Healthy Lifestyle Solutions with Maya Acosta

Rachel Haddad is a certified personal trainer, certified health coach, a middle school math teacher, and the founder of Chronic Movement. At the age of 24, she began to notice changes in her body. By age 28 she would be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Although this diagnosis was life-shattering, Rachel refused to accept the reality that she would have to solely depend on medication for the rest...

Paola Morlet is a holistic health coach located in Atlanta, Georgia. Paola was born and raised in Mexico City. She has a nutrition certificate from eCornell's Center for Nutrition Study and the Integrative Institute of Nutrition in New York. She transitioned to a plant-based diet in 2014 in search of a healthier lifestyle. She is passionate to recreate Mexican recipes into vegan and plant bas...

Kathy Davis, is a plant-based lifestyle coach, recipe developer, and CEO of VegInspired, where she helps people successfully transition to a plant-based diet with practical tips, strategies, and easy & delicious recipes without added stress in the kitchen. Kathy has a master’s degree in Education and years of coaching experience. She achieved her goal of losing 35 pounds on a plant-based diet...

Katya Galbis es nutrióloga licenciada en el estado de Florida y se dedica a promover una alimentación basada en plantas a través de diferentes redes sociales. Le apasiona todo lo relacionado a la nutrición, por eso estudio la carrera de nutrición en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México. Es nutrióloga licenciada en el estado de la Florida y se dedica a promover una alimentación basada en...

Katya Galbis is a licensed nutritionist in the state of Florida and is dedicated to promoting a plant-based diet through different social networks.  She is passionate about everything related to nutrition, which is why she studied nutrition at the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico. She is an active member of the Academy of Food and Nutrition, the largest organization of nutritionists/di...

Dr. Amy Comander is a hematologist oncologist, who specializes in the care of women with breast cancer. She received her undergraduate degree and a master's degree in Biology at Harvard University. She received her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine residency training in hematology-oncology fellowship training at Beth Israel Deaconess Med...

Dr. John Paul McHugh is an OBGYN who has been in practice for many years. He is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, a diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and the co-chair of the Women’s Health Interest Group for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. In this episode, we talk about a couple of exciting things in the Women’s Health Interest Grou...

Dr. Scott Harrington returns to our podcast show for a second time. Finding the right Primary Care doctor can be difficult, no matter who you are. But when you’re a vegan, it can be even harder. That’s why Dr. Harrington created Vegan Primary Care. A telehealth practice licensed to help you in most US States, providing care from a vegan doctor’s perspective. As board-certified physicians, they pro...

In honor of Earth Day, I wanted to rebroadcast a conversation Dr. Riz and I had with a local environmentalist. Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It is also a day to honor Earth and the concept of peace. This is a good day to reflect on the environmental impact of our daily choices. Environmental impact is defined by a change to the enviro...

Dr. Melissa Mondala is a holistic plant-based physician, nutritional & wellness expert, health coach, mental health advocate, and recipe inventor! She has been featured in popular media, such as Forbes, Local News outlets, and Social Media. She helps clients improve their lifestyles to optimize their health to achieve their goals and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced li...

This is episode #110. This month I celebrate my fifth anniversary as a plant-based vegan. In this episode, I am going to share how I learned about this lifestyle. What life has been like for me during these five years, and I will share ten tips that you can incorporate into your journey._______________________________________________________________Visit Our Podcast Website: www.plantbaseddfwpodca...

Today I am excited to introduce you to Dr. Silvia Odorcic, a plant-based ophthalmologist from Canada. As a Harvard-trained MD, Dr. Silvia has over 15 years of experience treating patients with lifestyle-related diseases ranging from diabetes to heart disease. She is double board-certified in Lifestyle Medicine & Ophthalmology. She is also certified in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell Univers...

Dr. Micah Yu is an integrative rheumatologist who incorporates complementary medicine with traditional rheumatology. He is double board-certified in internal medicine and lifestyle medicine. He obtained his MD from Chicago Medical School and holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration and Biomedical sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Loma Linda U...

