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Moving Medicine Forward with Dr Michael Klaper & Dr Zach Burns

Our Hen House 13 March 2026


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In this timely conversation, Dr. Michael Klaper and Dr. Zach Burns join Jasmin and Mariann to discuss the growing movement to integrate nutrition education into medical school curricula, and why plant-based medicine is more urgently needed — and more achievable — than ever.

The episode covers:

  • RFK Jr. secured commitments from 53 U.S. medical schools to add nutrition curriculum, opening the door for plant-based advocates to shape what gets taught
  • Dr. Klaper argues nutrition should be woven throughout all four years of medical training — not siloed into a standalone course
  • Popular MAHA books Good Energy and Lies I Taught in Medical School acknowledge diet’s role in chronic disease but fail to recommend whole food, plant-based eating
  • Moving Medicine Forward’s plant-based nutrition masterclass is being submitted for continuing medical education (CME) credit
  • The doctors connect “do no harm” medicine with the links between the standard American diet, chronic disease, animal agriculture, and planetary health

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

Dr. Michael Klaper is a renowned clinician and educator, celebrated for his expertise in diet and health. With a medical degree from the University of Illinois and extensive post-graduate training, Dr. Klaper has dedicated over fifty years to primary care. He now focuses on Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit educating medical professionals on diet and lifestyle interventions to prevent and reverse chronic diseases. Dr. Klaper has been a nutrition advisor to NASA and a contributor to award-winning films and publications. A diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, he serves on multiple advisory boards and continues to inspire through his work and resources available at DoctorKlaper.com.

A plant-based nutrition advocate, Zach Burns, DO, MPH, practices medicine to improve the lives of human and non-human beings. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Rochester as well as associate director for Moving Medicine Forward, a non-profit led by the pioneering plantrician Michael Klaper to cultivate a new generation of health professionals who have the nutritional literacy to tackle chronic disease. His writing and blog can be found at www.herbivores.life.


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