Dr. Laurie Marbas discusses the shift to lifestyle medicine focused on root causes, patient-first care. Topics include insurance challenges, successful patient stories, cost comparisons between traditional and lifestyle medicine, and the importance of maintaining muscle mass after weight loss. The episode was recorded live at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine.

Dr. Laurie Marbas answers intriguing plant-based health questions on combining fruits, vitamin D absorption, COPD benefits, collagen post-surgery, plant sterols, hair loss, osteoporosis, coffee vs. green tea, intermittent fasting, sugar impacts, visceral fat, tinnitus relief, and nutritional effects of roasting sweet potatoes.