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Dr. Laurence (Larry) Cohen, an emergency room physician for UCHealth Memorial Hospital, hosts a Walk with a Doc event on Sundays in Colorado Springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before Dr. Laurence (Larry) Cohen had double bypass heart surgery, he often joked that he loved vegetables. The onion, lettuce and ketchup tasted great on top of the double cheeseburgers that he paired with French fries slathered in chili.<\/p>\n

When his hospital co-workers gently chided him, telling him that such a diet could cause serious health problems, Dr. Cohen responded arrogantly: \u201cWell, at least I\u2019ll die enjoying myself.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Cohen figured he could do whatever he wanted. After all, he came from a long lineage of healthy ancestors.<\/p>\n

When the 5-foot-6-inch-tall doctor reached 196 pounds, his arrogance faded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t like how I looked,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Cohen said.<\/p>\n

He gave up cheeseburgers, dropped 60 pounds in six months, and he ate only vegetables, fish and skinless chicken. Dr. Cohen worked out three or four days a week and dropped his cholesterol from 280 to 170.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad I changed my health,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cBut something bad still happened.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Four years after he dramatically shifted his lifestyle, he was training for his first triathlon.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Laurence (Larry) Cohen leads a group of walkers along the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail in Colorado Springs. On Sunday mornings, Cohen hosts a “Walk with a Doc” outing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAbout five, six months into training I noticed my endurance was going down. \u00a0I was having enough symptoms that it made me ask one of my cardiology friends to do a treadmill stress test on me.” \u00a0The results of that stress test were not good. \u00a0“I had three vessel coronary bypass graft surgery in 2003. \u00a0This is four years after I decided to get healthy.”<\/p>\n

Since then, Dr. Cohen, an emergency room physician at UCHealth Memorial Hospital, has consumed only plant-based, whole foods with no added fats or oils. Today, Dr. Cohen spends Sunday mornings evangelizing about diet and exercise. He leads a local group as part of the national Walk with a Doc program, which focuses on education, exercise and empowering people to walk for their health and ask questions about their health.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve heard the buzz that inactivity is the new smoking. In fact, our diet is the No. 1 cause of premature death in the United States, followed by smoking as the No. 2 cause of death. We\u2019re just killing ourselves with food that we are eating,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Cohen said. \u201cInactivity is the No. 5 cause of premature death.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

During the leisurely one-to-two-mile treks, participants can ask Dr. Cohen questions about any health concern. Dr. Cohen started a recent walk by talking about type 2 diabetes, stressing that a disciplined diet and exercise can help reverse the disease.<\/p>\n

He tells participants about his own journey to health, and how after having heart surgery, he became very interested in Lifestyle Medicine, and he has served on the inaugural board of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.<\/p>\n

\"A“I became very interested in health, as opposed to disease. \u00a0I started researching lifestyle medicine — in particular things like heart disease and diabetes. \u00a0What we’ve found is 80 percent of our chronic diseases, like high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, even some cancers can not only be prevented, but can be arrested and reversed with certain lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalking is a great exercise because it\u2019s low impact and the more you walk the better the benefits,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since he started the Walk with a Doc program in April, he\u2019s captured an audience. The walks are free and open to the public. \u00a0For more information, go to http:\/\/walkwithadoc.org\/our-locations\/colorado-springs-colorado\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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