Matt Frazier and Sid Garza-Hillman have teamed up to produce plant-base meal plans that are designed to get us to the point where we no longer need meal plans.
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Bob Cafaro was enjoying a successful career as a professional cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra when he was struck with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in December, 1998. After some serious denial and three increasingly nasty attacks, he was forced to confront the reality and severity of his diagnosis.
With Bob’s eyesight worsening to the point of blindness and his hands unable to control the cello, it was only natural for his doctor to write him a note for permanent disability. And slip him a script for an antidepressant to help him cope with the loss of his profession, his livelihood, his passion, and his independent existence
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Nina Cooke is a performance coach who specializes in helping people find success, balance, and happiness in their lives by questioning their most subterranean beliefs and thought patterns. I met her through a mutual friend who shared with me how helpful Nina had been in showing him how to unlock his own potential.
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Steven Sashen is co-founder of Xeroshoes.com, and a fierce critic of the athletic footwear industry. Steven and I met when we were in the digital marketing world, and stayed in touch as we both migrated into health and wellness.
Steven has been my “almost barefoot shoe” supplier since 2011, when I read Born to Run and got my mind blown about the harm done by hyper-cushioned and hyper-supportive footwear.
There are so many parallels between the misinformation promoted by Big Food and Big Pharma and Big Sneaker, I wanted to get Steven on the podcast to share his naturalistic approach to moving in a way that doesn’t lead to injury and limitation.
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Dustin Rudolph, PharmD, is a repeat guest on the podcast. As one of the only pharmacists in the world who favors a plant-based treatment approach, he shared his “coming of age” story and his take on the world of doctors, drugs, and health care.
Today he’s back to talk about two specific conditions: high blood pressure (hypertension) and type 2 (insulin resistant) diabetes.
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Dr. Linda Carney got her first taste of medicine – an addictive one, as it turns out – when she managed to witness an autopsy at the age of 14. Her vegetarian-chef / Mr. Mom stepdad added the experience of delicious plant-based eating to her life, and when she heard Hans Diehl, PhD, describe the results of his CHIP program (see below for my interview with Hans), she combined the two and embraced plant-based medicine.
As Medical Director of the original Engine 2 Immersion with employees of Whole Foods in Austin, TX, Dr. Carney witnessed daily what most doctors would consider medical miracles: 100 point drops in ch0lesterol in 5 days, type 1 diabetics reducing their insulin requirements by 20% a day, and more.
I became acquainted with her work through her website DrCarney.com, which renders complex nutritional and health science in layperson’s terms. I specifically wanted to speak with her about women’s health issues.
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True confession: I usually multitask while I eat, despite telling other people not to. I read, I Facebook, I talk on the phone, I create presentations, and so on. I rationalize it very well: I’m busy, I can still chew slowly (note to self: “BS!”), and this is the last time.
And luckily, I tell myself, it’s no big deal.
Marc Schoen, PhD, assistant clinical professor at UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine, disagrees. And after reading his absolutely amazingly important and helpful book, Your Survival Instinct is Killing You, he’s convinced me.
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Vlad Chituc is a behavioral economics researcher at Duke University. He works with Dan Ariely at the Center for Advanced Hindsight, and focuses on issues of ethics, morality, and decision-making.
When we chatted briefly a few weeks ago about his veganism and his commitment to reduce animal suffering, I was struck by his contrarian views and the really cool research behind them.
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Michael Greger is the founder of NutritionFacts.org, an amazing website that produces daily what would take me six months to do: a short, entertaining video exploring some aspect of nutritional science and its application to everyday life.
From humble beginnings, the website now educates millions of viewers about the relationship between diet/lifestyle and disease/health.
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Dr Michael Greger is the founder of NutritionFacts.org, the single most comprehensive nutrition resource on the internet aimed at the lay public. Featuring over a thousand videos in which Michael “scours the world of nutrition-related research, as published in scientific journals, so you don’t have to,” the site covers everything from heart disease to common colds and everything in between.
Rather than just reporting the findings, Michael goes deep and broad, exploring both study quality and the question explored in a scientific/historical context. These videos should be the Khan Academy for medical education – we’d all be a lot better off.
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