Plant Based Eating for Health – Details, episodes & analysis

The evidence supporting the power of plant-based diets to prevent and reverse chronic diseases like heart disease and type 2 diabetes continues to grow. On a recent episode of the Plant-Based Eating for Health podcast, host Kathleen Gage interviewed personal trainer and health coach Kate Galli, who shared her insights into how lifestyle changes, particularly a whole food, plant-based diet, can dramatically improve health outcomes.

The Gap in Nutrition Education for Health Care Professionals

Despite the significant role nutrition plays in managing and preventing chronic conditions, many health care professionals receive little to no formal training in this area. Both Galli and Gage touched on the concerning fact that doctors, nurses, and other health professionals are often left to seek nutrition information on their own, despite the overwhelming evidence that lifestyle choices can make a huge difference in health.

Galli noted that this trend is not just a problem in the United States but is also prevalent in Australia. She expressed her belief that more time should be allocated to teaching health care professionals about the impact of nutrition on chronic diseases. "If lifestyle factors can be 80 to 90% of what prevents and cures our biggest killers, then nutrition should be a priority in medical education," Galli emphasized.

Working with Families and Raising Vegan Children

Galli discussed the challenges families face when raising vegan children in a world where animal-based foods are often the norm. While she has worked primarily with adult clients, Galli shared her concern over the false narratives often given to children regarding where their food comes from.

She emphasized the importance of being truthful with children and supporting their natural compassion. For families considering raising vegan children, Galli recommends connecting with professionals who have successfully done so, as they can offer both guidance and credibility.

Onboarding New Clients: The Importance of Values and Goals

As a seasoned personal trainer, Galli detailed her approach to onboarding new clients, whether they are transitioning to plant-based eating or seeking to improve their overall health. During the initial consultation, Galli prioritizes understanding the client’s core values and emotional motivations behind their health goals.

"Knowing the 'why' is essential," Galli explained. This not only helps clients stay focused but also allows her to support them more effectively when they face challenges or experience a dip in motivation. Galli has found that clients who start with strong emotional connections to their goals are more likely to succeed in the long term.

At age 46, Lauren Bernick faced a startling health reality: her arteries were severely blocked, and her doctor told her that nothing could reverse her condition. Despite already following what she believed was a healthy diet, Lauren's cholesterol remained dangerously high. Refusing to accept a lifetime of medication, Lauren discovered Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn’s Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease diet. She committed fully to a whole food, plant-based, oil-free lifestyle—and in just a few years, she reversed her heart disease and transformed her health. 

In this episode, Lauren shares her remarkable journey from being told there was no hope to achieving a complete health transformation. As the founder of Well Elephant and host of the Age Like a Badass Mother podcast, Lauren now helps others take control of their health by embracing a whole food, plant-based diet.

Tune in to hear Lauren's story of overcoming high cholesterol and heart disease, and learn actionable steps you can take to improve your own health with plant-based nutrition.

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In this episode of the Plant Based Eating for Health show, I have the distinct honor of talking with Dr. Eduardo Corassa, a dedicated health advocate and passionate proponent of veganism, raw foods, and holistic health. His personal journey, filled with transformation and growth, is a testament to the profound impact of dietary and lifestyle choices on overall wellbeing. Dr. Corassa's story begins during his teenage years. As a globally renowned Counterstrike player, his jet-setting lifestyle and unhealthy habits led to a significant decline in his health. Unimpressed by the conventional medical solutions offered, he sought alternatives, eventually discovering the transformative potential of veganism and raw food diets. Initially skeptical, Dr. Corassa found the switch to a raw food diet positively impacted his health almost instantly. He shares his experience with a medically supervised 24-day water fast, a pivotal moment that solidified his commitment to promoting the benefits of his newfound lifestyle. Over the past 16.5 years, Dr. Corassa has dedicated himself to a diet primarily composed of fruits and vegetables. http://www.VeganVisibility.com/120-eduardo-corassa

Like most children who grew up in the Midwest on a subsistence farm, Caroline Allen was taught to be kind to animals and love them on the one hand, and to butcher them  for food on the other hand. Hunting and fishing were all part of life on the farm and one Caroline prided herself in being very skilled at.

Caroline describes her upbringing as very loving, yet very poor… dirt poor.

