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Today we’re talking with P.K. Newby, ScD, MPH, MS, aka “The Nutrition Doctor,” about her new book "How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet," sustainable eating, cooking mindfully, and how to eat during the coronavirus crisis.

Dr. Newby is a nutrition scientist, author, and entrepreneur. She was named one of the “best undiscovered cooks” on ABC’s The Taste with the legendary Anthony Bourdain. On The Taste, she showcased plant-based, globally-inspired cuisine rooted in her unique Healthy Hedonism™ philosophy.

Dr. Newby has served on the faculties at Tufts, Boston University, and Harvard She has 25 years’ experience researching diet-related diseases; studying how people make food choices and their impact on the environment; and teaching why what we eat matters from farm to fork.


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Dr. Newby's website
https://pknewby.com/

Download a free copy of How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet
https://bit.ly/2EAaiVE

USDA's Choose My Plate Guide
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Canada's Food and Nutrition Guide
https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/

Discover: What Science Says About the Health Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
https://bit.ly/2XdabWr

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Transcript

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Today we’re talking with Integrative Medicine thought leader Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO, Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Arizona where she is the Assistant Director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM).

Board certified in naturopathic oncology, Dr. Alschuler received a doctoral degree in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University. She is past-president and board member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians and a founding board member and immediate past-president of the ​Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians.

We spoke to Dr. Alschuler about co-authoring the recently published article ”Integrative considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic” with Andrew Weil, MD, and other AWCIM subject matter experts. The article's webpage has logged 150,000 visits since March 2020.

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Dr. Alschuler's website
https://www.drlise.net/home.html

Integrative considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830720301130?via%3Dihub

AWCIM: Integrative Approaches to COVID-19
https://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/covid_19.html

AWCIM Video Series: Enhancing Wellness During Coronavirus
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgn_N4fbfpRvt1J-KwpT6yEkcLh9X7oO0

4 Immune-Boosting Tips From an Integrative Medicine Expert
https://elemental.medium.com/4-immune-boosting-tips-from-an-integrative-medicine-expert-bc197e7f6ef0

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Transcript

https://bit.ly/2O9ZqiN

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Today we’re talking about Precision Medicine with Anil Bajnath, MD, MBA, MIfHI, CEO and Founder of The Institute for Human Optimization and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The NIH describes Precision Medicine as "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person." Dr. Bajnath is conventionally trained in Family Medicine and Integrative Medicine Throughout the span of a decade, he has cultivated extensive first-hand experience in Precision, Integrative, Functional and Genomic Medicine. And he’s paying it forward by teaching Precision Medicine to grad students in GW’s Integrative Medicine Programs.

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NIH: What is the Precision Medicine Initiative?
https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/precisionmedicine/initiative

Sung Symposium: Next Generation Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlf3jhJNBDk&feature=emb_logo

Health IT Analytics: What Are Precision Medicine and Personalized Medicine?
https://healthitanalytics.com/features/what-are-precision-medicine-and-personalized-medicine

Who Will Benefit From Precision Medicine
https://www.ucsf.edu/magazine/benefit-precision-medicine

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Transcript

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-what-precision-medicine-integrative-medicine-and-health/?published=t

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In this episode of the GW Integrative Medicine podcast, we talk about a nutrition education collaboration between the Department of Physician Assistant Studies and the Integrative Medicine Programs here at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In the studio, we have Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, MPH, PA-C, a professor in the GW PA Program.

Dr. LeLacheur has more than 35 years of clinical experience in primary care, HIV/AIDS, and infectious disease. She is the section director for the GW PA Program’s Foundations of Medicine Gastroenterology Section, and the driving force behind PA nutrition week. Dr. LeLacheur and Dr. Leigh Frame developed this nutrition curricula.

As the authors of a JAMA opinion piece recently put it, "Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and limited for the duration of graduate medical education for many specialties." Doctors and PAs are educated the same way and suffer the same educational deficit.

The goal of the PA nutrition week curriculum is to give PAs in training the knowledge, skills, and confidence that studies say prevent health care professionals from counseling their patients about nutrition.

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GW Department of Physician Assistant Studies
https://smhs.gwu.edu/physician-assistant/

Physician Assistants Ideal for Patient Nutrition Education
https://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/physician-assistants-ideal-patient-nutrition-education

Food Deserts in D.C. | NPR | Let's Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQeorPkPLmU

Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2729245

PA Experts Respond to Pressing Nutrition Questions
https://www.aapa.org/news-central/2019/03/pas-ask-experts-pressing-nutrition-questions/

Nutrition in Medical Education: A Systematic Review
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(19)30171-8/fulltext

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Transcript

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-nutrition-education-answering-call-gw-office-of/

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Many of us are trying to flatten the coronavirus curve by practicing social distancing. We're staying inside, working from home, and figuring out ways to keep ourselves and our families entertained. A lot has changed in the past few weeks but one thing that hasn't is our need to eat.

Today we’re talking about stocking your pantry during a pandemic with Danielle Capalino, MSPH, RD, and the author of the books, “Healthy Gut, Flat Stomach” and “The Microbiome Diet Plan.”

An expert on nutrition and the gut microbiome, Danielle is in private practice in New York City and an adjunct faculty in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She teaches graduate students in the Integrative Medicine Programs about nutrition.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Danielle also holds a Master’s in Public Health Nutrition from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins.

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International Society for Immunonutrition
Position Statement on Nutrition, Immunity and COVID-19
https://bit.ly/2xnn6eu

FODMAP FAQ (by Danielle Capalino)
https://bit.ly/2wC3OSt

Sodium Reduction in Canned Beans After Draining, Rinsing
https://bit.ly/2WMCFai

How to Protect Yourself From Coronavirus When Grocery Shopping
https://bit.ly/2yccShv

Black Bean Brownies (vegan, gluten free recipe)
https://bit.ly/3ahXlLa

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Transcript
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/transcript-what-stock-your-pandemic-pantry-gw-office-of/

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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Burnout is more prevalent among healthcare and health sciences workers, professionals, and trainees than among the general U.S. population. Those working in the healthcare field are more susceptible to depression, anxiety, and job dissatisfaction, which can lead to adverse outcomes for healthcare workers as well as the patients and communities they serve.

Evidence shows, however, that effective wellness programming and strong institutional leadership committed to a culture of wellness can make a difference. That's why GW launched the GWell Center for Healthcare Professionals, which is led by Kaylan Baban, MD, MPH, the inaugural chief wellness officer for GW Hospital, GW Medical Faculty Associates, and the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

An assistant professor of Medicine at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr. Baban is also the director, Lifestyle Medicine Program, at GW Medical Faculty Associates.

She joined us on the latest episode of the GW Integrative Medicine podcast to talk about the GWell Center, the need nationally for initiatives that support those working in health care in all capacities, and why this is so personal for her.

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3rd Annual Sung Symposium: Wellness & Longevity
http://bit.ly/sung2020

Kaylan Baban, MD, MPH, Tapped to Serve as Chief Wellness Officer for GW’s Medical Enterprise
http://bit.ly/2TcHw29

The GWell Center for Healthcare Professionals
https://smhs.gwu.edu/wellness/

Wellness Resources for GW Students, Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Staff, & Alumni
https://smhs.gwu.edu/wellness/wellness/resources

List of Wellness Books, Podcasts, Websites, Courses & Conferences
(Curated by Dr. Kaylan Baban)
https://guides.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/mindfulness/booksandmore

Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub
https://nam.edu/clinicianwellbeing/

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Transcript

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This podcast features the song “Follow Your Dreams” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…ur_Dreams_1918) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

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