Welcome to the Plant Strong Podcast. I'm Rip Eselston and I am super pumped to

that you're here. It is my goal with this show to inspire you and also to

provide you with actionable steps that you can take at home to not only eat

more plants but to discover the best you that you can be. And the good news is

I know it's in you. Here's an unfortunate truth right now. Type 2 diabetes is a

pandemic. They claims the lives of millions of people every year but another

truth is that it's preventable and even reversible if you put the right

lifestyle habits into play. And contrary to almost everything that you've

heard all forms of this devastating disease can be mitigated and managed

with a whole food plant-based diet. During our recent heart of a hero campaign

in Pittsburgh we tested every participant for cholesterol, blood pressure, weight,

and blood sugar before and after the event. In fact one individual had a

fasting pre-blucos of 318 at the start which was evidence of diabetes

going completely untreated and unmanaged. In just seven days this person's post

blood sugar came down to 215 following our seven-day rescue challenge guidelines.

It's still a long way to go but it's one example that demonstrates how the body

quickly responds and wants to heal when it's fueled the right way. My guest

today is the super sharp super handsome Robbie Barbaro. He's the co-founder of

Mastering Diabetes, a comprehensive program developed to help people both

understand the science of insulin resistance and take control of their health

through a healthy plant-based diet. Together with his partner Dr. Cyrus

Kumbata they have just released their first book called Mastering Diabetes.

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