Plant Prescription Podcast

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Evaluating nutritional research, experience in medical school and ex-vegans with Dr. Leo Venus Jul 11, 2020

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Dr. Leo Venus is passionate about inspiring people to take charge of their own health and happiness through nutrition and other lifestyle factors. He believes strongly in following unbiased science and builds his recommendations on the hierarchy of evidence, something he explains during this episode. Throughout his medical training he realized that patient lifestyle is mostly ignored despite it being the root cause of the vast majority of chronic diseases that burden society today. For him, it’s not about the quick fix, but more about finding a long-term solution that will lead to a life of health and vitality.

In this episode we cover:

His childhood and experience growing up in several different countries
Becoming plant-based
Why he chose medicine and his experience in medical school
The hierarchy of evidence
His experience with social media
Thoughts on ex-vegans
His message for the vegan community
Tips for reaching your fitness goals as a vegan

If you want to connect with Leo, you can find him on Instagram: @drleovenus and email him through his website: https://drleovenus.com

His YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFAsatVhnrL8j7NXVWvK23A

Episode Resources:

Film: Earthlings
Film: Forks over Knives
Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie
The Barnard Medical Center: https://www.pcrm.org/barnard-medical-center

Thank you for tuning in! Make sure to subscribe to The Plant Prescription Podcast so you get notified when new episodes are published. If you enjoy our material and are listening through Apple Podcasts, please leave us a review as this will help more people discover this podcast. We would love to hear from you guys on what you thought of the episode and what you'd like to hear in the future so please connect with us on Instagram.

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Reversing autoimmune diseases, gene expression, and our body programmed to repair itself with Dr. Brooke Goldner Jul 05, 2020

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In this episode we have the amazing Dr. Brooke Goldner joining us and her personal story is incredible. After reversing her own lupus with a nutrient rich plant-based diet, she has gone on to write three bestselling books and created a hyper-nourishing nutrition protocol through which she helps patients all over the world manage, treat, and reverse their own autoimmune diseases.

In this episode we cover:

Being diagnosed with lupus at the age of 16
Reversing her lupus with a nutrient-rich plant-based diet
How nutrition effects gene expression
The autoimmune disease process
Handling stress and having purpose despite illness
How she works with patients to reverse their autoimmune diseases
Optimizing your diet for disease reversal
The foods that are making you more sick
The foods that reverse and eliminate inflammation
Dr. Goldner’s green smoothies

Episode Resources:

You can connect with Dr. Goldner on Instagram: @goodbyelupus, FaceBook: Goodbye Lupus by Brooke Goldner, MD, and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDaFOPpM-lnVk8uMR2y1kLA

To work with Dr. Goldner, visit her website: https://goodbyelupus.com

And join her SmoothieShred program here: https://smoothieshred.com

Thank you for tuning in! Make sure to subscribe to The Plant Prescription Podcast so you get notified when new episodes are published. If you enjoy our material and are listening on Apple Podcasts, please leave us a review as this will help more people discover this podcast. We would love to hear from you guys on what you thought of the episode and what you'd like to hear in the future so please connect with us on Instagram.

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Being a vegan woman of colour, black lives matter movement, and healing with plant-based diet with Tabitha Brown Jun 28, 2020

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In this episode, we have a beautiful, fun conversation with Tabitha Brown, also known as “America’s Mom.” Tabitha is an actress, a wife and mother, and a vegan food influencer. Since healing herself with a plant-based diet, she has never looked back. Tabitha is famous for her cooking videos that have gone viral on social media. Her loving personality and honest demeanor are expressed in every single one of her posts and her message of self-love and acceptance mixes beautifully with her easy, delicious, southern-style vegan recipes.

In this episode we cover:

Her journey going viral on social media
Her message of spreading light and love
Sickness, depression and healing with a plant-based diet
Being vegan when her family wasn’t quite there yet
Setting an example as a vegan woman of colour
The importance of being true to yourself and finding freedom
The black lives matter movement
Her acting journey
Her upcoming TV show, “All Love”
How she comes up with delicious vegan recipes

You can connect with Tabitha on...
Instagram @iamtabithabrown
Twitter @IAmTabithaBrown
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Every1hasastory
And her website here: https://www.iamtabithabrown.com

Resources mentioned in this conversation:

“What the Health” documentary

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

How to build muscle, make easy, delicious plant-based meals and calisthenics with nutritionist Derek Simnett Jun 24, 2020

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This episode features the inspiring Derek Simnett, a certified holistic nutritionist, most well known for his YouTube channel, Simnett Nutrition, where he creates videos to inspire and help others transition to a vegan diet and reach their fitness goals. He shares plenty of healthy plant-based recipes and tips for body movement exercises.

