Obesity Medicine Meets Culinary Medicine with Dr. Nisha Patel

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Culinary Medicine Recipe

Alternative Food Network Inc.

34 episodes

1 week ago

If you've ever been told to "eat healthier" and want healthy food to be delicious, this podcast delivers the diced and delectable details. Guest interviews with top chefs, doctors, healthcare visionaries and food service professionals publish on the first Wednesday of the month.

As an added bonus, the podcast includes short practical "bite-size" episodes in English & Spanish with the host in her kitchen sharing tips on how to care for your health with nutritious and enjoyable food.

Tune in to learn why your food choices matter and be inspired to turn great food into powerful medicine.

Elevating the impact of Food as Medicine, Culinary medicine is a new evidence-based field that blends the art of food and cooking with the science of medicine to prevent and treat disease.

Host, Dr. Sabrina Falquier, is a triple board-certified physician and leading culinary medicine expert. She is also bilingual in Spanish and English.

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Obesity Medicine Meets Culinary Medicine with Dr. Nisha Patel

Culinary Medicine Recipe

38 minutes

10 months ago

Obesity Medicine Meets Culinary Medicine with Dr. Nisha Patel

Dr. Falquier chats with obesity medicine specialist, Dr. Nisha Patel, who is also certified in culinary medicine, about the latest tools and strategies for sustainable weight management. From the rising use of GLP-1 medications to the powerful role of culinary medicine, Dr. Patel breaks down the science of how these medications function, whether they’re to be taken long term, and why what we eat still matters. If you’ve been wondering if medication for weight management is right for you, this episode is a must listen!

In this episode you’ll hear:
3:00 – Medication and lifestyle changes for weight loss.
5:30 – What is a GLP-1?
8:50 – The effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on appetite regulation and cravings.
12:45 – Weight management dream team.
15:15 – How culinary medicine fits into Dr. Patel’s practice?
18:00 – Are GLP-1 medications taken for the long term?
25:45 – Negative side effects of GLP-1 medications.
29:40 – What we eat still matters with medication.
34:10 – Thoughts on RFK Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services.
35:40 – Health and wellbeing beyond the number on the scale.

Thank you to our episode sponsor, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts.

Credits:
Host - Dr. Sabrina Falquier, MD, CCMS, DipABLM
Sound and Editing - Will Crann
Executive Producer - Esther Garfin

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