Episode 23 – Top Plant Based Food Trends

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What’s trending in plant based foods for 2022? Kory Zelickson, the co-founder and CEO of Vejii Holdings, lets us in on what’s hot in plant based products.

In this episode you’ll hear:

2:00 – How Kory began his plant based journey

4:00 – The top trending food categories on Vejii

5:00 – Is the next generation of plant based foods healthier?

6:30 – Cheese alternatives

10:00 – Price of products on shopvejii.com

13:40 – Frozen goods shipping

16:10 – Kory’s favourite plant based foods and cooking tips

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 22 – Save Money on Plant Based Groceries

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Let’s help you save money on groceries. In a climate of rising food prices, we take a look at where plant based foods fit into this landscape and how to do plant based on a budget. Guest Colleen Montgomery, a Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Certified Plant Based Health Coach and owner of Wellness Within LLC, provides meat v. plant based comparisons with great money saving tips and recipe ideas.

In this episode you’ll hear:

3:15 – Eating plant based foods is expensive: Fact or fiction?

5:15 – Cost comparison: Ground beef v. tofu, lentils and black beans

6:50 – Will plant based proteins give me enough protein?

8:40 – Tofu summer rolls

9:45 –  Lentil tacos

13:30 – Budget friendly pantry staples

18:30 – Top spices to have in your pantry

21:20  – Colleen’s thoughts on buying organic

22:05 – Buying in bulk

22:40 – Buying produce in season

23:05 – Should you buy frozen fruits and vegetables

23:25 – Comparison Shopping: App downloads and digital coupons

24:15 – Batch cooking

24:45 – Limiting your food waste

26:15 – Do plant based foods freeze well?

Guest link: https://www.wellnesswithinhealthcoach.com/

Another episode with Colleen: http://alternativefoodnetwork.com/plant-based-diet/episode-18-heart-health-benefits-of-a-plant-based-diet/

As referenced in this episode:For 25% off on a year subscription to Prevention Magazine, enter code “PLANTS” at checkout at prevention.com/plants (limited time only). 

Plant Based Pantry Essentials: http://alternativefoodnetwork.com/plant-based-diet/episode-12-plant-based-pantry-essentials/

Environmental Working Group “Dirty Dozen” List: https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 21 – Plant Based Recipes for the BBQ

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Love to grill? From main dishes to sides, plant based lifestyle coach, author and CEO of VegInspired, Kathy Davis, shares delicious plant based BBQ ideas and even lets us in on her plant based burger recipe.

In this episode you’ll hear:

2:55 – Plant based alternatives including veggie burgers, tempeh BLT and carrot dogs

6:45 – Black bean burger recipe

12:30 – Be in control of your BBQ experience and have enough to eat

13:20 – Plant based BBQ side dishes including grilled potato salad, whole grain pasta salad with oil free dressing and guacamole

16:50 – Grilled vegetable skewers with tofu

17:30 – Pulled jackfruit sandwich

20:20 – Kathy’s cookbooks

21:00 – Kathy’s free meal plan for download

Guest link: https://www.veginspired.com/

Another Plant Based Diet episode with Kathy: What Does Whole Food Plant Based Mean

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 20 – Mineral vs. Chemical Sunscreen

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What is the best sunscreen? Co-Founder and CEO of Thrive Natural Care, Alex McIntosh, explains the differences between mineral and chemical sunscreen, and provides tips on what to look for in a sunscreen that not only protects you from the sun but is also safe to use. With his company’s mission to “leave things better than we found them”, Alex also explains Thrive’s regenerative business model that helps restore degraded ecosystems and communities in Costa Rica.

In this episode you’ll hear:

2:30 – Thrive’s mission and regenerative business model

4:50 –  Alex’s journey to starting Thrive Natural Care

7:30 –  The multi-pronged approach to reducing skin inflammation

11:45 – Difference between mineral and chemical sunscreens

13:10 – Unsafe chemical sunscreen ingredients

14:30 – Pros & cons of mineral sunscreen

17:30 – Non-nano zinc oxide explained

19:45 – Plant based sunscreen ingredients and antioxidants

23:10 – How Thrive’s business model helps re-couple growth with health

27:00 – What you should look for on sunscreen packaging

28:00 – Impact of sunscreen on coral reefs

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 19 – Plant Based Nutrition for Children with Else Nutrition CEO and Co-Founder Hamutal Yitzhak

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If you know a baby or child with food intolerances, allergies, skin sensitivities and growth or stomach problems, this episode is for you. Esther chats with the CEO of Else Nutrition, Hamutal Yitzhak, about the story behind Else and the benefits of a whole food plant based formula for children. Hamutal is a serial entrepreneur and inventor who has dedicated most of her professional life to infant and child nutrition.

In this episode you’ll hear:

1:10 – The story behind Else Nutrition

4:45 – The formula explained

6:35 – Intolerance v. allergy and statistics about dairy and soy allergies in children

9:40 – About infant formula

11:25 – Benefits of a whole food plant based formula for growth problems, skin sensitivities and gastric problems

12:35 – Sugar content

13:25 – How sustainable is an almond based formula v. a dairy formula?

