Hi Everyone,

I hope this weeks newsletter finds you all healthy and getting psyched for ‘Life After Covid!’ Even though the vaccine has had a slower than desired distribution across the country, I can feel people’s energy and spirit cautiously returning to pre-Covid levels. However, as I read article after article about the potential for another coronavirus mutating again, or combining with another strain to make a more virulent virus, it becomes apparent that we can not let down our guard. To the contrary, we all need to learn from this and put more energy into keeping our immune systems strong. As the statistics come in, that people with pre-existing conditions are more susceptible to the virus, and have a greater chance of dying, one would think that our government would do what they could to rid our society of these pre-existing conditions. The majority of deaths in this country are caused by chronic diseases that are diet related and preventable, yet we don’t invest in policies to make healthy food more accessible, and unhealthy food more expensive. We need to turn this around and we need a change in policy to do it. If our government was picking up the tab for our medical expenses, it would be in their best interest to keep us healthy, but while insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, bio tech companies, health institutions, and food manufacturers continue to infiltrate the government, we are doomed. Our only hope is to educate ourselves, and do all we can to keep our immune systems strong.

iEat Green Encourages Everyone to Take Control of Their Health with the Foods They Eat and the Products They Put In and On Their Bodies!

Dr. Robert Graham Joins Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network to Talk About a Fresh-Med Approach to Health!

Dr. Graham is a Harvard-trained physician, board certified in both Internal and Integrative Medicine, trained in Holistic and Functional Medicine, a public health scientist, TED speaker, food activist and Chef. In 2016, he co-founded FRESH Medicine with his partner and wife Julie. FRESH Medicine is an integrative health and wellness center located in NYC. FRESH is an acronym for the five ingredients in their recipe to health: Food, Relaxation, Exercise, Sleep and Happiness.

Dr. Graham received a Master’s of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health while completing three additional fellowships in General Internal Medicine and Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School as well as Medical Education at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also completed course-work in Mind/Body Medicine, Positive Psychology, Lifestyle Medicine, Culinary Medicine, and Botanical and Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 2018, Dr. Graham became one of less than twenty doctor/chef’s worldwide, as he obtained his culinary degree from the Natural Gourmet Institute.

Dr. Graham is a “food fighter” and a leader in the field of Integrative/Functional and Holistic Medicine and has prescribed “food as medicine” for over 15 years, has taught over 500 healthcare workers, mostly doctors, how to cook whole food, plant-based meals, and created the first edible rooftop garden on a hospital in NYC. He served as Chief Wellness Officer for a large healthcare system and provided strategic oversight, direction and leadership across all activities related to the health and wellness, health promotion and disease prevention.

Dr. Graham was “sick” of the current medical model of a “pill for an ill.” Dr. Graham created and prescribes the “FRESH 5” for health and healing and has witnessed many patients get off their medications and live happier, more fulfilling lives. He is an expert in gut health (SIBO, IBS, GERD, candida and leaky gut), chronic disease (high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity) prevention and reversal and autoimmune management. He believes in food as medicine, is trained in herbs and dietary supplements and when needed prescribes medications.
 
When not seeing patients, Dr. Graham trades his white lab coat for chef’s whites with the goal of expanding his toolkit both for use as a healthcare provider and as an advocate for a new model of integrative, “food-first” lifestyle-focused healthcare called Culinary Medicine. He serves as an advisor for food companies, including Performance Kitchen and organizations who are designing “food as medicine” programs and meals. In 2019, they launched an online self-care “university,” called FRESH MED U.  The Graham’s are now working on writing their first book, The FRESH 5: Your Recipe to Health. @freshmedicine.

I hope you can join us on Thursday for a great conversation and to learn about the Fresh Med Program and Dr. Graham’s recipe for health.

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With Love and Gratitude,

Bhavani

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