Kurisko & Co

Unlocking the Link Between Fiber, Gut Health, and Cancer with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz.

In this jam-packed hour-long interview, Dr. Kurisko discusses gut health and the importance of a plant-based diet in setting the stage for optimal health. Dr. Bulseiwicz shares some of the newest research related to our gut microbiome and its critical role in preventing cancer and even switching faulty genes on and off. Carnivores beware. Both physicians conclude that while eliminating processed foods from the diet results in short-term gains, long-term, you are setting yourself up for heart disease and more. Meat contains zero fiber, and its role in preventing disease is incontrovertible. www.youtube.com/@kuriskoandco

Heartbreaking Impact of Food on Children's Health and More. An Interview with Michael Klaper, MD.

Dr. Michael Klaper is the Executive Director of MMF (Moving Medicine Forward). He is a distinguished physician, consultant, and educator with over 40 years of clinical experience helping patients regain their health through plant-predominant nutrition and positive lifestyle practices. He is also a long-standing member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. His career highlights include being on staff at the world-famous True North Health Center, which is known for medically supervised fasting and a WFPB diet to achieve weight loss and, in many cases, disease reversal.   Dr. Klaper has lectured extensively at medical schools across North America, Europe, and Australia. His enlightening presentation, "What I Wish I Learned in Medical School About Nutrition," speaks to medical students about plant-predominant diets’ abilities to prevent and reverse common Western diseases, like hypertension, obesity, Type II diabetes, and many inflammatory states.   You will not want to miss out on this enlightening conversation with Dr. Lee Kurisko and Dr. Michael Klapper concerning the link between our food, health, and the environment. Learn all about plant-based nutrition here: https://moving-medicine-forward-masterclass.teachable.com/p/mmfmasterclass11-1 Our free ebook: Quickstart Guide to a WFPB Lifestyle, can be downloaded here: https://www.kuriskoandco.com/submission www.youtube.com/@kuriskoandco

Vascular Surgeon Warns Against Keto/Carnivore and SAD

Dr. Kurisko sits down with Dr. "Riz" from Dallas, TX, a vascular surgeon and proponent of a WFPB lifestyle. His perspective is refreshing, as he witnesses daily the deleterious effects of the Standard American Diet. You don't want to miss this engaging exchange as Dr. Kurisko and Dr. Riz discuss a wide range of nutrition and lifestyle topics.  Dr. Riz can be found podcasting with his wife, Maya Acosta, on the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@UCperOshokctearYhcgMmlfQ www.youtube.com/@kuriskoandco

Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma

Dr Keith Smith, anesthesiologist, managing partner and co-founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma (surgerycenterok.com [http://surgerycenterok.com/]), and co-founder of the Free Market Medical Association (fmma.org [http://fmma.org/]) believes that providing medical care should be a mutually beneficial exchange between the physician and the patient. That’s how transactions work in other sectors of the economy. But being employed by a hospital pits the physician against the patient; they become financial adversaries.   The Surgery Center of Oklahoma (SCO) offers high quality care for a fraction of the cost of surgery at a hospital.  Prices are bundled and completely transparent.  Their simple successful business model highlights the contrast between thinking of health care as a good or service not unlike any other, and the convoluted and dysfunctional healthcare system dominated by government and large entrenched players such as “non-profit” hospitals and insurance companies.  Dr Smith sheds light on what is wrong in the healthcare system and explains how it is designed to benefit hospitals and insurance companies at the expense of patients and physicians.  We discuss the function of insurance and how our over-reliance on insurance to finance health care adds considerably to health care spending.  Dr Smith leaves us on an optimistic note; he sees that people (both patients and physicians) are increasingly seceding from the government run health care system and seeking out mutually beneficial exchange between physicians and patients. www.youtube.com/@kuriskoandco

David Goldhill - CEO of Sesame Care - Musings on Health Care Policy

Gayle Brekke, Ph.D., FSA, and I join up once again for an interview with David Goldhill - CEO of Sesame Care. If you have not yet read David Goldhill's top-ranked health policy book, "Catastrophic Care - Why Everything We Think We Know About Health Care Is Wrong," then you're missing out on what will likely go down as a must-read for anyone studying health policy.  His recent article in the Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/29/us-health-care-expensive-indispensable-nation/] highlights how American Healthcare subsidizes everybody else. It's why many of the single-payer attributes would simply fail if, in fact, the mother ship moved in that direction as well.  Well ho-hum. We are, after all, being corralled down a path of a dialogue that is once again market-focused.  It's actually exciting and refreshing because David Goldhill is center stage.  BTW - Check out Gayle's new blog focused specifically on Direct Primary Care: Nurturing the Heart of Family Practice [https://rephonic.com/podcasts/nurturing-the-heart-of-family-practice] Thanks for joining us!! www.youtube.com/@kuriskoandco