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The MasterChef Dentist's Fight vs. Cancer: Food as Medicine – Chris Walinski
Season 8 Episode 367
Our guest today, Dr. Chris Walinski, is a dentist, researcher, MasterChef contestant, and prostate cancer survivor. His story is an inspiring one of persistence, adaptation, reinvention and turning adversity into advocacy.
Chris shares how his childhood independence led to a lifelong passion for cooking, how his wife nudged him into the MasterChef spotlight, and how a life-altering cancer diagnosis reshaped his perspective on food, prevention, and living fully.
You’ll learn:
– What Chris learned from competing on MasterChef (and from Gordon Ramsay…)
– How his cancer journey shifted his mindset on prevention, nutrition, and resilience
– The role of antioxidants, anti-inflammatory foods, and gut health in longevity
– The top prostate-friendly foods
– The importance of cutting back on ultra-processed foods, red meat, alcohol, and sugar
– Chris’s lessons on reinvention in midlife and retirement
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Bio
Dr. Chris Walinski has been an author, inventor and trusted expert in dentistry for over 25 years and has authored a dental text that has been translated into 10 languages.
He is one of the earliest dentists to use lasers in dentistry, Dr. Walinski has been called upon to make presentations around the world at professional conferences and universities. Since 2004, he has taught thousands of doctors on the topics of cosmetics, minimally-invasive dentistry, technology and the use of lasers. His lectures have taken him to almost 50 countries at this point.
Dr. Walinski is the Executive Director of the World Clinical Laser Institute and the International Dental Laser Research Institute, and is a Founding member of the American Academy of Oral Systemic Health. He is a Diplomate and Past-President of the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry. He is a proud member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, and his Fellowships include the International College of Dentists, The Royal Society of Medicine, The International Association for Laser Dentistry and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery.
Dr. Walinski’s lifelong love of cooking resulted in him competing on this season’s MasterChef on FOX. He also has three lovely children and is married to the love of his life and wife of six years. They live together with their English Springer Spaniel, Lacey.
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For More on Chris Walinski
3 recipes to try: ‘MasterChef’ alum’s cake, soup, rice – Ohio State Alumni Magazine
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