Vedge Your Best, Vegan Ideas for Everyone At Any Age 224: 30 Day Plant Based Jumpstart - Sandra Musial, MD from PlantDocs.com
Dec 17, 2024
Sandra Musial, MD from PlantDocs.com, is a key advocate for plant-based nutrition aimed at disease prevention and reversal. In this enlightening conversation, she discusses the remarkable health benefits experienced within just 30 days of adopting a whole food plant-based diet, including improvements in metabolic markers for type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. Dr. Musial highlights the importance of education through their Jumpstart program and shares insights from the 'Shop with a Doc' initiative, making healthy grocery shopping enjoyable and accessible.
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Data-Driven Health
- The Jumpstart Your Health program tracks participant health data with lab tests, blood pressure, weight, and BMI.
- This data collection allows for objective measurement of health improvements over the 30-day program.
Published Study
- Dr. Musial's study on a whole-food, plant-based diet has been published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine.
- This provides scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of such a diet, moving beyond anecdotal claims.
Diabetic Improvements
- Type 2 diabetics experience rapid health improvements on a plant-based diet, often reducing medication within weeks.
- Their cells start responding better to the body's own insulin due to improved cellular function.