Heart Healthy, Plant-Based Eating with Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka

Feel Good Podcast with Kimberly Snyder

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Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Education, Talk Radio, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Summary

In this conversation, Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka discusses the importance of heart health and the role of a plant-based diet in achieving it. She shares her journey into lifestyle medicine, emphasizing the need for a holistic approach to health that includes diet, exercise, and sleep. The discussion covers common misconceptions about protein intake, the impact of inflammation on health, and the benefits of cooking with whole foods. Dr. Pulapaka also highlights the affordability of healthy eating and the significance of understanding the nutritional value of everyday foods.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Heart Health and Plant-Based Diets

02:56 The Confusion Around Dietary Trends

05:58 Understanding Protein and Kidney Health

09:10 The Role of Inflammation in Heart Disease

11:55 Personal Journey to Plant-Based Living

14:47 Cooking with Whole Foods and Spices

17:51 The Importance of Fiber and Gut Health

20:58 Exploring Nutritional Benefits of Everyday Foods

23:51 The Impact of Sleep on Health

26:59 Affordable Healthy Eating

29:48 Final Thoughts on Heart Health and Lifestyle

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Feel Good podcast, which is all about heart-led living and wellness.
0:07.8	When we awaken the power of our hearts and let that guide us through our daily choices and decisions, through our four cornerstones, food, body, emotional well-being, and spiritual growth, we will experience the most incredible
0:22.8	results and create more vitality, health, strength, peace, abundance, and love in our lives.
0:32.0	I am your host, Kimberly Snyder, New York Times best-selling author, founder of Saluna,
0:39.3	creator of the research-based heart-aligned meditation, wellness expert, nutritionist, and international speaker.
0:45.0	I am passionate about supporting you on your unique heart and wellness journey.
0:51.4	Let's get started.
0:57.2	Hi, everyone. Welcome back to our Monday show. I am so excited to share my conversation with Dr.
1:04.0	Jennifer Pulapaka, who has written this book, The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook,
1:10.2	along with her husband,
1:13.0	Chef Hari Pulapaka, and he is a James Beard Foundation-recognized chef.
1:21.3	She is a physician that focuses on peripheral vascular disease.
1:26.7	She's also studied plant-based nutrition, which is unusual for
1:31.2	many doctors to study nutrition at all. So on today's show, we cover some specific foods as well as
1:37.8	the research around how can we live a lifestyle to keep our hearts healthy. And this is a really
1:43.8	important show.
1:45.2	You may be aware how many people every year are affected by heart-related incidences, heart
1:51.9	disease.
1:53.0	And of course, I'm very interested in the heart, from a physical standpoint, the organ of
1:58.1	the heart, the energetic, the spiritual heart.
2:00.3	It all works together.
2:01.6	So really excited for our conversation. A little reminder to please go to mysaluna.com
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