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Calories, gut health and food as medicine — with AdventHealth’s Karen Corbin and a local culinary medicine specialist (podcast)

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Your gut does not treat all calories equally. Two experts come together in a combination of health care, science and cooking to discuss this topic along with gut health and using food as medicine on this episode of the Inspiring Wholeness podcast, presented by AdventHealth in partnership with the Orlando Business Journal.

Karen Corbin, Ph.D., is an associate investigator and registered dietician (RD) at the AdventHealth Translational Research Institute and Allison Harrell is a sole practitioner, culinary medicine specialist, registered dietician nutritionist (RDN) and educator.

Listen to this episode to learn about:

  • Gut microbiomes — What they are and why they’re so important to your health (1:46)
  • A recent study by AdventHealth Translational Research Institute and Arizona State University on how the body appears to react differently to calories ingested from high fiber and whole foods versus processed foods (3:04)
  • What culinary medicine is and how food impacts chronic illness (4:58)
  • Practical tips for meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking with an emphasis on nutrient-dense foods (8:21)
  • One simple change that can be made in the kitchen to support and maintain a healthy gut (10:54)
  • Where the future of food and nutrition may be headed, particularly when it comes to preventative medicine and personalized health care (13:33)
  • Sifting through misinformation about diets and gut health (16:05)

“A calorie starts out as an actual calorie, but the magic happens when that calorie goes into the body and how the body utilizes it,” Corbin said.

Learn more about using food as medicine by visiting Allison Harrell’s website at mywholenewlife.com.

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