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Dr. Debra Shapiro has practiced medicine for over 3 decades and is Board Certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as Lifestyle Medicine. She has been studying Plant-Based Nutrition for 10 years, with a Certificate from e.Cornell and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. She is a Certified Health Coach and a Vegan Lifestyle Coach and Educator. Her passion is using plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine to prevent, treat and reverse chronic disease. In addition to coaching one on one, she co-created a novel group coaching program, The Pregnancy Advantage™ to help people prepare physically and emotionally for pregnancy, with the goal of increasing fertility, decreasing pregnancy complications, and improving the health of future generations. She is a contributor to the 2022 ACLM textbook, Improving Women’s Health Across the Lifespan, and has appeared on numerous podcasts and in print magazines. Today, We Discussed: 1:49 - 5:44 Why Debra Went Plant-Based 5:45 - 7:40 Lowering High Mercury Levels 22:25 - 25:19 How the Gut Microbiome Affects Hormones 25:20 - 25:42 Strengthening the Gut Microbiome 25:43 - 27:43 Prebiotic vs Probiotic Food The Pregnancy Advantage: https://www.pregnancyadvantage.net/ A New View of Food: https://anewviewoffood.com/ Listen and Subscribe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pbnm.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbnmorg/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHajqYAnc6b0syopySVkOg/ #nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritionfacts #nutritionstudent #educatorsmindset #educator #plantbased #plantbasedfood #plantbasedlife #plantbasedlifestyle