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I am a plant based Cardiologist and endurance athlete passionate about promoting health and wellness to all ages.
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Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Stuart Florida claims to be the friendliest small town in Florida. It might just be. It is the host for the Game On! Treasure 26.2 mi Coast Marathon, and 13.1 mi Half Marathon. Stuart is also the place where plant based runners meet to celebrate health and get a little out of their comfort zone.
This past weekend we had 6 members of our practice along with some of their family and friends run the half and full marathon in Stuart. It was the hottest day of 2023 for all of us with temperatures hitting 90 F by the afternoon. It was a particular challenge for our Michigan runners flying out of a blizzard to get to Florida. But our plant based runners are no stranger to challenges, and don't seem to skip a beat when taking them head on. They face challenges as opportunities to grow and learn. None of these runners see themselves as victims or unlucky.
So why subject oneself to the heat and discomfort of running an endurance event in sunny Florida? Perhaps it is the positive energy around the start of an endurance race. Michael and I ran 2.3 miles to the race start at 4:30 am. We were able to run sidewalks the entire way. The road was quiet except for people making their way to the race start. We ran over a bridge with the moon lighting up the inter-coastal water ways that were lined with boats. When we arrive, we met Gary P who had also walked to the start; talk about green runners. Shortly thereafter, we me Erika, her husband Michael and two daughters, Annette, Jan, Ann, Dick, Kathy, and David. Everyone was excited to get the day rolling.
The theme of the day was to stay hydrated and keep the nutrition steady. The temperatures slowed us down but did not keep anyone from finishing with a smile and huge sense of fulfillment. It was a great weekend of positive people meeting other positive inspirational people. Friendships were formed and memories sealed. It was a dream come true for a physician to see members demonstrating health and vitality. Better than any pill or procedure, I would say that this weekend added years of health to all those taking part. I am grateful to have been in the presence of such courageous and humble people.
Listen to this podcast to hear my version of our plant based runner Stuart Marathon story. Thank you.
If you would like to find out more about how to be apart of such a group, visit the website at doctordulaney.com or email me at jami@doctordulaney.com for more information. See you on roads or trails.
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening.
Who is in charge of your health and wellbeing? Are you doing a good job? Most people that are care givers to another human would not care for them based on their worthiness. However, we often do just that when it comes to caring for ourselves. We all want to be loved and cared for but as most people know that is not enough to get someone to appreciate their worthiness. It is one of life's great paradoxes.
If you are not healthy, you cannot care for others. If you cannot take care of yourself, your caring abilities might come in question. Most people choose health and family as two of the most important qualities in life yet often their health is neglected.
Acetylsalicylic acid is the main component of aspirin. It is broken down to salicylate. Salicylate is abundant in broccoli, cauliflower, cucumbers, mushrooms, and berries. Unlike acetylsalicylic, acid they do not cause gastrointestinal bleeding or hemorrhagic strokes. Both will help to decrease your risk of cancer and especially including ovarian cancer. Your choice.
Are you more likely to do the right thing when someone is watching? Studies show that when a therapist is watching people walk they get better results with walking to decrease peripheral vascular disease complications. Why do you suppose that is so?
People who actively participate in our practice do better than those who miss appointments and follow ups. The most frequent reason is being too busy. Remember the sentence with health and family coming first??????
Thanks for listening. Email me at jami@doctordulaney.com with questions. Visit the website at doctordulaney.com to find out how you can take your health to the next level.
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening.
Vascular disease is usually not isolated even though we focus on the specific area that is causing the present symptoms. What if there are no symptoms? Will screening make you live longer or better? One would think that early detection would lead to a better outcome regardless of the condition. However, one has to take into account the morbidity and mortality associated with testing and treatment.
The good news is that plant-based nutrition has no side effects. The more plants you eat, the better your health will be.
When we look at medicines and interventions, are they treating the symptoms or the causes? Granted medications are sometimes lifesaving, but we fail to see them as a temporary bridge.
Are you interested in prevention or reversal of lifestyle diseases? I believe the individual has the power to decide. Ask the tough questions to your health care provider and yourself. What are the side effects? Is there long-term evidence that I will live longer or better.
Email me at jami@doctordulaney.com with questions. Visit the website at doctordulaney.com
We would love to help you live longer and better.
Thanks for listening
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Welcome! and Thank You for listening.
The Hoka One One Rocky 50 Mile Trail race is in the books. I finished. It was not too rocky, and I did not see a raccoon. However, I did see the leaves, roots, and pine needles up close and personal.
We got to practice a different terrain, run in the dark, and run in the cold from sunup until dark.
However, this plant-based cardiologist still needs practice in plant based ultra-running nutrition.
It was a wonderful day playing outside in the woods. I think we all need a little more play in nature. It allows living in the moment uninterrupted by the outside world. It was not about 50 miles but 5.7-mile segments and 16.7-mile loops. It was about watching for orange reflector ribbons hanging in trees to guide the way up the trail. It was about watching for roots and picking my feet up appropriately. It was about timing of calorie intake every 30-40 minutes. It was about being grateful for the volunteers spending the day in the woods to help runners achieve their goals. It was about being grateful to have the opportunity to run. I heard the wind and the birds, and the music at the finish line coming across the lake. I heard people coming up behind me with their poles clanking on roots, and I heard the falls of people tripping over roots. I saw the welcoming and cheering faces of Addie and Caleb as I can in from my second loop. Finally, I saw the race directors cheering for me at the finish line waiting to give me a high five on the finish of day forever memories.
