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Today we are excited to welcome Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph. D., back to the show again. For those who need a refresher, Susan is an expert in the psychology of eating and has shared so much with us about the science behind food addiction and addiction in general. Susan is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Rochester, the President of the Institute fo...

Dr. Erin Tjam is a health scientist and professor, and she's here with us today to give us some tough love about what we've been doing to our body's largest organ – our skin. In her new book, Skin Sobering: 99% of Products Age and Harm Your Skin, Dr. Tjam and co-writer Dr. Ryuichi Utsugi break down why we've been mistreating our skin by relying on skincare products, how we've been deceived by the...

Our guest today, Austin Meyer, is a documentarian, journalist, podcaster, and animal rights activist, giving a voice to those whose stories might not otherwise be heard. He's worked for HBO, The New York Times, and National Geographic, to name a few outlets, and his filmmaking has taken him to faraway places like India, Nepal, and Zambia, where Austin chose to adopt a plant-based diet.    Austin i...

You'd be hard-pressed to find a fitness coach with a greater understanding of how to reshape the human body than today's guest – Maxime Sigouin, the founder of Fit Vegan Coaching. Maxime has been a bodybuilder, triathlete, and he has walked runways all over Europe as a model. And to excel in those, you need 3 very different body types! So Maxime has learned precisely what it takes to transform phy...

From writing speeches for sitting Senators and Presidential candidates to acting as Vice President of Channel One News to writing the teleplay that earned Kyra Sedgwick her first Emmy nomination, today's guest, writer, and activist Roger Wolfson, has been in the room where it happens, achieving remarkable success in the fields of news, politics, and entertainment. Roger was also Commissioner of An...

Our guest today, Desiree Nielsen, is a registered plant-based dietitian and national bestselling author. Her practice focus is chronic digestive and inflammatory diseases, and she helps her clients heal with plant-based approaches that lead to optimal health.  You may have already heard of Desiree through The Allsorts Podcast, one of her books, or one of her articles in USA Today or Mind Body Grea...

In April of 2023, today's guest, Marielle Williamson, planned to hold an event for fellow students at Eagle Rock High School to promote the benefits of plant milks and highlight the consequences of dairy milk consumption and production. However, the school's administration informed her she could only promote the benefits of plant milks if she did so for dairy milk, too, citing a federal law statin...

Does your doctor live by example? Our guest today is a doctor who certainly walks her talk and then some. Dr. Harriet Davis is an expert on what it takes to change the human body's composition. Not only is she a Board-Certified family medicine and sports medicine physician, but at the age of 40, she applied her fitness and plant-based nutrition mastery and launched another career competing as a pr...

If you are vegan or vegetarian, at some point, someone, somewhere, has probably asked you how you get enough protein. It's a common misconception that a plant-based diet is deficient in protein. However, in their new book, Plant-Powered Protein: Nutrition Essentials and Dietary Guidelines for All Ages , our guests today, dietitians Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina, debunk the myth that you can't ge...

While vegan activists have been struggling to find the most effective way to get people to stop eating animals, today's guest employs a unique approach to tackle this dire problem. In an effort to empower reluctant people to change their dietary patterns, Brian Kateman coined the term "Reducetarian"—which means a person who is deliberately reducing his or her consumption of meat—and he co-founded...

For years, Kelley Gilberry ate the standard American diet and had the weight gain and clogged arteries to show for it.  But a devastating personal loss and a pivotal doctor's visit changed his life forever. Seeking answers on how to get his health back, Kelley was so inspired by what he learned that he decided to kick his old habits to the curb and commit 100% to a whole food, plant-based lifestyl...

Our guest today, Will Bulsiewicz, also known as Dr. B, is a gastroenterologist who is also the author of the books Fiber Fueled and The Fiber Fueled Cookbook. He lost more than 45 pounds when he switched to a plant-based diet and now has his own patients take control of their health and reverse their own digestive problems by following his fiber-fueled prescriptions. We first talked to Dr. B in 20...

Our guest today is author and Doctor Monisha Bhanote, also known as the Wellbeing Doctor. Dr. Bhanote is a specialist in integrative lifestyle medicine, culinary medicine, and nutrigenomic biohacking. She's one of the few quintuple board-certified physicians in the United States, and she's diagnosed with over one million cancer cases. Dr. Bhanote takes a personalized, whole-body approach to help h...

