Dancing with the Stars and Dancing Past Cancer: Samantha Harris' Story of Survival
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 24 May 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Samantha Harris is a superstar. She's been seen by millions as co-host of Dancing with the Stars and Entertainment Tonight. She's also been read by millions as author of the bestselling book Your Healthiest Healthy. But her biggest accomplishment is surviving cancer.
Samantha joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast to talk about her incredible journey. Cancer may have interrupted her at the peak of her career, but it has not disrupted her life. It has only made it better. This Emmy Award winner has gone from just being on camera to being in the lives of countless others seeking to improve their health. She is helping them identify and address the underlying causes of their chronic illnesses so they too can go on to live their healthiest healthy.
Plus, you'll discover Samantha's must-haves from her kitchen!
Also, a special scholarship is available exclusively for nurses and dietitians to attend the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine in Washington, D.C. Mary Sherrill joins Chuck with details on how you can apply.
More than 30 speakers will be presenting at ICNM this year, including Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Saray Stancic, Dr. Monica Aggarwal, Dr. Kim Williams, Dr. Alan Desmond, and many others. The conference will be held Aug. 18-20.
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Samantha Harris
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthaharristv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaHarrisTV
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamanthaHarris
Website: https://yourhealthiesthealthy.com
Retreat: https://bit.ly/SamHarrisRetreat2022
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ICNM
Scholarship: https://bit.ly/ICNMScholar2022
Tickets: https://www.pcrm.org/ICNM
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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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PCRM Careers
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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
Appointments
202-527-7500
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| 0:00.0 | I was literally the picture of health on the cover of Healthy Fitness Magazine and exercising |
| 0:06.8 | daily. |
| 0:07.8 | I was eating my egg white almonds and thinking that I was eating this healthy diet with my |
| 0:12.1 | low fat fat free life. |
| 0:15.0 | And boom, breast cancer. |
| 0:21.6 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.8 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us in more than 130 countries and |
| 0:33.5 | healthy cities coast to coast. |
| 0:35.9 | Hopkins, Minnesota. |
| 0:37.4 | Bakers be able to California. |
| 0:39.4 | Takamatsu, Japan. |
| 0:41.5 | We appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:45.9 | This is episode 39 of season 5, number 338 overall. |
| 0:52.3 | Samantha Harris from Dancing with the Stars is here with us on the show today. |
| 0:57.9 | It is an episode filled with hope and discovery and the power of not throwing in the towel, |
| 1:05.2 | fighting without fear and fighting to reclaim your health after receiving a devastating diagnosis. |
| 1:14.4 | And this was a fight that Samantha never saw coming. |
| 1:19.0 | Because exercise was part of her daily routine, she was eating what she had been taught |
| 1:23.8 | was a healthy diet and she was doing everything that she could not to suffer the same cruel |
| 1:29.0 | fate as her father who passed away from cancer when he was just 50. |
| 1:35.0 | Samantha had two young daughters at home and she was feeling great, but she thought, just |
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