Hi, I am Raksha. I am the founder of wisebitenutrition, a virtual private practice in New Jersey focused on plant-based nutrition for the management of chronic diseases, CKD, and Women’s nutrition health during perimenopause and beyond. I am an RDN and have practiced plant-based nutrition for over 30 years. I also believe in food as medicine first and “no diet culture”.  
 

As a Lifestyle Medicine physician, I have a deep commitment to helping my patients lead healthier lives through nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, and stress management. I also have my Culinary Medicine certificate through the American College of Culinary Medicine, which allows me to combine my passion for cooking with my knowledge of plant-based nutrition. I believe that food can be both nourishing and delicious, and I love sharing recipes, cooking tips, and hacks to make meal prep easy and enjoyable. Whether you’re just starting your plant-based journey or have already adopted this lifestyle, I am here to provide guidance, support, and personalized care. Together, we can explore the incredible benefits of a plant-based diet and work towards achieving optimal health and well-being. I am excited to be a part of your plant-based journey and look forward to helping you thrive on this path. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together!

I am a board certified family nurse practitioner in family and lifestyle medicine in Georgetown, TX. Over the course of my 23-year career in medicine I have worked in both adult cardiac and pulmonary focused intensive care units, home health, hospice and inpatient rehab, as well as assisted living and memory care.  My career has allowed me to practice the full spectrum of adult medicine.  While I believe pharmaceuticals have their place in medicine, my passion is to show my patients how to live a life without them In 2016, my career took an unexpected turn following a health crisis and an eventual autoimmune disease diagnosis.  While researching and reading everything I could get my hands on about autoimmune diseases, I discovered the connection between diet and disease.  Three years after my diagnosis I had reversed my autoimmune illness, was off all my medication, and had almost undetectable antibodies.  I had a new vision for the way I wanted to practice medicine.  I returned to The University of Texas at Austin and completed my Doctorate in Nursing Practice focusing on Lifestyle medicine.

Dr. Rob McNab is a practicing Internist in Joplin, MO. He is double-boarded in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He has a passion for medical education and Lifestyle Medicine interventions. Dr. McNab is a 2002 graduate of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience. He holds fellowships from both the ACOI and the ACP. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
 
Dr. McNab created McNab Wellness – a Foundational Care clinic in 2022.  With a firmly held belief that healthy lifestyles are the foundations of good health, this practice collaborates with clients to optimize their health habits to attain their maximal health span and lifespan!

Dedicated in my service to Mankind, my entire 31-year nursing career has been specialized in Pediatrics, and I have worked in the PICU since 2000 with much float experience in the NICU. After having done extensive personal research since 1994 to find the best wholistic approaches to patient care and education of both my patients and their families, it wasn’t until late 2020 after diving head first into – and experiencing for myself – the whole-food plant-based lifestyle that I felt confident that I had found a truly viable and evidence-based approach: Back to the Basics.

I am a family physician and educator at the University of Utah who values the importance of healthy lifestyle behaviors in managing health. I aim to provide compassionate and personalized health care to promote health and well-being through lifestyle and whole-person care.
I am a board-certified family medicine physician and lifestyle medicine physician who welcomes patients of all ages to my practice. My research interests are patient and provider wellness, mental health, innovation in clinical practice advancement and leadership development in medical education.

I personally practice wellness through plant-based eating, regular exercise, community connection, and mindful awareness. I enjoy working with patients to encourage the adoption of new behaviors, to prevent and treat chronic disease and cultivate a sense of wellbeing. 

I am whole food, plant-based nutrition certified nephrologist with The Kidney and Hypertension Center in Cincinnati, OH.  I have seen rate of function decline slow down in patients who have changed their eating habits. 

I have been a Physician Associate since 2005, and currently work in Family Medicine. I found Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine on my own when I found that my own health was going downhill. While I was improving my own health, I started using Lifestyle Medicine to improve the health of my patients and family. I have also been teaching free Nutrition/Lifestyle Medicine classes in my community since 2018. I enjoy walking, riding bicycles, traveling, watching sports, and spending time with my wife and family. 

Direct Primary Care allows me the opportunity to be the educator and teammate in care.
Throughout my almost 15 years of practice in our traditional healthcare delivery system, the idea of providing an excellent provider to patient relationship has been sold to patients by insurance companies and healthcare systems over and over again. In reality, that level of communication, trust and understanding is rarely attainable when the expectation is to see even 25 patients in one day, let alone the 30 or 40 patients that are being evaluated by one practitioner in some settings.

As the time we have for patients has decreased, the time required to be reimbursed by the insurer has increased. Insurance has dictated what good medical care is by deconstructing the patient-provider relationship and turning it into checkboxes. Clicking boxes is robotic, teaches us not to think for ourselves and generally does not in any way contribute to a functional relationship between patients and providers.

