191: How to improve your health + mood – with Dr. Laurie Marbas (PART ONE)

Would you like to improve your health and in turn, improve your mood as well? If you’ve been feeling a bit off kilter or just wanting to shake off the funk, this episode is especially for you

My special guest today is Dr. Laurie Marbas and she’s simplifying how to improve your health + mood. After caring for hundreds of patients, she’s come to realize that the very best way to change your health is to change the food you eat. As part of the healthy human revolution, she’s here to show us just how simple it really is.

Here’s how. 

My special guest today is Dr. Laurie Marbas and she’s simplifying how to improve your health + mood.

We tackle and simplify all aspects of it, including:

• When you’re ready to improve your health, what the first step is to resetting things
• What the long term impact of your food choices are and how it can not only affect your sleep, but your relationships and decision-making abilities as well
• How to improve your mood with food, sharing specifically which foods and spices are total mood boosters
• Parents face some big obstacles when trying to feed their kids a consistently healthy diet – Dr Laurie shares her best tips to getting them more interested in their fruits and veggies
• …and ultimately, how to eat healthy on a budget and also break the habit of fast food in your life.

Yet once again, we’re trying something new this week, splitting up the episode into two parts. So we are releasing the first half now and part two on Friday this week. That way, the content is in a smaller, bite-size portion for you to listen to now, simmer on this entire week and be intentional with integrating what you learn into your everyday life.

We are simplifying our episodes to be shorter in length, easier to listen to, on-the-go.

I know we all are on-the-go these days and our old ways of listening to podcasts (either on our commute or at the gym) have changed since the pandemic began… let us know if you like this new way of listening to The Simplifiers Podcast. Shorter episodes, split into two for simpler learning.

Q: Are you ready to improve your health + mood? If yes, this one is for you.

It’s time to #DoTheThing!

<What’s catching my eye this week>

• The lessons of death – Sam Harris – Waking Up
• September 2021 forecast – Time for a new story – Lena Stevens – The Power Path
• 50 powerful questions to help you reflect – The Institute of You
• Gain clarity in 90 minutes: Mary is offering 1-1 brainstorming sessions for those looking to get unstuck as the world reopens, post pandemic

Links, books and apps mentioned:

Video: TED Talk – How to stop languishing and start finding flow – Adam Grant

Film: Forks over Knives documentary – Brian Wendel and team

Book: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence – Dr. Anna Lembke

Article: What’s for dinner? 20% of American meals are eaten in cars – Michael Pollan

Resource: Plant-based telehealth – chat with a doctor knowledgeable in a plant-based lifestyle – Plant Based TeleHealth

Podcast: How to go vegan, featuring Michelle Cehn – The Simplifiers Podcast

Podcast: How to squash your limiting self-beliefs – The Simplifiers Podcast

About Dr. Laurie Marbas

Dr. Laurie Marbas – She is a double board-certified family medicine and lifestyle medicine physician, who has been utilizing food as medicine since 2012. She was the first Managing Editor for the International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention. 

She is the co-founder of Plant Based TeleHealth, focused on the prevention and reversal of chronic disease utilizing lifestyle medicine. She currently holds medical licenses in all 50 states and DC. She is also co-founder of Healthy Human Revolution, whose mission is to provide resources that help individuals successfully adopt and sustain a whole food, plant-based diet.

She is also a wife, mom of three grown children, host of the Healthy Human Revolution podcast, author, speaker, and avid runner.