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Did your work as a clinician nurture your love for living a health-supportive lifestyle (gluten-free/organic vegetable gardening)? Which came first?

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DrAttai (Physician - Surgery - Breast (Verified) ) - 01 / 23 / 2012

Thanks for the great question! I always considered myself to be fairly healthy, but the reality is it was not until I got sick a few years ago that I really got the wake-up call. The gluten-free diet was a part of my whole "transformation", which has included a transition to a non-processed, primarily plant-based diet, much of which I (try) to grow myself! It has also given me a real appreciation for the amazing healing capacity of our bodies and spirits, as well a much better appreciation of what my limits truly are. While I still try to push through those limits, I'm much more accepting of my boundaries than ever before. I wrote a little about my dietary changes here: http://www.morrisonhealth.com/blog/health/dr-attais-gluten-free-diet . I also feel that what I've gone through personally has made me a much better physician; dealing with illness and recovery as a patient has taught me things that medical school and 16 years of clinical practice did not even touch!

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