All posts tagged plant-based diet

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers, plant-based doctor

By | November 2, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers–who runs a medical practice in Chattanooga, Tenn. called The Essence of Health Wellness Clinic—describes growing up in the South (Atlanta), where dishes like fried chicken and mac and cheese were common to family meals and larger celebrations. Read more…

Mark Reinfeld, vegan chef, author & educator

By | June 29, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Mark Reinfeld— the award-winning vegan chef and author of numerous books, including “Healing The Vegan Way: Plant-Based Eating for Optimal Health and Wellness”—returns to the show, this time offering more early biographical information than we’ve discussed in past conversations. Read more…

Kristie Middleton, author of Meatless: Transform the Way You Eat and Live—One Meal at a Time”

By | March 22, 2017 | Advocates, Authors, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Kristie Middleton—the Senior Director of Food Policy for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), and author of the new book “Meatless: Transform the Way You Eat and Live—One Meal at a Time”–discusses her job at HSUS, and what the duties entail. Read more…

Dr. Michael Greger, nutrition wiz & author of “How Not To Die”

By | February 17, 2016 | Advocates, Authors, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Dr. Michael Greger—the physician, author, speaker, internationally-recognized expert on nutrition, and majordomo of NutritionFacts.org—recounts how his Grandma’s story of being riddled with heart disease in her 60s, all but written off by her doctors, embraced the diet then being pioneered by Nathan Pritikin, saw her condition improve dramatically, living into her 90s, and in the process, inspired Greger to pursue a career as a doctor. Read more…

Internationally-noted nutrition expert Dr. Michael Greger

By | August 3, 2011 | Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan | No comments

Dr. Michael Greger–physican, author and internationally-noted expert on nutrition and public health issues–reviews some of the notable and positive developments he discussed a few weeks prior in a panel entitled “Advances In Farm Animal Protection” at the Taking Action For Animals conference in Washington, DC. Read more…

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