Plant Trainers Podcast - Plant Based Nutrition & Fitness

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, I talk with Brianna Silvio, plant-based fitness and nutrition expert about her redox experience working with Shoshana. That's right, often even the best educated people in their own industry need coaches. Tony Robbins didn't get to where he is without mentors, that's for sure. Brianna shares how the redox line took her health to another level and surp...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk about ways to create healthier more sustainable schools and give great tips on making school lunches. As you can imagine, Shoshana makes sure to have a voice in the decisions that are being made in their children's school. Everything from nutrition, fitness, mindfulness, and waste is important to us in our family, and we want our children havi...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Lance Schuttler all about biohacking for neurogenesis and brain performance. Lance is a great speaker and you'll find his explanations easy to follow. We get into many amazing details about brain health and overall happiness. We especially love how many easy ideas he has for better health that you can start doing in your homes for free ri...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Jane Esselstyn and Ann Crile Esselstyn about how to Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior. You probably know Jane and Ann already. They are so much fun to talk to. I give them both a lot of credit. Can you imagine living next door to your mom AND being in biz with her cooking all day long? They are both amazing people, so I'm sure it's easy for...

In this episode of the Planters Podcast, we talk to Pat and Dianne Doyle about plant-based instant pot prep hacks and mason jar storage. Each of them has a unique cancer journey that led them closer and closer to a plant-based lifestyle. You will find it interesting how they were able to find systems that work for them to save time, make healthy eating easier, and spread those tools to the rest of...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Carl Mason about a natural approach to healing. Carl is a new friend of ours who we met through the health coaching world. His methods just make sense. It has been wonderful hearing the stories of his clients and their progress. After working with one of our Redox experts, he began to see improvements in his own eye health. He has now inc...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Boyd Dunleavey about his journey as a two time blood cancer survivor to Boston Marathon runner. He had a life saving stem cell transplant in May 2012 after nearly a year of chemotherapy and radiation treatments. His stem cell donor is an American naval serviceman named Nathan Barnes. Nathan was in Japan when he got the call to donate his...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Dr. Marc DiNola about holistic dentistry and mercury fillings. We are always trying to find new ways to help people who are not willing to go plant-based yet or are already plant based, but still having health issues. We are thrilled to introduce you to Dr. Marc who unpacks what it means to be a holistic dentist and how the mercury in the...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Louise Palmer-Masterton all about the vegan restaurant world and zero-carbon menus and labeling. We discuss the importance of supporting vegan restaurants and how you are going to get better quality food there, rather than the omni restaurants. Did you know there are restaurants focusing on less waste and less carbon footprint not just fr...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Sexy Fit Vegan, Ella Magers about vegan strength. She shares her story of finding a vegan - Plant-Based lifestyle and how it helped her stay young, fit and strong. We talk about everything Muay Thai, vegan workouts, nutrition tips and we even get into mindset and the words we use and how it affects us. An animal lover since birth and a de...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz (Dr. B.) all about microbiome, fermented foods, the fiber paradox and histamine. IT's always fun talking with Dr. B as he is a wealth of information. One might even say his episodes and full of shit..but we would not want to give you the wrong impression. We talked about how dog kisses and human kisses can help your mi...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Dr. Alan Goldhamer all about water fasting and intermittent fasting. While Intermittent fasting is what everybody is talking about these days long-term water fasting has been proven to have amazing medical benefits. So we have asked the expert to break down intermittent fasting and what you need to know about it. He explained the differen...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Toni Okamoto of Plant-Based on a Budget. How cool is that? She has become a plant-based/vegan superstar and we are enjoying making recipes from her book! We talk about what got her into the plant-based world and how the community was everything for her. Of course, we talk about saving time, money, and headaches when planning and making pl...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Kiyomi Koike about the benefits of green tea. Kiyomi is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to green tea. It is fascinating to hear about the difference between matcha and sencha tea and how they are grown. She shares the power of tea and how it helped her family through the scariest time. You will also learn how to know which tea compani...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Chef AJ and Glen Merzer about furthering the Unprocessed journey. They are the co-authors of the popular book, Unprocessed and it's getting a makeover. Wait until you hear all about the changes in the book and the tips and recipes we talk about during this episode. And wait until you hear what Chef AJ is doing JUST FOR YOU! Chef AJ has be...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with our very own, Shoshana Chaim, all about powering your redox potential. We did do an episode a while back on redox with Aviva and Dr. Zilia Goreshnik. Since then Shoshana has been studying a lot with them and helping people who are both plant-based and not. In fact, some of you are included in that. She helped a plant-based nurse who was s...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Dr. Silvia Odorcic about the role of lifestyle on eye health. We are so excited to introduce you to Dr. Silvia if you don't know her already. We love finding lifestyle medicine doctors in our own backyard. She is an ophthalmologist, and she breaks down some of the eye health vocabulary you may have been wondering about. You'll love hearin...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Jeffrey Smith all about understanding GMO and organics. For as long as we have been in the plant-based world there have been arguments about the dangers of GMO and non-organic foods. So we tracked down the most knowledgeable person we could find to teach us what GMO are, if and why they are dangerous, and to help us understand organic foo...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Tom Fisher all about the impact of lifestyle on cancer. Tom Fisher is a fountain of information when it comes to cancer and lifestyle. We felt like the conversation could have continued forever. He shared with us his health journey with cancer and then we talked a lot about certain nutrients to eat or supplement with and how it affects th...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk about our daily routines for better health. We have always had morning and evening routines and they have changed a lot over the years. We share a bit about what we do, what's working, what's not and maybe a bit about what else we would like to be doing. Whether you feel like you've got your daily routine down pat, or feel like there is room f...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Lisa Simon all about optimizing male and female fertility through the use a plant-based diet. But it is more like unpacking some of the preconceived notions around diet and pregnancy and looking at the real answers. What do you need to be eating? Can diet effect male fertility as well as female fertility? What role do saturated fats, carb...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Howard Jacobson about changing other people and if that is even possible. It is always a hoot with Howie. This is his fourth appearance on the Plant Trainers Podcast and we always laugh and have fun. For some, change is no laughing matter, and trying to change others is even more serious. I think at the end of the day, our conversation wa...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Colleen Montgomery all about a plant-based diet for cardiac rehab patients and the importance of lifestyle on our overall health. Colleen breaks down some cardiology information for us like what cardiac rehab is, who should be getting it, and what lifestyle changes can be made to improve cardiac health. We discuss statins and why you woul...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Jennifer Helene Popken about vitality plant-based foods and her stint on MasterChef. Jennifer Helene is a wealth of knowledge and always such a pleasure to connect with. I was excited to have her on the show to share her health and nutrition journey that started at such a young age. We talk a lot about vitality food, live food, unlikely b...

In this episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast, we talk with Troy Akin all about creating eco friendly sports equipment and providing a healthier and more sustainable alternative. This guy really impresses us. He found a plant-based lifestyle as a young athlete and quickly devised a plan to make this lifestyle sustainable in order to recover and perform better as an athlete. He didn't want to be on...