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John La Puma, MD, F.A.C.P., coauthor of The RealAge Diet and Cooking the Realage Way, is the founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Medical Nutrition and Healthy Weight, a division of CHEF Clinic (Cooking, Healthy Eating and Fitness Clinic). A graduate of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Dr. La Puma performed his residency in internal medicine at UCLA and the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center and completed the first postgraduate fellowship in the country in medical ethics and general internal medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. La Puma cooked for 4 years at chef Rick Bayless's Topolobampo/Frontera Grill after completing the professional cooking curriculum at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, a division of Le Cordon Bleu. Now based in Santa Barbara, Dr. La Puma practices preventive internal medicine, directs the executive coaching for weight loss and health program, and offers free healthy eating recipes online at www.drjohnlapuma.com | 