Ep. 67: Dr. Monica Aggarwal - A Doctor's Prescription for Happiness is Plants
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
What happens when the confident doctor becomes the desperate patient who, like the rest of us, feels powerless when we get sick?
This is the moment that board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Monica Aggarwal, describes as her moment of truth when she was diagnosed with a devastating form of rheumatoid arthritis shortly after the birth of her third child.
In an instant, she went from being an avid runner, busy doctor, and engaging parent to someone who could barely move.
Anger, blame, denial...you name it...she had it.
She also had the answer -- a radical change to her diet and lifestyle.
Our bodies have miraculous ways to heal and Dr. Aggarwal shares her prescriptions for joy, vitality and health from her book, “Body on Fire: How Inflammation Triggers Chronic Illness and the Tools We Have to Fight It.”
We know this is one prescription you’ll love to take.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The goal is to eat more plants. |
| 0:01.8 | And if you cut out the animals and eat more plants |
| 0:04.7 | and you be active and you cut out simple sugars |
| 0:08.6 | and you don't smoke, you're gonna do okay. |
| 0:11.7 | You know, I always tell patients, |
| 0:14.1 | like your genes are what your genes are. |
| 0:16.1 | I have rheumatoid arthritis because my genes had that. |
| 0:20.1 | But what triggers those genes and what makes those genes |
| 0:24.3 | how activate what you can control. |
| 0:27.4 | And so, you know, and I also remember we have what we have, |
| 0:31.3 | but it's how we respond to it, right. |
| 0:33.1 | And so, changing your lifestyle now at this moment, |
| 0:37.1 | at 50 or 20 or at 70, it's never too late. |
| 0:40.8 | Just go to it, let's go. |
| 0:43.2 | [♪ music playing in background !!!!!!!!! |
| 0:47.4 | Season three of the Plant Strong podcast explores those |
| 0:51.4 | Galileo moments where you seek to understand the real truth |
| 0:57.4 | around your health and dare to see the world |
| 1:01.4 | through a different lens. |
| 1:03.0 | This season, we honor those courageous seekers |
| 1:07.4 | who are paving the way for you and me. |
| 1:10.6 | So, grab your telescope, |
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