This episode highlights Sally Lipsky's remarkable journey from cancer diagnosis to vibrant health through a plant-based lifestyle, emphasizing the significance of community, education, and resilience in achieving lasting well-being.

Key Takeaways:

• The Power of Plant-Based Healing: Sally Lipsky's inspiring story showcases the profound impact of transitioning to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle on her health. After being diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer and undergoing treatment, Sally's exploration of the connection between diet and disease led her to embrace plant-based eating. Her 15-year cancer-free journey highlights the potential of food as medicine.
• Community and Support: Sally's journey transformed her health and led her to create a vibrant and supportive community in Pittsburgh. Her plant-based group provides a space for people to connect, share recipes, attend cooking demos, and exchange valuable insights. This camaraderie and ongoing support play a crucial role in helping individuals sustain their plant-based lifestyle and overcome challenges.
• Empowering Education: Sally, a former education professor, emphasizes education's importance in her plant-based advocacy. Her initial focus on educating others about the benefits of whole food, plant-based diet evolved into a thriving group that empowers individuals to make informed choices about their health. The journey from personal discovery to community education exemplifies the ripple effect of knowledge and shared experiences.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Plant Based Pittsburgh https://www.plantbasedpittsburgh.com/
• Sally shares her full story: https://www.healthylifestylesolutions.org/193

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Maya Acosta welcomes listeners to an episode focused on empowering wellness and holistic health insights. She introduces the podcast's mission to provide practical advice and ideas for a healthier lifestyle, covering body, mind, and soul. Maya emphasizes the importance of making simple lifestyle choices to improve quality of life and increase longevity.

Key Takeaways:

• Holistic Approach to Health: Discover how the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions Podcast empowers listeners with a holistic perspective on wellness, covering body, mind, and soul. Learn about the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and how simple lifestyle choices can lead to a healthier, more fulfilling life.
• Expert Insights and Actionable Tips: Explore recent guest highlights, including life coaches and medical experts, who share valuable insights and practical advice for personal growth, relationship enhancement, blood sugar management, weight loss, and more. Gain actionable steps to make meaningful changes in your daily routine.
• Engagement and Longevity: Join the podcast's engaging community and participate in events like webinars, documentary screenings, and discussions on the upcoming Blue Zone series. Learn about the longevity-focused episodes with Dr. Riz and delve into the world of lifestyle medicine to enhance your well-being, improve relationships, manage stress, and adopt a plant-forward lifestyle.

Resources mentioned:

• Michele & Dean Yasuda Relationship Webinar: https://youtu.be/E9caCETtZZE
• Couple's Retreat: https://bit.ly/yasudaretreat
• Maya Went Live with Dr. Laurie Marbas
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Are you interested in learning about veganism and how to make it more accessible? In this episode of the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions Podcast, we talked with Vikas Garg, founder of abillion app, about his mission to inspire and help a billion people go vegan around the world. The app provides options for vegan food, cosmetics, and fashion, all contributed by the community of users around the world. But abillion's approach goes beyond just providing options; it also uses consumer reviews to influence businesses to make more ethical choices. Overall, the episode highlights abillion's mission to grow the vegan movement and support entrepreneurs in the space. 

Vikas Garg embarked on his journey in 2017 by establishing abillion, an online community dedicated to the vegan movement. Over the course of the past six years, abillion has successfully expanded its reach to 187 countries worldwide. Prior to venturing into the world of abillion, Vikas Garg had an accomplished career working in the financial markets.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• abillion’s unique approach to promoting veganism
• How abillion app encourages businesses to offer more vegan options by showing them the value in doing so.
• The importance of partnerships with nonprofits and charities, and how vegan companies can list themselves and advertise on the app.
• Valuing education and accessibility in promoting ethical choices and the potential for technology to facilitate change.

Visit Vikas Garg’s Social Pages:

Website: https://www.abillion.com/explore
IG: https://www.instagram.com/abillion/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abillion/
LinkedIn Vikas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikas-garg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abillionapp
FB Vikas: https://www.facebook.com/10to9
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abillionapp
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abillionapp

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Welcome back to another episode of the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions podcast. For today's special segment, 'Doctor In The House,' we have an amazing guest who is sure to captivate and inspire you. Dr. Michael A. Klaper is a University of Illinois College of Medicine graduate, has practiced acute care medicine in Hawaii, Canada, California, Florida, and New Zealand.

With over fifty years as a primary care physician, he is now a distinguished member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Klaper's focus lies in educating fellow health professionals about the science of health-promoting food and lifestyle choices, which can potentially halt and reverse chronic diseases.

Aside from medicine, Dr. Klaper is a long-time radio host and pilot. Notably, he advised NASA's Moon and Mars space colonization programs on nutrition and contributed to the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association. To share nutrition knowledge, he maintains DoctorKlaper.com with up-to-date articles and videos. His "Moving Medicine Forward" Initiative promotes applied nutrition education in medical schools.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• The importance of nutrition in medicine and the benefits of a plant-based diet in improving patients' health.
• The need for medical students to be educated about nutrition and for doctors to prioritize dietary changes for their patients.
• The success of getting patients off medications and reversing chronic diseases through lifestyle changes.
• The preventable nature of diseases and the role of doctors in teaching a healthy lifestyle.
• The necessity for a consistent and unified message regarding nutrition and the significance of preventive health.
• The commendable efforts of Moving Medicine Forward, the non-profit initiative dedicated to promoting the essential integration of applied nutrition into medical school curricula.

