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Going plant-based has NEVER been easier. On today's episode, special guest Jennifer Stojkovic explains everything that's going on in the rapidly changing plant-based food and fashion industries and says there's a LOT to get excited about. Plus, you're going to discover some shocking sources of animal-based products, the TRUTH about "lab grown" meat (it's not as scary as you think), and why most Americans are feeding their babies all WRONG.On this episode of the Be Sexy, Eat Plants podcast, you're going to learn:3:45 - Why imitating the Standard American Diet is NOT the best way to go plant-based (sorry, Beyond Burger!)6:05 - Whether DOGS can go plant-based (this is VERY controversial)9:10 - How going plant-based can DRAMATICALLY improve your health ("It cured my asthma!")11:55 - What so many health food companies are doing WRONG (and how women founders can change things)19:45 - What's REALLY going on in the fashion industry ("It's about to pop off")23:30 - The SHOCKING places you'll find animal products (beauty products, we're looking at you!)26:45 - The TRUTH about "lab grown" meat (and why it could be a GREAT option for some people)30:00 - Why THIS common baby food is "just junk" (and why it might be affecting children's health for LIFE)35:30 - How to deal with "imposter syndrome"40:00 - The "3 Month Rule" for switching to a plant-based diet (plus: what Jennifer eats EVERY day)https://veganwomensummit.com/@veganwomensummit

Kristel and Michael dive DEEP into their health retreat experience at the Hippocrates Institute. They share their tips and insights, and give their advice about how you can experience some of the benefits of a health retreat without actually leaving home.On this episode of the Be Sexy, Eat Plants podcast, you're going to learn:3:10 The secret to making a more filling salad (and why you need to eat more of THIS energizing vegetable)8:00 One surprising exercise that's GREAT for your lymphatic system (it REALLY gets things moving)9:30 What's the deal with colonics and enemas (including Michael's "surprising" colonic experience: "I was shocked")12:00 An "implant" that's great for liver health (DON'T try this at home!)14:30 Why you should actually consider using THIS supplement (and how to make sure you're getting a good one)18:30 Kristel's "shut off" strategy for de-stressing and improving sleep19:45 A high tech, proven way to de-stress and improve your health (Kristel: "It's SO powerful")

Today we have with us Alex Caspero and Whitney English, both super moms, dietitians, and founders of the Plant Based Juniors community and authors of the book, The Plant Based Baby and Toddler. They’ve both been featured in Women’s Health as well as The Food Network. They are helping thousands of moms and future moms with plant based prenatal and pre dietetic nutrition all based on scientific evidence. Alex and Whitney tell about how they got into the plant based world, what they’re currently doing, and how your approach to diet and food can directly impact your children’s view of food, which they may carry with themselves throughout the rest of their lives. What led them to want to help people on their plant based journey 1:16What people need help with 8:37Benefits of going plant based 11:04Pregnancy and nutrition 14:40For people who aren’t ready to be plant based 20:47Go-to recipes 23:20Raising kids plant based 27:24Structure vs. restriction 36:57Knowing when to ease up 41:02A typical day with their families 45:15Find them on the web/social media 51:09“If we’re specifically talking about pregnancy, there are lots of studies that show that various different plant based eating patterns, not just vegan, not just vegetarian, reduce the risk of certain pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes, such as preeclampsia, which is high blood pressure during pregnancy, and maybe even have those cognitive benefits that we talked about before.” 22:18https://whitneyenglish.com/https://plantbasedjuniors.com/@plantbasedjuniors

Kristel and Michael talk in this episode about what their favorite superfoods are and why we use superfoods. Just one handful of berries contains a whole plethora of concentrated nutrients, providing our bodies with the vitamins and minerals they need to thrive. We tell about the products we use to help supplement our bodies to improve various aspects such as energy, clear mental state, and even fertility. We talk about an awesome palm tree we found that is so high in antioxidants that people who consume it have way less wrinkles than someone who doesn’t consume it as they age.  What are our favorite superfoods? 0:52 Micronutrients 2:18 Great story of someone using our mixes 7:02 Kristel’s dietary plan 10:14 Some of the ingredients in our mix 13:29 Healthy bowel movements 16:33  “Micronutrients obviously have vitamins and minerals, but they’re so much more than that. Obviously when you take supplements it’s often only about the vitamins and minerals, but there are so many more nutrients in food and in plants that our body needs to thrive and to truly be healthy.” 2:19 Kristel & Michael’s favorite superfood (mixes) for everyday use:→ why use superfoods / why we should focus on micronutrients first (vs macronutrients!)→ what are superfoods → why we use certain mixes → how / different recipes→ what time of the day → what we eat in a day

