384: Alicia Silverstone On Living A Responsible And Ethical Life, Waldorf Education, And Being Famous
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/tuhpaliciasilverstone
Alicia Silverstone (IG: @aliciasilverstone) is the co-founder of mykind Organics, the first ever food-based, certified organic, Non-GMO Verified, vegan vitamin line.
A dynamic and well-connected fixture in the acting, political, and scientific communities, she is also a dedicated activist and works to enlighten others about the benefits of clean living, veganism and a sustainable lifestyle. When it comes to acting, Alicia is best known for her role in 90s hit film, Clueless.
In 2009, Alicia released her first book, The Kind Diet, followed by her second book in 2014, The Kind Mama.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Alicia's vegetarian journey began at 8 years old... on an airplane
- Flirting with veganism
- Becoming an animal activist
- Getting your partner on board with your dietary lifestyle
- At one time, being vegan was lonely & isolating
- Bonding over vegan food and the vegan lifestyle with Woody Harrelson & his wife, Laura
- Focusing on living a responsible and ethical life
- Use your voice, stand up to corporate greed
- The benefits of pre-chewing food for babies
- Boobs were made to breastfeed
- We are responsible for our health
- The health benefits Alicia experienced going vegan
- Coming out of a cleanse energized and reborn
- Is the raw food diet sustainable?
- Why Alicia transitioned from raw food to a macrobiotic diet
- Eating for fertility
- Creating mykind Organics
- The story behind Alicia's son's name... Bear
- Raising a plant-based child
- Unraveling the controversy about Bear's haircut
- Alicia's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Wool" PETA campaign
- What makes Waldorf education different?
- Continuing to connect as a family during quarantine
- Balancing work/life during the pandemic
- What's growing in Alicia's garden?
- The chaos that comes with being famous
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the Ultimate Health Podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | If we don't have a home to live in, we're all screwed. |
| 0:05.4 | We need, for the animal's sake, for our sake, |
| 0:08.4 | we all need clean water, clean food, clean air. |
| 0:12.8 | And so I really did start to understand. |
| 0:16.0 | You can't be an animal lover that isn't an environmentalist. |
| 0:18.9 | They exist, but it's not really whole. |
| 0:21.8 | We have to care about it all because they're all connected. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 384. I'm Jesse Chappas and I'm |
| 0:36.7 | here to take your health to the next level. Each week I'll bring you in-depth |
| 0:40.1 | conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. |
| 0:43.5 | And this week I'm chatting with Alicia Silverstone. |
| 0:46.2 | She's the co-founder of My Kind Organics, the first ever food-based, certified organic, |
| 0:51.2 | non-GMO verified, vegan vitamin line. |
| 0:54.0 | A dynamic and well-connected fixture in the acting, political, and scientific communities. |
| 0:59.0 | She's also a dedicated activist and works to enlighten others about the benefits of clean living, veganism, and a sustainable lifestyle. |
| 1:06.0 | And when it comes to her acting, she's best known for her role in the 90s hit film, Clueless. |
| 1:11.0 | In 2009, Nilesia released her first book, The Kind Diet, followed by her second book in |
| 1:16.2 | 2014, The Kind Mama. I really appreciate that Alicia is out to do so much good in the world. |
| 1:23.0 | She has a big platform from all her success over the years |
| 1:26.0 | and she's using that to change things on this planet for the better. |
| 1:30.0 | And that's just such an honorable thing. |
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