“One can talk good and shower down roses, but it’s the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.”― Anthony Liccione Plant-based meat alternatives, or …
Michael S. Fenster, MD
Michael S. Fenster, MD
Michael S. Fenster, MD, FACC, FRSM, FSCA&I, MIANE, PEMBA, known to friends and fans simply as “Chef Dr. Mike,” is one of the world’s only board-certified interventional cardiologist and professional chef. He holds cross-faculty appointments at The University of Montana (College of Health and UM Medicine, School of Public Health, and Missoula College Culinary Arts Program). He currently teaches one of the country’s leading courses on Culinary Medicine at The University of Montana. Read full bio.
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and Policy
Timing is Everything: Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.”— John F. Kennedy Increasingly, evidence is accumulating that the health effects of the meals we eat extend beyond simply …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyHealthy Living
Breathing Life into Food As Medicine: COPD Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“It is a common belief that we breathe with our lungs alone, but in point of fact, the work of breathing is done by the whole body…. That is why …
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“In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance.”― Jeanette Winterson, The World and Other Places: Stories Like the metaphorical frog in cold water that is slowly heated, …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyFood as TreatmentFood for Preventive Care
Diet, Genes, and Choices Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“Everyone goes through a period of Traviamento – when we take, say, a different turn in life, the other via. Dante himself did. Some recover, some pretend to recover, some …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyHealthy Living
Weight and Health Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“It is easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.”― Margaret Mead Each January, the new year kicks off what has become a new American tradition, the …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyFoods and Ingredients
Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyHealthy Living
Protein Intake and Cardiovascular Health Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
Diet, Health, and Contradiction “But one truth does not displace another. Even apparently contradictory truths do not displace one another. Logic is far too coarse to make the subtle distinctions …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and PolicyHealthy Living
Lifestyle and Cognition Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”― Robert Frost A consequence of living is aging, which spares no one. There are no exemptions. However, how we age may be, …
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FeaturedFood as Medicine and Policy
Food As Medicine: A Self Examination Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”― attributed to Socrates Food as Medicine programs are becoming as ubiquitous as kudzu in the South. With the recent Food as Medicine initiative …