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Dr. Rosie is a partner of Maximized Living and runs Main Health Solutions, a clinic in Boise. She shares with us ways to maximize our lives each week. She can also be found on Facebook or YouTube.

On today’s podcast episode we have Dr. Uma Naidoo, MD. She is a Harvard trained nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef and nutrition specialist, and the author of ‘This Is Your Brain On Food.’ She founded and directs the first hospital-based nutritional psychiatry service in the United States and is the Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at MGH Academy while serving on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She tells us about her own path on discovering food and health, and how it can affect your body, especially your mind or mental state, and then the link between your gut and not being able to sleep, for example. 
 
Nutritional psychiatry 1:22 
Seeing people’s lives change 10:12 
Sleep cycle and your gut 15:58 
Developing kids and their brain with nutrition 20:56 
How food affects the elderly 25:00 
Tips for people starting out 29:30 
What Dr. Naidoo eats 37:05 
 
“Nutritional psychiatry is the use of healthy whole foods and nutrients to improve your mental well being, and it is based on scientific evidence that we have. It does not exclude the use of medication or other forms of therapy. It’s really meant to act in conjunction with and to complement other forms of treatment.” 1:24 
 
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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 1:02

Was she always into nutrition? 2:56

What she has learned from plant-based eating 5:50

What is the magic in plants that is improving our health? 9:07

Health benefits that Sam sees people experience 13:27

Are superfoods real? 18:21

Tip 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 3:05
What Kristel eats 5:24
Cooking 10:55
Spreading 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 2:22
When Michael started his journey 6:50
Making the change 10:18
Kristel’s eczema 13:17
The 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

On This Bonus Episode Of The #BeSexyEatPlants Podcast Michael and Kristel Answer YOUR Questions, Comments And Give A Glimpse Into The Future Of Your Super (And Their Relationship!). They cover everything from product recommendations, the Carb Myth and how to be healthy while staying at home. A Must-Listen For Those New To Your Super, and The Die-Hard Fans Alike.

What Kristel and Michael eat in a day 9:27
Their favorite plant milk 16:44
Healthy tips for living at home 19:27
Your Super products and breastfeeding 30:21
The marriage question 34: 57

"Carbs are okay, just make sure they are carbs from Whole Foods, plants or just Whole Foods, foods. And then it's okay. Whether that's a banana, wether that's any kind of fruit, ... eat your carbs and enjoy them." 8:34

Michael and Kristel trade their insights and experience with celebrity wellness coach, Mona Sharma. They discuss the three pillars that have guided Mona's life; food is medicine, movement is therapy and mindfulness as a crucial part of wellness. Mona shares advice on how to apply the ancient Indian system of Ayurveda to a modern lifestyle and shares tips on how you can start to apply these pillars in your life and family. 

Mona's background in nutrition 1:36
How to let go and start over with your health 7:16
Honor what your body needs 14:47
Mona's key daily habits 25:56
Overall tips and how to help your kids eat healthy 30:51
Working with celebrities 46:00

"A Mindfulness practice is anything that you make of it and it's going to feel and change differently on different days, right? Some days, if I could get in 20 minutes of silence to sit to myself, it's impacting your nervous system for the day." 39:36

Mona Sharma: @monasharma with @xicama to follower her business and try her products

Michael and Kristel speak with author and psychologist Melanie Joy about Speciesism and Carnism. Melanie walks us through how animals of different species are treated differently, and how that doesn't make sense in a holistic world and the psychology involved in what we eat. She has several books; Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows as well as Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters. We are so grateful for the insights she shared into the culture surrounding veganism and carnism and what we can do to change it. 

How Melanie's vegan journey started 2:51
Carnism: an overarching belief system 7:37
The results of carnism 16:35
How to break away from carnism 20:25
The changes that bring Melanie hope 33:04

"Also, I encourage people to think of themselves as vegan allies, right? It is not black and white. ... You can be a non-vegan, you can be as vegan as possible and still be what I call a vegan ally." 21:14

@beyondcarnism 
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In this episode Michael and Kristel talk with legendary Doctor, Dean Ornish, as seen on Ellen, Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show. As the author of UnDo It! he joins to discuss the importance of prevention and how living a plant based lifestyle can help reverse the chronic illnesses that plague the world today. In his episode we get to the "root" of the issue, and learn that eating better, moving more, stressing less and surrounding ourselves with love can be a great formula for better health. 

The importance of treating the cause 9:29
Being a plant based pioneer 14:41
The power of simple changes 21:00
Why all the studies 26:44
Diabetics switching over 30:53

In talking about ironic illnesses such as heart failure, Dr. Ornish states;
"But what kind of hit me was that they're really the same disease. They're more similar than different, manifesting and mascaraing in different forms because they all share the same underlying biological mechanisms." 22:27

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ornish.com
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Michael and Kristel converse with April Tam, founder of New York City's P.S. Kitchen; a favorite post-Broadway spot. It's so good most guests don't know it's plant-based (or that it's founder has a full time investment banking job). Learn the ROI of generosity in this heart-warming episode.  

Michael and Kristel rap with plant-based pioneer Seth Tibbott. Learn how losing a government grant, lead to one of the most successful vegetarian brands of yesterday and today.

Michael and Kristel hang with plant-based restauranteur Heather Tierney, founder of The Butcher' Daughter. Heather gives delicious plant based recs for all appetites, time periods and corners of the world. 

Michael and Kristel talk with famed surgeon and breast cancer expert Dr. Kristi Funk. Learn how to increase cancer prevention, and what to do upon diagnosis with the best-seller author, television personality and revolutionary doctor.

We kick off Season 2 of The #BeSexyEatPlants Podcast with The Gamechagers, film director Louis Psihoyos. Michael & Kristel get to know this Oscar-winner's road to veganism and hear the inside scoop on things you DIDN'T see in the film.

Michael and Kristel dialogue with T.K. Pillan; visionary behind Veggie Grill -America's quickest growing plant-based casual food chain. 

Michael and Kristel Get A Little Starstruck While Talking With The Legendary, Dr. T Colin Campbell from The China Study. Dr. Campbell Educates On Decades Of Researching Cancer Causes And Prevention, Federal Health Legislation And The Secrets To A Long, Happy Life.

When NFL Player, Keith Mitchell was paralyzed during a play, he turned to yoga, breath work and the healing power of plants. Michael and Kristel learn about his journey and how he is now sharing it to inspire others.

Michael and Kristel talk about the root cause of disease and how to eat for your health, with New York Times Bestselling Author, Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Michael and Kristel celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Happy Cow Website and App with it's founder Eric Brent. Together the trade tales of international travel on a plant-based plan.

Michael and Kristel are joined by plant based-pioneer Miyoko Schinner. They talk about why being vegan doesn't mean being boring, and how compassion is at the cornerstone of each decision they make.