6: Lifestyle and Mind Body Medicine with Dr. Jonar de Guzman

Mar 30

Episode 6: Dr. Jonar de Guzman:

Dr. Jonar de Guzman, M.D., a board certified physician in Internal Medicine with Lifestyle Medicine certification, currently practices as a Hospitalist in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Jonar helps patients make drastic life changes toward healthy living and is a frequent speaker on Lifestyle Medicine, a relatively new field that focuses on evidence based lifestyle approaches to treat, prevent and potentially reverse chronic disease. As a doctor caring for sick hospitalized patients during this pandemic, he became inspired to promote healthier living to a wider audience and launched a podcast called the Glass Half Healthy. Dr. Jonar hopes to use his voice to challenge the way people think about health and inspire them to lead happier thriving lives.

In his free time, Dr. Jonar is a long time avid meditator, running aficionado, and enthusiastic advocate for plant-based nutrition. He earned his B.A. in Politics and Economics from New York University and his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine.

What we talked about:

4:55- Introduction to Dr. Jonar and his work

8:10- How lifestyle medicine can impact negative health statistics

17:45- How his dad’s diagnosis of colon cancer affects how he treats his patients

21:25- The power of mindset, habits, and finding your why

27:05- Mind-body medicine and getting into meditation and mindfulness

33:20- What the mind-body connection looks like for him personally

35:30- His journey to go plant based

40:05- What Dr. Jonar feels his mission in life is

41:45- Dr. Jonar’s definition of health

43:20- Wrap up

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