You Are What You Eat

Diet

Has the Low-Sodium Diet Gone to POT(S)?

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on May 7, 2021

We don't need less salt; we need a fresh perspective.

Health

Just Rub Some Dirt On It: Sowing Seeds in the Desert

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on May 6, 2021

Part III: Can regenerative farming feed the world?

Wisdom

Just Rub Some Dirt On It: The Forest Is Alive

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on April 29, 2021

Part II: The trees are talking

Wisdom

Just Rub Some Dirt On It: A Mother's Love and Wisdom

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on April 21, 2021

Part I of III: Folklore wisdom often contains a grain of truth, or dirt, as the case may be.

Freya says, "Always be yourself, especially if you're a Princess!"

Mindfulness

The Mindfulness of a Dog: An Attitude of Gratitude

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on January 18, 2021

What I learned from my dog.

Mindfulness

The Mindfulness of a Dog: Learning to Smell the Roses

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on January 17, 2021

Part II of III: What I learned from my dog, Freya.

Mindfulness

The Mindfulness of a Dog

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on January 16, 2021

Part I of III: What I learned from my dog, Freya.

Health

Taking Stock of Stock, Broth, and Bone Broth

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on September 23, 2020

The truth about stocks, broths, and bone broths.

Memory

Culinary Medicine in a Bowl

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on August 31, 2020

I could be bounded in this bowl of soup and count myself a king of infinite taste....

Relationships

COVID Crossroads

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on July 20, 2020

The Covid pandemic has put us at a fork in the road. Which path will you choose? The same old SAD (Standard American Diet) or will you embrace a new perspective?

Health

The Ecological Fallacy

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on June 13, 2020

A flower is not a rose just because someone says it is.

Stress

Food, Stress, and a Viral Virus

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on March 18, 2020

What can you do in the face of a pandemic? Culinary medicine offers lifestyle choices for today and tomorrow.

Attention

A Byte of Knowledge on Red Meat

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on February 6, 2020

We need to look with scrutiny at the latest scientific claims about red meat.

Diet

Culinary Medicine: Beyond the Evidence

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on February 3, 2020

Part II: Black swans, incompleteness theorem, loop quantum gravity, and the unquantifiable.

Health

Culinary Medicine

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on November 10, 2019

The art and science of eating.

This commentary was part of a series of talks recently given at The American Heart Association Go Red for Women symposium

Health

The McDonaldization of Food and Medicine

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on March 5, 2019

Implications for personal health: a multi-part series.

Environment

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on October 20, 2018

Respect the ingredients!

Diet

Cholesterol and Heart Disease: What's the Real Link?

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on August 22, 2018

Is LDL cholesterol the cause of heart disease—or merely a marker of indiscretion?

Diet

Salted and Cured

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on August 14, 2018

The low salt diet is as feckless as it is tasteless.

Diet

You Can Tune a Diet, but Can You Tuna Fish?

Michael S. Fenster M.D., FACC, FSCA&I, PEMBA on April 29, 2018

How healthy is that tuna sandwich?