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Ep.114: Dr. Kristi Funk - Arm Yourself with Plant Warfare Against Breast Cancer (A Plant-Stock Replay)
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
10/14/21 • 36 min
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is why we’re showcasing a “Broc-Star Greatest Hits” presentation from our recent 2021 Plant-Stock Weekend, with board-certified breast cancer surgeon and physician, Dr. Kristi Funk.
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and, yes, there are some risk factors that you can't change like age, gender, and family history. However, as Dr. Funk stresses, we have way more power and control than we think - and, this is good news!
One of the biggest factors in our control on a daily basis? The food we eat. Three to six times a day, we choose whether or not to arm ourselves with powerful plant warfare that is our biggest defender-in-battle against this disease.
There's so much research, motivation, and support in this uplifting talk that we simply had to share it and echo Dr. Funk's call-to-action: Eat Like You Mean It!
You'll hear and learn:
- An explanation of the breast cancer statistics and your inherent risk factors
- All of the risk factors we CAN control - especially what we eat
- Why has the number of breast cancer cases increased in recent decades? What does the research show?
- What is IGF-1 and what role does it play in the growth of cancer cells? What foods contain IGF-1 and why should I avoid it?
- What is the only diet known to prevent and reverse heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and dementia? You probably have a guess!
- Dr. Funk's Top 12 Breast Super Foods and breast cancer food checklist
Episode Resources
Pink Lotus Website and Resources
2021 Cancer-Kicking Virtual Summit - Details and Registration
Download a copy of all Plant-Stock presentations for just $49
PLANTSTRONG Website and Resources
About Dr. Kristi Funk
Dr. Kristi Funk, a board-certified breast cancer surgeon and co-founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, is an expert in minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment methods for all types of breast disease. She has helped thousands of women through breast treatment, including well-known celebrities, like Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow, who have turned to her for her surgical expertise.
After graduating with distinction from Stanford University in 1991, Dr. Funk received her medical degree from UC Davis, School of Medicine. Following her surgical residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, WA, she completed a surgical breast fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she then excelled as a surgeon and breast center director for 7 years. In 2009, Dr. Funk alongside her entrepreneurial husband, Andy Funk, opened the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills. The Pink Lotus Breast Center fuses state-of-the art screening, genetic testing, diagnosis, and treatment with preventive strategies and holistic, compassionate care.
Dr. Funk is also the Founding Ambassador of the Pink Lotus Foundation, whose sole mission is to provide low-income, uninsured and underinsured women 100% free access to breast cancer screening and care.
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Ep. 131: Tony Robbins - Your DNA is Not Your Destiny
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
02/17/22 • 74 min
Robbins is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s #1 life and business strategist. Over the past four decades, he has empowered more than 50 million people worldwide through his business and personal development coaching programs and events.
This week, he’s on the PLANTSTRONG Podcast to discuss his new book, Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love.
As you’ll hear, this book is actually the result of Tony Robbins going on his own life-changing health journey. After being told that his health challenges were irreversible, he experienced firsthand how new regenerative technology, precision medicine, and lifestyle change could not only help him heal, but also make him stronger than ever.
Life Force is a true passion project for Tony to aid everyday people searching for answers on how to improve their energy, vitality, and strength that extends and lets them live healthier and longer lives.
Rip and Tony address:
- The Top 6 killers and health threats most of us face - cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke, and autoimmune disease.
- The groundbreaking new technologies being developed to fight these diseases, but also actionable lifestyle changes we can all make to improve our health right now – I’m talking whole food, plant-based nutrition, quality sleep, and movement.
- Why your DNA is not your destiny when it comes to your long-term health.
- Becoming CEO of your own health - actions to take today to improve your health and extend your healthspan.
- The breakthrough work and expert insights of more than 150 scientific, medical, and health and wellbeing experts.
- Inspiring comeback stories, and amazing advancements in precision medicine that you can apply today to help extend the length and quality of your lives.
- Feeding America - 100% of the profits of Life Force are donated to help end hunger today.
TONY ROBBINS and Episode Resources:
- Tony Robbins Website
- Buy Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love
- Life Force Website
- Fountain Life Centers
PLANTSTRONG Resources:
Shop for your Favorite Plantstrong Foods
Join the free PLANTSTRONG Community
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Ep. 132: Carleigh Bodrug - The "PlantYou" Sensation
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
02/24/22 • 65 min
This feisty young woman (who really couldn’t cook, by the way) took it upon herself to start experimenting with plants! Her goal? Make this lifestyle approachable, easy to follow, and so, so fun.
