Our guest this episode is the incredible Dr. Angie Sadeghi, a California-based gastroenterologist with extensive training from the prestigious University of Southern California. She is passionate about using the power of plant-based nutrition to not only treat diseases of the digestive tract, but to help her patients lose weight, feel better, and live longer, healthier lives. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Her journey to medicine and a plant-based diet 
• Benefits of ditching dairy and eating plant-based 
• Fitness and bodybuilding on a plant-based diet 
• The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease 
• How different foods affect the gut microbiome 
• Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD) and diet 
• Preventing colorectal cancer with diet 
• Her thoughts on grass-fed and/or organic meat 
• Why fibre is so important 
• Her thoughts on fibre supplements, probiotic supplements, and fermented foods 
• Her favourite gastrointestinal nourishing foods 

If you would like to connect with Dr. Sadeghi, she’s very active on Instagram and you can check out her website https://drangiehealth.com. Her new book, The Trifecta of Health is available wherever books are sold! 

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