Welcome to the Plant-Based Canada Podcast! In today’s episode, we’re joined by Dr. Michael Klaper to discuss the importance of nutrition and the future of Modern Health Care.
Dr. Michael Klaper, MD, DipACLM, is a physician, educator, author, and internationally recognized advocate for lifestyle and nutrition-based medicine. A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, he has practiced acute care medicine for more than five decades in Hawaii, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand, with a career-long focus on preventing and reversing chronic disease through evidence-based nutrition and healthy lifestyle practices. Dr. Klaper is board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine and has served as a nutrition advisor to NASA, a clinician at leading nutrition-focused medical centers, and a sought-after speaker on plant-predominant nutrition. He is the founder and Executive Director of Moving Medicine Forward, a nonprofit initiative dedicated to advancing nutrition education in medical schools and empowering future healthcare professionals to incorporate lifestyle medicine into clinical practice.
Dr. Klaper is also the co-author of the newly released book Moving Medicine Forward: What More Doctors Should Know About Nutrition - and How It Can Save Your Life, which calls for a greater integration of nutrition and lifestyle medicine into modern healthcare.
Dr. Klaper's Websites:
www.DoctorKlaper.com
(Moving Medicine Forward: What More Doctors Should Know About Nutrition - and How It Can Save Your Life is available on Dr. Klaper's website.)
www.movingmedforward.org
Resources Discussed:
Book, ‘For Forks Sake’ by Rachel Brown: https://forforkssakebook.com/
Forks Over Knives: https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film/
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This episode was hosted by Stephanie Nishi RD, PhD.
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