Doctor Makes House Calls   (House of Delegates)

Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD MPH agreed to serve as Physician-of-the-Day in the Capital.  MedChi is the only organization with access to all elected officials right in the Capital, where they staff the first aid room.  As Physician-of-the Day Dr. Kohlstadt has privileges to the legislative chamber floors and a great opportunity to interact with legislators up close.

What’s new in Nutritional Medicine? Check out a copy of Food and Nutrients in Disease Management, editied by Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD MPH and reviewed in both JAMA and Hopkins Medicine Magazine.

(reprinted with the permission of the author of this article from www.AgeOfAutism.com)

July 20, 2009

Of Pan Importance:

See Julie Deardorff’s Chicago Tribune’s Health Column for Dr. Kohlstadt’s answer:

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2008/08/why-are-apples.html#more

George Lundberg, MD introduces nutrition physician Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt in a brand-new Medscape Video Editorial webcast entitled “Safeguarding Muscle During Weight Reduction.”

The Medscape Video Editorial can be viewed at this link:

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/578880?src=rss

If you have comments, please post them on the above link’s comment blog.

March 23rd, 2008 - Chicago Tribune Health and Food Editor Julie Deardorff seached for answers on sweetners, and quotes Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt M.D., M.P.H., Fellow of the American Colllege of Nutrtion as a Nutrition Doctor Specialist.

Good news! Progress on the next medical textbook entitled Food and Nutrients for Disease Managment is building momentum with chapters nearing completion.

This is the first medical nutrition book to emphasize whole foods over isolated nutrients.  A team of approximately sixty contributing authors will translate medical research on nutrients into practical dietary recommendations and offer evidence-based interventions for patients.

Dr. Kohlstadt’s new medical textbook entitled “Food and Nutrients in Disease Management” is the feature of Julie Deardorff’s Health Colulmn in the the Chicago Tribune. Click on Read the rest of this entry (below) to follow the hyperlink to the article.
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2007/12/writing-the-boo.html

What nutrition advice should doctors dispense?  This is not a simple question with a straightforward answer.  On one hand what people eat is a lifestyle choice reasonably beyond the scope of ever-shrinking doctor visits.  On the other hand, recent nutritional advances are proving integral to optimal treatment of many chronic diseases.