Ep. 163: Cindy Thompson - Extinguishing the Raging Fires of Chronic Lifestyle Disease…with a Fork!
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
We are "fired up" to welcome a plantstrong firefighting sister, Cindy Thompson, to the PLANTSTRONG podcast.
I was so moved by Cindy’s background of why she chose firefighting as a career, but it’s her journey to plants that makes her a true hero in my book.
In this male-dominated, meat-loving profession, she boldly took agency over her own health and, along the way, inspired others (including those macho male firefighters) to take a second look at their own plates and take the plantstrong journey with her.
Today, even though she’s retired from firefighting, she is still extinguishing the flames of disease and illness as a health and lifestyle coach, and, among many other credentials, is a licensed Food for Life Instructor for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
Her business is called Tri-Mazing because, yes, she does triathlons for fun now, but when you are making food and lifestyle changes to benefit the health of the planet, the animals, and yourself, you are **Three Times Amazing**!
And, we get a bonus surprise today because she whips up an amazing queso dip and shares that recipe with us today!
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | The lows this week in Austin, Texas have been in the 50s. |
| 0:03.5 | Temperatures that we haven't seen for literally months, |
| 0:06.8 | which gets me absolutely giddy because it means that fall is right around the corner, |
| 0:12.6 | which means that soup season is here. |
| 0:16.6 | And if you weren't aware, we have the most spectacular collection of organic culinary broths |
| 0:24.2 | to help you elevate all of your homemade soups and stews. |
| 0:28.2 | And I want you to know I know how important it is to inject flavor at every stage of cooking. |
| 0:33.7 | And so this is exactly why we created these four very unique plants, strong broths to help you level up |
| 0:40.5 | and up your game in the kitchen. |
| 0:42.5 | Now, I love all of my baby broths, but right now my current go-to is the Shataki Mushroom broth. |
| 0:50.7 | We use it to make mommy's mushroom gravy or as a base for our barley soup. |
| 0:56.4 | And last night I used it in a broccoli cauliflower and satan stir fry and rocked. |
| 1:04.2 | And the umami flavor is perfect. |
| 1:07.9 | As an added bonus, all four of our broths are completely unsalted, |
| 1:12.3 | so you can control the sodium 100%. |
| 1:15.4 | So if you're making soup this season, we've got a base for you to build on. |
| 1:20.6 | Learn more at planstrongfoods.com. |
| 1:24.6 | And what I found was study after study after study, many studies by your dad, |
| 1:29.9 | even about the connection between animal products and cancer. |
| 1:35.6 | And so I learned that if I could switch to a whole food plant-based vegan diet, |
| 1:41.3 | low in oils, it would be the best thing I could do to prevent my risk of cancer. |
| 1:46.9 | So I thought, what have I got to lose? |
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