On today’s episode we have Director, Writer, and Producer of the Heal Documentary, book and summit, Kelly Noonan Gores. We talk about the kind of things we should allow into our bodies and then the role that stress plays in many people’s lives nowadays. Stress is a natural response our body has to deal with dangerous situations, but this state can put people into a vulnerable state where they’re more susceptible to disease and other ailments. We all bathe/shower every day to get rid of the gunk we’ve accumulated the previous 24 hours and our mind is the same way. We need to cleanse ourselves of the dirt in our heads to be in a better mental state. The placebo effect is a real thing where people are taking something that doesn’t have any effect on their bodies whatsoever, but because they believe it’s going to affect them, their bodies will react as if they were taking the actual thing. Doctors can have a large impact on the patient based on how positive or negative they are with the treatment the patient receives.  Getting into the journey of Heal 1:48 Be healthy and enjoy life 10:10 The effects of stress 14:03 Other rituals to stay centered and feel good 22:50 Healing with the mind 28:34 Tips of going through a journey of healing 40:32 Changing diet 43:40 The journey with a baby 49:46 The next project after Heal 56”09    “Get your foundation as clean as you can, but then you gotta enjoy life. You have to have that, I mean it’s different for everybody, but if ice cream is your thing, if you have an ice cream cone, don’t freak out or stress out about it. Really enjoy it. That enjoyment of that experience that brings you so much pleasure and you do it once in a while, that’s not going to have a detrimental effect on your body because it can process that, but you gotta have that 80-90% of the time be really healthy nutrition dense food.” 10:17 

Today we have Dr. Brian Clement from the Hippocrates Institute, a holistic healing center where thousands of seekers have retreated and recharged over the last 60+ years. The institute follows the ethos of ancient Greek hippocrates in declaring “I will give no deadly medicine to anyone.” Brian tells about how and why he changed his eating habits from when he was young and obese and the changes he experienced through this shift. We discuss eating animal meat versus having a plant based diet and the benefits that having a vegetarian diet can have on us, as well as the effects on your food and the nutrients found therein when you cook the food and when you don’t cook it. How Brian got started 1:08The journey of changing everything and losing 60 kilograms 9:04Getting started with Hippocrates 16:21The foundation 20:16The benefits of not cooking organic foods 25:22Who goes to the institute? 29:53There’s a difference between raw food and living food 37:42If you’re not independently wealthy 41:09Dealing with other diets 43:06Proteins we need 50:28Where to find more info about Hippocrates 58:01“I said, ‘Mom and Dad, I’m no longer going to eat any animal based foods.’ and then they were so shocked that they actually had to flee the room, thinking, ‘Now this kid is suicidal. Our first child. He’s suicidal.’” 10:31 “Most of your listeners may or may not know that today animal eaters are a minority. We’re still about 40% of the world’s population, where the majority, 60%, primarily thrive, don’t survive. We thrive on plants.” 11:44https://hippocratesinst.org/

Today we want to talk about and give some tips on how you can stay Calm during uncertain times. There’s still a lot going on in the world and you can feel stressed, overwhelmed, anxious, or isolated, and we just want to talk about the fact that if you’re feeling these things, you aren’t alone. Here are some of the things we talk about in this episode:→ meditation practises→ morning routine→ healthy food and hydration helps / detox → what mixes - gm & mm → mindset/belief everything happens for reason/everything always works out—> talking to each otherStick to your routine 3:08Morning routine 6:20Food 10:35Mindset 14:14“The actual ritual of making food calms me down because I’m not on my phone, I’m not on a screen, I’m not doing something else. I’m really focused and I’m not being bombarded with news or messages. I’m just trying to make a smoothie or a salad…that act already calms me down.” 4:31

