Ep. 216: PLANTSTRONG Legacy Film - Celebrating 12 Years of Wellness with Jeff Nelson and Dr. Elizabeth George
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Twelve years ago, on the tail of the success of his book The Engine 2 Diet, Rip visited small-town America - Mercersburg, Pennsylvania - with the good news about plants.
Dr. Elizabeth George, a local doctor in Mercersburg, was also on a mission to help the residents of her small dairyland town make healthier food and lifestyle choices. She heard about Engine 2 and invited Rip to come to town and speak at restaurants, churches, and even the local high school - challenging them to the Engine 2 28-Day Challenge.
Not surprisingly, he was met with mixed reactions and a healthy dose of farm-raised skepticism.
For the people who took part, the results were explosive.
Luckily, Rip brought along a film crew to capture it all. And…last year, this same crew followed up with Dr. Liz and some of those residents to see how they were doing 12 years later. The result is this new film, PLANTSTRONG Legacy: 12 Years of Wellness.
So, today, we bring you a wonderful interview with Dr. Liz George and the filmmaker, Jeff Nelson, as we celebrate the release of this movie and catch up on those days when we were driving around Mercersburg spreading the good news about plants!
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| 0:00.0 | Attention attention. We only have five spots left for our last live retreat of 2023. |
| 0:07.2 | It takes place in the red rock mountains of glorious Sedona, Arizona. And this is one of the most |
| 0:14.7 | life-changing transformative experiences that you could gift yourself with. We just finished up a |
| 0:22.3 | wonderful action-packed plan-stock weekend. And people love to hear about the science and the food. |
| 0:30.2 | Well, this is a week-long retreat that goes deep into the science and the food and the lifestyle |
| 0:37.7 | with all of your favorite Brock stars. There's all kinds of activities including pickleball, |
| 0:43.5 | hiking yoga, meditation, stargazing, under the incredible Sedona sky. There's also endless |
| 0:52.1 | buffets of gorgeous, delicious, plan-strong food and a team of unparalleled support. |
| 0:59.5 | You will go home with more tools to help you launch your plant-based life along with lifelong |
| 1:07.5 | friendships than you ever imagined. Simply go to planstrong.com and then click on Sedona Retreat |
| 1:14.5 | 2023. And I hope to see five of you in trepid souls in just a few days. If you have any questions, |
| 1:23.6 | just DM me at Rip Elselston on Instagram and I'll get right back to you and we'll jump on the phone. |
| 1:31.7 | Thanks so much. I'm Rip Elselston and welcome to the planstrong podcast. The mission at planstrong |
| 1:39.7 | is to further the advancement of all things within the plant-based movement. We advocate for the |
| 1:46.1 | scientifically proven benefits of plant-based living and envision a world that universally understands, |
| 1:52.8 | promotes and prescribes plants as a solution to empowering your health, enhancing your performance, |
| 2:00.2 | restoring the environment and becoming better guardians to the animals we share this planet with. |
| 2:06.0 | We welcome you wherever you are on your planstrong journey and I hope that you enjoy this show. |
| 2:14.0 | I am pumped for today's episode of the planstrong podcast because it is a long, long overdue reunion |
| 2:23.6 | of sorts. Let me start today's episode with two questions for you. If I go into small town |
| 2:30.2 | America and I take a group of normal people who are suffering with typical health problems, |
| 2:36.5 | like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and I show them exactly how to get rid |
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