Eager to leave the rural life behind, Caroline jumped at the chance to get a four year degree in journalism when she was awarded a scholarship. 

University was light years from where her mother and father were with their education. Neither had graduated high school opting to get their GED in their sixties and seventies.

Knowing what it was like to be dirt poor, without an education, Caroline was determined to make something of herself. With a definition of success that included travel, money, a fast paced life and “being somebody” Caroline had no clue what was in store.

After obtaining her degree, she set off to see the world, using her writing skills as the ticket out of the rural life.

Her impressive resume includes being a newsroom journalist in Tokyo and London, travels to exotic places and living a bona-fide jet setting lifestyle.

After working as a journalist in Tokyo, after working in a newsroom during the death of Emperor Hirohito and the cultural sea change that wrought, Caroline spent a year traveling Southeast Asia — India, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Malaysia.

Yet, life as she knew it came to a screeching halt at a point where most people would say she made it.

Feeling a strong call to give up the life she had grown accustomed to, Caroline knew there was a bigger purpose to her life, but she had no idea what that was.

Although she loved the crazy, jet-setting life that was world’s away from her impoverished, rural Missouri upbringing, something was calling her. That something was art, book coaching and most importantly, a commitment to complete compassion to animals and the planet through a vegan lifestyle.

What followed were many years of self-exploration, Wretched, painful years of confusion, despair, and heart-break. Not sure if she was having a break-through or a break-down, everything that defined her was taken away.

Thus, began the journey of rebuilding her life from the ground up.

Today, as a novelist, visual artist and book coach, Caroline Allen lives by the core values of creativity, authenticity, purpose, and contribution.

Join in on our conversation where we dig deep into what veganism means to Caroline, how she was able to align her purpose by spending extended periods of time in nature, when the flood gates of her visual art work opened up, and the confusion she sees from people who continue to eat factory farmed animals.

A 100% committed vegan for eight years, Caroline sees her journey as one that allows her to raise awareness about sentient beings and our relationship to all living things.

Setting up her art studio in a yurt, filled with over 600 drawings, in a very private area in Oregon, Caroline spends her days painting, coaching clients and allowing life to unfold in a most natural way.

One of her greatest joys is spending time with animals at one of several sanctuaries, painting everything from horses, goals, pigs, and cows. A portion of proceeds from the sale of her artwork is donated back to the sanctuaries.

To see some of her artwork, visit  https://www.carolineallen.com/vegan-art-sale  or catch the YouTube video https://youtu.be/Txabn1XcH60

Have you ever wondered what the difference between vegan and plant based is? When  I first started eating plant based, I was pretty confused. On the one hand, I didn't want to call myself vegan because I really didn't understand what it meant to be vegan.  Yet, from what I understood, being vegan meant compassionate eating void of all animal and dairy.

Early into my journey, I wrote a blog post about the difference. http://plantbasedeatingforhealth.com/vegan-and-plant-based-are-apples-to-oranges-sometimes/

Now, nearly two years into my lifestyle change, I have merged vegan and plant based eating in a way that it aligns with my values. I’ve gone deeper into the lifestyle and it seems, the more I learn, the more I want to learn about being vegan.

In a nutshell, when you are plant-based/vegan, you eat a whole food plant based diet that is healthy, compassionate, and ethical. It’s really that simple.

Issues that can be addressed when people transition to a whole food, plant based/vegan lifestyle is minimizing health risks, including complications from COVID-19, healthier populations, less food insecurities, kindness to animals due to not eating factory farmed animals and so much more.

Many people think eating plant based is expensive. Actually, when done right, eating a whole food, plant-based/vegan diet can be very cost effective.

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hef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for 43 years. Her background includes being the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. With her comedy background, she has made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman and more. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.

Based in Palm Springs, Chef AJ teaches how to create meals to transform health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of The Ultimate Weight Loss Program, was the Executive Pastry Chef at Sante La Brea Restaurant in Los Angeles, creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Since the start of the pandemic, Chef AJ has added Facebook and YouTube lives to her repertoire as a way to continue to serve her community.

Knowing from a young age she didn’t want to consume animals; she was able to adhere to a vegan lifestyle due to her Orthodox Jewish upbringing. She never developed a taste for animals and always had compassion for animals.

