Hey everybody, it's Chris. Got another interview for you today with a plant-based medical doctor,

Dr. Baxter Montgomery. He has been around a long time and many of you may recognize him,

know his face. I've seen him on other interviews and in documentary films and whatnot, as have I,

and I'm really excited to connect and and talk to him

about plant-based nutrition and his personal journey into diet and lifestyle

medicine so dr. Montgomery thanks so much for taking the time looks like you're

streaming live from a hospital or clinic yes I'm here in my'm here in my office, our medical building here, and a staff have a do not

disturb sign on my door here, so we should be safe.

Thanks for having me.

That's great.

Yeah, it's great to connect.

And so I'd love to start with your journey, right?

Being conventionally trained and my understanding after talking to And so I'd love to start with your journey, right?

Being conventionally trained.

And my understanding after talking to many, many doctors is there's virtually no training

in nutrition in med school.

And so did you have a background in nutrition?

What happened in your life to make you think a little bit differently or to open up to nutrition?

Yeah, well, first of all, there was no background in nutrition in my former training,

my medical school training or residency. And actually, I actually think of that as a benefit.

I think that was a good thing because had we received training, it would have been the long training.

And so, you know, the medical education institution is compromised, and I'll kind of get into

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