Chris Beat Cancer: Heal With Nutrition & Natural Therapies

Complete Show Notes and Links Here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/RipEsselstyn

Rip Esselstyn was a professional plant-based triathlete for 10 years before becoming a firefighter in Austin, Texas. During that time, Rip helped his entire firehouse (Engine 2) convert to a plant-based diet, helping his fellow firemen lose weight and reverse various chronic diseases.

In 2009, as a result of that experience, he wrote a massive bestseller called The Engine 2 Diet and created the global Plant-Strong movement. Since then he has authored multiple bestsellers including: Plant-Strong, The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet, and The Engine 2 Cookbook.

Rip was an executive producer for the documentary film The Game Changers and also hosts the Plant-Strong Podcast.

And Rip recently became a world record holder in the 200-meter backstroke in his age group, 55-59!

You’re going to love this interview recorded somewhere in the Caribbean Sea from my cabin aboard the 2020 Holistic Holiday at Sea Cruise, in the good old days before COVID-19 shut down the planet. Enjoy!

Show Notes and Links Here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/will-bulsiewicz-md-fiber-fueled-expand-your-microbiome-heal-your-gut-and-prevent-disease-with-fiber-rich-food/

Nearly 2500 years ago Hippocrates brilliantly declared, “All disease begins in the gut.” And it’s taken almost as many years for science to uncover why…

70-80% of your immune system is in your gut!

Today’s episode of the Chris Beat Cancer podcast features Will Bulsiewicz, MD, MSCI, (a.k.a. Dr. B), a board-certified gastroenterologist, gut health expert, and the author of Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome.

Fiber is essential for a healthy gut, diverse microbiome and a strong immune system. It is, in my opinion, the most underrated nutrient.

And as a result, 97% of Americans are fiber deficient!

Fun fact: You can’t get fiber from animal food. It is only found in plants.

In our interview Dr. Will Bulsiewicz and I talk about Fiber Fueled, how to heal and prevent disease with a fiber-rich plant-based diet, why doctors aren’t educated in evidence-based nutrition, the brutality of med school training, a new study showing how your microbiome affects your COVID-19 risk, and so much more.

This was such a fun conversation that Dr. B and I went extra long. Enjoy!

“The best diet to be sick and fat is hospital food.“ -Dr. Brooke Goldner Brooke Goldner, MD is a board-certified physician, the founder of GoodbyeLupus.com, creator of the Hyper-Nourishing Nutrition Protocol for Lupus Reversal, and the author of Goodbye Lupus, Goodbye Autoimmune Disease, and Green Smoothie Recipes to Kick-Start Your Health & Healing.

At 16 years old Brooke was diagnosed with lupus and advanced kidney failure and told she might only have 6 months to live. She underwent aggressive chemotherapy and pharmaceuticals stabilized her disease but did not cure it.

For the next decade Brooke struggled with lupus symptoms and side effects like multiple mini-strokes, then while in medical residency, with the intention of looking good for her wedding, she adopted a high raw 100% plant-based diet and “accidentally” healed her lupus!

Dr. Goldner not only has an incredible understanding and track record reversing lupus and autoimmune diseases with nutrition but she also helps her patients overcome the mental and emotional issues that get in the way of recovery. She is a total package MD!

I know you’re gonna love this interview with the amazing and brilliant Dr. Brooke Goldner. The mental and emotional root causes of disease that we talk about in the second half of the interview are especially powerful. Don’t miss it!

Show Notes and Links here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/michael-greger-md-on-how-not-to-diet/

In my previous interview with Dr. Michael Greger, we discussed his book How Not to Die, which is, in my opinion, the best, most comprehensive book on nutritional science ever written.

In today’s interview, filmed aboard the Holistic Holiday at Sea Cruise, Dr. Greger and I talk about his incredible new evidence-based weight loss book, How Not to Diet.

Why do I care about weight loss? Because obesity is the second leading cause of cancer. Excess body fat promotes hormonal imbalances, chronic inflammation, and immunosuppression. Losing excess fat and getting down to a healthy weight and BMI is essential for prevention and healing.