Today we talk to Michael Herschel Greger while he walks on his treadmill, who is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues, best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products. Having been in the health game for an extended period of time, Michael has a lot of wisdom to share with us and we ask him all kinds of questions, such as what he thinks about dieting. Evidence based dieting is the best way to go with permanent changes to dietary habits. Otherwise people will just go back to where they started. We talk about the current way animals are raised for food and the risks it poses, such as creating a breeding ground for the spread of disease and sickness.  Getting started on this journey 0:36 Cancer patients and survival 4:59 What is hindering people from adopting these teachings, and food ideas 7:32 His viewpoint on diet 10:13 Why it’s not about the calories 13:04 The risk of the current way we raise animals for food 15:19 Foods for immune properties 20:10 Nutritionfacts.org 23:46 Rapid fire questions 26:57  “Diets don’t work by definition because going on a diet implies at some point you gotta go off the diet, and permanent weight loss requires permanent dietary change. Healthier habits just have to become a way of life. And if they’re gonna be life long, you want to lead to a long life, but thankfully the single best diet for weight loss just so happens to be the safest, cheapest way to eat for the longest healthiest life and that is a diet centered around whole plant foods.” 10:41  https://nutritionfacts.org/ 

In this episode we have one of the world’s leading chefs and pioneer of plant based cuisine, Matthew Kenney. He has more than 40 plant based restaurants globally and was twice nominated as one of the American’s rising star chefs by the James Beard Foundation and was named one of America’s best new chefs by Food and Wine Magazine. Matthew tells us about when and why he started his plant based journey, and then what led to him creating his plant based restaurants and plant based culinary school, which has students from all over the world. Becoming a chef 1:10Starting plant based restaurants 5:49The physical benefits he experienced 9:28Matthew’s routine 15:24The obesity epidemic 18:23The culinary school 23:44His inspiration and the future 28:12Tips for people starting 34:59Find Matthew 38:55“I still feel like they always say, ‘Oh healthy food, or plant based, it doesn’t taste as good.’ and I think the moment people realize that it actually tastes better, because that’s truly what I believe, that’s when you really just change your perspective and they can start changing some habits.” 17:29https://www.matthewkenneycuisine.com/

Today we have with us Toni Okamoto, author of Plant Based On A Budget, to talk about what got her started on the plant journey, what the change was like, and the positive benefits she has experienced. Money was very tight when she went plant based, yet she was still able to create affordable meals that were completely plant based and healthy, so she decided to compile family based recipes, turn them plant based, making sure the ingredients were accessible, and she put them on plantbasedonabudget.com. We discuss creating meal plans and what you can do to save and eat healthy. Where everything began 1:08Navigating this new path 7:43Being plant based on a budget 12:22Meal plan and recipes 17:54Just getting started 25:38Her reasons for staying vegan 27:10Toni’s daily habits 30:53Bulk buying 37:50Find out more about Toni 43:36“One thing that I heard that was preventing them from eating healthier, despite what the doctors were saying, is that it was too expensive, and at that time I was sharing a bedroom with two other people, I rode a bike everywhere, I didn’t have any money, yet I was still eating plant based. So it was confusing to me that that was something that was such an obstacle, that it could possibly lead to death. My family literally, they were dying.” 11:36@plantbasedonabudgethttps://www.toniokamoto.com/https://plantbasedonabudget.com/

We have with us pediatrician, coach, author, and speaker, Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster, a passionate promoter of healthy lifestyles and a champion of plant-based nutrition for the prevention of chronic disease. She explains what got her to try being vegan, convert, and then the big changes and benefits she’s experienced as her plant based diet became a part of her life. We also talk about the misconceptions and disadvantages of milk and that it’s not actually as healthy as many people think. Getting kids into eating healthy can be difficult, especially if they haven’t grown up eating very healthy, so Dr. Yami explains her plan of getting healthy foods into what they eat and changing their diet. How she got into the vegan journey 1:11Some benefits of trying vegan 4:22Incorporating the new diet into her life 8:07Why dairy isn’t the best source of nutrition 11:51Milk/formula for people who can’t breastfeed 19:47Veggiefitkids.com and getting children into eating healthy 22:55Intuitive eating 31:51Raising kids on a plant based diet 38:30Go to recipes 48:20“Weight bearing exercise is incredibly important for bones as is other nutrients besides calcium. We need vitamin D, we need to make sure we have other minerals, our vitamin K, those kinds of things, and so I do think that calcium gets overblown as far as its importance in our bones. We do need it, but we don’t probably need as much as we think we do and we need to make sure that we have all these other elements in place.” 13:32https://www.doctoryami.com/@thedoctoryami

