Plant Trainers Podcast - Plant Based Nutrition & Fitness

In this episode of Hey Plant Trainers, we answer a question asking for clarification between Plant-Based and Plant-Powered. Although we tend to use the term Plant-Based more often, we could easily use Plant-Powered interchangeably.

In today's episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk to Miyoko Schinner, vegan chef, cookbook author and television cooking show host. She has been promoting a vegan lifestyle for over 30 years. Her newly released cookbook, "Artisan Vegan Cheese" was voted top 5 vegan cookbooks for 2012.

In this episode of Hey Plant Trainers, we answer a question about eating plant-based/vegan after having weight loss surgery, specifically VSG (Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy). People are having weight loss surgeries more and more these days, but many of them think that the surgery alone is the solution. After the surgery it is just as important to eat well in order to sustain a healthy lifestyle and lose the necessary weight while staying healthy.

We spent this past weekend hanging out at Healthfest in Marshall, Texas with some of the greats in the Plant-Based movement such as Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Garth Davis, Dr. Neal Barnard, Chef AJ, Dr. Joel Kahn and many more. Spending time with like-minded people and sharing stories and studies was very refreshing as it energized us even more and gave us incite and more ideas of ways to help more people in our community.

In this episode of Hey Plant Trainers, we talk about kids, movement and physical activity. Making sure our kids are getting enough physical activity on a daily basis seems relatively easy for some kids and proves to be more difficult for others.

In today's episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk about Type 2 Diabetes with Vince Rountree from Eat Plants and Thrive. Vince creates and markets programs that help people treat diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol with food. He has had a successful career as a sales and marketing executive, but wanting more from life Vince pursued his interest in health.

In this episode of Hey Plant Trainers, Shoshana helps Missa tackle the problem of losing weight without any exercise. It’s important to take a look at your diet and recognize what you are doing right and then see how you can make some changes to see what you can do even better. Whether you eat a vegetarian, plant-based, vegan or omnivore diet, there is usually room for improvements that can lead to losing weight.

In today's episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk about swaps...get your head out of the gutter, that’s not what we mean.

In this episode of Hey Plant Trainers, we answer a question about finding coffee alternatives to help boost energy. Everyone is looking for an advantage and many use coffee to give them a boost.

In today's episode of The Plant Trainers Podcast we talk to Benji Kurtz, founder of the not-for-profit organization: Alliance to Repair the American Diet, now known as Remedy Food Project. Benji was obese his whole adult life until he adopted a whole-foods, plant-based diet and lifestyle.