Kurisko & Co
Join us as we share our experience, expertise, and journey towards living a whole food plant-based lifestyle. Tune in to hear about aspirational aging, the latest nutritional research on disease prevention and reversal, and much more (including healthcare policy). Cheers to all things green and good! Live long and well💪🥗🧘🏻♀️
Episodes
20 episodes
Unlocking the Link Between Fiber, Gut Health, and Cancer with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz.
In this jam-packed hour-long interview, Dr. Kurisko discusses gut health and the importance of a plant-based diet in setting the stage for optimal health. Dr. Bulseiwicz shares some of the newest research related to our gut microbiome and its c...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:04:34
Heartbreaking Impact of Food on Children's Health and More. An Interview with Michael Klaper, MD.
Dr. Michael Klaper is the Executive Director of MMF (Moving Medicine Forward). He is a distinguished physician, consultant, and educator with over 40 years of clinical experience helping patients regain their health through plant-predominant nu...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:07:03
Vascular Surgeon Warns Against Keto/Carnivore and SAD
Dr. Kurisko sits down with Dr. "Riz" from Dallas, TX, a vascular surgeon and proponent of a WFPB lifestyle. His perspective is refreshing, as he witnesses daily the deleterious effects of the Standard American Diet. You don't want to miss this ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:19:56
Dr. Keith Smith of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma
Dr Keith Smith, anesthesiologist, managing partner and co-founder of the Surgery Center of Oklahoma (surgerycenterok.com), and co-founder of the Free Market Medical Association (
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58:21
David Goldhill - CEO of Sesame Care - Musings on Health Care Policy
Gayle Brekke, Ph.D., FSA, and I join up once again for an interview with David Goldhill - CEO of Sesame Care. If you have not yet read David Goldhill's top-ranked health policy book, "Catastrophic Care - Why Everything We Think We Know About He...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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50:38
Deb Gordon and the Healthcare Consumer's Manifesto
Join Gayle and Joyce as we talk with Deb Gordon, author of The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: how to get the most for your money. Deb’s research starts with the observation that Americans consume health care differently than w...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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55:59
Healthcare Economist Dr. John Goodman of the Goodman Institute
Dr. John Goodman of the Goodman Institute for Public Policy Research joins us for an insightful conversation on healthcare economics, which he states virtually no one understands because of its complexity and disconnect from normal market force...
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40:08
Cancer, Complexity and Insurable Risk - Interview with Dr. Kevin Knopf
In this episode, Dr. Kevin Knopf discusses the challenges of delivering value-based care despite recent advancements in cancer treatment. Complexity in our healthcare model can drive disparate outcomes and price inflation due to competing inter...
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52:03
Dr. Lee Kurisko And Dr. Neal Barnard From The PCRM Discuss The Benefits Of A WFPB Diet
Lee dives deep and discusses Type II Diabetes with an icon in the WFPB movement. Dr. Barnard shares how cheese acts like a narcotic (Yup! There are opioid-like substances in cheese!! That explains my past love for cream cheese) and why it can b...
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59:50
Dr. Kashyup Patel - Author and President of the Community Oncology Alliance
Dr. Kashyup Patel is CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Associates. As a Medical Oncologist, Dr. Patel has worked hard to institute care initiatives that foster ease of access for patients suffering from cancer while improving metrics that save t...
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49:55
Dr. Lee Kurisko and Dr. Brooke Goldner discuss the healing power of intense plant-based nutrition.
Lee Kurisko, MD, interviews Brooke Goldner, MD - discussing at length her battle with lupus erythematosus and how she resolved it with a plant-based diet. Dr. Goldner has used her personal experience to transform her practice and to date, has h...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:46
Diabetic Drops Keto for Whole Food Plant Based With Great Results!
Join us as we learn about Jerry's journey toward reversing his type 2 diabetes after failing with medications and a keto diet over the course of 16 years. Hats off to Love.Life | Telehealth for his transformation. You'll learn how he experience...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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45:56
Modeling the U.S. Healthcare System - A Conversation with Actuary Mark Litow
You don’t want to miss this wide-ranging conversation with perhaps one of today’s foremost experts on healthcare systems. Health actuary and retired Milliman Principal Mark Litow spoke with Joyce and Gayle about how healthcare systems wor...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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45:21
Canadian Healthcare From the Trenches - Dr. Lee Kurisko
Gayle Brekke, FSA, and Joyce Cheney (aka Kurisko;)) are joined by Dr. Lee Kurisko, a Canadian radiologist who left practice in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to pursue a career stateside after becoming disillusioned with Canada’s centralized approach to...
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54:11
Vegetarianism's Risky Crunch?
A recent study in BMC Medical suggests an increased risk of hip fractures with plant-based diets. Dr. Kurisko analyzes the data and comes to a different conclusion.
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4:27
The Case Against Meet - Part 1
In this 3 part series, Lee Kurisko, MD, discusses the flaws in Dr. Peterson's argument in favor of eating a Carnivore Diet.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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17:04
Interview with Rachael Brown - Author of For Forks Sake
Hello Friends!Lee and I are so pleased to share this video with you. Soon-to-be Best Selling Author - Rachael Brown discusses her motivation behind *For Fork's Sake* and her family's journey towards a WFPB lifestyle. If you are interest...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:44
Dr. Lee Kurisko and Dr. Neal Barnard from the PCRM discuss the benefits for a WFPB Diet.
Lee dives deep and discusses Type II Diabetes with an icon in the WFPB movement. Dr. Barnard shares how cheese acts like a narcotic (Yup! There are opioid-like substances in cheese!! That explains my past love for cream cheese) and why it can b...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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59:50
Will Tuttle's World Peace Diet: How To Transform Our Food System And Bring Peace To Our Planet!
Lee Kurisko, MD, interviews Dr. Will Tuttle, author of the acclaimed Amazon #1 best-seller The World Peace Diet. Dr. Tuttle explains the impact that diet has not only on health, the environment, and animal welfare but broader social, religious,...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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