Episode Details

A plant-based diet didn’t enter this doctor’s life through a dramatic diagnosis. It started with running, curiosity, and a single podcast recommendation that turned into a book, a fast experiment, and a surprise payoff: better recovery, less soreness, and more consistent training. From there, the conversation widens into something bigger than food, because nutrition is only one piece of lifestyle medicine and primary care is where these choices either become sustainable or fade under real life pressure.

We talk with Lise, a family physician, long-time medical educator, and now president of the New Brunswick Medical Society, about how plant-predominant eating can be practical without being extreme. We get into barriers people actually face like kids, holidays, restaurants, and the awkwardness of being “the one with the special diet.” We also ground the advice in evidence and reality: ultra-processed foods matter, benefits are dose-dependent, and telling people to “just be perfect” is not science or good counseling.

Then we shift to the exam room and the training program. How do you fit lifestyle medicine into a 20-minute visit? We explain why longitudinal care makes it possible, why a 3-minute targeted intervention can add up, and how the clinician mindset changes when you move from fixer to coach. We also speak plainly about physician burnout, the old badge-of-honor work culture, and why healthier doctors and healthier systems are inseparable, including the policy and advocacy role medical societies play in supporting care across the province.

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