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Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken?

Postby GievlosS » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:50 am

I will be moving to Santa Monica at the end of the month and I really, really need a doctor who is familiar with plant-based diets and/or elimination diets, especially as used to treat arthritis. I don't need a specialist... (in fact, I don't want a specialist)... just someone reasonable.

I thought there would a several doctors in the LA area who are at least vegan, if not entirely familiar with Dr. McDougall... but so far I have not found one.

I've been using Dr. McDougall's doctor search, and it doesn't seem to be working at all. I enter the zip code or the state, and the search engine returns no results..

Any ideas?
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby healthyvegan » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:14 am

I found this on Happy Herbivore's list http://www.akashacenter.com we haven't been, seems to sell supplements.
Here is another one a friend of mine recommends http://www.doctorraisen.com also sells supplements :(

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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby GievlosS » Thu Jul 02, 2015 1:58 pm

Thanks much. I also found the HH list... I checked out the akashacenter site, and I am also wary of the supplements they are promoting (and something they are calling "cleansing.")... and they do not take insurance. I had not heard of Dr. Raisen and will check that out next. Dr. David Miller (up the road a bit further north) sounded great... but he has gone to a boutique practice model where he bills a flat rate of $1800 a month. Not in the budget at present.

The Happy Herbivore list offered me a cardiologist, a sports medicine doctor, a couple of pediatricians... all wrong practice areas. I might try the allergist on the HH list. At least he would be familiar with elimination diets and takes insurance...

There are some promising names in San Diego, but I am hoping not to have to drive that far.
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby GievlosS » Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:00 pm

Oh dear. Dr. Raisen would like us all to take hormones and IV Vitamin drips. Oh noooooooooo.
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby healthyvegan » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:06 pm

Yeah all the Los Angeles gurus are always trying to make a buck $. We'be been here for 8 years and still haven't found a decent one! Also try https://www.aaemonline.org/find.php for allergy. Another friend went to the 1st dr. In bev hills and had nice things to say, but not vegan... LA caters to quack seekers unfortunately. If I hear "my naturopath wants me on healthy fats" one more time I'll scream!

Just call ahead and let them know your expectations & restrictions. Most of the crap on their website is for people who request it is my guess... the patient will see you now!
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Postby BlueHeron » Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:10 am

I'm not in the area, but I have two suggestions. First, if you can find an MD who specializes in "integrative medicine" (which is a subset of family practice), these tend to be more open to dietary treatments. My MD is an integrative medicine doc. He's not plant-based himself, but he's supportive of what I'm doing. Secondly, the doctors at TrueNorth do phone consultations. Fees start at $95. So you could have a plant-based doc as a sort of advisor that way, even if not your main doc. I believe that Dr. Klaper does phone consults. I have not met him, but he's spoken at Advanced Study Weekends, and you can listen to Chef AJ's podcast with him. You can also search him on youtube and find some talks he's given.

Here's info on TrueNorth services: http://www.healthpromoting.com/clinic-services
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby CHEF AJ » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:14 pm

GievlosS wrote:I will be moving to Santa Monica at the end of the month and I really, really need a doctor who is familiar with plant-based diets and/or elimination diets, especially as used to treat arthritis. I don't need a specialist... (in fact, I don't want a specialist)... just someone reasonable.

I thought there would a several doctors in the LA area who are at least vegan, if not entirely familiar with Dr. McDougall... but so far I have not found one.

I've been using Dr. McDougall's doctor search, and it doesn't seem to be working at all. I enter the zip code or the state, and the search engine returns no results..

Any ideas?


Hello. I have lived in LA most of my life and have been vegan for almost 40 years. My personal MD is plant based and oil free. He is is a wonderful doctor who is board certified in 4 specialties - internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine and critical care. His name is Dr. Roy Artal and his website is www.drartal.com.

Here is a podcast of Healthy Living with Chef AJ i recorder with him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDk3-Lw ... e=youtu.be

If you need any other recommendations once you get here let me know. We have several plant based Meetups that we attend. My e-mail is [email protected].
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby healthyvegan » Fri Jul 03, 2015 9:50 pm

AJ thanks, he sounds great!
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Postby CHEF AJ » Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:36 pm

My family loves him and he takes insurance. Dr. Soram Khalsa is also a wonderful plant based physician in Beverly Hills but he does not take insurance. There are several plant based cardiologists in LA and many who practice at Kaiser.
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby GievlosS » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:25 pm

Thank you all so much! I will check out Dr. Artal too, and keep the ones that do not take insurance on my personal list for when I am rich and famous (hah!). The allergist/immunologist in Torrance (found on the Happy Herbivore list) responded positively to my plant-based email, which seems like a good start.
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby CHEF AJ » Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:49 pm

What is his/her name?
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Re: Need Santa Monica plant-based Doctor... is search broken

Postby DWu » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:19 pm

I found two doctors who work at the Loma Linda University Medical Center who seem to be familiar with the plant-based diet.

Michael Orlich has published in JAMA.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article ... id=2174939

http://lomalindahealth.org/doctors/prof ... chael.html

Wayne Dysinger is also Medical Director of the Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP)

http://www.lifestylemedicine.org/officers

http://lomalindahealth.org/doctors/prof ... Wayne.html
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