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Guest Bio: John La Puma, MD

Dr. John La Puma, MD, appears regularly on "What’s Cookin’ with ChefMD?" which can be seen on Health Corner, airing on Lifetime. He is the co-author of the bestselling Cooking the RealAge Way and The RealAge Diet, and contributed recipes to the New York Times bestseller YOU: The Owner’s Manual. The first physician to teach cooking and nutrition in a U.S. medical school and graduate from the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, he has cooked under star chef Rick Bayless in the four-star kitchens of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo. Dr. La Puma is medical director for the Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition and Healthy Weight. He is the first physician to teach a cooking and nutrition course in a U.S. medical school (SUNY-Syracuse), with Dr Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic, and the first to teach a clinical course in culinary medicine in a U.S. medical school (DMU). He sees patients and specializes in weight management and nutrition in Santa Barbara’s Chef Clinic.”