In the beginning....

Welcome! I am currently a 4th year medical student (two months until I graduate!), but medicine is actually just how I plan to practice my passion. My passion is nutrition and the intricate workings of food and health - physical, psychological and emotional. Before I went to medical school I earned a B.S. and M.S. degree in nutrition. Throughout the past decade of education I have learned so much more than what we should eat and what defines “health.” Some of my biggest revelations have focused around just how much many health professionals DON’T know about how to promote whole person health.

I am going to begin a family practice residency in a few months, but my eventual goal is to practice a combination of integrative medicine and lifestyle medicine. The objective of these two fields is to actively promote cost-effective, evidence-based changes in diet, physical activity, sleep hygiene, and stress reduction while also placing increased emphasis on interpersonal relationships and spirituality to improve overall wellness. The practice is distinct in that it places a larger emphasis on identifying and overcoming individual patient barriers to health and fosters whole-person health – body, mind and spirit. This approach to patient care so strongly attracts me because I have witnessed the importance of addressing these areas, not only in the lives of patients, but in my personal life as well.

I'm so excited to finally be at the point where my knowledge and credentials will allow me to help others prevent, manage and reverse (yes, reverse) some of the most common serious diseases plaguing our country. Besides writing about the major health problems like cancer, diabetes and heart disease, I will be posting on how you can use diet and other non-conventional therapies to potentially help treat other various conditions such as acne or asthma.

Unfortunately, with the life I will be living over the next few years I cannot promise regular posts but I hope you enjoy following me during the next chapter in my life. As I continue to learn how we can all improve all aspects of our health through our own daily choices, I will pass this knowledge on to all of you!