Doctor's Mailbag: Dr. Barnard's Favorite Veggie Burger, Kimchi, and McDonald's Plant-Based Burger
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🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Neal Barnard reveals his favorite veggie burger recipe, Dr. Jim Loomis examines an interesting study on the sodium found in kimchi, and many other vegan diet questions are answered!
Plus, Dr. Barnard weighs in on the McPlant veggie burger from McDonald's when "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll opens up The Doctors Mailbag!
Among the other questions answered:
- How much do macronutrients matter for weight loss?
- How can you improve low iron levels on a plant-based diet?
- Can just a little junk food cause high blood pressure?
- Can other foods replace leafy greens in a picky child's diet?
- What are the best foods for post-menopausal women?
- How can you break an addiction to cheese?
- And many more!
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by vegan author and plant-powered realtor Ellen Jaffe Jones who is helping Floridians navigate through the state's unique and animal-friendly challenges in real estate.
Dr. Barnard's Favorite Veggie Burger Recipe
- 3 c water
- 1 c lentil
- ½ c brown rice
Simmer for 40 min, then add:
- ½ onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 T soy sauce
If you have a question you'd like to ask the doctors, tweet it to @ChuckCarrollWLC using #ExamRoomLive.
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| 0:00.0 | Is it good for probiotics or is kimchi bad because of all of the salt that it contains? |
| 0:05.0 | It was a very interesting study. |
| 0:06.7 | It was recently published in Korea. |
| 0:08.5 | People who eat kimchi did not affect their blood pressure. |
| 0:12.2 | The theory is, it's because the potassium in the cabbage is so high that it offsets the sodium. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:30.6 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:37.3 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download. |
| 0:42.7 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:49.6 | And today, school is in session. |
| 0:52.4 | And the goal is to raise our nutrition IQs as we open up the doctor's mailbag and get |
| 0:59.9 | answers to your health and diet questions. |
| 1:04.2 | And prescribing those answers for us today are doctors Neil Barnard and Jim Luminous. |
| 1:10.8 | Some of the questions that we have on tap really interesting ones going to the drive-through. |
| 1:16.0 | Dr. Barnard is going to be weighing in on McDonald's new veggie burger called the McPlan. |
| 1:21.8 | He's also going to be revealing his favorite veggie burger recipe. |
| 1:25.4 | And I got to tell you, this one sounds straight up delicious. |
| 1:31.8 | And then Dr. Luminous is going to be getting in on the fun and talking about kimchi, answering |
| 1:36.4 | a question from somebody wanting to know whether the salt that is found in kimchi outweighed |
| 1:41.6 | the benefits of all of the probiotics that are found in it. |
| 1:45.9 | Is kimchi still healthy despite the sodium? |
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