Visit Dr. Michael Klaper’s Social Pages:

Email: [email protected]
Websites: https://www.movingmedforward.com/ and doctorklaper.com
Moving Medicine Forward (Facebook): @movingmedicineforward
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaelklapermd
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJRelOFC3i5aJBobazfaonA
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/doctorklaperig

Visit Dr. Rizwan Bhukari’s Social Pages:

Dr. Riz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_riz_bukhari/
Dr. Riz's Guide to Preventing Atherosclerosis: https://bit.ly/JoinDrRiz
Doctor In The House episode: https://www.healthylifestylesolutions.org/category/doctor-in-the-house/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrizwanbukhari/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrRizBukhari
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Riz_Bukhari

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In this episode of the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions podcast, host Maya Acosta gets a one-on-one talk with Chris Kolodziejski, the founder of Chella, a product that promotes a vegan lifestyle. Their discussion focused on the evolution of technology in cosmetic testing and the move away from animal testing. Let’s learn from Chris’ expertise as a lecturer on retail success in the beauty industry and his experience at the Vegan Women Summit. Also, he has been a featured speaker to prestigious organizations such as the American Association of Cosmetology Schools, CNBC TV, Bloomberg Radio, and the International Beauty Show in Las Vegas and to the events like Face and Body Atlanta and San Jose, as well as the most recent ISPA conference. Tune in to learn more about Chella and its dedication to a healthy lifestyle.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• Chris confirms about being plant based and pescatarian.
• How Chella was created.
• Chris promotes vegan and cruelty-free products.
• Learn about Chris’ influencer program as well as ambassador program.
• Chris’ passion of helping people uncover their true power through setting intentions, manifesting and transforming their lives and these played a part in him creating Chella.
• Shares his story about the path to success in Pro Football.
• Admiring his mom as a single woman who did the same in her life and how Chris became an influencer to people thru make up. 

Visit Chris Kolodziejski’s Socials:

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chellabeauty/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChellaBeauty
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChellaBeauty
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/95B1D0BE-913B-434D-B81E-2301DD821D67
Website: https://chella.com/

I have a coupon code called "Chris20" good for 20% off your first purchase.

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In this captivating episode, Maya Acosta and Dr. Rizwan Bukhari take their listeners on a journey through a month filled with incredible events that brought people together in the name of health and wellness. From a riveting plant-based nutrition workshop to a heartwarming documentary screening, they explore how events have become the heart of their mission to build a vibrant, supportive community.

Register for the Getting On The Same Side FREE online workshop
Follow on Eventbrite: Eventbrite Page
Join our Meetup Group: Walk With A Doc Meetup
Join our Facebook Group: Plant Based DFW

About Dr. Rizwan H. Bukhari

Rizwan H, Bukhari, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified vascular surgeon who treats various vascular issues, including aneurysms, carotid artery stenosis, lower extremity arterial blockages, gangrene, dialysis access grafts, and varicose veins. He has seen the ravaging effects of poor lifestyle choices on his patients’ health. Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, such as obesity, tobacco use, hypertension, and diabetes, are mainly diseases secondary to the foods we eat and our lifestyle choices.

Dr. Bukhari promotes food as medicine and lifestyle medicine to help his patients and the general public prevent, halt, and sometimes even reverse disease. He owns North Texas Vascular Center, where he offers diagnostic services and minimally invasive outpatient procedures largely related to amputation prevention and limb salvage.

Connect with Dr. Riz

• Dr. Riz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_riz_bukhari/
• Dr. Riz's Guide to Preventing Atherosclerosis: https://bit.ly/JoinDrRiz
• Doctor In The House episode: https://www.healthylifestylesolutions.org/category/doctor-in-the-house/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrizwanbukhari/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrRizBukhari

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Are you interested in learning more about animal rights and the vegan lifestyle? In the latest episode of the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions Podcast, I engage in an insightful conversation with Jane Velez-Mitchell, the visionary behind UNCHAINEDTV. This worldwide streaming platform advocates the vegan lifestyle and champions animal rights. Jane opens up about her path to embracing veganism and becoming an activist for animal rights, stressing the significance of aligning one's convictions with their behavior.

Jane Velez-Mitchell is the creator and content editor of UnchainedTV, a worldwide streaming television network and social media platform. UnchainedTV offers free access to original videos centered around the plant-based lifestyle. Additionally, the network streams a wide range of content, including documentaries, cooking shows, lifestyle programs, talk shows, and music videos, from diverse sources.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• The significance of addressing animal rights concerns with individuals and emphasizing reaching out to unfamiliar individuals rather than attempting to persuade friends and family members.
• Utilizing mass media to expand the outreach to a broader spectrum of viewers.
• The meat industry's efforts to undermine alternative meat products and their reliance on processed meat.