Thanks for listening.
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Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Once you realize that nutrition plays a huge part in your overall health, you want the world to join you. If eating can reverse lifestyle diseases, why wouldn't anyone want to try it. Obviously, there are many reasons, but everyone gets to make their own choices. Answer questions, when asked, but at the end of the day look for things you share and strive to be the healthiest you can be.
The journey is important. The journey or the process is more important than focusing on the outcome only. Each day we can do something positive to a healthier life. Celebrate the wins and map out the road to your desired outcome. Enjoy the journey and learn from it.
Happy Heart month. See how many days you can get a walk/run in for the heart month. An hour is a great goal for daily cardiovascular health.
I hope you enjoy today's tips.
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening.
Have you ever heard it takes two to tango? That is what I feel the degradation of healthcare has become. It is certainly not about the patient anymore. But we physicians are playing way too big of a role in poor healthcare.
Do it yourself labs, glucose monitoring, google searches are only as good as the people providing the answers. Who is asking why? Symptoms are placed in an algorithms and a treatment based on pharmacology is initiated. Rarely, do we stop and ask why does a person have these symptoms. What caused my body to malfunction? The quickest answer is my genetics or bad luck. It is similar to the ad on tv when the doctor says I hope we get lucky and you make it. Yikes. Good luck or bad luck is not a reasonable explanation to help someone get better or prevent it from happening again as in the case of bad luck.
Stop. Take your own pulse and a nice diaphragmatic breath, and start asking why. That includes doctors as well as patients. Our bodies are amazing, but they are not machines with individual parts. Our systems are integrated. Mess with one part or biologic reaction or movement and you will influence many more.
Let's start with taking poisons out in the form of toxic exposures, and chemical based foods and add real food, grown free of contaminates. Let's move our bodies like they were designed to move and not rely so much on things that limit our movements.
We will continue to provide healthy ways to improve health span.
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Thanks for listening.
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. The health buzz word is often centered around getting enough of... Enough protein, sleep, calcium, or even sleep. In our material worlds we often have so much of that there has been the development of an industry for storage units. We have so much that we need off site storage. Like being plant based, the minimalist movement sounds attractive but few pull it off. So we justify why we need or like more of....
One thing that has not been demonstrated to be too plentiful is the little organelle inside our cells, called the mitochondria. One of its most important jobs is to generate energy from the food that we take in. As we age and loose muscle mass we also loose mitochondria. As we accumulate more metabolic waste, the mitochondria we do have start to malfunction. These processes lead to most of the lifestyle diseases we have .
VO2 max is one function that is related to our mitochondrial density. When our cells do not get oxygen they ultimately die. Life long exercisers tend to retain their VO2 max or the maximum amount of oxygen their body can utilize better than age matched sedentary individuals.
Enjoy the discussion on how we might retain and even gain in our VO2 max and how it might help us to be more healthy.
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Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. I am very lucky that the various hats I wear seem to connect easily with my nutritional choices.
I was a daughter, doctor, wife and mother in that order, before I became plant based nutritionally. I became Mom Mom recently, and it is my favorite of all. My roles are all very important to me, and it would be quite hard to do them independently as some people do. Perhaps I can help you do some of your roles in harmony.
This weekend, I got to be mom mom. To Caleb, I am mom mom not doctor or plant based. But because I am plant based, I can participate in activities with him such as tackle football, and trucks on the ground. I get to participate in the joy of watching him grow and develop. We got to cook together, eat together and play together.
I wan to help you be an active parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle and enjoy the beauty and wonder of watching someone grow. Join me for a few tips and stories. Thanks for listening.
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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2799707
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. This podcast was recorded on January 4, 2023. Turns out it was the day my grandmother died 54 years ago at age 72. She died of a massive myocardial infarction after having had diabetes for 20 plus year. Her only medication was an oral hyperglycemic medication. Pacemakers were new and stents did not exist. Her only dietary advice was not to eat much table sugar. Her symptoms were severe fatigue and indigestion. She went to the hospital 24 hours plus after symptoms had started and died within 24 hours. I remember the day well. My career has been dedicated to improving the lives of those suffering from diabetes and heart disease. I believe she would have changed her diet had we had the opportunity to talk about plant-based nutrition. Her garden was full of nutritious food and she was a wonderful cook that would have adjusted in order to maintain her health.
As we start 2023 and my 61 first year on this earth, I am determined to educate and support as many people as I can into taking control of their health through diet and lifestyle changes.
This podcast is for you Grandma Addie.
Thank you for listening.
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Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Welcome! and Thank you for listening.
Another year is coming to a close. I hope that your health journey has been progressive. The stress of the holiday season can lead to some poor choices with regard to holiday traditions. My personal health journey has resulted in amending holiday traditions a little each year. The sugary, full of fat pastries and candies of my youth no longer align with my view on health and prevention. The good memories were the people around those traditions. Making cookies with my grandmother and celebrating the holidays with friends and family. The foods were the same each year at each persons house. It would not have mattered what was served, it was the people that made the traditions. It was the effort they put in to make others welcome.
Don't fall back with regards to nutrition but amend those previous dishes and let the one's go that do not serve your health journey. Make something special so that your friends and family can enjoy your new healthy traditions.
Enjoy the Holidays. Thanks for listening.
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