Carleigh Bodrug Went Vegan, Transformed Her Health, and Is Inspiring Millions
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
True story. Before she had millions of followers, Carleigh Bodrug struggled with her health. Her digestive issues had grown troublesome that she was taking prescription laxatives for her entire childhood.
The problems then began multiplying as the years rolled by. By the time Carleigh was in her early 20's she was chronically fatigued and wore her poor health on her sleeve as her skin issues were now on display for the world to see.
She wasn't the only member of her family facing challenges. Doctors had previously diagnosed her father with stage 2 colon cancer. He survived, but Carleigh remember being stunned in 2015 when red and processed meat were classified as carcinogenic. The same foods that her family had been eating years were also the reason they were sick?!
An emotional mixture of anger, confusion, and motivation led Carleigh to seek a healthier path. And when she discovered a whole-food plant-based diet, suddenly all of her health challenges disappeared. The answer had been right in front of her the whole time and it wasn't in a pill bottle. It was in her kitchen.
She joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast™ to share her story in detail and how her life-changing epiphany planted the seed for a booming career as an authority on simple, tasty and healthy plant-based recipes! Her PlantYou Cookbook became a No. 1 best seller before it was even released!
Plus, Chuck details new research on the protective benefits a vegetarian diet offers against dementia. The study included more than 5,700 adults and shows promising results!
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Carleigh Bodrug
PlantYou Cookbook: https://bit.ly/PlantYouCookbook1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantyou
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlantYouBlog
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@plantyou
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Chuck Carroll
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm
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21-Day Vegan Kickstart App
iOS: https://bit.ly/VegKStrt-iOS
Android: https://bit.ly/VegKStrtAndrd
Web: https://www.pcrm.org/kickstart
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Barnard Medical Center
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202-527-7500
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| 0:00.0 | I was tired, my skin did not look great, was constipated, my entire childhood. |
| 0:07.3 | I was 12 and my mom's sitting down this huge glass of water and a laxative. |
| 0:12.1 | But as soon as I shifted to a plant-based diet, all of these issues suddenly vanished. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:29.2 | If you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries around |
| 0:33.8 | the world, Malaysia, Indonesia, Argentina and Canada where we're headed today. |
| 0:40.4 | Plus, all places in between. |
| 0:42.8 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:48.2 | Did you hear what she said at the start of the show? |
| 0:53.0 | She was on laxatives for virtually her entire childhood. |
| 0:58.3 | Her mom, giving her a big glass of water to wash the pills down, starting when she was |
| 1:03.2 | just a little girl. |
| 1:07.9 | And the sad part is that even though Carly Bowdrave probably felt alone in her struggle, |
| 1:13.6 | she was far from it. |
| 1:15.6 | Even at that tender age. |
| 1:17.8 | This is probably a scenario that's playing out in thousands, if not millions of homes |
| 1:22.2 | where families are eating that standard high fat, low fiber, western diet. |
| 1:29.1 | And those families may be they're unaware of the consequences that are soon to follow. |
| 1:35.0 | But Carly was lucky enough to be able to pull the blinders off. |
| 1:40.1 | And when that happened, suddenly, the lifetime of backup was no longer a problem. |
| 1:46.7 | And her energy shot through the roof. |
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