From Processed to Plant-Based: Former President Sparks New Health Movement

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

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Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two Indigenous leaders reveal how they reclaimed their health — and how that transformation sparked a movement across the Navajo Nation.

In this inspiring episode of The Exam Room, Chuck Carroll sits down with former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and First Lady Phefelia Nez to talk about the health crisis facing Indigenous communities — and how they’ve taken action.

From personal weight loss and lifestyle change to large-scale policy reforms like junk food taxes and food education, this conversation explores how culture, tradition, and science intersect to transform lives.

🫀 100 lbs lost

🥬 Indigenous food revival

🏃‍♂️ A running president

📜 A plant-based policy movement

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	It comes walking in with a huge 50-gallon trash can and literally went through the refrigerator,
0:12.0	the freezer, the cabinets, everything.
0:15.0	And it was like, all these things are packed for you.
0:25.1	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. Hello, I'm the weight loss champion.
0:26.6	Chuck Carroll, thanks so very much for watching and downloading in more than 150 countries
0:30.3	around the world and making the exam room one of the most consumed nutrition podcasts anywhere
0:34.9	on the planet today.
0:36.4	Once again, we are in Rochester, Minnesota
0:38.3	at the Lotus Health Foundation Symposium and gala.
0:41.3	And I am so thrilled and honored to be joined today
0:43.3	by the former president and first lady of the Navajo Nation,
0:47.3	Jonathan and Fafiliate Nes.
0:49.3	Thank you both so very much for being here.
0:51.3	Hey, Chuck, thank you.
0:52.3	I never thought I'd be on your show, but it's pretty cool.
0:55.8	You are all over the world, and let me just say, too, you're on the Navajo Nation. I'm honored,
1:01.4	and you think I'm joking when I say it's been a bucket list to have you guys on the show. I can't
1:05.7	believe that this has not happened until today. Oh, my. I look forward to it. The pressure's on for both of us, man.
1:11.6	We've got to make this a good interview, you guys.
1:14.6	But you are a true role model.
1:16.6	Both of you are a role model for everything that you are doing to embody and empower and improve
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