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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Eating healthier shouldn’t feel confusing, overwhelming, or impossible to sustain—and if it ever has, you’re not the problem. In this 30-minute REAL30™ webinar, Rip Esselstyn and Laurie Kortowich introduce a simple, science-backed framework designed to help you eat more real, whole plants and stay consistent without turning your life upside down.
The REAL30 is built on three approachable pillars:
You’ll learn why plant diversity matters—especially for gut health, energy, metabolism, inflammation, and immune function—and how the “30 plants per week” concept is rooted in research from the American Gut Project. The conversation breaks down what real food actually means, why ultra-processed foods make consistency harder, and how whole plants work with your body’s natural systems (including appetite regulation and gut health).
Rip shares powerful real-world stories from the firehouse and lessons learned from his father, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, while Laurie brings in insights from the PLANTSTRONG community—showing how quickly people begin to feel better when they focus on adding more of the good stuff instead of restricting.
You’ll also walk away with:
This isn’t a diet, a cleanse, or a rigid set of rules. It’s a return to real food—built on abundance, simplicity, and momentum.
👉 Join the REAL30 for free:
Download the tracker and plant checklist at plantstrong.com
or Text REAL30 to (833) 541-0194
One plate at a time.
One plant at a time.
One day at a time.
Eat strong. Live real.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rip Esselston, and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. There you are. Happy New Year, Rip. How are you? |
| 0:08.1 | Happy New Year, Lori Corlewitch. Oh my gosh. Welcome to everyone and thanks for joining us today. My name of Lori |
| 0:15.2 | Cordowich and I work for Plant Strong and I'm very pleased to introduce everyone, if they don't already know you, |
| 0:22.4 | to our founder, Rip Besselston. |
| 0:24.7 | Rip is a number one New York Times bestselling author and has been at the forefront of |
| 0:29.3 | the movement in helping people to eat more plants in order to achieve optimal health for, gosh, |
| 0:35.5 | a really long time. |
| 0:36.5 | Rip, how long has it been? |
| 0:38.1 | Well, I wrote my first book in 2009, right? |
| 0:42.5 | I have been actually eating this way myself since 1987. |
| 0:47.9 | So it's been a while for sure. |
| 0:50.1 | But with that, I want to thank everybody for being here. |
| 0:58.3 | I love it when you take time out of your day to learn how to build habits that actually last and stick. And today, I'm here with Lori. |
| 1:05.8 | And we're going to share a few, I shouldn't say a few. We're going to share a fun, a very fun, new initiative with you. |
| 1:14.7 | It's going to be great. I can't wait to do this, rip. Yeah. And I just want to say at the outset that this is about |
| 1:21.0 | progress, not perfection. It's about discovering how eating more real food, and I'm going to dive into exactly what that |
| 1:31.2 | means, but how eating real food can strengthening your body, your energy, and your confidence |
| 1:38.8 | in addition to your long-term health. And we're going to be doing this through a new framework that we're |
| 1:45.7 | calling the real 30. It's a simple structure that helps you stay consistent without having to |
| 1:52.5 | turn your life upside down, which nobody likes doing. Yeah. It's the perfect time of year to do this, |
| 1:58.0 | right, Rip? So we are airing this webinar in multiple places. |
| 2:02.8 | So if you are listening as a podcast and you want the free challenge guide that we're going to be referencing quite a bit today, |
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