Ep. 220: Robby Barbaro - Going the Distance with Diabetes: Robby's IRONMAN Story

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Medicine, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

If you've followed the PLANTSTRONG Podcast, no doubt you're familiar with Robby Barbaro, one of the founders of Mastering Diabetes and now, an official IRONMAN triathlon finisher!

If you don’t know, an IRONMAN is a one-day triathlon where you swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and then run a marathon! Crazy, right?! It's even more awesome since Robby did it as a plant-based, Type 1 diabetic.

In this episode, Rip and Robby talk about how he trained, fueled, and monitored his glucose during training and racing. They also talk about his mindset and training process, as he essentially started from ground zero as a triathlete.

As Robby says, you can always become a happier and better version of yourself and that’s exactly what he did. He found an area in his life he wasn’t happy with, and sought to make big changes.

We invite all of you to do it too, no matter what your goals happen to be. (and believe me, it doesn’t have to be an IRONMAN!)

About Robby Barbaro

Robby Barbaro, MPH graduated from the University of Florida and is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes. He worked at Forks Over Knives for six years before turning his attention in 2016 to coaching people with diabetes full-time.

Robby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 and has been living this lifestyle since 2006. In that time, while eating pounds of fruit every day, his HbA1c value has never exceeded 6.4%, and his blood glucose has been stable and easy to manage.

He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters, VegFest LA, Plant-Stock, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Medical Medium, Vice, Thrive Magazine, Diet Fiction, Thrive Global, BestLife and the wildly popular podcasts Plant Proof and Nutrition Rounds, and is the author of the book Mastering Diabetes with Cyrus...

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0:00.0	Hello, my plan strong cousins. You know that the linchpin to my success and being plan strong for
0:07.9	Oh, these over 35 years has been my breakfast cereal concoction
0:14.7	specifically my rips big bowl cereal that now is available in three different
0:22.1	commercialized varieties. We have our date and raisin. We have our banana walnut and just
0:29.4	back in stock as of yesterday. I'm holding a bag in my hand is our berry almond. It is of course
0:36.8	100% plant-based. There are no added sugars. It all is made from 100% whole grains and is of course
0:45.1	oil-free. The blueberries are loaded with phytonutrients, the strawberries, beta-carotene,
0:51.1	it comes with organic oats that are 18% protein and slivered almonds for a great mouth feel.
0:58.3	Each half a cup serving size is 210 calories, 50 milligrams of sodium, which is super duper low,
1:06.9	and six, six grams of wonderful gut-building fiber. Go to planstrongfoods.com today and load up.
1:19.3	I'm repassalston and welcome to the plan strong podcast. The mission of plan strong is to further
1:25.4	the advancement of all things within the plant-based movement. We advocate for the scientifically proven
1:32.2	benefits of plant-based living and envision a world that universally understands, promotes,
1:38.7	and prescribes plants as a solution to empowering your health, enhancing your performance,
1:45.1	restoring the environment, and becoming better guardians to the animals we share this planet with.
1:50.9	We welcome you wherever you are on your plan strong journey, and I hope that you enjoy this show.
1:59.4	If you've been a fan of the plan strong podcast for over five years, then my bet is you're
2:06.4	probably very familiar with my next guest, Robbie Barbaro, a close friend and one of the founders
2:14.7	of Mastering Diabetes, along with his partner, Cyrus Cumbata. You also probably know that I love
2:22.0	the sport of trathlon, and I competed at a world-class level for almost 20 years. Well,
2:30.4	wouldn't you know it? Robbie Barbaro has also recently turned his sights to the sport of trathlon,
2:36.3	specifically the Iron Man distance trathlon. This is the granddaddy of them all, and if you don't
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