The Plant Paradigm

Dr Matthew Nagra is a naturopathic doctor who completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Microbiology at the University of Victoria and holds additional training in nutrition, including a Plant-Based Nutrition Certification from Cornell University and the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies where he's authored multiple articles on nutrition.Dr. Nagra is a well of knowledge on nutrition and science, and his passion to share his knowledge shines through in this conversation.The key topic...

Nick Butter is an endurance runner, adventurer and motivational speaker and in 2019, he became the first person to run a marathon in every country on Earth to raise money and awareness surrounding prostate cancer. This took him 23 months to complete, which meant he was running 2-3 marathons in 2-3 countries a week.All of this saw him set 4 world records and 1 world first which helped raise $200k pound for prostate cancer UK. His story has been featured by the likes of CNN, BBC and The Times.T...

"Have some more compassion, no matter where you go, who you're talking to, whatever you're doing, don't be too quick to judge."Jake O'Brien is a model and health fanatic who is hugely passionate about mental health. He has recently opened up about his recovery from cancer and how it's affected his life and the power of resilience. The key topics in today's episode:- Simple plant based cooking- His cancer story- Pity pit & emotional reflection- How to sharpen your mind- Therapy- Stigmatisi...

Tommy Moore is a qualified exercise scientist specialising in nutrition and exercise physiology. He's the host of both Mind Body Plants and Mind Medicine, both of which centralise around the theme of health, longevity and the field of psychedelic assisted therapy. Today we'll be discussing the broad topic of plant power. Looking at plant medicines and its role in our health as a society and how we can apply the knowledge from these different studies in our every day lives.The key topics in to...

"Do something nice for someone else and see how that makes you feel."Sjana Earp is a sunshine seeking, happy being, yoga doing, hug giving, ocean loving, travel enthusiast. She is an author and yoga instructor with over 1.5 million followers on Instagram where she showcases her beautiful photography, yoga skills, and takes advantage of the captions by writing stunning poetry.The key topics in today's episode:- Defining healthy- Lessons from Yoga- Avocado toast- Making ethical choices- Sustain...

"Everything makes a difference. Your body is never not looking. Your blood stream knows, your liver knows, your arteries know. Honour your anatomy, we are plant eating creatures."Dr. Michael Klaper is a gifted clinician, internationally recognised teacher, and sought-after speaker on diet and health. In addition to his clinical practice and private consultations with patients, he is a passionate and devoted educator of physicians and other healthcare professionals about the importance of nutr...

Mario Fabbri is the host of the cooking show Trying Vegan with Mario, where he invites world renowned health-food chefs to teach their best vegan recipes, guests include Gianni Taylor, Dr Joel Furhman, platinum recording artist Krewella and world renowned vegan chef Gaz Oakley. Mario is also a board member for VegFest LA and his meals and recipe videos have over 100,000 views on YouTube. His cooking show running on it's third season now and the recipes are just getting better.The key topics i...

"Don't trust the first 30 minutes of a run. Use that time just to enjoy. Break the run down in small sections. For me, it's just about staying present and not worrying about the future."Lucy Bartholomew is a professional ultra runner athlete and her achievements and wins are on too long of a list to mention. Just mentioning a few - her journey in competition began in 2013 where she came second in the 250km Big Red Run, in 2014 she claimed the World Junior Female Skyrunning Champion in France,...

"There's a wide range of open possibilities for this sector and it's great to be apart of it. We love the fact that everyday there's one person who's not eating meat, who's eating plant based and not drinking dairy."Jim Amos is the COO of Scout 22, a PR company specialising in conscious, environmental, plant based and vegan capitalism. He's currently writes for Forbes, but above all, he is a compassionate soul at heart and lives with 13 rescue animals in his home with his wife Lori.The key to...

"The only ones who know local solutions are the local people and the climate change problems are local problems."Bernis Cunningham is the Director of Planting Change Foundation. He is an active lawyer in Nicaragua and studied Environmental Sustainable Management at UC Berkeley. Bernis is a climate change policy adviser in the United Nations Framework on Climate Change and member of international networks such as Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide and Climate Action Network Latin America.&nb...