“Avoiding both extremes, the Tathagata has realized the Middle Path: It gives vision, it gives knowledge, and it leads to calm, to insight, to enlightenment, and to Nirvana.” — The …
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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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Fast Times
“Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.” — Albert Einstein There is increasing evidence for a vibrant and bidirectional exchange of information …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Gut Check
“All disease begins in the gut.” ― Hippocrates What we choose to eat directly impacts both the character and quality of our internal minions, our individual gut microbiome. A healthy …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: To Do or not To Do
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” ― Mae West Modern Western medicine devotes many resources to treating the consequences of poor decisions. As a society, we are …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: The See Food Diet
“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location, and the company as it is about the taste.” ― Heston Blumenthal, Three Michelin Starred Chef Scientists …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Ultra-Processed Food and Type II Diabetes
“Let things taste the way they are.” ― Alice Waters, chef, author, and owner of Chez Panisse We’ve all seen the images: overweight kids addicted to video games 24/7, chubby …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Multivitamins & Supplementation
“You know. When I was a kid food was food. Before our scientific magicians poisoned the water, polluted the soil. Decimated plant and animal life. Why, in my day you …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Salt & The Heart
“There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.” ― Khalil Gibran As cardiologists, one of the fundamental and immutable laws we …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Aging, The Gut, and Diet
“I am perfect today but will improve tomorrow.” ― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind Immunosenescence refers to the gradual deterioration of the immune system associated with aging. This decline …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Aging, Depression, and Diet
“I am not young enough to know everything.” ― Oscar Wilde Several years ago, the World Health Organization introduced the concept of intrinsic capacity (IC). IC is defined as the …