Ep. 243: Dr. Michelle Loy - Using Art and Science to Heal Chronic Pain
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Michelle Loy is a nationally recognized physician with board certifications in Integrative Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, and Pediatrics.
In her practice, Dr. Loy focuses on the whole person and uses evidence-based therapies from both modern medicine and time-tested traditional modalities including plant-forward culinary nutrition, yoga, acupuncture, pet therapy, and mind-body medicine to prevent and manage chronic medical conditions from allergies, joint pain, headaches and IBS, up to PTSD, eating disorders, anxiety, and cancer.
Dr. Loy emphasizes nutrition, stress reduction, and community engagement for well-being, touching on narrative medicine and the future of therapies. She also highlights the significance of essential nutrients for mental health and promoting the transformative power of food as medicine. The conversation provides a comprehensive outlook on holistic health practices and personalized care.
A strong proponent of family centered care, Dr. Loy treats patients of all ages from childhood, adolescence, to adulthood. She seeks for her patients to enjoy both years in life (longevity) and life in years (vitality). Through her approachable, compassionate, and mindful listening, she is committed to helpher patients and families find answers, foster a growth mindset, embrace their passions, and live a vibrant meaningful life.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:05.9 | Today we get to know Dr. Michelle Loy, a nationally recognized physician with |
| 0:10.6 | Board certifications in integrative medicine, lifestyle medicine, medical |
| 0:16.1 | acupuncture, and pediatrics. Wow. And as you can imagine, she treats her |
| 0:22.2 | patients with a virtual buffet of modalities, which includes |
| 0:26.8 | a fabulous intersection of Western medicine along with practices like yoga, acupuncture, cupping, pet therapy, and of course plant forward |
| 0:38.5 | culinary medicine. We'll dig into her fascinating work right after this message from Plant Strong. |
| 0:49.0 | Friday night is Pizza Night in our house. |
| 0:52.0 | All five of us make our own... is Our kitchen island is transformed into a smorgasborg of toppings and each of us then plays |
| 1:05.8 | Picasso with our respective pizzas, coal of spinach, tofu, and then a swirl of barbecue sauce. Hope is all about the |
| 1:16.6 | onions and the olives and Sophie loves tofu, spinach, onions, mushrooms, |
| 1:22.4 | she likes a lot of it. We play board games while we wait for them to cook and then we pack up the leftovers for a quick easy lunch on Saturday. If you haven't tried our pizza kits, each comes |
| 1:36.0 | with a freezer bag so you can take and then bake what you need and then you |
| 1:40.8 | freeze the rest. They also include five packets of perfectly proportioned |
| 1:45.8 | pizza sauces to go with each one of the crust and they can literally go from the |
| 1:51.2 | freezer to the oven to the table in less than five minutes. |
| 1:55.0 | Having a pizza kid on hand means that you never have to ask for |
| 2:00.0 | what's for dinner tonight and each crust is a wholesome whole grain base for whatever toppings your family wants to eat? |
| 2:08.0 | Our goal at Plant Strong is to help you make meals that you feel good about serving to your family, |
| 2:15.1 | pick up a pizza kit, and much, much more at plantstrong.com. |
| 2:20.8 | When I first started researching my guest today, Dr. Michelle Loy, I was blown away by the array of |
| 2:28.1 | expertise that she has in treating everyone from pediatrics to geriatrics. She received her undergraduate degree |
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