Ep. 228: Dr. Laurie Marbas Answers Your Pressing Plant-Based Health Questions
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Plant-based physician, Dr. Laurie Marbas, joins Rip LIVE to answer your health questions!
Dr. Marbas is a renowned board-certified Lifestyle and Family Medicine physician. She is licensed to practice in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Questions and highlights from this Q&A include:
- Is it bad to combine berries with bananas?
- Should we wait to shower for optimum vitamin D absorption?
- Is there anything that can help with COPD?
- Is vital wheat gluten (used to make seitan) too processed?
- How can I get more protein and collagen after surgery?
- What are your thoughts on plant sterols to get cholesterol down?
- Can you address hair loss on a transition to whole food, plant-based?
- Recommendations for osteoporosis?
- Thoughts on coffee and green tea?
- Is it best to take B-12 with or without food?
- Does intermittent fasting with whole-food plant-based eating help with weight loss?
- Do all sugars affect your body in the same way? (stevia, maple syrup, etc.)
- Is a plant-based diet making my legs hurt?
- What is the best way to get rid of visceral fat?
- With the weather starting to change, what dishes are you looking forward to?
- Thoughts on supplementing EPA and DHA?
- Any thoughts on what can help with tinnitus?
- Does roasting sweet potatoes affect their nutrition?
- What are the benefits of wearing continuous glucose monitors (if you’re not diabetic)?
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| 2:09.0 | Now, please welcome Dr. Lori Marvis as she answers your pressing plan strung questions. |
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