Healthy Vegan School Lunches

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Physicians Committee

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 September 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

What a student eats affects everything from their health to their academic performance! Research shows that students may have lower grades because of unhealthy high-fat, low nutrient-dense diets. Yet, school lunch menus are still overflowing with an abundance of pizza, burgers, chicken nuggets, and milk every day.

That is why an increasing number of parents are learning that healthy vegetarian school lunches can be a powerful way to boost their child's health and confidence.

In this episode, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll sits down with nutritionist and vegan parent Susan Levin to find solutions to combat exploding childhood obesity rates and get plant-based options on the lunch line!

Naturally, we couldn't do this show without sharing some fun recipes. Dig in!

Also, Dr. Jia Xu is on a mission to make his home country a healthier nation. Hear his extraordinary story of biking across China to raise awareness for the benefits of eating a plant-based diet. Through the 2,500-mile ride, Dr. Xu introduced thousands to the Mandarin-language 21-Day Vegan Kickstart program and his trips have become legendary! He's become somewhat of a celebrity, too!

In This Episode

How to fight back against rising childhood obesity and diabetes rates
How unhealthy is the "classic" school lunch?
How a plant-based diet may help boost grades
An idea of what the ideal school lunch looks like
Examining the current nutrition guidelines for school cafeterias
The link between cancer and processed meat served in schools
Tips for introducing children to vegan and vegetarian diets
Ways to get children involved in the kitchen
Recipes!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the exam room brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:11.9	The Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll, here with you a very exciting show this week.
0:17.4	This is something, this information is something that a lot of parents should keep an ear
0:23.2	out for.
0:24.2	Really digest what it is you're about to hear over the course of the next hour or so.
0:28.3	It's something that I wish that I knew growing up and certainly something that I wish my
0:32.7	mother also knew growing up.
0:35.0	Now we have this wisdom we're going to pass that along to you.
0:38.3	But before we get there housekeeping notes, please follow the Physicians Committee at PCRM,
0:43.8	like them on Facebook as well.
0:46.0	And if you like this podcast, go ahead subscribe to it wherever it is that you get your podcast
0:52.2	from.
0:53.2	Leave us a five star rating and a nice comment if you would be so kind.
0:57.1	If you're in the following mood, that's at Chuck Carroll WLC for Twitter and Instagram.
1:03.2	That's two hours and two Ls and Carroll the WLC standing for Weight Loss Champion.
1:08.5	Now that information I was just talking about, it is about healthy vegetarian school lunches.
1:17.8	School is now back in session and what the kids are eating a lot of times, not the healthiest
1:24.3	choice.
1:25.3	So how can we clean that up?
1:26.3	How can we tackle the growing obesity problem in this country?
1:29.6	It starts with what's on their plate and we start this program today with registered
1:33.8	dietitian nutritionist extraordinaire from the Barnard Medical Center.
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