The Dr. Jules Plant-Based Podcast

Comment est-ce que les microbes de notre tractus digestif pourraient impacter notre santé globale?  Des découvertes scientifiques incroyables ont été faites dans la dernière génération et les connaissances sur l'impact du microbiome voient une croissance exponentielle. Révisons comment vos microbes impactent votre santé. Durant cet épisode, nous discuterons du microbiome, du microbiote, des f...

You've most certainly heard the phrase: "carbs are the enemy".  I'm hoping the person who made that statement wasn't a registered dietitian or a medical doctor, although if they were, I’m guessing they sell lifestyle books or wellness programs.  Turns out I was partly right.  In fact, carbs have been vilified since the dawn of the low-carb diet.  In the 1970's, Dr Rob...

Let me explain how calories from whole plant foods behave differently from the processed foods most people consume.  I’m sure you’ve heard it before.  “Calories in must equal calories out”, otherwise weight gain will follow.  This is nuanced and only partly true.  The saying “a calorie is a calorie“ assumes that a calorie coming from any food source, whether it’s French fries or a garden salad, wi...

Talking about obesity is controversial in itself, but not talking about it isn’t better.  Some believe that obesity is a choice, even a lack of motivation.  They associate being overweight with being lazy and inactive, but is that really the case?  I personally don’t think so.  Let me explain why. In this episode, I'll talk about obesity, processed foods and how they're linked. You can r...

Voici une épisode en français, ou plutôt en "chiac", le fameux dialecte acadien que l'on entends dans mon coin de pays au Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada. Dans le but de diffuser mon message aux francophones de mon coin de pays, j'ai voulu inclure des épisodes en français! Voici le premier enregistrement qui discute d'un sujet assez controversé en nutrition: les contradictions....

When I transitioned to a plant-based diet more than a decade ago, I did it purely to improve my health. There was overwhelming proof that doing so might improve my asthma, eczema, urticaria and cholinergic angioedema.  But as I put all of these conditions in remission, I started thinking about the other impacts that this diet would have on my athletic performance, weight and muscle mass, on my car...

Malgré les opinions contradictoires et les perspectives extrémistes en ligne, il est important de comprendre que la plupart de nos choix existent sur un spectrum de bénéfices et de risques.  Avant d'étiqueter une habitude comme bonne ou mauvaise, on doit comprendre le concept de toxicité, de dose et de durée d'exposition. Le danger potentiel dépendra de ces 3 facteurs. Durant cet épisode...

I had been suffering from a combination of chronic diseases for a long time, but even this wasn't enough to make me change. I thought I was living a healthy life. I was exercising regularly and eating what I thought was a balanced diet. When my daughters started showing signs of medical conditions similar to the ones that had been plaguing me, I knew I had to start thinking out of the box. He...

My origin story is a remarkable one. I went from being sick, tired, overworked and overwhelmed to being diagnosed with cholinergic urticaria and angioedema. Add these medical conditions to my pre-existing asthma, eczema, migraines and GERD and you get a pretty frustrated person. But when my daughters started showing signs of medical conditions that had plagued me for years, that's when I deci...