You can't force it down people's throat, you kind of have to just lead by example so I try to talk as positively as possible about how many benefits that I've personally experienced from going plant-based rather than kind of shaming or dampering on people's food, because food is emotional and nostalgic, as you know.
Her new book, PlantYou includes, not just photos of the gorgeous finished products, but also photos of every ingredient you need, making it so easy to follow. You know what else I love? It features over 140 recipes that are not only plantstrong, but also OIL-FREE!
Instead of a glug of oil in the pan, why don't you try vegetable broth or water and I can guarantee the finished product of that dish is going to take almost identical if not identical, and you have now reduced the fat and caloric content dramatically.
Rip and Carleigh also dish on:
- The support she receives from her family and fiance
I was super lucky in that I was supported on that journey because I think a lot of people are going it alone, and the social aspect, I always say to people, the social aspect is the hardest I think, and in a way, because I wasn't doing it completely by myself, that was a little easier to swallow. Like you didn't have to explain as much if your parents were going the same route.
- Why she maximizes every ounce of food she can when preparing meals and snacks
So this scrappy cooking concept was all born by this desire to kind of like reduce food waste within our own homes and also reduce the amount of money wasted and I think something like 40 to 50% of edible food in North America goes to waste, so it's a huge issue. And I think a lot of people are going aimlessly to the grocery store each week with really good intentions and buying a lot of fresh produce that ends up in the garbage.
- Tips and tricks with leftover aquafaba, ginger, date seeds, potato skins, pickle juice and more!
- Tools for your plant-based kitchen
- Favorite recipes in her new book
- Leading by example with positive energy
I try to talk as positively as possible about how many benefits that I've personally experienced from going plant-based rather than kind of shaming or dampering on people's food, because food is emotional and nostalgic, as you know.
Trust me, you’ll be hearing a lot more from Carleigh in the coming months because the future is bright for this young broc-star.
Carleigh Bodrug Resources:
- Buy PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes
- PlantYou Website
PLANTSTRONG Resources:
Register for our PLANTSTRONG Sedona Retreat - October 10th-15th, 2022
Shop for your Favorite Plantstrong Foods
Ep. 177: Let's Get Moving! Rip Explains the Real Benefits of Exercise
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
12/29/22 • 49 min
Rip explains the dangerous impact of a sedentary lifestyle and what sitting too long does to our bodies. He also explains the scientific research advocating for us to get up and moving!
It doesn’t matter if you’re training for a triathlon, a bodybuilding competition, or seeking the energy to enjoy a day with your grandkids, becoming plantstrong is a true game changer.
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health. Being physically active will:
- Improve your brain health
- Help manage weight
- Reduce the risk of disease
- Strengthen bones and muscles
- Improve your ability to do everyday activities.
Only a few lifestyle choices have as large an impact on your health as physical activity and it’s available to everyone regardless of age, abilities, ethnicity, shape, or size.
Episode Resources
Watch the Original Episode on YouTube
To stock up on the best-tasting, most convenient, 100% PLANTSTRONG foods, including our new granola and teas, check out all of our PLANTSTRONG products HERE.
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Give us a like on the PLANTSTRONG Facebook Page and check out what being PLANSTRONG is all about. We always keep it stocked full of new content and updates, tips for healthy living, delicious recipes, and you can even catch me LIVE on there!
We’ve also got an Instagram! Check us out and share your favorite PLANTSTRONG products and why you love it! Don’t forget to tag us using #goplantstrong 🌱💪
Want to live your best PLANTSTRONG life? Join our exclusive PLANTSTRONG Community of friendly, plant-loving peeps! This is a goldmine of resources, recipes, and incredible support to feed your PLANTSTRONG life.
Ep. 14: Dr. Doug Lisle and Dr. Jen Howk - Covid-19, The Ultimate Fire Drill
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
04/09/20 • 55 min
Ep. 211: Dr. Sandra Musial - Leaving a Medical Practice to Go All-In on Food as Medicine
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
08/24/23 • 64 min
In 2021, Dr. Sandra Musial gave up a private practice and teaching career to go ALL-IN with what she loves most - helping people transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.
She and other plant-based physicians started Plant Docs Providence to provide classes, education, and consultations to the public and medical professionals about how whole food, plant-based nutrition can prevent, improve, and reverse chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and certain cancers.
