Ageless Vegans: Tracye and Mary McQuirter
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2018
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Nobody gets excited about gray hair and wrinkles! Tracye and Mary McQuirter are living proof that the "Fountain of Youth" does exist and can be found right in your kitchen. The mother and daughter adopted a whole-food plant-based diet 30 years ago and it doesn't look like they've aged a day since then. Clean eating and a regular dose of exercise are helping them keep Father Time at bay.
Their new cookbook, The Ageless Vegan, is packed with 100 recipes promising to unlock "the secret to living a long and healthy plant-based life." They highly recommend the pecan pie!
The time-fighting duo sat down with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll before taking the stage in front of a packed house at the Vegan This! event in Washington, D.C.
Did you know that vegetarians live significantly longer than those who eat meat and dairy? Women live an average of six years longer while men extend their lifespan by an average of 10 years, according to the landmark 2012 Adventist Health Study.
Certainly, the McQuirters are on to something!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:09.5 | This is the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:13.1 | I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:15.4 | Be sure to follow the Physicians Committee, that's on Twitter at PCRM, like them on Facebook |
| 0:20.5 | as well. |
| 0:21.5 | Me, I'm at Chuck Carroll, WLC, good for both Twitter and Instagram. |
| 0:27.2 | Growing old, who really wants to do it? |
| 0:29.8 | Rinkles, gray hair. |
| 0:32.2 | Everybody kind of wants to turn back time, or at least delay Father Time's arrival. |
| 0:38.9 | You know, a 2012 Adventist Health Study finds that vegetarians live significantly longer. |
| 0:45.9 | Maybe this is the key. |
| 0:47.6 | Women by six years, and men add nearly a decade of life compared to non-vegetarians. |
| 0:54.2 | Not to mention that those who don't eat dairy weigh about 30 pounds less and have a far |
| 1:03.0 | lower risk of diabetes. |
| 1:06.3 | Now all of that adds up to living a high quality, high functioning life well into your 80s, |
| 1:12.6 | and beyond. |
| 1:15.0 | Recently spoke to two women who are well on their way, Tracy McQuirter and her mother |
| 1:20.2 | married. |
| 1:21.2 | This is a remarkable family who have been eating a plant-based diet for three decades. |
| 1:27.6 | I caught up with them on location at the Physicians Committee's vegan this event in Washington, |
| 1:32.6 | DC. |
| 1:33.6 | And I got to tell you, the mom and daughter, they are a couple of modern day Ponce de |
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