Lifestyle Medicine for Healthy Aging with Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD, MPH

Week of December 26, 2026

Learn the latest scientific evidence to help you make well-informed choices to promote healthy aging of your body and brain through a compassionate approach to the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: nutrition, restorative sleep, physical activity, stress reduction, avoiding risky substances, and social connection.

Brain Health: Improve Your Mood & Reduce Your Risk for Dementia
How can the pillars of Lifestyle Medicine optimize brain health?  In this workshop, we will review the most recent evidence of how food choices, types of physical activity, mindfulness, supplements, and decisions about using substances such as alcohol and marijuana can impact your brain.  You will leave with personalized goals to improve your brain health.

ZZZzzz: Sleep Better to Feel Better
What are the best ways to improve your sleep?  What is the role of nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, sleep trackers, and supplements? We will review evidence-based strategies to getting a good night’s sleep. Leave with specific goals to help you sleep better and feel well rested and energized.

Hot Topics in Nutrition: What Should I Be Eating to Promote Health and Wellbeing?
Am I getting enough protein? Should I limit carbs? What about fat?  Are seed oils evil?  Is beef tallow a health food? Do I need to eat organic? Which supplements should I take? Should I be eating raw or cooked vegetables? Learn about the latest evidence for confusing nutrition topics.  Leave with personalized goals to help you make healthier food choices.

Healthy Gut: Everything You Need to Know About the Microbiome
Review the latest evidence about the microbiome, the gut-brain connection, whether you should get your microbiome tested, and how food and other lifestyle factors can help improve your gut health and overall wellbeing.

Sarah-Anne Schumann, MD, MPH, is a physician who is board certified in both Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She graduated from Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She previously served on the medical school faculty at the University of Chicago and University of Oklahoma-Tulsa. She completed her certificate in plant-based nutrition at eCornell and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and is an advanced teacher of therapeutic yoga, health and wellbeing coach, and a certified mindfulness meditation and mindful self-compassion teacher.  She is completing a fellowship at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.  Her website is mettamd.com