Today, she and Rip discuss:
- Her Ukrainian roots and why she wanted to pursue medicine
- Why she become a pediatrician to work with children
- What or who inspired Sandy to pursue plant-based nutrition
- The rewards and challenges of working with children and their fammilies
- The dedication and outcomes of starting an obesity clinic and a food garden at Hasbro Children’s Hospital
- When she knew it was time to go all-in on plant-based nutrition education
- How Plant Docs found a home at Plant City in Providence, Rhode Island
- Upcoming programs at Plant City
This career transition hasn’t come without risk, but when you pursue what you believe, the risk also comes with high-reward when you KNOW you’re making a difference in the lives of motivated people.
Sandra Musial, MD is a physician specializing in food as medicine who is dedicated to preserving health and reversing lifestyle-related chronic disease through whole, plant-based nutrition. Sandy earned a BS degree in Nutritional Sciences from the University of New Hampshire, and an MD degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She has worked in a private pediatric practice and at Hasbro Children's Hospital teaching the pediatric residents and medical students from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is a Culinary Coach from Harvard’s CHEF Coaching program, has a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from eCornell, and a Health Coaching certificate from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition®. Sandy is board certified in Pediatrics and Obesity Medicine and started an obesity clinic and the first vegetable garden at Hasbro. Though she has witnessed the healing power of conventional medicine, she has also seen its limitations, especially with regard to disease prevention through healthy nutrition. Sandy started the nonprofit Plant Docs as an avenue for people to learn about the power of plant-based nutrition to improve health.
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- Plant City Website
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Ep. 180: Are Coconuts a Plantstrong Food?
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
01/19/23 • 68 min
We’re happy to welcome back the popular, Jessica Hegarty, to the podcast! Jess and Rip did this Facebook live event a few weeks ago and the response was so powerful, we wanted to share it with all of you.
Jess is the Director of Food Development and Strategy around all of our PLANTSTRONG food lines. She’s the one who researches every new product and ingredient we look at for our foods and if it doesn’t pass her sniff test, it doesn’t make it into the mix! Needless to say, we trust her implicitly and, if you’ve tasted our PLANTSTRONG foods, you know the rigorous taste and nutritional standards she holds us all to.
Today, Jess is here to talk coconuts. As you may know, we at PLANTSTRONG aren’t huge fans of it because of the ridiculously high amount of saturated fat. Saturated fat isn’t just detrimental to our arteries and endothelial cells, but it’s also harmful to our brain health. In fact, it’s pretty much the only whole plant food we just can’t endorse and you’ll hear exactly why.
But, Jess doesn’t just look under the hood of the coconut itself. she also explores other popular coconut-based products:
- Coconut oils
- Coconut waters
- Coconut extract
- Coconut yogurts and milks
- Coconut flours
Can any of these products be considered a plantstrong food? Are all the “supposed” health benefits just marketing hype? Is any of it worth our valuable dollar?
She’ll tell us and even provide some fun and healthy alternatives! It’s a fun and in-depth look at this exotic fruit.
Episode Timestamps
6:25 Why is coconut the one plantstrong food we recommend you stay away from?
6:40 Why is saturated fat so detrimental to our health and endothelial function?
12:30 What is the saturated fat of typical foods in the American diet?
18:44 Coconuts are saturated fat bombs — similar to a Meal from McDonald’s?? Jess talks about the study to prove it.
24:00 Coconut Oil - Are there any health benefits to our body and skin?
28:48 Coconut Extract - Not flavors!
30:10 How to make your own coconut extract at home
31:10 Coconut Milk and Yogurts - What are some great alternatives to this concentrated saturated fat bomb?
37:08 Coconut Water - Is it really packed with electrolytes? Alternatives? Green tea and whole foods
40:40 Why was coconut even put on this planet?
46:00 Coconut Sugar - concentrated sugar with no fiber. Alternatives? Try dates!
48:55 Coconut Meat and Dried Shredded Coconut
54:30 Coconut Flours - Can you find de-fatted coconut?
Episode Resources
Watch the Original Episode on YouTube
PubMed Study - Impairment of endothelial function--a possible mechanism for atherosclerosis of a high-fat meal intake
Homemade Coconut Extract Recipe
To stock up on the best-tasting, most convenient, 100% PLANTSTRONG foods, including our new granola and teas, check out all of our PLANTSTRONG products HERE.
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Give us a like on the PLANTSTRONG Facebook Page and check out what being PLANSTRONG is all about. We always keep it stocked full of new content and updates, tips for healthy living, delicious recipes, and you can even catch me LIVE on there!
We’ve also got an Instagram! Check us out and share your favorite PLANTSTRONG products and why you love it! Don’t forget to tag us using #goplantstrong 🌱💪
Want to live your best PLANTSTRONG life? Join our exclusive PLANTSTRONG Community of friendly, plant-loving peeps! This is a goldmine of resources, recipes, and incredible support to feed your PLANTSTRONG life.
