Michigan

Amanda Kneese is a certified Plant-Based Nutrition Coach through the Food Revolution Network, dedicated to guiding clients toward optimal health through evidence-based, plant-powered living. Her coaching approach centers on whole food, plant-based nutrition as the foundation of wellness, paired with daily movement and quality rest.

A wife and mother based in the Midwest, Amanda brings a personal understanding of dietary transformation to her work — having transitioned from the standard American diet to a vegan lifestyle after witnessing firsthand the impact of food as medicine. She works with clients ready to explore plant-based living and build sustainable, lasting change.

I am a dual-board certified physician in Family Practice and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM) who brings decades of clinical and academic expertise to my patient-centered practice. I earned my Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Michigan State University. Throughout my journey in helping people heal I’ve been continuously educated, inspired, and amazed by my patients. Whatever their journeys have been that brought them into my practice I’ve continued to identify and encourage their connection to their own health.

Most recently I’ve integrated the 6-pillars of Lifestlye Medicine into my practice in a very intentional manner. As an osteopath, my practice already contained these pillars. Yet, by digging deeper into the Lifestyle Medicine literature, I’ve augmented my body, mind, and spirit practices to seamlessly integrate hands-on OMM with a plant-based, whole-food dietary approach to target the underlying drivers of disease, such as systemic inflammation and cellular damage caused by free radicals. Additionally, I have enjoyed using the latest evidence-based resources to treat pain, reduce chronic health burdens, optimize metabolic health, and restore long-term vitality.

Lifestyle medicine focus for adult patients.

Dr. Breakey is a 5th generation graduate from the University of Michigan Medical School, and he completed his Family Medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin in 1984. He achieved his American College of Lifestyle Medicine Board Certification in 2019. He has practiced Lifestyle Family Medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan since 1985. He is Chairman of the Board for his medical group: IHA — A multi-specialty medical group serving over 500,000 community members in southeast Michigan. He has followed a Plant-based Lifestyle himself since 1977, and he serves on the Boards for Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute and for the Plant-Based Prevention of Disease (P-POD) organizations. He is also a Chair of the Board for the Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group (PBNSG). He Serves as the Medical Director for IHA’s “William J. Fileti Center for Lifestyle Medicine”.

He has a special interest in supporting the healing process we all have within us through straightforward Lifestyle changes. He applies a key focus on following a Plant-based lifestyle to prevent and, where possible, reverse the most common chronic diseases we see in America, while at the same time achieving optimal Health and Vitality. He has recently transitioned to a Lifestyle Medicine focused practice with a team based approach: trinityhealthmichigan.org/LMPC