Food As Medicine With Dr. Anh

Welcome! Today’s guest is “America’s Boomer Babe” and a fellow Iowan. Debra Atkinson is passionate about helping boomers live healthy lives in their second 50 years. She speaks frequently about active aging and has completed several Ironman Triathlon events. She has created a Forever Fit and Fab After 50 Checklist. Let’s hear more from Debra! Debra shares the following about active aging: Debra grew up with NO ambition to be an advocate for health and fitness, but found a passion for instruction. Debra always felt “older” than she was, and understands issues that boomers face. Her mission is to smooth the transition to make big differences in lifestyle choices. There is some “unlearning” that some people need to do around the following: “Fat makes you fat.” It turns out that healthy fats are good for us. “A healthy diet doesn’t need supplements.” Most of us eat diets that are insufficient in certain vitamins and minerals. There are baby steps we can all take to try new things, like adding to our diets nuts