In this episode we cover:

Derek’s childhood and how he realized that what we eat directly affects our health
Transitioning to a plant-based diet and vegan lifestyle
Going from public relations to holistic nutrition
Why adults should still incorporate play into their lives
Going from a runner to building muscle with calisthenic training
Calisthenic tips for beginners
His thoughts on training to failure
Getting enough protein to build muscle on a vegan diet
His thoughts on supplements and vegan “superfoods”
Why meat is not necessary for masculinity
His thoughts on “ex-vegans”
What he eats in a day
The secrets to a delicious sauce
Enjoying his food and not feeling like he is “missing out”

If you would like to connect with Derek, you can find him on Instagram: @simnettnutrition and his YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/c/simnettnutrition

His website: https://simnettnutrition.com and his eBook: Derek’s Easy Vegan Muscle Meals eBook

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Adam Sud loses 200lbs, fights addiction, learns self love and reverses diabetes Jun 19, 2020

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We have an incredible story to share on this episode. Adam Sud once weighed nearly 350lbs and his life was in a serious downward spiral. He was addicted to drugs and food, he was depressed, and he had multiple chronic illnesses including type 2 diabetes. After attempting suicide by drug overdose, he realized he needed to ask for help. He adopted a plant-based diet and this was the beginning of his recovery. After losing nearly 200lbs and getting off all of his medications, today Adam leads a life dedicated to inspiring and helping others.

In this episode we cover:

Adam’s childhood
Developing disordered eating and a diagnosis of ADHD
His drug and food addictions
The lowest point of his life
Being diagnosed with multiple chronic diseases
Beginning a plant-based diet
The biological reason we constantly seek pleasure
Reversing type 2 diabetes and losing almost 200lbs
The influence of diet on substance abuse recovery
How self love is at the root of recovery
Why the intervention model of recovery doesn’t work

If you would like to connect with Adam, you can find him on Instagram: @plantbasedaddict and FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/plantbasedaddict/

The website for his non-profit organization, Plant-Based for Positive Change is here: https://www.plantbasedforpositivechange.org

Show Notes:

Earthlings documentary
The Pleasure Trap by Doug Lisle
Doug Lisle Tedx Talk
Lost Connections by Johann Hari
The Mastering Diabetes coaching program
How to overcome food using… Food - the Adam Sud Story, article and video on masteringdiabetes.org

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Reversing diabetes, insulin resistance and the fear of carbs with Cyrus, PhD and Robby, MPH Jun 14, 2020

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In this episode, we welcome Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, and Robby Barbaro, MPH, to the podcast. Both have been living with type 1 diabetes for several years. Cyrus was diagnosed in 2002 while Robby was diagnosed in 2000. Ultimately, they both discovered the incredible power of a low-fat, whole food plant-based diet to maximize their insulin sensitivity and together they created the Mastering Diabetes coaching program to share this information with the world.

In this episode we cover:

How Robby and Cyrus were each diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and ultimately discovered a plant-based diet
The different types of diabetes
What actually causes insulin resistance
Why avoiding carbohydrates is not the solution to high blood sugar
The criteria for diagnosing and reversing type 2 diabetes
The long term consequences of keto and low carb diets
How to maximize insulin sensitivity
Role of meat
Eating fruit as a diabetic

If you would like to connect with Robby and Cyrus, you can find them on Instagram: Robby @mindfuldiabeticrobby and Cryus @mangomannutrition. They have a collective handle @masteringdiabetes.

Also, be sure to check out their website: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org

Show Notes:

The Mastering Diabetes book
Podcast: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/podcast/
Yonanas Banana Ice Cream Maker
Diabetes success stories: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/success/
Am J Clin Nutr 2009: A low-fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74-week clinical trial
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2013: Vegetarian diets and incidence of diabetes in the Adventist Health Study-2
J Geriatr Cardiol 2017: A plant-based diet for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes
IJDRP 2019: Treatment and remission of symptoms in type 1 diabetes with a nutrient-dense, plant-rich (NDPR) diet: case studies
IJDRP 2020: Treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus with a whole-food, plant-based diet

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.

Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Sam Marra discusses healing Crohn’s Disease with plant-based diet and his acting career Jun 10, 2020

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In this episode we welcome Sam Marra to the podcast. Sam is an actor and model based in Los Angeles who is currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work with a focus on psychotherapy. He is also an online fitness coach training clients around the world with customized workout programs they can do anytime anywhere. Poor health led him to pursue a whole food, plant-based diet and later on he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Now he has been vegan for over 6 years and can speak to the tremendous impact and benefits of a plant-based diet.

In this conversation, we cover:

His acting journey
Fitness coaching, his approach to working out, and thoughts on intermittent fasting
How he personally struggled with his health and was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Experimenting with different diets
Finding health and disease remission with a whole food, plant-based diet
Research supporting plant-based diets for Crohn’s disease
Reflecting on how far the world has come in terms of plant-based options

If you would like to connect with Sam, you can find him on his IG @sammyjmarra and his IMDb profile. And if you’d like to train with him, check out his website: https://www.resourcefultrainer.com

Show Notes:

NutritionFacts.org video: Preventing Crohn’s Disease with Diet
Nutritionfacts.org video: Dietary Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
World Journal of Gastroenterology 2010: Lifestyle related disease in Crohn’s disease: relapse prevention with a semi-vegetarian diet
Cell Immunology 2013: Crohn’s Disease: a review of treatment options and current research

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.
Facebook: @theplantprescription.

Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Dr. Angie Sadeghi discusses how she got abs eating carbs, cured her eczema and how to optimize gut health Jun 06, 2020

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Our guest this episode is the incredible Dr. Angie Sadeghi, a California-based gastroenterologist with extensive training from the prestigious University of Southern California. She is passionate about using the power of plant-based nutrition to not only treat diseases of the digestive tract, but to help her patients lose weight, feel better, and live longer, healthier lives.

In this episode we cover:

Her journey to medicine and a plant-based diet
Benefits of ditching dairy and eating plant-based
Fitness and bodybuilding on a plant-based diet
The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease
How different foods affect the gut microbiome
Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) and diet
Preventing colorectal cancer with diet
Her thoughts on grass-fed and/or organic meat
Why fibre is so important
Her thoughts on fibre supplements, probiotic supplements, and fermented foods
Her favourite gastrointestinal nourishing foods

If you would like to connect with Dr. Sadeghi, she’s very active on Instagram and you can check out her website https://drangiehealth.com. Her new book, The Trifecta of Health is available wherever books are sold!

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.
Facebook: @theplantprescription.
Music credit: Scott Holmes.

A complete guide to eating healthy and nourishing your body with Brenda Davis Jun 02, 2020

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In episode 2, we have an in-depth conversation with Brenda Davis on what entails a healthy and nourishing diet. Brenda Davis is a registered dietitian who is a leader in her field and an internationally acclaimed speaker. She has authored many award-winning books and co-authored several articles for peer-reviewed medical and nutritional journals. She is a featured speaker at nutrition, medical and health conferences throughout the world.
In this episode, we cover:

What entails a healthy diet
Benefits of eating more plant-based
Processed meat vs unprocessed meat
How to properly do a plant-based diet
The new Canadian Food Guide
Nutrients of concern: protein, calcium, iron, zinc, omega-3, vitamin D, B12 and iodine
The fear of carbs and if carbs are healthy
Her vegan journey
How to get family on board if you decide to go plant-based
Her thoughts on vegan meats

If you would like to connect with Brenda Davis, check out her website https://www.brendadavisrd.com/ and connect with her on Facebook.
Some of Brenda's amazing books:

Becoming Vegan
Kick Diabetes Essentials: The Diet and Lifestyle Guide
Nourish (2020).

IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.
Facebook: @theplantprescription.
Music credit: Scott Holmes.

Story of Muzammil & Cass - The co-hosts May 26, 2020

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Welcome to the Plant Prescription Podcast with medical students, Muzammil Ahmad and Cass Warbeck. This podcast is all about helping you live a longer, happier and healthier life with the use of nutrition and lifestyle medicine.
The first episode is an introduction of us and our podcast so you know what this podcast is about and what to expect in the upcoming episodes. As well, you will hear about our stories and journeys to what got us here. We will also discuss the power of food and lifestyle changes in helping your body to self-heal.
Make sure to subscribe to The Plant Prescription Podcast so you get notified when new episodes are published. If you enjoy our material and are listening on Apple Podcasts, please leave us a review as this will help more people discover this podcast.
IG: Muzammil: @dr.plantbased, Cass: @plant_fueled.
Facebook: @theplantprescription.
Music credit: Scott Holmes.

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