Welcome to the second episode of the Brain Health and Beyond podcast with your hosts, Aisha and Dean Cherzai.

Our guest for this podcast is our dear friend Adam Sudd, who is an international speaker for awareness of mental health and addiction.

In 2012, Adam's life was completely out of

control. He was struggling with multiple addictions, serious chronic diseases, and mental health

disorders. His life nearly ended when he attempted suicide by drug overdose. He checked into

a rehab and with the help of his remarkable parents and by

adopting a plant-based diet, he began a journey that led to an amazing recovery. He's now a diabetes

and food addiction coach for mastering diabetes, which is a program that focuses on reversing

insulin resistance using low-fat, whole-food plant-based nutrition. He also works with

Injun 2 and Whole Foods Market's Total Health Immersion Team. He is an amazing force behind the

plant-based movement and has worked in recovery centers using plant-based nutrition as an adjunct tool for recovery and relapse prevention.

He has also founded a nonprofit that is dedicated to advancing research on diet and mental health and addiction.

He firmly believes that the simplest of things done consistently

can make the most profound change of your life and that self-love is the root of all recovery.

Thank you, Adam, for being here today with us and sharing your story.

I am so honored to be here.

I have to say that I've been able to have conversations with a lot of amazing people,

but today I've never been more honored and privileged to have a conversation about my story that I am with you.

I'm so excited to.

It's true for us.

Absolutely.

So Adam,

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