Ep. 301: "Broc and Roll" with Rip and Carrie - Eating Plantstrong Anywhere: Navigating Travel and Restaurant Options
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
05/15/25 • 20 min
Traveling while sticking to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle can be tricky—but it’s absolutely doable with the right mindset and tools.
In this episode, hosts Rip Esselstyn and his producer, Carrie Barrett, dive into the real-life challenges plant-based eaters face when away from home.
Their advice for restaurants? Don't be afraid to be FAB.
- Figure out what you can eat
- Ask for what you want
- Bring your own food
They break down each part of the FAB method with humor, empathy, and personal stories—proving that with a little planning and flexibility, you can thrive anywhere, even in the most unfamiliar food settings.
Whether you’re navigating airport terminals, hotel buffets, or international menus, this episode equips you with the tools to stay grounded in your health goals and enjoy the journey. Because being PLANTSTRONG isn’t just a way of eating—it’s a way of living.
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Ep. 119: Rip's Rescue - Change of Heart: Vital Intel Every Man Should Know
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
11/18/21 • 95 min
Welcome to this audio presentation of our recent "Rip's Rescue" event which focused exclusively on men's health and dispelling the outdated myth that real men need meat to thrive.
When Rip was a firefighter in Austin, Texas, he spent his days on the rescue squad, responding to fires and medical emergencies. For this presentation, he assembled a brigade of experts to join him in helping people rescue themselves. How? With a fire hose of evidence-based information and simple steps to eating more plants and saving yourself from the flames of chronic lifestyle disease and erectile dysfunction.
Joined by notable physicians, Drs. Aaron Spitz and Brian Asbill, Rip and his crew of experts shared vital intel every man should know to help men rescue their health and learn information that can help avoid the constant care of a physician.
And good news! You don't have to turn in your man card when you swap t-bones for tofu. We're torching that stereotype right now.
Topics covered included:
- Symptoms you should never ignore
- How to avoid needing the little blue pill
- PSA Tests and Numbers- What do I need to know?
- Can too little sex increase my risk of prostate cancer?
- The canary in the coal mine for men's health
- Important screenings every man should have
- How a plant-based lifestyle can strengthen your odds against chronic disease
About Dr. Aaron Spitz
Dr. Aaron Spitz is a nationally recognized expert on men's health, a lead delegate of America’s Urologists to the American Medical Association, and the author of The Penis Book. He was also prominently featured in The Game Changers for one of the most eye-popping scenes that left audiences howling and men and women wanting to know more!
Dr. Spitz discusses "the canary in the coal mine" for men, symptoms that must be treated urgently, and how to preserve sexual longevity while warding off taking the little blue pill.
About Dr. Brian Asbill
Dr. Brian Asbill is a cardiologist and the first physician in the world to be certified in lifestyle medicine by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Asbill will discuss how lifestyle can fight back against heart disease, the important screenings every man should request from his provider, and the warning signs that a cardiac event is likely.
Episode and PLANTSTRONG Resources:
Dr. Brian Asbill Website - Ruckus Health
Dr. Aaron Spitz - The Penis Book
Download our Free PLANTSTRONG Holiday Meal Guide
PLANTSTRONG Website with all of our Resources to live PLANTSTRONG
Ep. 286: Chef Bailey Ruskus - The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Up With Dairy
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
01/30/25 • 77 min
Are you struggling to break up with dairy? It's the most common thing we hear at PLANTSTRONG. I can live this lifestyle, but I just can't give up cheese and milk!
Well, now you don't have to with this wonderful new book by Chef Bailey Ruskus.
In Breaking Up With Dairy, Chef Bai not only shares her own difficult and eye-opening journey of breaking up with dairy, but she also includes more than 100 unbelievable plant-based dairy recipes for all of your favorites such as milks, coffee creamers, and sauces, to gourmet-quality cheeses, and yep - even milkshakes. This book is proof that breaking up may be hard to do, but it’s so worth it.
From understanding the dairy industry's hold on our eating habits to practical tips for transitioning to a dairy-free lifestyle, this episode is filled with encouragement and actionable advice as you navigate the through the stages of grief.
It's time to stop worshipping at the "church of cheeses" and discover a healthier, more compassionate way to enjoy your favorite foods.
Pre-Order Breaking Up With Dairy
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Join us for our 2025 Plantstrong Retreat in Black Mountain, NC - Nov 9-14, 2025: https://plantstrong.com/pages/black-mountain-retreat
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PLANTSTRONG Podcast currently has 318 episodes available.
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