Kathy Freston Is The Queen of Clean Protein

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2018

⏱️ 108 minutes

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“Wellness isn’t about deprivation and it’s not about perfection. It is about pointing yourself in the direction of growth.” Kathy Freston Where do you get your protein? Notwithstanding rising mainstream awareness that a plant-based diet provides more than enough protein for optimal health and athletic performance, every vegan continues to constantly weather this refrain. So let's put the issue to bed, once and for all. To walk us through the myths, truths and half-truths when it comes to this hotly debated macronutrient, I sat down with the doyenne of all things vegan, my friend Kathy Freston. Returning to the show for a second appearance (Kathy first appeared in RRP #109 in the Fall of 2014), Kathy is a wellness activist and 4-time New York Times bestselling author whose books include of The Lean*,Veganist*, and Quantum Wellness. Her newest offering, co-authored with former podcast guest Bruce Friedrich (RRP #286), is entitled Clean Protein*, a comprehensive primer on all things protein with everything you need to know to get lean, gain energy, stay mentally sharp. A media darling, Kathy is ubiquitous. Her Oprah Winfrey Show appearance inspired the great Ms. Winfrey and her entire staff of 378 to go entirely vegan for 21 days. In addition, she has been featured on Ellen, Dr. Oz, The View, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose, The Martha Stewart Show, Extra and on the pages of Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Self, and W. This is a conversation about the future of nutrition. It's about the industry interests that compromise transparency and confuse consumer choice. It's about the truth behind protein and the looming future of culture-grown, so-called clean meat. But most of all, this is a conversation about how to eat right, live well & be kind to yourself and the world we share. Podcast favorite Dan Buettner's better half (although Dan is a pretty good half himself), I adore Kathy and everything she is about. I sincerely hope you enjoy the exchange. For the visually inclines, you can watch the podcast on YouTube here. Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Quick announcement before we get into it. I am very excited to announce that Julie and I have a brand new cookbook coming out
0:06.4	April 24th. It's called the Plant Power Way, Italia. We're very proud of it. If you enjoyed our first book the Plant Power Way
0:13.8	I think you're gonna freak for this one. It's inspired by our retreats in Tuscany and the cuisine of the Italian countryside.
0:21.3	It's super next level, incredible photography,
0:25.0	125 entirely new and of course delicious plant-based Italian recipes,
0:29.9	and it's available for pre-order now from all your favorite online booksellers.
0:33.8	You can learn more at richroll.com.
0:36.8	Pre-orders are very important to the book's viability and so it would mean a great deal to us if you reserved your copy today.
0:45.5	Thank you so much. I greatly appreciate it and now on to the show.
0:51.5	You want to think about what comes along with that protein. There's lots of things that have protein.
0:56.4	Yes, chicken has a lot of protein, fish has a lot of protein, beef has a lot of protein.
1:01.1	But what comes along with it? You want to ask yourself is there cholesterol that comes along with this protein?
1:08.3	Is there a lot of saturated fat? Are there drug residues? Are there pathogens like E. coli, Salmonella?
1:16.5	Is the protein inflammatory to my body?
1:19.7	And what does the raising and processing of this protein do to the land and to the water and to climate change?
1:28.9	So these are all questions that we address in the book.
1:33.1	That's Kathy Freston and this is the Retroll Podcast.
1:37.7	The Retroll Podcast.
1:44.7	These days it seems everywhere you turn, the conversation around food is all about protein.
1:58.7	Protein, protein, protein. Every food label proudly emblazoned with how much protein it contains as if we're in the midst of
2:06.7	some kind of protein shortage with the implicit message that more protein must be better and that the only viable source of protein is animal products.
2:17.7	But is this true? How much protein do we actually need to be healthy, strong, fit, energetic and mentally sharp?
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