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Dr. La Puma is a practicing physician, a professionally trained chef, and a New York Times best-selling author twice.

Founder of Chef Clinic and co-founder of ChefMD, his mission is to help you get measurably healthier with what you eat and how you live, including the use of nature as medicine.

Dr. La Puma taught the first Nutrition and Cooking course for medical students in the US, at SUNY-Upstate with Dr. Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic, and delivered the first lectures at Harvard and at TEDMED on Culinary Medicine.

He hosts the national PBS series “Dr John La Puma’s ChefMD Shorts” and co-hosted 100+ episodes of the national cable network Lifetime TV’s “Health Corner”, most recently with Joan Lunden and Leeza Gibbons, over nearly 5 ...more

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Prescribing Nature: My New Peer-Reviewed Paper on the Clinical Science of Outdoor Rx

A New Paper in Integrative and Complementary Therapies on the Neurobiological Rationale for Nature Prescriptions

I am pleased to share that my new peer-reviewed paper, “Prescribing Nature: Neurobiological Rationale and Clinical Guidance for Clinicians,” has just been published in Integrative and Complementary Therapies, a journal published by Mary Ann Liebert as part of SAGE Publishing.

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	ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine: A Food Lover's Road Map to Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Getting Really Healthy by John La Puma (Goodreads Author), Rebecca Powell Marx 3.55 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Refuel: A 24-Day Eating Plan to Shed Fat, Boost Testosterone, and Pump Up Strength and Stamina 3.42 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat by Michael F. Roizen, John La Puma (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cooking the RealAge Way: Turn Back Your Biological Clock with More Than 80 Delicious and Easy Recipes by Michael F. Roizen, John La Puma (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indoor Epidemic: 93% Inside Steals Sleep, Focus & Years—The 7% Outdoor Rx Restores Them by John La Puma MD, John La Puma (Goodreads Author) 4.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethics Consultation: A Practical Guide: A Practical Guide liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The McGraw-Hill Pocket Guide to Managed Care: Business, Practice, Law, Ethics by John La Puma (Goodreads Author), David Schiedermayer 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Managed Care Ethics: Essays on the Impact of Managed Care on Traditional Medical Ethics 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nanobioelectronics--for Electronics, Biology, and Medicine: 1st (First) Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Managed Care Ethics: Essays on the Impact of Managed Care on Traditional Medical Ethics (Hatherleigh CME Books)] [Author: La Puma, John] [February, 1999] by John La Puma (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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