Plant-Based Thanksgiving Guide
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of The Exam Room™, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll sits down to dinner with television news producer Justin Stewart, who has never eaten a plant-based meal in their life, let alone for Thanksgiving! We pulled out all the stops for this and had the food catered by Michael Moon of the Washington-based DC Vegan, who whipped up an out of this world feast of veganized classics!
Will the plant-based mac and "cheese," green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie be able to satisfy a skeptic? Let the games begin!
Plus, surviving Thanksgiving can be tough for many who are plant-based. With only three percent of Americans identifying as vegan, there's a good chance that somewhere at their table will be looking forward to turkey.
Unfortunately, a relative or friend who doesn't understand why anyone wouldn't want to put the bird on the plate can come across as being pushy and overbearing. The pressure can be enough to make you want to pluck out your own hair.
We have some tips on how to not only cope with the pressure, to get the most stalwart turkey aficionados to take a closer look at the health benefits of a plant-based diet. Hopefully, this dialogue will lead to a more harmonious dinner and healthy conversation for dessert!
And yes, there are recipes!
DC Vegan
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| 0:00.0 | Happy non-Turkey Turkey Day! |
| 0:13.2 | Thanksgiving is upon us. |
| 0:14.7 | Hello, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:17.0 | Thanks so much for listening to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians |
| 0:21.6 | Committee. |
| 0:22.6 | Man, you know, it just seemed to sneak right up on us this year. |
| 0:26.4 | Thanksgiving. |
| 0:27.4 | Time to feast. |
| 0:28.9 | But before we do, and we have an excellent show to feast on today, believe you me. |
| 0:35.4 | But before we dive in, I want to ask a favor. |
| 0:38.9 | Let's start with these appetizers, if you will. |
| 0:42.5 | Let's start by pulling out the ye old Twitter, pulling out the ye old Instagram, and giving |
| 0:47.7 | a couple of follows here at Chuck Carroll WLC. |
| 0:50.9 | That's Carol with two Rs and two L's, the WLC, as always standing for Weight Loss Champion. |
| 0:58.4 | Give me a follow. |
| 0:59.4 | I would be also thankful. |
| 1:01.3 | And also the show on Twitter at PCRM and on the Graham at Physicians Committee. |
| 1:08.5 | Now then, thanksgiving. |
| 1:11.9 | Gathering for feasts, we're going to be with our family, with our friends. |
| 1:15.6 | But some of us may be the only plant-based people at the table. |
| 1:23.4 | Everybody else might be carving up the turkey. |
| 1:27.3 | What should we do in that case? |
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