Moving Medicine Forward with Dr Michael Klaper & Dr Zach Burns

In this timely conversation, Dr. Michael Klaper and Dr. Zach Burns join Jasmin and Mariann to discuss the growing movement to integrate nutrition education into medical school curricula, and why plant-based medicine is more urgently needed — and more achievable — than ever.

The episode covers:

• RFK Jr. secured commitments from 53 U.S. medical schools to add nutrition curriculum, opening the door for plant-based advocates to shape what gets taught
• Dr. Klaper argues nutrition should be woven throughout all four years of medical training — not siloed into a standalone course
• Popular MAHA books Good Energy and Lies I Taught in Medical School acknowledge diet’s role in chronic disease but fail to recommend whole food, plant-based eating
• Moving Medicine Forward’s plant-based nutrition masterclass is being submitted for continuing medical education (CME) credit
• The doctors connect “do no harm” medicine with the links between the standard American diet, chronic disease, animal agriculture, and planetary health

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Dr. Michael Klaper is a renowned clinician and educator, celebrated for his expertise in diet and health. With a medical degree from the University of Illinois and extensive post-graduate training, Dr. Klaper has dedicated over fifty years to primary care. He now focuses on Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit educating medical professionals on diet and lifestyle interventions to prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Dr. Klaper has been a nutrition advisor to NASA and a contributor to award-winning films and publications. A diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, he serves on multiple advisory boards and continues to inspire through his work and resources available at DoctorKlaper.com.

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.

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