Eat Green Make Green

“The status quo never goes quietly into the good night. This fight just started.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the awesome Matt de Gruyter. Matt is the Co-Founder of America’s first plant-based burger chain, Next Level Burger, which now has over 10 locations in multiple states. We talk about how Matt dropped his very comfortable career in the oil and gas industry to start Next Level Burger at a time and place where many thought he was crazy, we talk about the intense reality of entrepreneurship, why you must be obsessed to succeed as an entrepreneur, the many challenges of starting Next Level Burger, why all plant-based restaurant brands are on the same team and why it’s crucial we all eat more plants for the future of our world.

Show Notes

Next Level Burger Website

Next Level Burger Instagram

“When someone tells you something can’t be done, it’s a reflection of their limitations not yours.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspiring Adrianne Haslet. Adrianne is a Boston Marathon Bombing Survivor and Keynote Speaker. A former world ranked ballroom dancer, Adrianne lost the lower half of her left leg in the Boston Marathon bombings. One year later she began dancing again. Three years later she was on the starting line of the Boston Marathon and has run the race multiple times since. We talk all about that life altering day in 2013, her incredibly inspiring comeback story, and how’s she’s rewritten her life and become one of the most sought after speakers in the world.

Show Notes

Adrianne’s Instagram

Adrianne’s TEDx 

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the extraordinary Dr. Alan Goldhamer. Dr. Goldhamer is the Founder of the TrueNorth Health Center and Author of The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness. He is widely considered one of the foremost world experts on water only fasting and uses multi-day fasting to help patients heal from various health issues including cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, autoimmune diseases, addiction, and many others. We talk all things fasting and how to apply a fasting protocol into our lives as a preventative measure.
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Show Notes

True North Health Center

Alan’s Research - Fasting.org

The Pleasure Trap Book

“Never lose belief in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself and what you’re doing no one else will either. It has to start with you.”

On this week's episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with Steven Izen. Steven is the Founder of Lokai, the bracelet brand that swept the nation, having now sold over 10 million bracelets worldwide and donating over $9Million to charity. Steven is also the Founder of Elements, a plant-based supplement and functional beverage company. We talk all about building Lokai, what sports have taught him about business, tactics to succeed in ecommerce in today's landscape, how he keeps himself high performing with multiple companies and kids, and much more.

Show Notes

Steven's Instagram

Lokai

Elements

Dreampops

"I weighed 300 pounds, I was addicted to drugs, I was literally the furthest thing from an endurance athlete. If I can do it, trust me, you can do it.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspirational Tom Fleck. Tom Fleck is an endurance athlete and owner of Here and Now Fitness. We talk about how in just 6 years Tom has gone from his first ever triathlon to racing in the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, the mind blowing abilities of the best triathletes in the world, his full breakdown of racing Kona, what it means to him to represent the recovery community and show what’s possible, whether or not it’s worth it to spend so much time training as an amateur triathlete, and why he’s more motivated than ever.

Show Notes

Tom’s Boston Marathon Fundraising Page

Here & Now Fitness Website

Tom’s Instagram

“I got another gear. At 55, I’m doing 14 Ironman’s this year. It’s 100% what I eat.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspirational Todd Crandell. Todd Crandell is a triathlete and Founder of Racing For Recovery, a holistic addiction recovery organization based in Ohio. I met Todd right before hopping in the water at Ironman Maine 70.3 recently, as he began his 98th Ironman triathlon! We talk about Todd’s past and battle with addiction, how a 3rd drunk driving charge changed his life, why he began doing triathlons and his quest for 100 Ironmans, how switching to a plant based diet has given him another gear and even more motivation, his latest book and film he’s working on, and all about Racing For Recovery.

Show Notes

Racing For Recovery Website

Todd’s Instagram

“My mom is in her late 80’s and she is vivacious as ever, she’s on no lifestyle medications. She’s on runs, in the garden, on 5 mile walks. Trying to keep up with her is exhausting”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspiring Ann and Jane Esselstyn. Ann and Jane are mother-daughter Authors, YouTubers, and plant-based lifestyle experts. They are the wife and daughter on Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn who, aside from Dr. Dean Ornish, was the first doctor to clinically show that you can reverse heart disease with a whole food plant-based diet. We talk about why the whole family switched to plant-based while Caldwell was doing his research many years ago, the challenges of doing so as a family, what it means to Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior, how a plant-based diet can free you from body anxiety and diet culture, their take on the concerns around protein, soy, and iron, what a typical day of eating looks like for them, and their take on coffee and alcohol.

Show Notes

Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior Book

Jane + Ann’s Instagram

Jane + Ann’s YouTube

“When you switch to a plant-based diet you feel like a superhuman. I needed to share how I felt and my first TikTok cooking video went viral.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with rockstar Francesca Nardelli. Francesca is a Boston-based content creator, wellness influencer, TikTok star, and Founder of My Plant Based Kitchen. We talk about how Francesca’s first ever TikTok video went viral, why she went plant based, why she decided to start My Plant Based Kitchen, how to create popular videos on TikTok, how she makes money as a full time content creator, the most common questions she gets from women regarding a plant based diet, the lonely reality of being a content creator, how she handles stalkers and haters, the lack of healthy social environments in Boston, and her advice for leading a healthier life.

Show Notes

Francesca’s TikTok

Francesca’s Instagram

My Plant Based Kitchen Website

“Use your dollars as a vote for the world you want to live in and together we can build a more compassionate, sustainable, and delicious food system.”

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the awesome Jonah Goldman. Jonah is the Co-Founder of the plant-based fast food brand PLNT Burger. PLNT Burger began in 2019 in Maryland and has since expanded to 11 locations, most recently opening in Boston’s South End. We talk about why Jonah is so passionate about PLNT Burger, why the PLNT Burger mission stems back to Jonah’s childhood, why he went to work in the meat industry, the many benefits of swapping meat for plant-based meat, why products like Beyond meat are not that processed, why big meat is also a human rights issues, the day to day reality of operating restaurants, and why we all vote with our dollar.

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PLNT Burger Website

PLNT Burger Instagram