The lumps you had on your neck and your body went away too?

They did.

Absolutely.

Vaughn, welcome to the Eat to Lips podcast.

It is my pleasure to be here.

We're so excited to have you. So for everyone who doesn't know, Javon is a Nutriarian chef and a health coach, Nutriarian coach, so we're so excited to have you and talk about your new cookbook, make your own. So you're also the Instagram, healthy vegan eating, which I know is very popular and you showcase your beautiful Nutriarian recipes. So I'm so excited to get into the food. And we have of course Dr. Furman with us too. The foodie himself. There you go. Two foodies and I'm calling myself a foodie as well. So, Javant, to kick this podcast off, I wanted to ask you, I know Dr. Furman, my dad, which is cool for me, is a big inspiration to you. Can you explain to us a little bit about your health journey and why that came to be? How did you even come to know of Dr. Furman? Yeah. Well, my journey is very similar to a lot of people. So unfortunately, I was just doing what Americans do, eating what Americans eat, and it led

to me having what Americans have, which is, you know, diabetes and, you know, high blood pressure. I was pre-diabetic, pre-hypertensive. And because so many of my family members, uncles, father had diabetes, it was no, it wasn't a big deal to me. And that's sad in hindsight. But at the time, I'd seen this around me so much.

And I was like, okay, I got diabetes.

I just got to take my metformin. It wasn't a big deal to me. And that's sad in hindsight. But at the time, I'd seen this around me so much.

And I was like, okay, I got diabetes.

I just got to take my metformin. I got to, you know, keep a banana with me in case things, you know, like I see my uncles do in case my blood sugar drops too low and just be ready. And then on my mom's side was hypertension. And so I said, okay, all right, well, I just take my meds.

I'll be fine.

It was no big deal.

But then a little bit later, they were diagnosing me. retention. And so I said, okay, all right, well, I just take my meds. I'll be fine. It was no big deal.

But then a little bit later, they were diagnosing me with lymphoma. They were about to. I had some swollen lymph nodes, and they thought I had lymphoma. And a biopsy was scheduled. I was literally in the chair about to get the biopsy. Guy had the needle, not trying to be dramatic. And I said, you know what, I don't want to do this.

I got to try something else.

Because I had heard from a doctor, I don't want to do this.

I got to try something else. Because I had heard from a doctor, I think it's Norman Francis, that when you get a biopsy, it can release some of the cancer cells from that site, and they can travel and metastasize, and you can have issues elsewhere. So fear is what was ruling me. And so I said, I got to do something.

I got to get healthy.

This is not the way I got to figure it out.

And so I said, I got to do something. I got to get healthy. This is not the way I got to figure it out. And so I started Googling like everybody else. I started Googling how to get healthy. And I was hearing all this information. But, you know, people were having different opinions of what, you know, health is and how to obtain it. I try paleo and Marxistin. I tried a lot of different things. And it's so weird that now I've done probably, I don't know, 30, 40 interviews. It's going to be weird to say this part because I've said it 30 or 40 times and now this guy is sitting right here. But it wasn't until I came to Dr. Joel Furman where I had an epiphany moment.

The light bulb went out and I just said, who is this guy?

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