Today we talk to nutritionist and physiotherapist, Simon Hill, who is the founder of an amazing podcast called Plant Proof and author of The Proof Is in the Plants: How Science Shows a Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Life (and the Planet). He tells us the story of how he got into having a plant based diet, starting when he was younger and his father had some serious health issues despite the fact that he seemed healthy and fit. We talk about foods that people often think are really healthy when in reality they aren’t very healthy. How Simon got started on his plant eating journey 1:42Getting into better foods 11:49How his transition was 23:19Some tips for people wanting to change 30:01Simon’s book 35:42Philosophy on Keto and diet 41:10Where to find more about Simon Hill and rapid fire questions 54:37“If science showed that you could just eat Kale, and you’d live to 140, that wasn’t going to be enough for me because A) I knew that I wouldn’t enjoy the food every day and B) I knew that that would impact my performance.” 25:03https://plantproof.com/

In this episode we meet with producer and writer, Kip Andersen, known for the documentaries Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, What The Health, and Seaspiracy. He tells us about how and why he got started on his plant based journey and into the film industry. Kip has learned a lot of things about the food industry, our health, and how it all affects how we live life or perceive our own well being. One amazing thing he has uncovered is how much animal meats and fats play a role in diabetes as opposed to the widely believed assumptions that it mainly comes from consuming sugar. We learn how much of the environment and forest is destroyed by man, and how much plastic affects the ocean and nature, and then we discuss the future of health and where Kip sees the industry going.  Getting into a plant based journey and filmmaking 0:40 About Cowspiracy 3:29 How Kip went about making the movie 8:58 Shocking aftermath of What The Health 18:16 Seaspiracy 25:50 Truths learned from Seaspiracy 30:28 Plastic 33:44 Hope for the future 36:45 Foods Kip eats 43:33 Where to learn more about Kip 46:01  “All of our films have a facts page, and so if anyone debates you on this, go to our facts page. Every single one is double sourced. We have to go through so [many] legal protocols to have these films on Netflix because this is a trillion dollar industry. One false claim and they could sue us. So these facts are true. If they’re not, the egg industry would sue us, period.” 23:43  @kipandersen https://www.cowspiracy.com/ 

Today we’re meeting again with our head of nutrition, Sam, and the topic is how to increase your energy levels with a plant based diet, and this is also a special mom edition for all the moms out there. Sam tells us what we should look for when we’re trying to think of things to eat while being plant based, and then we discuss foods you can consume and foods to stay away from to help you sleep better at night. Sam shares with us the special foods and nutritional tips to help better understand what we should be doing and what to expect.  Why do we often feel tired and how do we break free from that cycle? 1:00 What are some of the superfoods or things to focus on? 3:03 Sleep and cacao 8:10 What Sam has done to help 11:28 Why to advise people to eat more plant based foods 14:33 Nutritional tip of the week 17:25  “When we are using stimulants, stimulants don’t give us energy. They stimulate the energy we already have. So we’re not getting more energised because we had some caffeine. That caffeine stimulated the energy in our body, but when we already have stress and woke up with a head full of to-dos, we have enough energy. Adrenaline is already there. Your resources are already activated. Your heart is racing to get all those things achieved on the to-do list.” 6:08 

In this episode we discuss what you can expect when beginning your detox and how you can avoid the issues you may run into when doing so. On day 1 you might feel really motivated, but also run into some routine things like snacks you’re used to eating and know you shouldn’t. On Day 2 you’ll find it may be the hardest day as you might start feeling the side effects of changing your diet, which can include feeling congested, tired, or head ache. Make sure you’re hydrated and moving your body/exercising in order to combat these symptoms. On day 3 many will start feeling amazing while others might feel about the same as 2, but on day 4 you’ll start feeling really good and light/healthy. Day 5 will be building on day 4’s amazing feelings and you’ll want to keep going. You’ll experience many positive feelings and changes in your body, which even includes being able to sleep better at night. Day one 0:53Day two 3:05Day three and four 6:00Day five 7:55The routine following the detox 9:29Tell the people around you 13:29The last thing 16:37“What I would love everyone to do after the detox is to really take a moment to reflect on those five days and make a decision on what are the habits in the detox that you wanna keep… I want you to write that down and commit to that.” 9:33

