The Vegan Diet Episode! Pros & Cons of Being Plant-Based, The Environmental Impact, Keto, & More! | The Hart of Health Podcast E3

02/13/20 • 31 min

In this episode of The Hart of Health, we discuss the vegan diet! Since Jonathan decided to do a vegan diet challenge in February, we thought this would be a great topic for a podcast. Here is what we talked about:

Joané’s experience with trying a vegan diet
Mikhaila Peterson’s carnivore diet and how certain plant foods affected her. You can learn more about her journey here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF_7688Zk6s
Our health challenges for January and February
Jonathan trying a low-fat, high-carb vegan diet
Having a lot of fat and carbs together
What we like about a plant-based/vegan diet
Challenges with a plant-based/vegan diet
Experimenting with your diet and learning what works for your body
Eating a whole foods diet vs junk food before going plant-based
Taking diet breaks and binge eating
Metaflammation from overeating
The rest and digest system
Finding balance in your diet
Too many grains and legumes on a vegan diet
Consuming too much fruit on a vegan diet
High-sugar vegan snacks
How a vegan diet can be too ideological.
Being open-minded on a vegan diet
Finding the optimal diet for you
Getting ethically raised eggs
Going vegetarian instead
Why a Mediterranean, primal, or paleo diet might be better
Going plant-based as an experiment
Making the vegan diet part of your identity
Choosing a low-carb or vegan keto diet
Getting enough calories on a vegan diet
Needing to take supplements on a plant-based diet
Doing the vegan diet for moral reasons
Hunting
Getting locally sourced produce to help the environment
The environmental impact of a vegan vs carnivore diet
Cutting out processed foods for the environment
Desertification
Reducing food waste
Shopping less

We had quite a bit of fun recording it and know that we covered quite a lot. Hope you enjoy listening to it!

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Joané’s experience with trying a vegan diet
Mikhaila Peterson’s carnivore diet and how certain plant foods affected her. You can learn more about her journey here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF_7688Zk6s
Our health challenges for January and February
Jonathan trying a low-fat, high-carb vegan diet
Having a lot of fat and carbs together
What we like about a plant-based/vegan diet
Challenges with a plant-based/vegan diet
Experimenting with your diet and learning what works for your body
Eating a whole foods diet vs junk food before going plant-based
Taking diet breaks and binge eating
Metaflammation from overeating
The rest and digest system
Finding balance in your diet
Too many grains and legumes on a vegan diet
Consuming too much fruit on a vegan diet
High-sugar vegan snacks
How a vegan diet can be too ideological.
Being open-minded on a vegan diet
Finding the optimal diet for you
Getting ethically raised eggs
Going vegetarian instead
Why a Mediterranean, primal, or paleo diet might be better
Going plant-based as an experiment
Making the vegan diet part of your identity
Choosing a low-carb or vegan keto diet
Getting enough calories on a vegan diet
Needing to take supplements on a plant-based diet
Doing the vegan diet for moral reasons
Hunting
Getting locally sourced produce to help the environment
The environmental impact of a vegan vs carnivore diet
Cutting out processed foods for the environment
Desertification
Reducing food waste
Shopping less

We had quite a bit of fun recording it and know that we covered quite a lot. Hope you enjoy listening to it!

Want to buy us a steak? Follow this link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thehartofhealth

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Crystals VIP by From The Dust | https://soundcloud.com/ftdmusic

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Intermittent Fasting — Benefits, 16/8 Fasting, 3- & 5-Day Fasts, Our Plans, & a Short Guide to IF | The Hart of Health Podcast E2

This podcast episode is all about intermittent fasting! We love the benefits of practicing intermittent fasting and decided to make that the theme of our second health and self-optimization podcast. In this episode, we discuss:
- How we initially felt about intermittent fasting
- Our current intermittent fasting plan
- How long you should fast
- Why you get hungry at certain times of the day
- Intermittent fasting benefits
- Autophagy, senescent cells, and mitochondria
- Boosting human growth hormone levels with intermittent fasting
- The rest and digest principle
- Overdoing it when you eat
- Intermittent fasting and binge eating
- Burning fat and preserving muscle
- Intermittent fasting vs calorie restriction
- Impulsive eating and snaccidents
- Fasting like your ancestors
- Ordering food online
- Combining fat and carbs to gain fat
- Doing a doughnut diet
- Dealing with cravings when intermittent fasting
- Getting enough sleep when intermittent fasting.
- Calories in, calories out
- Our intermittent fasting plans/schedules
This is just a short guide to intermittent fasting. You can find more articles about intermittent fasting on our website: www.thehartofhealth.com
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Diet vs Exercise for Fat Loss and Optimal Health | The Hart of Health Podcast E4

Hi everyone! In this episode, we talk about the importance of diet and exercise, as well as which one is better. We discuss:

The Biggest Loser Effect
Exercising intensely and pushing yourself in the gym for weight loss.
Is diet or exercise more important?
Moving throughout the day
HIIT training for a few minutes a day
Vishen Lakhiani, the founder of Mindvalley, doing HIIT training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2rcKbcxTf4&t=779s
The Biggest Loser Diet
The man who fasted for 382 days: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-true-story-of-a-man-who-survived-without-any-food-for-382-days
Fasting and loose skin
Taking diet breaks when trying to lose weight
Exercising for your mental health
Not being able to out-train a poor diet
What is harder, diet or exercise?
Exercise triggering cortisol
Putting too much stress on your body
Beneficial stress
How much stress can you tolerate?
Doing workouts you like
Exercising intuitively
What diet is best? Keto, Mediterranean, etc.
Getting enough sleep
How sleep affects diet and exercise
Alcohol