96: Leslie Durso Part 2 - The vegan diet, animal activism and entrepreneurship

Food Heals

Allison Melody

Spirituality, Naturalcures, Vegan, Nutrition, Fitness, Detox, Veganism, Alternativemedicine, Health, Health & Fitness, Juicing

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

A vegan chef and healthy living educator, Leslie Durso is the glowing face of a fresher plant-based movement that refuses to compromise style for sustainability. Walking the plant-based talk since the age of eight, this Southern California native has always been well ahead of the times with her meatless mindset, but the greater populace is now embracing her teachings more than ever. She currently broadcasts her farm fresh recipes and warmhearted sensibilities to an extensive audience spanning more than 130 countries via LeslieDurso.com.

After establishing herself as a private chef for the NYC and Hollywood elite, Leslie emerged as a public persona, hosting cooking segments on television and healthy living content online. Determined to inspire beneficial life-long eating habits for everyone, she has appeared on The Food Network, The Discovery Channel, The Hallmark Channel, Everyday Health and Mother Nature Network and written for MindBodyGreen, VegNews, CNN.com, Redbook, Glamour, Maxim, and dozens more, evangelizing the benefits of a mindful lifestyle, delivered with her trademark blend of sunshiney sophistication and girl next door relatability.

Being hailed as “Sex and the City for Food,” The Food Heals Podcast brings together experts in the field of nutrition, health and healing to teach you the best-kept natural secrets to being a hotter, healthier, happier YOU!

The Food Heals Podcast is hosted by Allison Melody and Suzy Hardy – two self-proclaimed natural chicks who will rock your world and change your beliefs about health! This sexy, savvy duo provides eco-friendly advice on a variety of issues including the healing power of nutrition, living authentically, turning your passion into your career, choosing the best natural health and beauty products, the benefits of a plant-based diet and so much more!

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0:00.0	Food Heels Podcast, episode 96. The only key to being healthy in life is a large variety of nutrients found in plants in the world.
0:13.3	I mean, that's it. Amen. That's the bottom line. Amen.
0:17.6	Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts Alison Melody and Susie Hardy. Join the
0:24.6	Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself. Warning side
0:30.9	effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and chemo, and a spike in Tinder matches. In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to put
0:41.5	down the Ben and Jerry's, get off the couch, and take a walk outside. If you experience any of these
0:45.0	symptoms, tell your Facebook friends immediately. All right, welcome, Food Heels Nation. Thanks so much
0:50.2	for joining us. I'm Alison Melody. And I'm Susie Hardy. Today we're back with vegan chef and
0:55.3	healthy living educator Leslie Durso. Leslie is the glowing face of a fresher plant-based movement
1:01.7	that refuses to compromise style for sustainability. After establishing herself as a private chef
1:07.7	for the New York and Hollywood elite. Leslie emerged as a public persona,
1:12.7	hosting cooking segments on television and healthy living content online.
1:17.6	Determined to inspire beneficial lifelong eating habits for everyone. She has appeared on the
1:22.7	Food Network, the Discovery Channel, the Hallmark Channel, Everyday Health, and Mother Nature Network.
1:28.5	And if you didn't listen to Part 1 of our interview with Leslie,
1:31.6	please go back and check out episode 95.
1:34.7	You'll find out why she's our favorite guest,
1:37.6	because she brought us champagne and cupcakes.
1:42.1	If you want to be our favorite guests, you know what to do. That's right. You're
1:46.6	all on notice. But first, our sponsor. Today's show is sponsored by Thrive Market. The mission of
1:53.6	Thrive Market is to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. Thrive promises to sell
2:00.2	only the highest quality, healthy, natural products.
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