Dr. Greger made quite a few surprising and fascinating discoveries while combing through the scientific literature to learn the best dietary strategies to lose excess weight and keep it off…

Like how dinner calories are twice as fattening as breakfast calories (seriously!), the best intermittent fasting strategy, spices that accelerate weight loss, and so much more!

You’re gonna love this interview with Dr. Michael Greger!

Show Notes and Links here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/michael-klaper-md-on-fasting-benefits-and-the-dangers-of-keto-and-carnivore-diets/

“If you encountered a physician that dismissed you when you brought up the question of nutrition, who had an abysmal ignorance on the importance of what you are eating, on behalf of my profession, I apologize to you. The state of nutritional awareness among my profession is an embarrassment and we are working hard to reverse that.” -Michael Klaper, MD

Dr. Michael Klaper is an internationally renowned health and wellness educator. He has been a plant-based medical doctor for 39 years. He has written multiple books, produced numerous health videos and webinars, and authored dozens of articles for both scientific journals and the popular press.

Dr. Klaper served on staff at the TrueNorth Health Center for many years and is now spearheading Moving Medicine Forward, an initiative focused on educating medical students on plant-based nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic disease.

In our interview we talk about the incredible benefits of fasting, the True North medically supervised fasting protocol, how animal protein fuels cancer growth, fad diets like the ketogenic and carnivore diets, his opinion on sugar, salt and oils, and so much more.

I’ve been an admirer of Dr. Klaper for many years and it was a thrill to finally meet him in person! I know you will enjoy this interview with the brilliant Dr. Michael Klaper, filmed in my cabin on the Holistic Holiday at Sea cruise in February 2020.

Show Notes and Links here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/dr-neal-barnard-balance-your-hormones-naturally-with-a-plant-based-diet/

Neal Barnard, MD (@drnealbarnard) is a physician, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and Editor in Chief of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians, a textbook made available to all U.S. medical students.

Dr. Barnard has authored more than 90 scientific publications and 20 books, including best-sellers on plant-based nutrition, diabetes, hormones, weight loss, and more. His most recent book, Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones, and Health was released in February 2020.

Dr. Barnard grew up hunting and driving cattle to slaughter in his family’s cattle business. But he had an epiphany in med school, decided to stop eating animals and began researching nutrition for disease prevention and optimal health. Today he is one of the most influential plant-based medical professionals in the world.

I have been a big fan of Dr. Barnard for a long time and recently had the opportunity to interview him on a boat!

We were both speakers on the Holistic Holiday at Sea plant-based cruise in February 2020. It was an incredible experience and I’m scheduled to speak on the March 2021 Cruise, assuming the world goes back to normal by then… Details here.)

Dr. Barnard is a brilliant, compassionate and gracious teacher. In our wide-ranging interview, he shares his plant-based conversion story, talks about the problems created in the human body by excessive consumption of animal food, and how to balance your hormones naturally with a plant-based diet. His advice for doctors and cancer patients at the end of our interview is especially powerful.

I know you will love this interview with Dr. Neal Barnard from my cabin aboard the Holistic Holiday at Sea.

Show Notes and Links here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/sung-won-md-reverse-back-pain-and-avoid-surgery-with-plant-based-nutrition/

"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." -Abraham Maslow

Conventional medical doctors receive extensive training to treat chronic disease with a very limited set of tools: drugs and surgery for most of what ails us, and additionally, radiotherapy for certain types of cancer.

The "hammer" most often used by physicians is pharmaceutical drugs. And in the case of surgeons, their hammer for back pain, knee pain, hip pain, etc. is to put you "under the knife," which often also involves hammers, saws, and drills. And if that doesn't work, anti-inflammatory drugs and pain pills.

Enter Dr. Sung Won

Sung Won, MD is an Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine Specialist, a minimally invasive spine surgeon, and an expert in stem cell therapy. And he is the only orthopedic surgeon I've ever met who helps his patients heal chronic pain and avoid surgery with a whole food plant-based nutrition program. What a concept!

