Ep. 183: D. Anthony Evans - Embracing the Pain in Order to Live
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
D. Anthony Evans loves pain. Pain, you might say, is his superpower, which is a good thing because he lives with excruciating pain every second of the day.
D. Anthony was born with Neurofibromatosis (NF), a rare genetic condition causing multiple tumors to grow on the nerve tissue. He has hundreds of them on and in his body.
Unfortunately, they can become malignant and turn into an aggressive, mostly terminal, form of cancer.
In 2012, D. Anthony was diagnosed with this cancer. Doctors removed hundreds of tumors and told him he had six months to live.
Eleven years later, he’s thriving.
How in the world did he go from a death sentence to the physical specimen and motivational force that he is today? One word: PLANTS.
This beautiful soul embraces a daily rigorous physical and spiritual practice where he chooses to celebrate a birthday every day because every day is a renewal of life and one more day he gets to celebrate being alive.
About D. Anthony Evans
Adidas called D. Anthony Evans one of the world’s most inspirational athletes, and they’re not alone in being amazed at his powerful story. As a plant-based lifestyle transition coach and dynamic advocate, D. Anthony is dedicated to helping people with major health issues defy the odds and learn to thrive - because he knows how to. Despite being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer, being given 6 months to live, and having 385 tumors removed from his body over the course of eleven nine-hour operations, he has not just survived but thrived for 11 years longer than anyone in history with his cancer. He attributes all of his success to adopting an alkaline mindset and lifestyle that rest perpetually on the foundation of a positive mindset, consistent challenging physical fitness, and a whole food plant-based lifestyle.
Through his nonprofit Cheri Inspires which he founded in his mother's name, he aims to bridge the widening access gap that poor and fixed-income patients face should they decide to fight for their life holistically with treatments traditional insurance just doesn't cover. This is where D, identified the need and created a solution. D didn't fight his fight traditionally because he had the help of Chef Dave. This is why this part of his mission is so important to him because understands that unless you are independently wealthy, fighting cancer holistically is really not an option.
Episode Resources
D. Anthony Instagram @danthonytrains
Cheri-Inspires.org - D’s non-profit dedicated to helping people receive holistic treatment
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| 1:22.4 | We all can do whatever we want to do when things are doing great. |
| 1:28.2 | But none of us know who we are and tell why throws you on your head. |
| 1:34.0 | That's a fact, Rip. |
| 1:36.1 | I could have went along with the program and they could have chemo me out of here like |
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