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WIDLIMS ep #23 – Plant-based diets in childhood and beyond with Dr Yami
I had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Yami Cazorla-Lancaster (she/her), a pediatrician in the US, to discuss the evidence around plant-based eating for children! I feel like this can be a controversial topic, in part due to the media coverage of horror stories where vegan diets go wrong and children suffer. This is episode 23 of WIDLIMS – What I Didn’t Learn in Medical School. I wanted to get Dr Yami's expertise for some of the common questions and considerations when it comes to raising little ones in a plant-forward way. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it! This episode covers... Benefits of plant-based…
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WIDLIMS ep #15 – Time for Plant-based Nutrition in Medicine with Dr Shireen Kassam
In this week's episode, I chat to the amazing Dr Shireen Kassam (she/her) who is a consultant haematologist, as well as founder and president of Plant-Based Health Professionals (a CIC in the UK) and facilitator of the UK's first university-based Plant-based nutrition course (and she regularly reviews and updates it!). We talk about... why plant-based nutrition education is needed the evidence behind consuming more plants and less animal products how she counsels her patients, including those recently diagnosed with cancer, to make lifestyle changes wider issues: human and planetary health, social inequalities, the NHS and some of the problems with how our governments and healthcare systems are structured Find out…
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WIDLIMS ep #13: Anti-diet lifestyle approaches to PCOS with Dr Nitu Bajekal
In this week's episode, I was honoured to talk to an inspiration of mine, Dr Nitu Bajekal (she/her) about... what PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is and how it manifests lifestyle approaches to managing PCOS symptoms AGEs, anti-inflammatory foods, benefits of a whole food plant-based dietary pattern the importance of sustainable, non-restrictive diets the role of soya in PCOS and women’s health in general why lifestyle medicine is so important to have in our toolkits Dr Nitu Bajekal’s website is absolutely brimming with resources for people with a uterus/who menstruate/are post-menopausal, and you can find it here. You can also follow her on Instagram and Twitter, where she regularly updates followers…
