I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plant Strong podcast. What of some of your

favorite comfort foods? Burgers, mashed potatoes, barbecue, brownies, and even egg salad could

actually help you feel better. I've got a fun one for you today with Terry Edwards from eatplant

based.com. She is one of the internet's go-to recipe creators for simple, affordable, whole-food,

plant-based meals that people actually want to eat. This conversation, though, goes way beyond recipes. Terry shares her powerful

personal story of struggling with joint pain, elevated cholesterol, insomnia, acne, and weight gain

before discovering the life-changing power of plant-based nutrition. After watching,

forks over knives.

This episode is packed with approachable plant-based meal ideas, beginner-friendly tips, and proof that healthy food can still taste incredible.

We're going to meet Terry right after these words from Plan Strong.

I want to tell you about a woman named Diana who came to our week-long Sedona retreat

a few years back. She was a stroke survivor. Her blood pressure was creeping up and her doctor was ready to write her

prescription. But when we talked about why she wanted to come back, she said something that I've

heard many, many times. Nobody in my life eats this way. She had the knowledge. She had done the

work. She knew what could happen when she

committed to a Planned Strong lifestyle, but doing it alone in the real world, that can get hard.

And at our last Black Mountain retreat, I heard the same thing again and again. Things like,

my friends think that I'm in a cult. I don't have one person in

my life that's doing this with me or my kids keep asking, where do you get your protein, mom?

And that is what Sedona is really about. Yes, you're going to get the science. You're going to get

incredible food and all the clinical

data showing what can happen in just six days. But the real magic, it's in the room. Six days

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