The STFM Podcast
May 2024: Lifestyle Medicine and Nutritional Healing with Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
In this episode, Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, shares his experience in nutritional healing and lifestyle medicine across his career in family medicine, particularly in targeting insulin resistance. Dr Scherger begins with his early years specializing in disease prevention in the late 1970s and leads us into the present time, where new developments in nutritional science, genetic understanding, and surprising recommendations often keep family physicians on their toes. With a vital passion for scientific wellness, Dr Scherger shares personal stories and data-rich resources for those who want to reverse the course of disease in their patients through nutrition and lifestyle changes.
Hosted by Saria Saccocio, MD, MHA, FAAFP
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Resources
- The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model: A Physiological Perspective on the Obesity Pandemic - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Six Ways to Take Control of Your Health: Lifestyle Medicine - American College of Lifestyle Medicine
- Book - 40 Years in Family Medicine by Joseph E. Scherger
- Book - Lean and Fit: A Doctor’s Journey to Healthy Nutrition and Greater Wellness by Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH
- Book - Wheat Belly:Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back to Health by William Davis, MD
- Book - Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar –Your Brain’s Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, MD
- Book - The Anti-Viral Gut: Tackling Pathogens from the Inside Out by Robynne Chutkan, MD
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH:
Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH, is the founder of Restore Health Disease Reversal, a concierge primary care and consultation practice based in Indian Wells, Ca. He is a core faculty in the Eisenhower Health Family Medicine Residency program based in La Quinta, CA. Dr. Scherger is Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC), Loma Linda University and the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Dr. Scherger has special interests in nutrition and using lifestyle change to reverse disease. He is the author of two books, 40 Years in Family Medicine (2014) and Lean and Fit: A Doctor’s Journey to Healthy Nutrition and Greater Wellness (Third Edition, 2019) as well as over 1000 medical publications. He is a team physician for Reliance Hospice in Palm Desert, CA. Dr Scherger also enjoys an active family life with his wife, Carol, and two sons, Adrian and Gabriel. He has completed 40 marathons, ten 50K and five 50 mile ultramarathon trail runs.