This compassion was put to the test early in her schooling to become a veterinarian. When asked to prep salamanders for testing, her reaction to the first one prevented her from doing a second one. She absolutely refused to harm the animals.

This put an end to her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian.

It all began with an Easy Bake Oven

Chef AJ got a taste for baking when she received an Easy Bake Oven at the age of seven for Hanukkah. As a self-described fat kid, she loved desserts and loved baking.

That was the start of a lifelong passion for baking. A passion that turned into her life’s work.

Although fit and slim today, Chef AJ had her own struggles with weight. Reaching 200 pounds at her highest, she was more of a junk food vegan than a plant-based eater.  

Realizing that although she was vegan, the way she ate was very unhealthy. After being diagnosed with precancerous growths called adenomatous polyps, Chef AJ knew it was time for a dramatic change.  

The change included learning about whole food, plant-based eating while at the Optimum Health Institute.

Since that time, Chef AJ has become a force to be reckoned with. A recognized name in virtually every vegan and plant-based circle, you can catch Chef AJ on Facebook and YouTube live weekdays at 11 a.m. Pacific.  https://www.youtube.com/user/therealchefaj

Be sure to pick up a copy of her book, The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss: A revolutionary approach to conquer cravings, overcome food addiction, and lose weight without going hungry.  https://amzn.to/3gEgwli

A self-proclaimed redneck, Tim had what could be considered a successful life. A highly profitable financial advisor, Tim had the American dream of the wife, the kids, the nice house and all the trappings that come with it including being overweight, bloated, skin conditions like eczema, being tired … a lot and yet, striving for more. It was never enough. Until it wasn’t.

His life began to unravel due to health problems when he had a revelation that poor health didn’t just affect him, it affected everyone around him.

But it was only after watching family and friends die of cancer and the untimely death of his younger brother that he finally decided to take action. Tim’s journey led him to a shocking discovery which helped his friend beat cancer and transform every area of his life.

Feeling charged with a duty to help others he started sharing his knowledge with anyone that would listen. This led him to producing his own chemical free food products. ‘Chemical Free Body’ was born.

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If there's one thing most people want, it's more energy. Yet, the majority of people don’t live in a way that supports this end.

A great many people wake up sluggish, drag themselves out of bed, somehow make it through the day, come home to plop themselves in front of the television or their computer, stuffing themselves with unhealthy foods and drink, drag themselves to bed only to repeat the same thing the next day and the next and the next.

Find out how to avoid this.  http://www.plantbasedeatingforhealth.com

Dr. Livingston’s career was the envy of those who knew him. The author of Never Binge Again, Glenn is a veteran psychologist and was the long-time CEO of a multi-million-dollar consulting firm which has serviced several Fortune 500 clients in the food industry.

Featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun Times, The Indiana Star Ledger, The NY Daily News, American Demographics, ABC, CBS radio, and UPN TV to name just a few media outlets, Glenn willingly admits he was driven by financial success.

Over the course of his career, Glenn has sold $30,000,000 of marketing consulting services.

Although monetarily successful, he hid a deep hole he could not seem to fill with anything other than food. He had a very intimate relationship with binging.

As his bank account grew, so did his waistline. Tipping the scales at nearly 280 pounds, Glenn was forced to face his demons. Never did he think he would end up as a tired, frustrated, obese man whose main comfort came from food. He was ready for a change. Yet, his journey out of obesity and the food prison he found himself in was not without more frustration.

Disillusioned by what traditional psychology had to offer overweight and/or food obsessed individuals, Dr. Livingston spent several decades researching the nature of binging and overeating through the work he did with his own patients AND a self-funded research program with more than 40,000 participants.

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Alison is a registered dietitian and board-certified in oncology nutrition and started Wholesome in 2015. After developing an oncology nutrition program at a local academic cancer center, Alison pursued Wholesome exclusively as her business and client base continued to grow and increase in demand. Her passion for nutrition and healthy lifestyle is obvious in her work, her care for her clients, and her desire to always keep learning. Although Alison is board-certified in oncology nutrition, she is multi-passionate in nutrition and her expertise goes beyond cancer and involves helping others with the management of chronic diseases such as: heart diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and autoimmune diseases.

Alison seeks to educate and empower everyone on the benefits of a wholesome, plant-focused diet and it's role in fighting and preventing chronic diseases.

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