse disease as well. This is the first of a 3-part series by Pathways medical director Dr…
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Episode 29: Hormesis - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
We’ve all heard the phrase “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” This may be an apt description of how healthy lifestyles actually work to promote health. Healthy plant-based diets, eating less and exercise actually put stress on the body - not too much and not too little - which trigger an...
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Episode 28: Vegaphobia
In lifestyle medicine, we promote a whole foods, plant-based diet. But going plant-based isn’t always easy. There can be a stigma attached to being vegan and unsympathetic friends and family may make life difficult. But vegans can also make life difficult for others and there are negative...
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Episode 27: What we can control about obesity (The Abstract #4)
There are many things about us and around us that may increase our risk for obesity: the genes we were dealt at birth, the number of fast food restaurants in our neighbourhood and the unhealthy foods sold at grocery stores. A recently published paper in JAMA suggest that even having a cesarean...
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Episode 26: The western lifestyle that actually works (Part 2, Dinner with the Doctor, January 2019)
In our previous episode, we learned about the Okinawan health advantage and how the influx of western food and lifestyle patterns have virtually erased it. But there is a western lifestyle that parallels the health benefits of the traditional Okinawan one. That's right: a way of living among…
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Episode 25: The Okinawan health advantage and how they lost it (Part 1 of Can I live to 100?)
Okinawans have been one of the longest living people groups in the world. They have one of the highest numbers of centenarians and live very independent and functional lives well into their 80s, 90s and even 100s. Sadly, newer generations of Okinawans do not enjoy this same same vibrant health as...
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Episode 24: Understanding the mind of obesity (The Abstract #3)
What kind of mindset does it take to successfully lose weight? In this episode, we dive deep into the inner thoughts and experiences of people who had severe obesity but were able to successfully lose weight. We learn about the tremendous determination, motivation, challenges and sacrifice they...
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Episode 23: A McVegan burger! Should we be excited?
Everyone it seems is jumping on the plant-based bandwagon, even McDonalds! Having experienced success with veggie burgers in other parts of the world, McDonalds is bringing a vegan burger to North America. For many, this is welcome news. Others are less excited. How about us? Should we be excited...
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Episode 22: Really? I can still eat carbs and lose weight? (The Abstract #2)
When it comes to weight loss, there’s arguably nothing more contentious right now than the topic of carbs. Many believe that we need to go low carb or cut out the carbs entirely in order to successfully lose weight. But do we? In this episode of The Abstract, we look at a recently published study...
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Episode 21: Diabetes, Only about Sugar? (The Abstract #1)
When we think about diabetes, we always point the finger at sugar. But is sugar only to blame? In this episode of The Abstract, we look at the Rotterdam study - hot off the press - to see the mounting evidence suggesting that it's not just sugar, but also animal foods. Listen in. Links Chen Z et...
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Episode 20: Would you like an exercise pill?
What if there was a pill that you could take that would give you all the benefits of exercise? That’s right: no more dragging your feet to the gym, no more sweating, gasping for breath and hurting muscles. Who needs an expensive gym membership when all you need to do is pop a pill to become fit…
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Episode 19: How I lost weight (and kept it off!) using whole foods plant-based eating
In this episode we chat with Ben Feagan and hear his inspiring journey to a healthier weight using whole foods plant-based eating. Ben has experienced it all. He was bullied as a child for his weight and tried various approaches to lose weight with little success. But then he learned about...
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Episode 18: Sleepy and Heavy: The link between sleep and weight you need to know about
When we think of our weight, few of us will think about sleep. But did you know emerging science is showing a connection between poor sleep and weight gain? We're so wired (literally) and busy that a good nights sleep is becoming an increasingly elusive part of our modern way of life. Yet, if we...
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Episode 17: Be a Weight Loss Champion - The lifestyle medicine secrets of people who've lost weight and kept it off
In this episode, we explore the million dollar question: How do we lose weight AND keep it off? For the answer, we take a look at the Weight Control Registry, a database of thousands of individuals who’ve successfully maintained significant weight loss for over a year. What do they do to achieve...
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Episode 16: What should I eat for a healthier weight?
Lifestyle medicine offers a sensible, science-based and absolutely delicious way of eating for lifelong healthier weight. And unlike fad diets, this way of eating is not new - the healthiest populations have been eating this way for years. Listen in to find out. Topics include: What should we…
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About this show
The Lifestyle is Medicine podcast explores one of the fastest growing and revolutionary areas of modern medicine: lifestyle medicine. The science now is overwhelming: a healthy lifestyle is medicine. A healthy lifestyle not only helps prevent disease but can also treat and often times reverse many of the leading chronic diseases of today. In this podcast, we explore the science and power of lifestyle medicine and how you can make practical lifestyle changes to optimize your own health.
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Pathways Lifestyle Medicine Clinics and Lifestyle is Medicine
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