“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” — Oscar Wilde This time of year is a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the many …
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: Diabetes and late-night eating
“Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” — William Shakespeare (The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2) Previously, in this column, I have discussed the …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Diabetes and stress eating
“It’s not stress that kills us; it is our reaction to it.” — Hans Selye In his book, The Stress of Life, published in 1956, physician and researcher Hans Selye …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: The Brain, Gut & Alzheimer’s
“A healthy gut is essential for a healthy mind.” ~ Emeran Mayer Over the last several years, there has been increasing evidence implicating the gut-brain axis in the etiology of …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Planting a Seed
“Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, and consciousness is the ability to feel things and have subjective experiences.” ~ Yuval Noah Harari A prominent driver in the push for …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Exercising the Hunger Gremlin
“He is haunted by a demon, a demon against which he feels powerless, because in its first manifestation it has no face, no name, nothing; and the words, the poem …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Kidney disease, the gut microbiome, and forever chemicals
“Interbeing is the understanding that nothing exists separately from anything else. We are all interconnected.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Previously, in this column, the ubiquity of “forever chemicals,” perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Chews Wisely
“If you truly get in touch with a piece of carrot, you get in touch with the soil, the rain, the sunshine. You get in touch with Mother Earth and …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: Say, “Cheese!”
“Life is great. Cheese makes it better.” — Anthony Bourdain This week’s Study Spotlight focuses less on a specific clinical trial or issue and more on a holistic perspective. Of …
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Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike: When Less is More
“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 …