Movement as Medicine -- Yumlish Podcast

Is exercise what makes us lose weight? How can we balance it with our eating habits so we can be healthy? Being healthy also means losing weight, and if necessary, having good mental health. In this episode, Dr. Tinka Barnes teaches us how we can use exercise to improve our health properly even during the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can use movement as medicine.

Tinka Barnes is a board-certified Family Medicine physician who relishes working in the underserved community. She is passionate about educating her patients on how to live a healthier life through nutrition and movement as medicine.

In this episode, you will learn about…
Dr. Barnes trajectory in her career
The importance of exercise
The link between mental health and exercise
How to use movement as medicine
COVID-19: exercise at home – tools
Setting goals according to how much exercise you can do
Diet in diabetes
The link between illness, diet, and activity
How to connect with Dr. Barnes on social media

Key moments
0:00 - Intro with Shireen!
1:24 - What led Tinka to become a Family Medicine physician and how did this focus on food
3:01 - Movement as medicine
5:49 - How Tinka uses movement as medicine in her career
6:42 - Tools we can use at home to exercise
8:52 - Specific exercise guides for each patient
10:04 - Set goals for your exercise
11:41 - Diet for Dr. Barnes’ diabetes patients
13:46 - Functional medicine
14:56 - Illness, diet, and activity
17:20 - Exercise ideas – dancing
18:36 - How to get connected with Tinka!

Connect with Dr. Barnes!
Instagram   / theeveganmd  
Facebook   / tinka.barnes  
LinkedIn   / tinka-barnes-wells-172b372b  
Twitter https://twitter.com/TinkaBarnes?s=20

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