Plant-Based Pregnancy Myths, Vegan Protein, Acne & Gut Healing | Danielle Brown

The Art of Being Well

Dear Media, Will Cole

Theartofbeingwell, Health & Fitness, Drwillcole, Dear, Doctor, Media, Dr, Cole, Will

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Will Cole sits down with Danielle Brown, founder of Healthy Girl Kitchen and author of Life-Changing Salads, to talk about her journey from chronic acne and heartburn to vibrant health through a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. They discuss what most people get wrong about vegan nutrition, the truth about plant-based protein, and how small, consistent food choices can completely change your health. Danielle also shares her experience with vegan pregnancy, her go-to supplements for energy and iron, and how she built a global community by showing that healthy food can still be delicious. For all links mentioned in this episode, visit http://www.drwillcole.com/podcast

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.3	Hi, it's Dr. Will Cole.
0:08.8	This podcast is the manifesto for a new breed of health seekers.
0:15.0	This is the art of being well.
0:25.6	Thank you. the art of being well. What's up and welcome to the art of being well?
0:28.7	Basic labs can miss so much, guys.
0:30.4	When it comes to you thriving, you feeling your best, being empowered.
0:34.8	And most people know intuitively something is off if it's off, right? If something's
0:39.2	imbalanced, if their nervous systems off, their hormones off, their energies off, their digestions off,
0:44.2	their fertility's off, whatever it is, there's an intuitive knowing of it. And this isn't about
0:49.8	looking for problems where there aren't any. This isn't about being a hypochondriac. This is about
0:55.5	wanting to have agency on your health. A lot of people fall through the cracks when you're just
0:59.3	looking at these superficial data. And mainstream medicine is largely based on the model of
1:05.1	diagnosing a disease or a health problem and matching it with a corresponding pharmaceutical
1:10.4	drug. That's sort of this medicinal matching it with a corresponding pharmaceutical drug.
1:10.9	That's sort of this medicinal matching game that happens within conventional medicine.
1:15.4	Functional medicine's approach is to figure out, okay, why do we have this problem in the first place?
1:19.4	Rarely if someone having health issues are not optimal because of a pharmaceutical deficiency.
1:24.2	So what are the mechanism of actions?
1:26.0	What are the confluence of variables
1:28.2	that are giving rise to you not feeling your best? So looking at things like underlying gut
1:34.0	problems, hormonal imbalances, nutrient deficiencies, chronic infections like bacteria, virus
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