Ep. 166: Dr. Yami - How to Love Your Body and Plantstrong Food at Any Age

As busy families, it’s easy to catch yourself coming and going, shoveling back quick meals without even thinking, and prioritizing convenience over health, especially when you’re constantly pressed for time.

You know you’re supposed to incorporate healthier eating habits for your whole family, but HOW?

Enter board-certified pediatrician, certified lifestyle medicine physician, health coach, and mother of two, Dr. Yami!

Dr. Yami’s work and her private practice focus on how families can start to integrate more whole plant-based foods into their diets and adopt other healthy lifestyle habits even when moving a million miles a minute.

Easier said than done, right?

Well, Dr. Yami literally wrote the book to help families in this transition. A Parent’s Guide to Intuitive Eating: How to Raise Kids Who Love to Eat Healthy, is packed with research and support to help parents and families work together on creating a healthier lifestyle.

We talk all about body shaming and how to get your kids to eat whole-food plant-based without forcing it down their throats and allowing them to follow their kind of intuitive eating clues.

Even if you’re not a parent, you’ll love the advice of Dr. Yami, especially if you consider yourself to be a picky eater (spoiler alert: most of us are).

As Dr. Yami says, we can’t necessarily control what our bodies look like, but we can control how we view them, and her work is all about starting an ongoing conversation with your family about getting healthier TOGETHER.

And that’s what it’s all about!

You'll hear:

• Dr. Yami’s many credentials and certifications
• Why did she write Intuitive Eating and How to Raise Kids Who Love to Eat Healthy?
• Dr. Yami shares her own personal journey to plants and her TEDx talk inspiration
• Dr. Yami is finally a proud “Super Pooper” after decades of constipation and Miralax
• When and why Dr. Yami decided to open her own private practice, with an emphasis on nutrition health
• What exactly is “Intuitive Eating?”
• What happens when parents start to force kids into specific eating patterns and times? Why can this be a slippery slope?
• What about body image? How can we instill a positive body image in our children?
• Dr. Yami didn’t always have a positive body image. Why did she loathe her body and what has she done to feel better in her body?
• Rejecting weight stigma in kids - why this is such a complex issue and important to understand that poor nutrition and body image can affect anyone.
• How to work with “picky eaters” in the family (and this includes adults!)
• What do you think is the best way for a parent to frame a conversation with their children about starting to eat healthier in the household?
• Eating out! Yes - you can get plant-based meals at places like Taco Bell, Panda Express and Wendy’s! Dr. Yami shares some of her favorite finds in fast food restaurants.

Episode Resources

Watch the Episode on YouTube

Dr. Yami’s TEDx Talk - “From Chicken to Chickpeas”

Dr. Yami’s Website

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