The Healthification Podcast

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Tofurky and Creating Delicious Plant Food While Focusing on Purpose Over Profits with Seth Tibbott. Oct 31, 2022

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It is a true pleasure and privilege to share this conversation with the warm, generous and relentlessly purpose over profits focused, Seth Tibbott, founder and chairman of The Tofurky Company. We discuss how Seth pivoted from his passion for “mouldy soy beans” and succeeded – eventually – against all the odds, in creating the wildly successful and impactful Tofurky Company. Despite the doubters, and set-backs Seth ...

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Aubry and Kale from The Herbivorous Butcher are Making Plant-based Meats and Cheeses the Norm. Oct 23, 2022

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Aubry and Kale Walch are the sibling owners of The Herbivorous Butcher, the world’s first vegan butcher shop in Minneapolis. To quote the brother and sister team: We started The Herbivorous Butcher to bring you small-batch plant based meats that are always fresh, flavourful, and protein-rich so you never feel like you’re sacrificing anything for healthy and ethical eating. The Herbivorous Butcher story ...

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Mental Strength and Life Lessons from CrossFit with Vegan Athlete George Matthews Oct 17, 2022

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Plant friends this is second in a series of episodes focused on athletes representing PlantBuilt a collective of vegan athletes with the goal to “demonstrate that athletes can be competitive and compassionate at the highest level of sports fuelled solely by plants.” The Vegan PlantBuilt Team recently excelled at the Mr. America Competition. Today I’m chatting with George Matthews, PlantBuilt’s CrossFit team captain. George ranked in the 94th ...

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An Epic Fantasy Trilogy in a World Where Speciesism is Reversed with Vegan Author Ray Star. Oct 10, 2022

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Award Winning, best selling vegan author Ray Star, is on the show today to discuss her fabulous debut novel, Earthlings. Earthlings is book one of a young adult fantasy trilogy. It was published in 2021 and has gone on to win the Environmental Excellence Award with Essex Business Awards, Book of the Year with Betty’s Bookshop and a Vegan’s Choice Award. The sequel, ...

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Masters World Champion Powerlifter and Ethical Vegan Ryan Stills. Oct 02, 2022

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Plant friends this is first in a series of episodes focused on athletes representing PlantBuilt a collective of vegan athletes with the goal to “demonstrate that athletes can be competitive and compassionate at the highest level of sports fuelled solely by plants.” That’s a quote from Giacomo Marchese, PlantBuilt co-founder who I chatted with back in E758. Working in conjunction with team Plantbuilt is Vegan ...

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Former Factory Farm Livestock Vet Dr Alice Brough and the Urgent Need to Scrap Factory Farming. Sep 25, 2022

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My guest today is a PR disaster for the pig farming industry. Dr Alice Brough is also a powerful, wise and compelling force for good. After four years working as a commercial pig vet, Alice realised she would not be effective changing the world for pigs from within. She turned her back on all her training and industry specific education to become a ...

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Vegan Neuropsychologist Dr Ash Nayate and Staying Positive in a F*cked Up World. Sep 18, 2022

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I was immediately drawn to vegan neuropsychologist, Dr Ash Nayate’s work on discovering she can help us “develop skills to transform anger, guilt, and sadness into becoming a more resilient change agent.” Wow, the thought of effectively transforming the anger and sadness I feel living in a non vegan world? Count me in! In her Melbourne based private practice and through ...

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Healing Our World and Creating a System of Normalised Non-Violence with Dr Sailesh Rao. (Encore Episode) Sep 07, 2022

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From time to time I ask myself: Who do I most want to spend time with right now? Who, embodies the calm and compassion yet also fierce focus and relentless drive? Dr. Sailesh Rao, the Founder and Executive Director of Climate Healers, a non-profit dedicated towards healing the Earth’s climate flew straight to the top of mind. This chat I had with Dr Rao ...

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Comedian Myq Kaplan and Using Jokes to Drop Challenging Vegan Truth Bombs. Aug 28, 2022

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This show was a true joy to prep for. I find comedians fascinating. Their aptitude for approaching challenging topics. In Myq’s case, planting vegan seeds in a fun, disarming and effective manner. For a little official bio: American stand-up comedian Myq Kaplan has appeared on the Tonight Show, Conan, Letterman, James Corden, Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, and America’s Got Talent. He has a ...

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Naturopathic Doctor Matthew Nagra is Busting Vegan Myths and Misinformation about a Plant Based Diet. Aug 22, 2022

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Vancouver based Naturopathic Doctor Matthew Nagra is on the show today to help bust some of the more prevalent and persistent myths and misinformation about a vegan or plant based diet. Dr Nagra’s approach is evidence based – he’s led by the science and yet also importantly he’s an ethical vegan. Beyond digging in with micronutrients of concern with a vegan diet, to soy ...

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