Rania Dempsey MD, MS, Diplomate ABLM

09/16/2023

I’m looking forward to joining my friend and colleague Meg Michaelson for this month’s Lunch and Learn Series at Wellhouse 1900. We will be discussing how nutrition, mindfulness, movement, and other lifestyle strategies can support hormone health. Bring your questions and join us for this fun and informal presentation. A light healthy lunch will be provided.
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Learn how healthy foods can help to balance hormones.

03/12/2022

Happy National Nutrition Month!

01/27/2022

Have you seen the 2018 film"The Game Changers," a documentary showcasing athletes who fuel with plant-based diets? Are you curious about the research behind it, or perhaps the best way to practically incorporate some of the strategies outlined in the film into your life?

Join Drs. Stuart Wong, Larry Miller and me for a live zoom panel discussion on The Game Changers, Tuesday February 1 (4-5 PM). If possible, please watch the documentary beforehand if you haven't seen it (available free on Netflix and Youtube) and come prepared with questions.

This event is free and open to the public, but you must register ahead of time. Register here: https://mcw-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpf-Curj8jHtIuHHMoWYdv0vLh3Or5nSfZ

04/30/2021

Who doesn't need a little sweetness in their life? My friend and colleague Dr. Richard Oxhandler, who has been teaching and practicing mindfulness since well before it was a buzzword, is offering the online course "Mindfulness Honey: Zoom Class in Integrative Mindfulness Meditation." I hope you can join me-I’m signed up! Mindfulness Honey is for both beginners and those with an established mindfulness practice who seek calm, clarity, and connection to self and others. For more info visit www.mindfulnesshoney.com or to register now, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindfulness-honey-8-week-zoom-class-in-integrative-mindfulness-meditation-tickets-152000990053

There is another way to go through our lives, a new paradigm approach to interacting with life situations, other people, and even ourselves.

08/07/2020

There are many important ways to protect against Covid-19 including hand washing, social distancing, and wearing face coverings when indoors in public. Another important way to protect against Covid that hasn't gotten as much attention is to boost the immune system through lifestyle interventions including restful sleep, a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains & legumes, regular exercise, and mindful stress management. This recent article in the British Medical Journal highlights the impact of diet on health outcomes...

Concern about a winter wave of covid-19 is rightly prompting calls for intense preparation. Measures to minimise community transmission and strengthen the test, trace, and isolate programme must start now, says the Academy of Medical Sciences, if we are to avoid double the number of hospital deaths....

10/01/2019

A Self-Appointed “Expert Panel” just released new guidelines on eating red meat. Here’s why they’re wrong...

A paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine recommends that adults continue to eat unprocessed and processed red meat at current levels—in other words, that there is no need to reduce red meat consumption. The paper was released among a flurry of headlines picked up by the popular press including titles like “Red meat unhealthy? Maybe not after all.”

The problem is that the authors of this paper didn’t actually find that red meat was healthy. In fact, the authors’ own analyses confirmed what the large body of research preceding today’s publication has already found: that there is some evidence that decreasing red meat consumption (both processed and unprocessed) results in a small reduction in the risk of cancer mortality, major cardiovascular outcomes, and type 2 diabetes.

See my full take on the issue here:

October 1, 2019   A self-appointed “Expert Panel” just released new guidelines on eating red meat. Here’s why they’re wrong. A paper published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine1 recomme…