Plant-Based Medicine and Healthcare Reform with Dr. Zach Burns

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Join us for an eye-opening conversation with family physician Dr. Zach Burns about transforming healthcare through plant-based nutrition. From examining the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on medical education to exploring practical solutions for chronic disease prevention, discover how integrating lifestyle medicine could revolutionize our approach to health. Through candid discussion about medical training, patient care, and systemic change, Dr. Burns shares insights about creating a more compassionate and effective healthcare system.

Key Discussion Points:
• The pharmaceutical industry’s impact on healthcare
• Integrating plant-based nutrition into medical education
• Making lifestyle medicine accessible to all patients
• Balancing ethics and medicine in clinical practice
• The future of preventive healthcare
• Breaking down barriers to healthy eating

ABOUT OUR GUEST

A plant-based nutrition advocate, Zach Burns, DO, MPH practices medicine to improve the lives of human and non-human beings. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester as well as associate director for Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit led by the pioneering plantrician Michael Klaper to cultivate a new generation of health professionals who have the nutritional literacy to tackle chronic disease. His writing and blog can be found at www.herbivores.life.

• Dr Zach Burns’s website
• Moving Medicine Forward website

RESOURCES

• • Jan Dutkiewicz on Bluesky
  • Meatpacking Companies to Pay $8 Million for U.S. Child Labor Violations
  • Peter Kalmus on Bluesky
  • Herbivore on Bluesky
  • Ridglan: Cruelty May Be Illegal, Unless It’s Called Research
  • Animal Law Podcast episode 109
  • Earthlings (3 book series)

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

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