Racing Past Cancer & Into a Healthy Future: The "Broccoli Rob" Klein Story
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Robert Klein came face-to-face with his mortality. The young father had been diagnosed with testicular cancer.
After a painful surgery, he felt more needed to be done to help prevent the deadly disease from returning. The foodie from New York then made what could be the hardest decision of his life. The steak and pizza aficionado radically changed his diet and became vegan. Years later with his cancer still in remission he proudly boasts the nickname of "Broccoli Rob."
Along the way he's discovered two things: He can still enjoy pizza and that he loves to run! He's competed in the New York City Marathon and become a master of ordering the perfect vegan pizza in a city where those pies are legendary.
He joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on this unforgettable episode.
Plus, Dustin Harder stops by with details on the Chef Challenge at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine in Washington, DC this August. All chefs interested in bringing plant-based dishes to their hospitals are welcome to apply. Cash prizes are up for grabs!
On This Show
- Overcoming testicular cancer
- Recovering from painfully invasive surgery
- The challenges of a zero-fat diet
- Dairy and cancer
- Vegan pizza ideas: how to order, best toppings, making it at home
- Facing mortality to thrive and survive
- Chef challenge details
- And more!
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— — EVENTS — —
The Power Foods Revolution 🫐
Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club
Date: March 26, 2024
Time: 7:00pm
Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo
Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC
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Dr. Michael Greger Podcast 🎙️
Where: Toronto, Ontario - Enercare Centre
Date: March 23, 2024
Time: 7:30pm
Who: Dr. Michael Greger, Chuck Carroll
Tickets: https://bit.ly/GregerTorontoPodcast
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Chef Challenge 🧑🍳
Where: Washington, DC - ICNM 2024
Date: August 15, 2024
Apply: https://bit.ly/ChefChallenge2024
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. It was pretty shocking. I had a two and a half year old daughter and basically this came out of nowhere. I woke up one morning and I had just had immense pain. I knew something was wrong. We dropped our daughter |
| 0:16.0 | off at daycare and my wife and I just went directly to the emergency room and within an hour I had a diagnosis. |
| 0:23.5 | How long did it take to rehab? |
| 0:25.2 | Do you feel like you're pretty well back to normal? |
| 0:27.1 | Yes, I am in 100% the best shape of my entire life. |
| 0:31.1 | Today I am in the best shape of my life and it started from that bed |
| 0:35.8 | when I was in the hospital I told my wife I am going to do the New York City |
| 0:40.5 | marathon as soon as I got out of here I'm doing New York City Marathon. As soon as I got out of here I'm doing New York City Marathon. |
| 0:43.7 | Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:54.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, |
| 0:57.5 | raising health IQs, coast to coast and around the world in great cities like |
| 1:01.5 | Greenwich Village New York, Pomona, California, and West Yorkshire, England. |
| 1:07.0 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 1:12.0 | This is episode 24 of season 7 number 523 overall. |
| 1:20.0 | Robert Klein is our guest today, a gentleman who came face to face with his own mortality. |
| 1:27.0 | As a young man, in the prime of his life Robert was suddenly told he had testicular cancer. It was a frightening diagnosis |
| 1:36.0 | that would lead to one of the most painful surgeries you can imagine and a |
| 1:40.4 | lengthy road to recovery. |
| 1:43.0 | This was not the life that he wanted. |
| 1:46.0 | He knew that changes needed to be made, |
| 1:49.0 | and boy were they. |
| 1:51.0 | And so today on the show we are getting into this gentleman's journey |
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