In episode 8 I am joined by guest Karen Lee also known as ‘The Sensitive Foodie’ she is a retired intensive care nurse, naturopathic nutritionist, author and speaker. She is passionate about the importance of the food-health connection, Karen promotes the benefits of eating a whole-food plant-based diet - for health, wellness and the wider world. 

Karen shares her own story and explains how stress affects the body, what inflammation is and how it’s caused and why our unique microbiomes so important and should be cultivated by the foods we ingest.

By understanding how our bodies work can make it easier for us to understand why we should eat our fruit and vegetables (fibre). So Karen using her many years of ICU nursing skills simplifies what telomeres are and what we can do to ensure ours stay intake, but also explaining that it is never too late to start!

Her book Eat well, Live Well offers practical advice and tips on the food types, cooking techniques and equipment required to help some-one looking to transition to a plant-based diet. SO I ask her to share some of these with us.

We then delve into her role as an ICU nurse asking her to share a particularly memorable moment from her career. I could quite happily have listened to Karen all day as she explains things in such a relatable way. As we are all children in adult bodies, I chose to ask her what 3 life skills she would share with an assembly of primary school children and why? Then finishing with who her inspiration is right now and why?

Karen then competed against the clock to answer the 15 questions on the quick fire round. Check out her time on www.nbefit.co.uk

You can find out more and follow Karen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.sensitive.foodie/

I am excited to announce that we are launching a new competition. So if you thought the episode was 5* then leave a written review about the Episode on iTunes stating what you enjoyed the most to be in the chance to win a copy of Karen's book Eat Well, Live Well.

The winner will be drawn at random and posted on @ThePlantedMindsetPodcast Instagram account the following Monday after the podcast has been aired.

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Thanks for listening

Natasha x

‘Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life’ - Robin Sharma

Given that rugby is an unforgiving sport on the body and synonymous with needing to be both strong and fast. You wouldn’t immediately pair it with veganism. Yet this is a mission of Brendon’s to not only promote the benefits of veganism than through this hard-hitting sport but also to partner with amazing companies and organisations whose eco-friendly missions align. Want to know what makes the Green Gazelles so special...then check out this episode. If you’re interested in buying their fabulous eco-friendly kit or joining their community then click on the link below https://www.greengazellesrugbyclub.com/partners or follow them on FB and IG under https://instagram.com/greengazellesrugby?igshid=1uqugogrt3zic If you liked this episode then take a screen shot and share and don’t forget to tag both Brendon and myself. I’d be super grateful if you rate and leave a 5* review on iTunes saying what you enjoyed the most. I have had and will have some amazing guests on the show. So if you have a question that you would like me to pose to them then drop me a DM and I’ll bank it and ask the most appropriate guest. Thanks for listening Natasha x ‘Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself’ - George Bernard Shaw