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PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Ep. 38: Chris Wark - How Chris Beat Cancer

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

Rip Esselstyn

Nutrition, Medicine, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

“I just couldn’t wrap my head around this idea that you can poison your way back to health.”

In 2003, Chris Wark received a grim colon cancer diagnosis at the young age of 26. And, as most of us know, when it comes to cancer treatment, much of the decision-making is based around FEAR. Who wouldn’t be afraid if you were told you basically had a 50-50 shot at surviving?

Chris, however, took a different approach. Instead of using fear to drive his decision on chemotherapy, he turned to facts and his faith. Instead of pumping chemo drugs into his body, he pumped in as many anti-cancer foods as he could and turned his body into a nutritional powerhouse. He built his body up instead of tearing it down.

That was 13 years ago. Today, Chris is the best selling author of the book Chris Beat Cancer, and a robust website of the same name, ChrisBeatCancer.com. He’s also the father of two beautiful girls and public speaker.

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0:00.0

Wow, wow. One million downloads to each and every one of you. I want you to know how

0:12.6

absolutely fired up I am and I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom

0:17.9

of my plant strong feet to the top of my plant strong head and everything in between.

0:24.3

Thank you for allowing me into your earbuds, into your kitchens and for allowing me to join

0:30.3

you on your long walks and on road trips even if those road trips are just a short drive

0:36.8

around the neighborhood these days. It's been an honor and a privilege to produce the

0:41.7

plant strong podcast as part of our mission to reach as many people as possible with the

0:48.2

good news about plants. Speaking of good news, to celebrate this million download milestone,

0:55.2

we've got a bunch of plant strong prizes to give away this week. We have signed copies of my

1:00.6

books, boxes of Rift's Big Bowl cereal, year-long access to our plant strong meal planner,

1:06.6

plus complimentary registrations to our rescue 10X online coaching program and drum roll,

1:14.5

a grand prize, a two pack of commuter passes to our annual Camp Plant Stock event held each

1:22.6

August. The winner can redeem these tickets in either 2020 or 2021, obviously depending upon

1:31.6

what the next four months bring. Visit plantstrong.com slash million to enter today or click on the link

1:40.5

in our show notes. We'll announce the winners and all of our channels on April 27th. Again, I know

1:48.6

there are many, many podcast options out there. Thank you for choosing plant strong. Your time is

1:54.7

super valuable and I'm honored you've chosen to share it with me. For this week, please know this

2:01.9

episode was recorded ahead of COVID-19, but I hope you'll agree the message of hope and empowerment

2:10.2

is relevant now more than ever. As you listen to today's episode, I want you to remember this quote.

2:18.8

Your genes don't necessarily determine your fate. Your diet and lifestyle choices do. And your

2:25.8

diet and lifestyle choices can activate cancer promoting genes or conversely deactivate them.

2:32.2

My guest today, Chris Wark, received a grim colon cancer diagnosis at the young age of 26.

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