Direct Primary Care is the ladder I’m climbing to get out of those boxes so that I can truly help people. In this model I will be free to practice medicine in its most effective form. Instead of having 5 minutes to talk to my patient about what is really important to them, I will have 45-60 minutes to listen, gather information, educate and participate in shared decision making. In comparison to the almost 2000 patients I had as an employed outpatient primary care provider, my goal is a maximum of 500. My patients will have access to me without having to wait for 3 weeks and without having to explain their needs to several people before ever seeing me.

By making home visits and utilizing technologies such as secured messaging and virtual interaction, I can truly be the trusted resource, teammate, cheerleader, consoler and advocate that I’ve always wanted to be.

Dr. Rakesh Jotwani, aka Dr. Rak (“rock”), became passionate about helping others make lifestyle changes after his own health dramatically improved with lifestyle changes. Dr. Rak completed his undergraduate degree in neuroscience at Duke University, his medical degree from the University of Chicago, and his internal medicine residency training at the University of California in San Francisco.He is dual board certified in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. He has worked in direct patient care for over a decade, first as a hospital physician, then as a primary care physician. He previously served as the Director of Lifestyle Medicine for a large community hospital in San Francisco.  
Dr. Rak has an avid interest in how we can effectively change our habits, and regularly speaks about this subject to other healthcare providers across the United States.Dr. Rak is also an active member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s subgroup HEAL (Health Equity Achieved Through Lifestyle). Dr. Rak is married and has three kids.  Outside of work, he enjoys spending time cooking and enjoying plant-based meals, hiking, and strength training.

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

Hello! I’m a Double Board Certified Internal Med Physician specializing in Lifestyle Medicine. I have a Direct Care/ Concierge Personalized Medical Private Practice in Sarasota, FL and open to helping more patients via Telehealth. I left a 7 year traditional Primary care because of compassion fatigue and burnout. During my time off, I re-connected with my authentic self and found a way to marry my passion and purpose. My passion is cooking healthy, delicious food and my purpose is helping people. Thus, I created a new type of medical practice where I focus on providing Patient Centered, collaborative, personalized whole person health care.

With Lifestyle Medicine as my canvas, I craft together health and wellness plans that work to improve the pain points of each of my unique patients. I offer a multitude of investment plans that really help every single patient who wants to be empowered with their health. 

I’m unique because 1. I’m pro-active with my patients, 2. I’m available and can be held accountable via text, phone, emails 3. I offer a range of fun health upleveling services 4. I don’t believe in restrictions 5. All my services are personalized 6. I truly care about human connection and my work is to move this world upward and forward.
When I’m not doctoring; I’m enjoying a walk with my husband or cooking with my two young boys. I look forward to helping you!
 

Dr. Young is an Arizona native who grew up in Cave Creek and now lives in north Scottsdale with her husband, Jon, and four kids. She is a currently practicing, board-certified, Emergency Medicine physician working and is certified as a diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. She graduated medical school from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine in Glendale, AZ in 2006 and completed Emergency Medicine residency at Maricopa Medical Center in 2009. She has been practicing for 15 years.
As an Emergency Medicine physician, Dr. Young sees patients at their most critical points, frequently on the worst day of their lives.  Her job is to stabilize, rule out life-threatening conditions and treat any acute illnesses. Often what brings patients to the emergency department are things that could have been avoided with lifestyle changes. Heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes are among the top 10 leading causes of death in the United States. Through lifestyle changes, patients are able to significantly reduce their risk for all of these!
Dr. Young loves working in the emergency department but found herself wishing she had more time to spend with patients. When she sees patients in the ED, she can touch briefly on simple things they can do to take charge of their health, but her interactions are limited by time. She is excited to start Sozo Lifestyle Medicine so that she can change her pace, develop relationships with her patients and help support them as they take charge of their health. Through lifestyle interventions that reverse chronic disease as well as her skillset as an Emergency Medicine physician, she will do her best to help her patients stay healthy and out of the emergency department.
Her hope for Sozo is to create a place of community, health, service, life and joy.

David Dunaief, MD, is an internist specializing in integrative medicine. He focuses on the reversal, prevention, and treatment of chronic diseases through a nutrient-dense approach, fitness, and stress management.
He is an active researcher on the impacts of diet on health, with several published studies in peer-reviewed medical journals, and he presents regularly at corporations, academic centers, wellness expos, and scientific meetings on topics pertaining to integrative/lifestyle medicine. He serves as a medical adviser to Plant Powered Metro New York, which empowers people to overcome chronic disease through whole food, plant-based nutrition.