Dr. Won hosts free monthly seminars at his center in Irving, Texas, teaching his patients how whole food plant-based nutrition can help prevent, suspend, and even completely reverse chronic pain and disease. I love this guy!

Show Notes -Dr. Won's story and interest in cancer prevention [02:00] -Why nutrition isn't a part of medicine [06:40] -How Dr. Won discovered plant-based nutrition [11:48] -Important eye-opening nutrition research and references [15:06] -Preventing spine surgery with nutrition [23:40] -Reversing "irreversible" problems [30:00] -Dr. Won's unconventional patient questionnaire and healing plan [31:32] -Stem cell therapy cautions [33:18] -The role of stem cell therapy in healing [34:38] -Finding accredited stem cell therapy locations/doctors [38:49] -The future of stem cell therapy [42:32] -Dr. Won's ideal breakfast, lunch, and dinner [45:22] -An essential element to achieve optimal health [49:17] -Supplements are not a magic pill [54:19] -Why medicine is more about masking a problem than fixing it [56:16]

If you or someone you know is struggling with chronic pain and anticipating surgery, this interview with Dr. Sung Won is a must watch.

Show Notes and Links here: https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/annie-grace-on-how-to-break-alcohol-addiction-without-shame-or-guilt/

My first interview of 2020 is with Annie Grace. Annie was raised in a one-room cabin with no electricity or running water that could only be accessed by snowmobile in the winter.

At 26, she was hired as the youngest Vice President in a multinational company. Soon after, she was encouraged to attend happy hours and to drink socially to network with colleagues and clients in order to further her career.

By age 35, Annie was a marketing executive responsible for teams in 28 countries. She had two young children and she was drinking almost two bottles of wine per night.

That's when she realized she had a problem.

After many failed attempts, Annie discovered a unique and powerful approach to understanding and conquering alcohol addiction, without the stigma, guilt, and shame associated with identifying as an "alcoholic" for the rest of her life.

Annie's method has helped thousands of people transform their lives and gain freedom from alcohol.

If you're drinking alcohol daily, if you are struggling with excessive drinking, if you don't fit into the AA model or it hasn't worked for you, or if someone you care about is drinking a lot, then this interview is a must watch. Enjoy!

Show Notes and Links here: Dr Scott Stoll https://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/dr-scott-stoll-transforming-healthcare-with-plant-based-nutrition/

Dr. Scott Stoll is a plant-based M.D. on a mission to transform our healthcare system. He is the co-founder of The Plantrician Project and the annual International Plant Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference, which is the largest plant-based nutrition conference for doctors and healthcare professionals practicing evidence-based diet and lifestyle medicine in the world!

Dr. Stoll is the author of numerous scientific articles and the best-selling book Alive! A Physician’s Biblical & Scientific Guide to Nutrition. That's right! He's a Believer too. :)

Dr. Stoll also co-authored The Change: Transforming Yourself and Your Body into the Person You Want to Beand contributed to the book Rethink Food: 100+ Doctors Can't Be Wrong.

Dr. Stoll hosted the 2018 PBS specialFood As Medicine, and has appeared on Dr. Oz, numerous documentaries including Eating You Alive, Wait till its Free, and The Game Changers. And, fun fact, he was also a member of the 1994 Olympic Bobsled Team.

Dr. Scott Stoll is brilliant man doing incredible work empowering health care professionals with the knowledge and resources to practice evidence-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine, which is collectively impacting the lives of millions of patients around the world.

I am so excited to introduce you to your new favorite MD, Dr. Scott Stoll. Enjoy!

Show Notes -Dr. Stoll's origin story [02:11] -How to help people stop "falling apart" [03:35] -The core principle of food as medicine [08:35] -His immersion program & the Plantrician conference [12:23] -Diseases improved by diet change in one week [16:43] -Rewriting your future, one bite at a time [20:01] -The importance of speaking words of hope & healing [22:34] -Smoothie in a tube [24:35] -Weirdo fringe health and wellness [26:05] -Healthy soil project with Rodale [29:05] -What's wrong with eating animals? [32:05] -The protein myth [36:40] -Dr. Stoll's staple meals [42:40] -Learning to crave healthy food [46:20]