Challenging the Status Quo Through Comedy with Dr. Bassem Youssef
11/28/18 • 53 min
The world wants to make you eat meat. You don’t have to listen! Dr. Bassem Youssef is here to tell you why! Bassem is a former surgeon and political satire comedian who turned vegan, and he wants you to know how to challenge the status quo. Listen to find out how Bassem spreads the vegan message despite criticism and how you can do the same.
“All of the stuff people know about nutrition is more of a popular opinion, not scientific fact.”
-Dr. Bassum Youssef
What do you want to hear from the Generation V Podcast?
Timestamps:
2:53 - Bassem’s transformation from a meat lover to vegan and how one person can inspire millions of people
10:59 - BEWARE: You may be eating incorrectly even though you are still following a vegan diet. Find out how you can be the most healthy as a vegan
14:55 - What you need to do to distinguish between popular nutrition and actual nutrition and why doctors tend to side with meat-based diets
18:21 - Bassem’s journey into political satire as a push against the status quo and why veganism does the same
24:00 - Strategies for you to win people over to the message of veganism by connecting people to tangible benefits from plant-based diets
30:06 - How you can use the platform and network that you have to establish your role in the movement for veganism
36:25 - How Dr. Youssef wants to unite the two worlds of American and Middle Eastern veganism and how you can use Middle Eastern foods to make excellent plant-based meals
43:42 - What Bassem is doing to promote the vegan message and the best ways that the values of the vegan movements can be spread
Connect with Dr. Youssef:
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- VeganFitness.com
- Vivolife.com
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The world wants to make you eat meat. You don’t have to listen! Dr. Bassem Youssef is here to tell you why! Bassem is a former surgeon and political satire comedian who turned vegan, and he wants you to know how to challenge the status quo. Listen to find out how Bassem spreads the vegan message despite criticism and how you can do the same.
“All of the stuff people know about nutrition is more of a popular opinion, not scientific fact.”
-Dr. Bassum Youssef
What do you want to hear from the Generation V Podcast?
Timestamps:
2:53 - Bassem’s transformation from a meat lover to vegan and how one person can inspire millions of people
10:59 - BEWARE: You may be eating incorrectly even though you are still following a vegan diet. Find out how you can be the most healthy as a vegan
14:55 - What you need to do to distinguish between popular nutrition and actual nutrition and why doctors tend to side with meat-based diets
18:21 - Bassem’s journey into political satire as a push against the status quo and why veganism does the same
24:00 - Strategies for you to win people over to the message of veganism by connecting people to tangible benefits from plant-based diets
30:06 - How you can use the platform and network that you have to establish your role in the movement for veganism
36:25 - How Dr. Youssef wants to unite the two worlds of American and Middle Eastern veganism and how you can use Middle Eastern foods to make excellent plant-based meals
43:42 - What Bassem is doing to promote the vegan message and the best ways that the values of the vegan movements can be spread
Connect with Dr. Youssef:
Connect with Nimai:
- Youtube
- VeganFitness.com
- Vivolife.com
- Builtapparel.net Discount Code: Nimai10
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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From Sniper to Vegan and Being a Modern Warrior with Damien Mander
Another benefit of going vegan: You don’t support animal suffering. In today’s episode, Damien Mander joins Nimai as an activist against poaching and animal suffering. Inspired by his tragic experiences, Damien founded the International Anti-Poaching Foundation. Hear how he fights against animal suffering and provides alternatives for African communities. Take some notes on why plant-based diets support his mission and how you can get involved today!
“We all see problems in life and its what we do or whether we turn away that defines us.”
-Damien Mander
What do you want to hear from the Generation V Podcast?
Timestamps:
1:43 - Who Damien Mander is and why you NEED to know how to stop animal suffering
7:48 - Witnessing and fighting against suffering: how Damien started making a difference against both human and animal suffering
16:47 - Stories of animal suffering and what you need to fight against by joining forces with organizations like the International Anti-Poaching Foundation
22:18 - How IAPF resists poaching, trains others to lead the movement against poaching, and transforms peoples perspectives about life as a whole
28:27 - How the military is transitioning to promote the abilities and equality of women and how IAPF is doing the same
33:26 - Why women and the values of women have promoted the success of IAPF operations in Africa and how they have created an economic alternative to trophy hunting through community
39:22 - Don’t deny the truth: How every animal experiences suffering and how every person can have a HUGE impact by switching to and promoting veganism
46:50 - How Damien and IAPF aim to fight the poaching industry through a sustainable economic alternative and how you can get involved
Resources:
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Next Episode
How to Master Diabetes with Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta
What you eat changes everything, even your diabetes! Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta join Nimai to talk all things diabetes and nutrition. As the creators of the Mastering Diabetes Program, they want to help everyone to take control of their type 1, type 1.5, type 2, or pre-diabetes. Robby and Cyrus can point you to the diet that will help you win against diabetes. Listen to today's episode to dig into the science of diabetes and how it applies to your life now.
“You can actually use your food as something you can substitute for these medications.”
-Cyrus Khambatta
What do you want to hear from the Generation V Podcast?
Timestamps:
4:25 - Introducing Robby and how he’s grown in his knowledge of and fight against diabetes
9:37 - How Robby tried everything to find healing and what he found in a vegan diet to promote a high-quality life even with type 1 diabetes
16:00 - Type 1 diabetes and 2 other auto-immune disorders surfaced within months of each other in Cyrus’s life. Why Cyrus turned away from western medicine for the answers he looked for
26:09 - What health professionals don’t tell you: why fruits and vegetables are all you need to maintain good insulin levels and improve your health in general
32:25 - What causes insulin resistance? Not carbohydrates! What the evidence actually points to as the root cause of your diabetic symptoms
39:43 - Why ketogenic diets are not for you to improve long-term health
45:37 - Increasing insulin is NOT a strategy for bodybuilding. Why you need to know what insulin is so that you can drop your chronic risk for diabetes
53:20 - The only 3 categories of food that you need to lower blood pressure, decrease diabetes risks, decrease fat, and improve health overall
1:02:47 - What you can do to improve your knowledge of health issues in a logical and comprehensive way so that you can experience a positive life now and in the future
People Mentioned:
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- MasteringDiabetes.org
- Mastering Diabetes YouTube
- Mastering Diabetes Instagram
- Mastering Diabetes Facebook
- Mastering Diabetes Podcast
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- VeganFitness.com
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