Dr. Melissa Mondala is a holistic plant-based physician, nutritional & wellness expert, health coach, mental health advocate, and recipe inventor! She has been featured in popular media, such as Forbes, Local News outlets, and Social Media. She helps clients improve their lifestyles to optimize their health to achieve their goals and develop sustainable habits to live a healthy and balanced life.

Dr. Mondala is a triple specialist in family medicine, lifestyle medicine, and primary care psychiatry. She is one of the first and youngest nationally recognized lifestyle medicine fellows and is a strong community health advocate. She is the co-founder of the Dr. Lifestyle Clinic.

She is extremely passionate about the science of human nutrition. Dr. Mondala is always up to date with the latest research, theories, and practices. Most importantly, she uses that knowledge to make individualized recommendations for her clients.

Dr. Mondala will talk about a double pandemic with depression affecting 350 million people worldwide, depression is the leading cause of disability and the second most common cause of death for teens between the ages of 15-17 years old.

We will talk about the prevalence of depression, diagnosis, warning signs, treatment, and recovery. Dr. Mondala says that the best cure is prevention. Our goal is to offer you an understanding of depression and what may or may not contribute to this condition. It can be a sensitive topic.

After Dr. Mondala’s presentation, Dr. Riz and I will ask a handful of questions. So make sure to listen to the end as I will offer closing thoughts.

Websites: 
drlifestyle.org
melissamondalamd.com 
myautiummunemd.com 

Dr. Mondala is offering a discounted guide and plant-based cookbook for our listeners.
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Dr. Micah Yu on Autoimmune Diseases: https://youtu.be/ol7q_F6evcg
Dr. Kristen Gialo on Lifestyle Medicine Psychiatry: https://youtu.be/7TEz-pcAJuo
Kristine Butler: LCSW Psychotherapy: https://youtu.be/6AGvaZ47HUU

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