Visit Jane Velez-Mitchel’s Socials:

• Website: https://unchainedtv.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unchained_tv/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneVelezMitchell
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/JVM
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UNCHAINEDTV
• Podcast: https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2754/unchainedtv
• Sign up and Donate: https://unchainedtv.com/donate/

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Are you tired of the traditional healthcare model focusing on treating symptoms instead of preventing disease? In this Healthy Lifestyle Solutions podcast episode, we will delve into  Love.Life Telehealth a nationwide lifestyle medicine service that focuses on preventing and reversing diseases by promoting whole food plant-based nutrition and lifestyle modifications. Led by CEO Anthony Masiello, Love.Life Telehealth offers personalized care from licensed and board-certified physicians specializing in conventional and lifestyle medicine. With services available in every state in the US and even internationally,  Love.Life Telehealth is breaking down barriers to accessible healthcare.

Anthony Masiello is the CEO of Plant Based Love.Life Telehealth. With over 25 years of experience in healthcare, including bioinformatics work for the Human Genome Project and research at Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• The idea of individualized medicine, the human body's complexity, and how genes do not determine one's destiny.
• The significance of lifestyle medicine in disease prevention, reversal, and enhancing health and wellness.
• What telemedicine is and how Love.Life Telehealth operates, and its unique approach focuses on the patient's total lifestyle.

Visit Anthony Masiello’s Social Pages:

• Email: [email protected] 
• Website: https://love.life/telehealth/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelifetelehealth/ 
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/lovelifetelehealth/photos/ a.145136407097242/275118784099003/?type=3&_rdr 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lovelifetelehealth

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Dr. Riz provides valuable information about peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and available treatment options in this insightful podcast interview. He discusses the importance of preventive measures and highlights the procedures for treating PAD, including bypass operations and minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Riz also addresses the recovery process, the impact on elderly patients, and the challenges associated with cancellations. Listeners gain a deeper understanding of the disease, its treatment, and the significance of lifestyle changes in preventing PAD.

Key Takeaways:

• Prevention is key: Dr. Riz emphasizes preventing peripheral arterial disease through aggressive lifestyle changes. Taking proactive measures, such as maintaining a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and avoiding risk factors like smoking, can significantly reduce the likelihood of developing PAD.
• Bypass operations: Bypass procedures involve creating a new blood vessel to bypass blockages in the leg arteries. Depending on the location of the blockage, bypasses can be performed in the thigh area, lower leg, or entire leg. 
• Advancements in minimally invasive techniques: Minimally invasive procedures, such as stenting, have revolutionized the treatment of PAD. These procedures are performed under conscious sedation, reducing the risks associated with general anesthesia. 

About Dr. Rizwan H. Bukhari
Rizwan H, Bukhari, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board-certified vascular surgeon who treats various vascular issues, including aneurysms, carotid artery stenosis, lower extremity arterial blockages, gangrene, dialysis access grafts, and varicose veins. He has seen the ravaging effects of poor lifestyle choices on his patients’ health. Cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, such as obesity, tobacco use, hypertension, and diabetes, are mainly diseases secondary to the foods we eat and our lifestyle choices.
 
 Connect with Dr. Riz

• More DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE episodes
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_riz_bukhari/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrizwanbukhari/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DrRizBukhari
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dr_Riz_Bukhari

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Are you aware that women produce much of the food we eat and make 93% of all consumer food purchases? In this episode of the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Stojkovic, founder of the Vegan Women's Summit and author of "The Future of Food is Female." Jennifer shared her journey to becoming vegan, sparked by a tragedy that led her to find compassion and question her actions. We also discussed the importance of women in the food industry and how they can shape a kinder, more sustainable world through plant-based living.

Jennifer Stojkovic is a renowned food-tech leader and Vegan Women Summit (VWS) founder. Through VWS, she empowers women in the food industry and has created impactful initiatives such as the VWS Pathfinder pitch competition and VWS Connect job networking series. Jennifer is also an investor, advisor, and board member for startups like Lighter and MeliBio, and her book "The Future of Food is Female" showcases inspiring interviews with industry pioneers.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• The specific obstacles that women encounter when starting and growing their businesses, with a particular focus on the challenges they face in accessing venture capital, shedding light on the disparities and barriers that exist in the venture capital space for female entrepreneurs.
• The significance of women's role in the food industry and their ability to shape a more compassionate and sustainable world through embracing plant-based living.
• Jennifer Stojkovic’s Vegan Women's Summit (VWS) to create a supportive community for women in the food industry, recognizing the power of women's empowerment and the transformative effect of fostering connections.
• Understanding the value of networking and developing a strong personal brand, building connections, and maintaining relationships in the food industry.

Visit Jennifer Stojkovic Social Pages:

• Website: https://www.veganwomensummit.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vegan-women-summit/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veganwomensummit
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganwomensummit/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/vegwomensummit
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@veganwomensummit762

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