Jim Bodenner - Medicare Options and Heart Health in The Villages

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Medicare Options and Heart Health in The Villages

In this episode of Open Forum in The Villages, Florida, host Mike Roth interviews Jim Bodenner, the president of the National Retiree Legislative Network. They explore the differences between Medicare Advantage Plans and traditional Medicare, the significant issues surrounding Advantage Plans, and recent terminations affecting 1 to 2 million participants. Jim shares his personal experience with a heart health crisis while traveling and the critical care he received due to traditional Medicare and a Medicare G supplement plan. He further delves into plant-based nutrition, wellness, and his engagement with the Whole Food Plant-Based Club, emphasizing the importance of managing health proactively. The episode also touches on a groundbreaking Ornish program approved by Medicare, linking plant-based nutrition to potentially slowing down or reversing Alzheimer’s disease. It ends with a mention of upcoming episodes and a call for support and listener engagement.

00:00 Introduction to the Open Forum Podcast

00:57 Support the Podcast: How You Can Help

01:38 Meet Jim Bodenner: Discussing Medicare

02:14 Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare

03:59 Real-Life Stories: The Impact of Medicare Plans

07:25 Jim's Personal Health Journey

11:30 Discovering Plant-Based Nutrition

13:43 The Ornish Program: A Game Changer

20:31 Alzheimer's Disease and Plant-Based Diets

27:43 Conclusion and Listener Engagement

Studies on Alzheimer's and a Plant Based Diet:
Reversal of Alzheimer’s Disease: 

CNN Anderson Cooper interview with Dean Ornish:

The Last Alzheimer's Patient - The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper - Podcast on CNN Audio

The following are links to a peer reviewed scientific study published on June 7, 2024 that shows that a whole food, plant based diet can slow or reduce the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.

Ornish Alzheimer’s study.  A video of results;

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-alzheimers-disease-be-reversed-with-a-plant-based-diet/

A second video:

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-testimonial-from-dr-ornishs-alzheimers-progression-reversal-study/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1rccZFFCPVt_L-LNtCzKyYlOiPZx2sUWjDs0Mrk1-68ycD2pK1Q7v3njM_aem_AUPwwaGrfIxjIYnEnJvZ5r3-1_6L7RhXVwV8IqiUeKsOLzvKdgR7CvxotBHNqLYfIiwRlpANfmJElTq86jkTEk67

Time Magazine article about the study:

https://apple.news/A2ziPLCwcRda5ggOVArlmVA

Full peer reviewed  study:

https://alzres.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13195-024-01482-z.pdf?

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