Authors Reshma Shah, MD, a plant-based pediatrician and affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Brenda Davis, RD, a world-renowned expert and pioneer in plant-based nutrition, are passionate about empowering parents to become the experts of nourishing their families. They talk about what how to feed your family for optimal health and wellness: how a diet centered around plants can optimize health, prevent chronic disease, care for our planet, and be an act of radical compassion; nutrition specifics for all the stages of childhood—from pregnancy and breastfeeding all the way through adolescence; and tips, strategies, and mouthwatering recipes to bring all of this information to their dinner tables as they transition to plant-based eating. Tune in to learn more and pre-order their new book - Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families -- With Tips & Recipes for Bringing Health, Joy, & Connection to Your Dinner Table. This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM
Authors Reshma Shah, MD, a plant-based pediatrician and affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Brenda Davis, RD, a world-renowned expert and pioneer in plant-based nutrition, are passionate about empowering parents to become the experts of nourishing their families. They talk about what how to feed your family for optimal health and wellness: how a diet centered around plants can optimize health, prevent chronic disease, care for our planet, and be an act of radical compassion; nutrition specifics for all the stages of childhood—from pregnancy and breastfeeding all the way through adolescence; and tips, strategies, and mouthwatering recipes to bring all of this information to their dinner tables as they transition to plant-based eating. Tune in to learn more and pre-order their new book - Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families -- With Tips & Recipes for Bringing Health, Joy, & Connection to Your Dinner Table.
Brenda Davis, RD, is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. As a prolific nutrition and health writer, she has co-authored 12 books with nearly a million copies in print in 14 languages. Her most recent works include Nourish (to be released Nov. 2020), Kick Diabetes Essentials (2019), The Kick Diabetes Cookbook (2018), Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition (2014) and Becoming Vegan: Express Edition (2013). Both Becoming Vegan books have won awards, including the Canada Book Award, and have also received a star rating by the American Library Association as the “go-to books” on plant-based nutrition. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical and nutrition conferences in over 20 countries on 5 continents. She is also co-author of several peer reviewed journal articles. Brenda is the lead clinical nutrition specialist for the diabetes intervention project in the Marshall Islands. Brenda is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2007, she was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame.
Reshma Shah, MD, MPH is a board-certified pediatrician and affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has additional training and certification in plant-based nutrition and cooking. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two children.
Brenda Davis and Reshma Shah are the authors of Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families, due out in November, 2020.
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