Dr. John La Puma

John La Puma's Accomplishments Include . . .
Dr. John La Puma is known for being the "food as medicine doctor." A board-certified specialist in internal medicine, a professionally trained chef and New York Times best-selling author, John La Puma is also an award-winning television host and dynamic keynote speaker.

Dr. John La Puma has pioneered the idea of food-as-medicine without sacrificing taste, including delicious eating plans for weight loss, anti-aging and childhood obesity. Dr. La Puma appears on the national TV series Health Corner, hosting the weekly "What's Cooking With ChefMD?" segment on cable's Lifetime television network.

Dr. La Puma has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, The 700 Club, NPR, ESPN and on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and CW outlets nationwide. John La Puma's endeavors with RealAge have also been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, The Dr. Oz Files and hundreds of other TV and radio shows.

Major publications including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have all published his work. USA Today, Prevention, Reader's Digest, Parade, Newsweek and hundreds of others have featured his work as well.

Dr. La Puma is also a New York Times best-selling author, with his most recent book reaching the New York Times list within 6 months of its release. In ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, Dr. La Puma describes the art and science of culinary medicine, blending the art of cooking with the science of medicine to offer restaurant quality food that works like medicine, for 40 different conditions.

Dr. John La Puma is a popular keynote speaker and has given over 400 presentations to a wide variety of audiences, from professional groups to the AARP. He has also been a consultant and spokesperson for companies such as CIGNA, Caremark and Kraft. 

More About Dr. La Puma…
Dr. John La Puma was formerly a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, a Professor of Nutrition at Kendall College's School of Culinary Arts and a cook at Chef Rick Bayless' award-winning restaurant, Topolobampo in Chicago. Dr. La Puma also graduated from the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (a Le Cordon Bleu school) in Professional Cooking and taught the first Nutrition and Cooking Course for Medical Students in the U.S. at SUNY.

Dr. La Puma also developed recipes for Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's New York Times best-seller You the Owner's Manual. His first general-audience book with Dr. Roizen became a New York Times best-seller: The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat. John La Puma's first cookbook, also with Dr. Roizen, became an "Amazon #1 Cookbook", Cooking the RealAge Way: Turn Back Your Biological Clock.

Dr. La Puma performed his residency in internal medicine at West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and UCLA, and completed the first postgraduate fellowship in general internal medicine and clinical medical ethics in the U.S., at the University of Chicago. Dr. La Puma is the author or co-author of over 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 150 other contributions to the medical literature and 3 medical books, including a CME book. Founding Editor of Alternative Medicine Alert, the leading evidence-based newsletter for clinicians on dietary supplements and integrative approaches, Dr. La Puma is a recognized expert in CME, informed consent and wellness practices, and has testified as an expert in legal cases.

Repeatedly named "One of America's Top Physicians" by the Consumers' Research Council, and called a "Secret Weapon"by the Wall Street Journal, Dr. John La Puma was honored with the AMA's National Association of Medical Communicators "Award of Excellence" in 2007.

• What Do You Eat for That? A Food Lover's Roadmap to Culinary Medicine.

  In the simplest form, we all suspect that getting older will mean losing control. But that's not fated. 70% of all heart disease, stroke, diabetes, memory loss, premature wrinkling and impotence are preventable. 80% of all cancers are preventable. Many of us want to know "What do I eat for that?" This talk will focus on that.

• The RealAge Diet: Make Yourself Younger with What You Eat.

  This talk will describe how food can help you slow aging with what you eat, from the front lines of science. You'll learn how to control your genes with what you eat and how you cook. And why the order in which you eat foods matters-for your digestion, your absorption of nutrients, for pleasure. And why being the CEO when you eat out is not only not so hard, but wonderful: why pay for food that isn't calorie lean, nutrient rich and delicious?

• La Puma Permanent Weight Loss: Secrets from the Chef Clinic.

  Don't eat your neighbor. Even if she is skinny and can wolf cheesecake like it's going out of style. Which it is. Instead, listen up. Weight loss-permanent weight loss where you don't gain back what you've lost, is achievable. And Dr. La Puma has studied those people who have done it, and helped a few do it himself. By learning what they've done, you can do it too. Learn to believe in yourself-and your ability to unlock your ability to add more pleasure, more youthful energy and even extra years to your life. This talk will focus on how to adopt the successful habits of those who have lost weight and are keeping it off.without drugs or surgery.