Today we have a super special episode because we are answering one of the most common questions we get, which is what is a detox and how does it actually improve your health? We discuss the changes you will experience in the first few days of doing a detox and the benefits to your health that you will feel, including control over your cravings. You shouldn’t do a detox just to lose weight, but mainly to feel better and improve your overall health. We give our own detox plan, including foods and meals you can use to pursue your own detox. Why even start a detox? 1:41Getting rid of the toxins 6:05Having less cravings 7:02A quick break down of how to start 9:28“So what you’re really doing is you’re giving your body this break and giving the right things to actually, as Michael just mentioned, really get those things out of your body and kind of catch up. And you’re like, ‘I feel so good afterward.’ You feel, what he said, it’s normally around day 3, day 4 where you suddenly have this rush of energy and clarity.” 5:51

In this episode we speak with William W. Li, MD, an internationally renowned Harvard-trained medical doctor, researcher, president and a founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation, and author of the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. We discuss the science of eating healthy and what it can do for us, and we talk about cancer and how modern studies in diet have been shown to influence what cancer cells do.  How Dr. Li got into what he’s doing 1:10 Old recipes and medicine 9:47 It’s not just about the food 18:02 More info on cancer and weight 29:20 What you should do if you’re just getting started 36:38 What Dr. William likes to eat 45:40 Find Dr. William Li online 50:50 Rapid fire questions 51:38  “I realized in my entire training, in my education, my post graduate training, my clinical experience, there was no teaching about what people should be eating. And I thought that was so wrong because I could take people to the edge of the universe when it came to biotechnologies and yet I had almost no information about nutrition.” 3:57  https://drwilliamli.com/ @drwilliamli 

Today on the Be Sexy Eat Plants podcast we have Samantha Frost, a recognized expert in nutritional and herbal medicine, integrated pharmacology, environmental health and community health promotion, and the former global nutrition lead for Adidas runners. Sam had Hashimoto’s disease and was able to heal it through nutrition and controlling her diet, and she tells us the details about her diet and what she has learned through her plant-eating journey. We discuss superfoods, Sam’s opinion on them, what they are, and the benefits of consuming them. Sam’s intro 1:02Was she always into nutrition? 2:56What she has learned from plant-based eating 5:50What is the magic in plants that is improving our health? 9:07Health benefits that Sam sees people experience 13:27Are superfoods real? 18:21Tip of the month 23:49“When you go to markets and when you go to the shop and you’re picking up the different colors and you’re looking at the food and going, ‘I’m gonna put these guys together, hi, thank you but you can go in my trolley. I’m gonna make a stir fry with you later.’ I just find that whole interaction, you know you don’t need to have too much, steps along the way. Yeah I just find it very freeing.” 15:37

Today it’s just Michael and Kristel and we want to talk to you about plant based eating with tips and tricks and what to expect if you go plant based. We discuss things such as the volume of what you eat will need to increase when you switch because being plant based requires that you eat more to get sufficient nutrients, and then the types of food we eat ourselves and the social, mental, and physical effects we experience when making this change.Eating more 3:05What Kristel eats 5:24Cooking 10:55Spreading the positivity 12:28“It’s not about depriving this body. Adding more plants in your diet, and then swap out alternatives, right? Even if your family wants to have a burger, use a plant based burger. There are so many options right now, and then most don’t even recognize the difference anymore.” 10:14

In this episode we wanted to talk about what our plant based journey has been, why we went plant based, and how it has actually gone. Kristel tells about what changed her outlook on her diet when she learned that everyone has cancer cells inside their body and sometimes those cancer cells will grow based on how we eat. Michael explains that it was when he started reading up on the CDC website that up to 50% of disease can be prevented by what people choose to put into their bodies. When Kristel started her journey 2:22When Michael started his journey 6:50Making the change 10:18Kristel’s eczema 13:17The tip to start looking at your diet 15:52“It’s not being afraid of just throwing things together, and there are so many amazing resources online as well. We have so many recipes now, but just throwing things together and not being afraid to try new things. And sometimes you will have great recipes, sometimes you’re like, ‘Oh, that was not the best.’” 12:59