Welcome back to the Diet Doctor Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Brett Schur.

Today I'm joined by Dr. Tony Hampton, who's a family practice physician in South Chicago,

who's also board certified in obesity medicine, and an author of a book, Fix Your Diet,

Fix Your Diabetes, and a new podcast host with Protect Your Nest as his podcast. And he's the regional medical director of a large medical institution,

like I said, in South Chicago.

Now, the thing that, you know, Dr. Tony, as you'll learn in this podcast,

he's just a wonderful doctor and a very caring doctor

who has a really wonderful approach with his patients

to address every aspect of the health

and their life. But specifically, he sees predominantly African American patients because that's

where his practice is. And he has some insight as to why they need maybe a different approach because of their background,

their culture, the way they were raised, their family structure.

All these aspects play into how you care for a patient.

And that's why it's so important, I think, for Dr. Tony Hampton to be spreading his message

about how to interact, to help people improve their lifestyle.

And it's not all about nutrition.

There's so many hurdles you might have to get there before you can even start talking

about nutrition.

And then how do you begin the nutrition discussion?

He has some great examples, some great tips.

But most importantly, I think it's just his message of what your

doctor should be, how your doctor should be thinking. He sets a wonderful example for that,

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