Healthy Lifestyle Solutions with Maya Acosta

Walk with a Doc was started in 2005 by Dr. David Sabgir, a cardiologist in Columbus, Ohio. Frustrated with his inability to affect behavior change in the clinical setting, Dr. Sabgir invited his patients to go for a walk with him at a local park on a spring Saturday morning. To his surprise, over 100 people showed up, energized and ready to move. Since that first event in 2005, Walk with a Doc has...

Randy Titony is from Oklahoma City and is the director of marketing for the Scott Sabolich Prosthetics company. We met in a few years ago, when Dr. Riz’s office went over to tour their Dallas facility. Later we would learn that Randy had been featured in the documentary Eating You Alive. You may remember that we previously had other guests from the film, Sheanne and Dan Moskaluk. Dr. Jimmy Conway...

In our work, we often hear of people with GI issues ranging from gluten intolerance to Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and IBD issues. People tend to ask us about the right types of foods to consume in order to restore gut health and/or to prevent further aggravations. Therefore we decided to invite an expert to help answer some of these questions. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Mendez...

Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster is the host of Veggie Doctor Radio. She is a board certified pediatrician, certified lifestyle medicine physician, national board certified health and wellness coach, author and speaker. She is also the founder of Veggie Fit Kids, which aims to support and inspire plant-based kids and families. She is passionate about the power of diet and lifestyle in the prevention of...

In honor of Heart Health Month, Dr. Riz and I share an interview from December 2019. We were guests on Kaku 88.5 FM The Voice of Maui with Bill and Bobbie Best on their segment called "Off The Record". Dr. Riz had been invited to be a guest speaker for the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii. He spoke in Oahu and Maui. Once we were in Maui, we were invited to be on the local radio station. This...

In this episode, we visit highlights of the top 10 Plant Based DFW episodes of 2020. Check out the video on bit.ly/plantbaseddfwThis is our podcast website: plantbaseddfwpodcast.com10. Joey Troxel of Plant Based Dads: Time Stamp 7:30*Started his YouTube channel to hold himself accountable*Started his FB support group to offer support after he has a minor setback *His kitchen renovation video helpe...

Join me in the Batch Cooking Club to learn how to be successful on a plant based diet. Click on the following link to learn about Membership: https://www.batchcookingclub.com/a/27677/3VPQPLsRA couple of announcements:*The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's nutrition class picks up again this Tuesday, February 26 at 4 pm ET. This class is titled Fight Covid-19 with nutrition and i...

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based DFW Podcast show. In this episode, Dr. Riz & I share with you our experience of the year 2020. It was a tough one and we survived it. *All of our community outreach events were cancelled. *The healthcare system was overwhelmed. *Dr. Riz's vascular center took a hit. *We were infected with the virus. *We grew our own green leafy vegetables...

Early last year I had a conversation with Dr. Palmer Mackie about his 5-week Integrative Pain School program that he had developed and improved over the course of 19 years. As you will hear, he is board certified in lifestyle medicine and incorporates those modalities to help his patients move away from opioids towards a program that offers lasting and drug free results. Dr. Mackie added another c...

Meet Lora Greenberg who is a plant based physician assistant with over 23 years of experience and resides just outside of Dallas, TX. She is also the CEO of Feeling Fabulous which is a coaching program designed to offer support for individuals looking to adopt a plant-based lifestyle. She is also board certified in lifestyle medicine which makes this conversation even more interesting for me. We w...

Meet Dr. Jessica Pearce from Dallas, Texas. She is an OBGYN as well as a podcaster. We will talk talk about how she works closely with her patients in getting them to optimal health if they want to some day become parents. We touch on breast cancer, concerns about consuming soy, endometrial cancer, insulin resistance, PCOS and the importance of mental health. This year she was set to open her own...

Marina Yanay-Triner is back with us again. If you missed my first interview with Marina, you can visit episode #83 to hear her story of how she became a plant-based health coach. This time we talk about the year 2020 and the tools that allowed us to shift our focus from fear to going within and growing as individuals. This year, Marina discovered that she is an empath and has shifted her practice...

Meet Marina Yanay-Triner, a wellness coach and founder of Soul in the Raw. I interviewed her in January of this year as I wanted her to share with our listeners tips on moving towards a healthier plant-based lifestyle for 2020.At that time she was working one on one with clients and teaching them how to be successful in their meal planning. We are only a couple of weeks away from the new year and...