Jyl Steinback has been described by the media as “a one-woman business dynamo,” “America’s Healthy Mom” and “A National Sensation,” Steinback serves as the executive director of Shape Up US. Jyl was awarded a Community Leadership Award from the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition “For exemplary service and dedication to improving the lives of others by promoting and fostering oppo...

Dr. Kristen Gialo completed medical school training at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She went on to complete residency training in Psychiatry at University of Maryland Medical Center and Sheppard Pratt Hospital. She was Executive Chief Resident during residency and then worked at Sheppard Pratt Hospital specializing in working with patients with psycho...

Richard Hubbard is a webmaster and resides in Connecticut. He also maintains a health blog http://www.healthylivingct.com and does a podcast. Rich recently published a weight loss book titled “A Plant Based Journey To Health” about his incredible 150 pound weight loss that he managed to keep off. He is 100% vegan and tries to workout 5 days a week, having done two half marathons the past couple ye...

Kristine Butler is a graduate of The University of Kansas with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Social Welfare. She has held licenses at the Bachelors, Masters and Clinical levels of Social Work and has been licensed in 3 states, including Florida, where she is currently licensed. She is a graduate of the Tampa Bay Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program and currently attends training at the Contempo...

Kathy Davis, is a plant-based lifestyle coach, recipe developer, and CEO of VegInspired, where she helps people successfully transition to a plant-based diet with practical tips, strategies, and easy & delicious recipes without added stress in the kitchen. Kathy has a master’s degree in Education and years of coaching experience. She achieved her goal of losing 35 pounds on a plant-based diet...

Alisa bloom is a registered dietician who has had her share of food sensitivities. She has suffered with brain fog, bloating, digestive ups and downs, aches and pains, weight resistance and food cravings. using evidence based research she discovered the root cause of food and chemical sensitivities that were wreaking havoc on her immune system. She now chooses anti inflammatory foods tailored to c...

Catharine Arnston is an expert in algae nutrition, a wellness thought leader, an experienced entrepreneur, and sought after speaker. She has an MBA, BA Hons and is a Board Certified Health Coach, Catharine's journey into the fascinating world of algae began in 2008 when her younger sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would improve her he...

Welcome to our podcast! In this episode I will share a little bit on how we make the podcast happen. Visit Our Podcast Website: www.plantbaseddfwpodcast.com/Write a review: http://bit.ly/reviewourpodcastAbout Plant-Based DFW Podcast:Our podcast is recorded in Dallas, Texas and features guests from all over the world. We focus on the main topic of LIFESTYLE MEDICINE. Our goal is to provide resource...

Meet Alan Twigg, a 55 year old English man who lives in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. He lives with his beautiful German wife. They have two children in Germany and two in the UK. He speaks English, German and Spanish. He also dances Tango and organizes Tango events on the island. He practices yoga and meditation daily as well. And in this episode, we will be talking about all of that and more i...

This is one of those stories that someone needs to hear. Erica Taft spent most of her life battling a variety of health conditions. She has battled with systemic inflammation, lupus, celiac disease, PCOS, Hashimotos, IBS issues, etc. This is an incredible story. During her health journey she tried a variety of elimination diets to relieve her symptoms but nothing really seemed to work. Eventually...

For years, Dr. Suzannah Bozzone was prescribing medicine which she herself would not have taken. She grew frustrated by the seemingly incurable state of our most prevalent, deadly and costly chronic diseases. Then she found Lifestyle Medicine, which is not only strongly evidence-based, but resonated with her desire to treat herself, her family and her patients more in accordance with nature’s guid...

Nature's Plate is a local plant based foods to go- meal subscription service here in Dallas. This female owned business is the creation of Annette Baker and Marianne Lacko who simply wanted to help people eat more plants. Prior to COVID they offered cooking classes and participated in other events to help the community learn about the benefits of eating plant-based. Make sure to visit their w...