Helping Family Solve Dinner For Long Healthy Lives with Ellen Kornmehl, MD - Episode 64

Ellen Kornmehl, MD, is a mom of two and a cancer physician retired from an academic career at the Harvard Medical School treating women’s and other cancers. She is a pediatric and adult cancer survivor herself. Ellen loves to cook and writes about health as it connects to food, nutrition, and the environment drawing on evidence-based science. Ellen's current mission is to help today’s families solve dinner and lead long, healthy lives. Ellen graduated from Yale College and Yale School of Medicine before specialty training and joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School where she treated patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Center, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Boston. 

Ellen has written for numerous publications including The Boston Globe, Business Insider, Canada’s Globe and Mail, Market Watch, and Next Avenue. In addition, Ellen's website, https://www.ellenkornmehlmd.com/, contains many delicious recipes to promote more vegetables, more fish, and less meat for regular eaters trying to eat healthier. You’ll find lots of inspiration there as well as step-by-step guide to cooking with lots of fresh produce and what to focus your efforts on for the biggest return. Ellen also writes a substack newsletter: https://eatingandfeeding.substack.com/ that blends ideas for family meals and answers nutrition questions to help build habits for longterm health. You can follow Ellen on Instagram and Twitter @ellenkornmehlmd. You are also invited to join Ellen's Facebook Group, "Healthy Recipes for Average Eaters to Foodies 2024": https://www.facebook.com/groups/2317960688401074/

Episode Takeaways:

1. Healthy Eating Habits for Longevity
2. Encouraging Family Meals
3. Practical Tips for Meal Preparation and Balanced Nutrition 

• Ellen emphasizes the importance of a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables as well as whole grains and healthy fats.
• Dr. Kornmehl also discusses the value of family meals for bonding and instilling healthy eating habits. 
• Ellen shares with us practical dinner preparation tips to help make home cooking easier and more efficient. She suggests batch cooking, meal planning, prioritizing vegetables, and involving kids.

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