Welcome back to another episode of the Plant Based DFW Podcast. Today we have Danielle D’Souza who is a yoga and meditation teacher based out of Oakville, Ontario Canada which next to Toronto. She specializes in gentle and restorative yoga. In this episode, we learn about her background in improv work and how meditation and yoga has empowered her to express herself more creatively. We also learn h...

Dr. Riz was on the Chef AJ show in November. He will talk about his work as a vascular surgeon and answer questions about his specialty. Rizwan H. Bukhari, M.D., F.A.C.S., grew up in Dallas, Texas, before attending Johns Hopkins University, followed by medical school at UT Southwestern Medical School. He did his five year general residency in Dallas, and then did a two year fellowship in Vascular...

Meet Dr. Ann Kartini Nyugen-Chung, a plant-based dentist in Northern California. She works for the Redding Rancheria Health System. In this episode, Dr. Ann shares with us her own personal health challenges prior to going plant-based. She was able to reverse most of her health concerns. We talk about her patients and common issues she sees in her office. Diet and lifestyle play a huge role in oral...

We had the opportunity to speak with Canadian couple Sheanne & Dan Moskaluk of Indian Rock Vegans who were featured in the documentary Eating You Alive. Sheanne has a wonderful weight loss journey story. At one point was weighing close to 300 pounds and then she discovered a video by Dr. John McDougall called The Perils of Dairy. This changed her entire perspective on how she ran her household...

Dr. Jane Torrie is a chiropractor and owner of Oasis Chiropractic & Wellness Center here in Dallas, TX. In this episode we talk about her work offering spinal and chiropractic adjustments to return the spine to a natural state of health and to reduce pain, muscle spasms and nerve irritation so that patients can enjoy their lives pain free. Dr. Torrie not only treats existing conditions, but sh...

Meet Joey Troxel of Plant Based Dads which is a YouTube Channel and FB Group. Around 16 years ago, Joey decided to become a vegetarian after looking at a PETA pamphlet that was given to him by a physician. During this time Joey tried all sorts of diet programs with the last one being Weight Watchers. After 3 years on Weight Watchers and only losing about 18 lbs he decided to take another approach....

Dr. Roxanne George is a board certified pediatrician who practices in Spring, Texas. In this episode, we talk with Dr. George about topics related to her patients:*Nutrition*Constipation*Ear infections*Early menarche*Type 1 diabetes*Early onset breast cancer*Picky eaters*Foods she recommends children stop consuming immediatelyDr. George was recently the host of the Breast Cancer Prevent Summit whi...

Hoy mi invitada es la dietista Lily Correa. Lily vive en la ciudad de Nueva York donde trabaja en el hospital Bellevue con el grupo de la doctora Michelle McMacken. Lily tuvo la oportunidad de estudiar en la universidad de Loma Linda en California donde decidió enfocarse en la dieta basada en plantas. Luego trabajo en Kaiser Permanente ofreciendo talleres de cocina para la comunidad hispana. Su su...

Lily Correa is a plant-based registered dietitian who currently works at Bellevue Hospital with Dr. Michelle McMacken's team. Born into the Seventh Day Adventist church, Lily was introduced to the vegetarian and vegan diets by her grandfather. It wasn't until her adult years, that Lily understood the connection between diet and health. Her path would take her to Loma Linda University and...

Dora Stone es la fundadora, chef y fotógrafa del blog de recetas veganas y mexicanas Mi Mero Mole y Dora’s Table (inglés). Nació y creció en México y es graduada de The Culinary Institute of America en Nueva York, adoptó una dieta vegana para tomar el control de su salud. Le apasiona compartir sus conocimientos e instruir a la comunidad Hispana acerca de los beneficios de llevar una dieta basada e...

Dora Stone is the founder, recipe developer, and photographer at Dora's Table and Mi Mero Mole. Born and raised in Mexico and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York, she adopted a vegan (plant-based) diet to take control of her health. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and teaching the Hispanic community all about being vegan. In 2016 she published her first b...

Maya Acosta, a passionate advocate for a healthy lifestyle, encourages you to take control of your health by providing you with resources and tools to understand how lifestyle choices such as nutrition, exercise, and stress can contribute to the development of certain diseases. If you're ready to take your health to the next level, this podcast is for you!  Listen in as Maya reveals how simpl...