The Habit Healers

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

Rip Esselstyn spent a decade as one of the premier triathletes in the world. He then joined the Austin Fire Department where he introduced his passion for a whole-food, plant-based diet to Austin’s Engine 2 Firehouse in order to rescue a firefighting brother’s health. To document his success he wrote the national bestselling book, The Engine 2 Diet, which shows the irrefutable connection between a plant-based diet and good health. He is featured prominently in the documentary Forks Over Knives.

As the founder of PLANTSTRONG, Rip develops and implements a range of programs and events geared toward education, inspiring and nurturing PLANTSTRONG living for individuals, families, and organizations across the globe.

During the episode, Dr. Marbas and Rip discuss his family, tips for being a plant-based athlete, how he became an author, and much more!

To connect with Rip:

Plantstrong: https://plantstrong.com/

Rip's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ripesselstyn/

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

Vanita Rahman, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician, certified nutritionist, and personal trainer. A native of the Washington, D.C., area, she earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Virginia and completed her internal medicine residency at the Washington Hospital Center.

Prior to joining the Barnard Medical Center, Dr. Rahman spent more than 15 years practicing internal medicine with Kaiser Permanente, where she launched a very popular and successful plant-based weight loss program. At the Barnard Medical Center Dr. Rahman conducts programs on diabetes management and weight loss emphasizing a plant-based diet.

While medications and surgical procedures can be necessary and lifesaving, Dr. Rahman firmly believes that nutrition and lifestyle play a crucial role in the prevention and management of most common diseases. She maintains that it is important to address all aspects of a patient’s health, including diet, exercise, sleep habits, and stress management.

Simply Plant Based: Fabulous Food for a Healthy Life (2021) is her third book. She also wrote Vegan Style (2017) and Stronger with Plants (2016). She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling, exercising, and experimenting with plant-based recipes.

To connect with Dr. Rahman:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.vanita.rahman/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Simply-Plant-Based-Fabulous-Healthy/dp/1570674043/ref=sr_1_2?crid=H9EPYHVX0U33&dchild=1&keywords=vanita+rahman&qid=1630889580&s=books&sprefix=vanita+rahman%2Caps%2C147&sr=1-2

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

In this podcast episode, I'm honored to interview Ella Stephens.

Ella was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when she was 15, making her focus on living a healthy lifestyle at a young age.

She discovered a whole food plant-based diet during college by reading The China Study, which remade her health.

To help others transform their health, she has been working for PlantPure since graduating college.

Now she lives in the Netherlands pursuing a master's degree in Nutrition and Health. Ella's plan for the future is to pursue a doctorate once she has gained her master's degree.

In addition, we discuss cooking tips, ways to improve your blood sugar, and much more!

To access Ella's course, click the following link: https://www.edx.org/course/plant-based-diets-food-for-a-sustainable-future

Ella's Instagram handle: @ellaphant94

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

I'm doing something a little different in this episode instead of interviewing someone; I discuss a few things that have radically changed my patients' lives.

I discuss:

-how to change your belief systems

-making your healthy habits automatic

-how your thoughts affect your life

-how to handle people's judgments of you being vegan

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

I am honored to interview my fellow doctors at Plant-Based Telehealth, Dr. Klaper, Dr. Zhu, and Dr. Miller.

We discuss:

– Tips for retirees on how they can eat a whole food plant-based diet.

– How to overcome a lack of willpower by changing your environment.

– How to create systems to make living healthy automatic.

-How to deal with people's perceptions of you being plant base.

-Tips for meal prepping.

-Tips for dealing with Covid.

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

I'm honored to have Leonard Perlmutter back on the podcast.

Leonard Perlmutter is the founder and director of The American Meditation Institute in Averill Park, New York, and the originator and editor of "Transformation," the Journal of Meditation as Mind/Body Medicine. He has studied in India, and he is a direct disciple of Swami Rama of the Himalayas.

During the interview, he discusses the four functions of the mind: ego, senses, unconscious, and conscience. Leonard states that only the conscience is the only function of the mind that can make a decision making it one of the most impactful on one's life and health.

His new book 'Your Conscience' goes in-depth about this phenomenon and how it affects your everyday life.

To connect with Leonard:

Website: https://americanmeditation.org/product-tag/leonard-perlmutter/

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

Tommy Kane is a multi-talented artist, producer, and author who worked in marketing for over three decades.

He got his start drawing as a young child before going on to produce videos with MTV and TV commercials!

Drawing is one of his top passions which he has not only used to express himself but to also heal himself from severe anxiety.

Nowadays he focuses primarily upon creating drawings that speak the truth about meat production and various other topics.

To connect with Tommy:

Website: https://www.tommykane.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realtommykane/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tkane666

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

Giacomo is the co-founder of VeganProteins.com and co-founded PlantBuilt.com, a non-profit organization of strength-based vegan athletes who compete to raise awareness for veganism and money for rescued animals at farms sanctuaries.

As an assistant coach, Giacomo works in daily communications with coaching clients. Giacomo also uses his unique strengths to ensure the client is getting the best programming and guidance they can from the VeganProteins team.

Giacomo has been vegan for over ten years. He has been involved with fitness for over 20 years in many different arenas, specializing in coaching others, and actively competes in bodybuilding and powerlifting specifically.

Giacomo uses strength-based sports & travels to various Vegan Festivals across the country to raise awareness for animal rights and welfare. Giacomo has coached clients at NYSC, Bally’s Sports Club, and LA Fitness.

Currently, he coaches clients online for VeganProteins and holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University.

To connect with Giacomo:

Website: https://www.veganproteins.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musclesbybrussels/?hl=en

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VeganProteins

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

I'm honored to have entrepreneur, coach, and bodybuilder Dani Taylor in this episode.

Dani wasn't always into fitness, though, and she actually grew up overweight and was eventually obese before transitioning to a vegan diet and learning to lift weights.

We discuss her plant-based journey, tips for exercising at home, plant-based food, and more!

To connect with Dani:

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganproteins/

-Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VeganProteins/videos

To work with Dr. Laurie Marbas, visit: https://www.drmarbas.com/

Dr. Anna Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.

In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), which was highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic (Zuger, 2018). Dr. Lembke recently appeared on the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.

Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence (Dutton/Penguin Random House, August 2021), an instant New York Times Bestseller, explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.

Join Dr. Laurie in her Q&A about reversing chronic disease, forming good habits, setting the proper mindset, and much more! The Q&A will be on Tuesday (Dec 7) at 1:00 pm MT on the Wisdom app: https://joinwisdom.audio/drlauriemarbas

To connect with Dr. Lembke: https://www.annalembke.com/