BONUS: 7 Simple Steps for Eating PLANTSTRONG
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In our final minisode, Rip reviews the Simple tenets for eating a plantstrong diet and how to make the healthy choice the easy choice.
- Eat your veggies and leafy greens
- Eat plenty of whole fruit
- Eat intact whole grains
- 100% whole grain items - look for the words, “whole, rolled, cracked, and sprouted.”
- Eat Your BEANS
- Add Extra Flavor - herbs, spices, vinegars, hot sauce, mustard, ketchup - these are a secret weapon of taste.
- Don't drink your calories, but do drink water, black coffee, and tea
What are we staying away from?
Meat, eggs, dairy, seafood, oil, white bread & pasta, excessive salt and added sugar
Limit -avocados (¼ per day), tofu, tempeh, and nuts (walnuts preferred)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm R. Besselston and you're listening to the Plan Strong Podcast. |
| 0:06.3 | Hey everybody, happy, happy New Year to you and welcome to this special Plant Strong podcast episode. |
| 0:15.0 | I realize that many of you around the world are exploring and |
| 0:19.0 | embracing the goodness of whole plant-based foods and good on you. This is fabulous. Perhaps you're |
| 0:27.5 | motivated by many health benefits or you're eating more plants for social, environmental, or compassion reasons, regardless. |
| 0:38.0 | At Plant Strong, we welcome you wherever you are on your journey and our goal is to provide you with all the resources |
| 0:46.5 | that you need to help you on your path. |
| 0:50.1 | Now that's why over the next few days I'll be recording a few many episodes to help you |
| 0:56.8 | with mindset, motivation, education, and tools to help make this as simple and and |
| 1:05.0 | impactful as possible. |
| 1:06.0 | Before I get started, let me explain what I mean by a plant-strong diet. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm talking about embracing a diet that's rich in fruits, vegetables, all kinds of |
| 1:16.3 | beans, legumes, lentils, and whole grains while simultaneously crowding out animal products like meat, seafood, dairy and eggs. In addition, I want to urge you to eliminate processed oils and cut back on excessive salt and sugar intake. |
| 1:38.5 | Now the benefits of adopting a whole food plant-based lifestyle are beyond profound. |
| 1:43.9 | Not only does it support weight management and boost your energy levels, it also reduces your |
| 1:49.0 | risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and a certain number of cancers. A plant-strong |
| 1:56.4 | diet is not just about what you eliminate, it's about embracing vibrant nutrient-rich foods that are going to nourish your body from the inside out. |
| 2:08.0 | I'd like to call these strong foods, and at Plant Strong, we were all about the strong. |
| 2:15.0 | Hey Plant Strong Champions, man we are rounding third base, we are headed for home, |
| 2:20.0 | we can smell the kale in the barn as we wrap up this seven-day Plant Strong |
| 2:27.6 | Challenge of 2024. We at Plan Strong we have shared a ton of hopefully useful information as all of you explore all kinds of new habits and learn why a whole food plant strong diet is so so powerful. |
| 2:46.4 | What I want to do right now is just do a simple review of the seven habits and the tenets of our Plan Strong challenge that you guys have been |
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