14:35 – Upcoming product lines for Else

16:20 – Discount code

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 18 – Heart Health Benefits of a Plant Based Diet

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“Studies show that every step you take in the direction of a plant based diet can improve your health,” according to guest Colleen Montgomery. Colleen is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Certified Plant Based Health Coach who chats about lowering blood pressure and cholesterol naturally with a plant based diet to prevent and even reverse heart disease. She offers cooking tips and recipes, including a wonderful “No-Cheese” vegan dip which she prepares live during the episode.

In this episode you’ll hear:

PART 1
In conversation with Colleen Montgomery

2:00 –  Colleen’s work with cardiac patients

4:30 –  Heart disease: How much is genetic v. lifestyle?

7:00 –  Why Colleen is a plant based diet proponent

11:15 – Overcoming the challenges of adopting a plant based diet

PART 2
In the kitchen with Colleen – Colleen’s No-Cheese Dip

16:10 – How long should you soak cashews

17:55 – Ingredients for no-cheese vegan dip

18:35 – Vegetable ideas for dipping

19:30 – Making the dip

20:40 – Nutritional yeast as a cheese alternative

CREDITS:
Sound Recording and Editing: Will Crann

Episode 17 – Chinese Medicine and Plant Based Eating

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How does plant based eating fit into the practice of Chinese Medicine? What foods should we be eating in different seasons? In this episode, Ellen Goldsmith, an educator, licensed acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist, and author of Nutritional Healing with Chinese Medicine, discusses the basic principles of Chinese medicine and the interplay with nutrition. She explains how it differs from the Western approach and elucidates the concepts of yin and yang, qi, seasonal eating  and the thermal nature and flavour of food.

In this episode you’ll hear:

 2:30 – Basic principles of Chinese Medicine

3:10 – Yin and yang explained

4:25 – Role of food therapy in Chinese Medicine

5:05 – Where does plant based eating fit in?

5:50 – Difference between Chinese dietary therapy and the Western approach?

10:20 – Seasonal eating with examples of what to eat in winter

13:10 – Recipe examples from Ellen’s book

18:00 – Seasonal eating for spring, summer and fall

23:00 – Qi explained

26:00 – How long does it take to see results from Chinese dietary therapy?

Episode 16 – Clean Haircare with World Hair and Skin Founder Brian Phillips

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What chemicals are lurking in your shampoo and other haircare products? Do you have skin issues? In the third of three episodes on clean beauty, we chat with celebrity hair designer and World founder, Brian Phillips. After ten years being a hairstylist, Brian developed contact dermatitis on his hands. The culprit? Fragrance in haircare products. Brian shines a light on the over-marketing and greenwashing in the haircare industry and discusses how suffering from his skin condition led him to research and create a line of multi-purpose, non-toxic hair and skin products.

In this episode you’ll hear:

1:50 – How Brian’s contact dermatitis caused by fragrance in haircare products led him to create his own line of hair and skin products

6:20  – Over-marketing and waste in the haircare industry

10:30 – Haircare ingredients and their link to illness

13:40 – State of regulation of toxic chemicals: Canada v US

16:30 – What is the biggest offender in haircare products? Colour? Hair straighteners?

22:30 – Gluten free and vegan haircare

25:00 – What’s not plant based in haircare products

29:00 – Brian’s top ingredients to avoid in shampoos and conditioners

Episode 15 – Clean Makeup with Vapour Beauty Co-Founder Krysia Boinis

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What is the toxic exposure in makeup? In the second of three episodes on clean beauty, we chat with a pioneer in clean beauty and co-founder of Vapour Beauty, Krysia Boinis. A breast cancer survivor, Krysia discusses why she started a non-toxic deodorant company and her own line of all natural cosmetic products. In this eye-opening discussion, you’ll hear what’s actually in conventional makeup and why you might want to change what you buy.

In this episode you’ll hear:

1:50 – Krysia’s wellness journey

6:05 – The importance of non-aluminum deodorant

9:30 – Size of the cosmetic industry and the growth of clean cosmetics

11:00 – Conventional cosmetic toxic ingredients that we’re putting on our skin

14:10 – Why vegan makeup might not be always healthy

15:30 – Animal products in makeup and cruelty free testing

17:05 – Understanding cosmetic ingredients

22:30 – Lack of government regulation in the US makeup industry

24:30 – What sets Vapour products apart?

29:40 – Krysia’s top 5 makeup products and how to figure out your undertone

Episode 14 – Clean Beauty with Skincare Company Founder Indie Lee

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It’s not only what we eat but what we put onto our skin that’s important for our health. After all, skin is our body’s largest organ. In this episode, which is 1 of 3 episodes we’re dedicating to the topic of clean beauty, we chat with the founder of the clean, eco-chic skincare line, Indie Lee. After a successful surgery to remove a brain tumor in 2009, Indie embarked on a new journey to create a clean beauty collection dedicated to inspiring and empowering others to be mindful about what they put on their skin. It’s quite shocking what you might be putting on your skin.

In this episode you’ll hear:

1:00 – How Indie Lee got into clean beauty

7:15 – Harmful skincare ingredients, endocrine disruption and cancer

8:45 – What are people putting on their skin that they’d be surprised to hear about?

10:00 – Cosmetic industry regulation in the US v. EU and clean products certification

12:40 – How to find clean skincare products and understand ingredient lists

20:15 – Some Indie Lee products explained

23:00 – Indie’s morning and night skincare routine

27:45 – Size of clean skincare industry

29:10 – Esther and Indie talk diet, health and being plant-forward