Newsletter 31 – August 7, 2019

Dear patients,

Please join me in my role as the Medical Director for the Columbia Association as we host another Healthy Eating event. See the attached flier with details about “Spice Up Your Vegetables!" on Wednesday, August 21 at 7 PM at Mary’s Land Farm. Enjoy a variety of vegetables, learn how to prepare them and sample them too. The registration fee is $15 per person and it should be a very enjoyable evening. My colleague, Dr. Jyothi Rao will be giving a short talk on the anti-inflammatory properties of spices.

If you are interested, and missed the March event with Rip Esselstyn, here is the link to watch the program. This link also brings you to the registration page for the upcoming event. https://www.columbiaassociation.org/services/community-program/healthy-eating-series/
In the near future, you will receive more information on our weekly cycling course called BOOM. As in prior sessions, we will be meeting on Wednesday mornings at 7:15am at the Columbia Athletic Club. Join me, and my assistant Stacey Stein, as I continue to teach more about nutrition while we exercise together using high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on the spin bikes to boost our own metabolism (BOOM). This course will begin in early October and extend through the year, ending next May. As many of you know, I’ve been working on writing a book compiling much of the information from BOOM. My co-author, Dr. Steve Schimpff, and I are finally very near completion and we're hopeful it will be finished early this fall.
Lastly, I will leave you with this and I hope to see you soon.

Wishing you good health,

HAO

Harry A. Oken, M.D.

Office: 410-910-7500 Fax: 410-910-2310 Cell: 443-324-0823

Adjunct Professor of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine