22: Dr. Dawn Mussallem - Lifestyle & Integrative Medicine for breast cancer patients at Mayo Clinic

Meet the AMAZING Dr. Dawn Mussallem! You’ll be smiling as you feel the energy, joy, and passion in her voice. Dr. Mussallem runs and directs the Lifestyle & Integrative Medicine department in Mayo Clinic Jacksonville’s Breast Center. You will be enthralled by both her personal story of healing and how she brings that wisdom into her practice working with women in (and after) breast cancer treatment.

Dr. Mussallem’s own health and personal struggles couldn’t stop this smart cookie from living a life of passion and purpose! From beating stage 4 cancer during med school, to having a miracle baby, losing her husband suddenly, to living 18 years with heart failure, a near death experience, and finally (and gratefully) having a heart transplant on February 5, 2021. One year later she ran a marathon too! She has her plant based diet and healthy lifestyle to thank, for sure.

She adores each and every patient, using evidence based medicine to support and encourage adoption of health promoting practices not only during cancer treatment, but after as well. She even got patients IN TREATMENT, to run with her!

This episode is chock FULL of life changing info. So grab a pen! We discussed the best nutrition for women with breast cancer, the nuts and bolts of transitioning to a whole food plant based diet, toxic exposures, soy, water, protein, fiber, fasting, the gut microbiome, stress, importance of moving your body, benefits of coffee, and ultimately gaining control over your disease.

Here are some resources we mention: The China StudyT. Colin Campbell’s Center for Nutrition Studies -

https://nutritionstudies.org/whole-food-plant-based-diet-guide (scroll to bottom to sign up for the mini-course)

Dr. Dean Ornish’s website https://www.ornish.com - UnDo It! book is available there as well as my store on Bookshop.org (see below)

FILMS: Platwise https://www.ardmoreinstituteofhealth.org/news/now-showing-plantwise-an-inspirational-film-that-offers-hope-for-better-health Forks Over Knives https://www.forksoverknives.com/the-film

BOOKS & COOKBOOKS: Find these at https://bookshop.org/shop/vitaltransformationsllc.com (if you buy here I get a little bonus, but so do brick and mortar book sellers) UnDo It!  The China Study  4000 Weeks Fiber Fueled & Fiber Fueled Cookbook Be A Plant Based Woman Warrior Cookbook

PODCAST: Lisa Miller, PhD on The Rich Roll Podcast - ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuBDmIRThtk (The Neuroscience of Spirituality) ORGAN DONATION: Online at https://registerme.org Or at your local DMV

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