She's Proving Women Can Be Vegan and STRONG | Melissa Busta, RN
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Melissa Busta is a professional bodybuilder and one of the strongest women in the country. She's also 100% vegan!
This modern day Superwoman is shattering stereotypes across the board as an athletic powerhouse who is building muscles without eating an ounce of meat! She is proving ample amounts of clean protein can come in plant sources!
What makes this wickedly smart and ultra-powerful bodybuilder a true Wonder Woman is her day job helping others regain their health as a registered nurse.
She shares her incredible story that and a roadmap for bulking up muscles without clogging up arteries as she joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Chuck at GreenFare
Food Addiction: Breaking a 10,000-Calorie-A-Day Habit
Tickets: https://wghtloss.cc/GreenFareChuck
Date: Wednesday 9/21
Time: Dinner at 5:30pm, Talk at 6:30pm
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Albany VegFest & Comedy Show
VegFest Tickets: https://bit.ly/AlbanyVegFest2022
Date: Sunday 10/2
Comedy Show Tickets: https://bit.ly/VeganComedyAlbany
Date: Friday 9/30
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Melissa Busta
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/body_by_busta
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Chuck Carroll
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm
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21-Day Vegan Kickstart App
iOS: https://bit.ly/VegKStrt-iOS
Android: https://bit.ly/VegKStrtAndrd
Web: https://www.pcrm.org/kickstart
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Barnard Medical Center
Appointments
202-527-7500
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| 0:00.0 | I asked the trainer who didn't really know a lot about the vegan diet and he would |
| 0:07.2 | train me and he was blown away because here I am for passing a lot of his clients. |
| 0:13.4 | He was like, what's this put you on the first stage and let's make it a big stage. |
| 0:18.5 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:28.2 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us coast to coast in the US |
| 0:32.4 | and in more than 150 countries. |
| 0:35.1 | Hi to everyone listening in Rockport, Massachusetts, Imperial Beach, California, |
| 0:40.3 | and Maputo, Mozambique, Africa. |
| 0:43.2 | We appreciate you all helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:47.7 | This is episode 71 of season 5, number 370 overall. |
| 0:53.1 | In a land where meat is king, Melissa Busta is proving to be a vegan queen. |
| 1:01.6 | Melissa you see is a friend of the Physicians Committee. |
| 1:05.6 | She is a registered nurse and during her time working with us here, |
| 1:10.3 | she was secretly crafting plans that nobody knew about to become a professional body builder. |
| 1:18.0 | She was seeing patients at the Barnard Medical Center and then became a professional body builder. |
| 1:24.7 | What's that her plan all along? |
| 1:27.2 | Not necessarily, but she did do it and she did it just to prove that she could. |
| 1:33.8 | And usually it takes years for somebody to earn their professional body builder card, |
| 1:39.0 | but Melissa did it within months. |
| 1:42.0 | She started winning from the word go and it only took her just a handful of competitions |
| 1:48.6 | among her heavy meat eating competitors. |
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