Eric Lindstrom once ate 68 chicken wings in one sitting. Today, he works full-time in animal advocacy and has written two books on veganism. What changed? The self-proclaimed carnivore adopted a plant-based diet over a bet with his wife. While he admittedly grumbled the whole time, what was intended to be a 30-day health kick turned into a lifelong passion. Once Eric discovered that he didn't have...

A plant-based diet has so many health benefits: reduced inflammation, a stronger immune system, and improved gut health, just to name a few.  But can plant-based eating also have an impact on addiction and recovery? Could it prevent relapses and increase your resilience to cope with life? These are the questions that today's guests, Dr. Tara Kemp and Adam Sud, set out to answer in The INFINITE Stu...

On a summer morning in 2001, today's guest, Michael O'Brien, had what he refers to as his last bad day. While out on a morning bike ride, an SUV traveling at 40 mph crossed into his lane and struck him head-on, forever altering his life as he knew it. Doctors were shocked that he survived and told him that he'd likely never ride again or even walk with comfort. Yet, in 2022, Michael completed a 41...

How does a 400-pound cripple living in constant pain become an avid mountain climber and a triathlete? Here to tell his story and inspire everyone that change is possible is Tim Kaufman. Tim was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) in his early twenties and lived in chronic pain most of his life. By the time he was 37, he was addicted to Fentanyl, alcohol, and fast food. Weighing over 400 p...

Today's guests are on a mission to empower patients and accelerate change in the way medicine is practiced. They are husband and wife practitioners of functional and integrative medicine and experienced huge improvements in their own health by switching to a whole-food, plant-based diet. Dr. Micah Yu is an integrative rheumatologist and he has a unique perspective as both a physician and a patient...

The work of fighting to make the world a better place for all sentient beings can be fraught with adversity, leaving even the most resolute of us disheartened at times. And that's why we're so thankful for today's guest, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau because she's a breath of fresh air and an exemplar of how thought leaders can inspire change through the power of positivity. Known as the Joyful Vegan,...

Have you ever dreamed of having unparalleled access to the culture, people, and mouthwatering vegan cuisine of such faraway lands as India, Thailand, or Indonesia? Ever wanted to step off the beaten path and experience an exotic locale in an authentic way, generally reserved for locals? Today's guest can provide precisely what you're looking for and more. Zac Lovas is the co-founder of Vegan Trave...

For anyone out there who's been curious, but reluctant to try a plant-based diet because you've heard it's time-consuming or expensive, our guest today is going to completely shatter those myths. In her new book, "Plant-Based on a Budget Quick & Easy: 100 Fast, Healthy, Meal-Prep, Freezer-Friendly, And One-Pot Vegan Recipes," Chef Toni Okamoto, host of Plant-Powered People Podcast and founder of t...

Born and raised in East Los Angeles and forged in the fires of adversity, cookbook author Chef Babette Davis burst onto the culinary scene with her renowned vegan restaurant Stuff I Eat in Inglewood, California, where the soul food platter is one of the many, many must-try dishes. An ageless paragon of fitness and vibrant health, Chef Babette has legions of social media followers who love seeing h...

The exciting story of today's remarkable guest, entrepreneur Arturo Elizondo, started in the border city of Laredo, Texas. But his innate curiosity and desire to effect positive changes in the world led him to the hallowed halls of Harvard University, to study food security in Geneva, and even to an internship at the White House. But it was really his time spent with the United States Department o...

"Inflammation", is a word most people don't think about until they're confronted with it. In fact, many of us are living with inflammation right now and don't even know it. Why does this ultimately matter though? Because inflammation is the precursor to disease.   Fortunately, the guest we have with us today is an authority on this very subject.  Author, radio host, health activist, and thought le...

When it comes to aging, the general school of thought is that pain and deterioration are just part of the deal. But what if it doesn't have to be this way? What if there was a way to mitigate, or even reverse this decline? What if there was a way to feel younger and stronger? Fortunately, our expert today, Eileen Kopsaftis, can talk about common misconceptions around aging and show us why there's...