Strength and Recovery Secrets of a UFC Hall of Famer | Rashad Evans

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee

Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Rashad Evans is a UFC Hall of Famer, MMA legend, and now a health advocate. He has embarked on a journey of transformation that is nothing short of inspiring.

Rashad joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room to discuss how transitioning to a plant-based diet has enhanced his training program and generated faster recovery times.

In this episode, you'll hear Rashad's insights on:

- How a plant-based diet transformed his athletic performance

- The surprising role mushrooms play in his health regimen

- His newfound passion for plant-based cooking and favorite go-to meals

Rashad also shares details about his latest venture, Umbo, and how functional mushrooms are making a difference for athletes and health enthusiasts alike.

Tune into this episode if you're curious about how diet changes can lead to enhanced health and athletic gains. It is an inspiring conversation that could change the way you think about nutrition and wellness.

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Rashad Evans

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— — EVENTS — —

International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine

Where: Washington, DC — Grand Hyatt

Date: August 15-17

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	Before I started to change my diet I was getting sick and I was like I don't know what's going on you know I have a really bad stomach issue where I would only be able to eat once a day and you
0:14.7	know it just I just didn't feel good but once I stopped I started to fast and started to clean everything
0:19.7	up my body just did a complete 180 and I was I couldn't believe how good my body was feeling.
0:27.0	I'm like oh so this is what I'm supposed to feel like oh this is what it feels like to not have this much inflammation and you know when I woke up in the middle of the
0:35.2	night I didn't have to wake up in pieces because I didn't have the inflammation in my feet and
0:39.6	my knees and in my back I woke up feeling like I was like 17 years old.
0:45.0	Welcome to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:55.0	Hi, I'm the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs, coast to coast and around the world.
1:01.0	Hi to the exam room he's listening in San Bernardino, California, Worcester, Massachusetts, and
1:07.5	Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
1:10.1	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
1:15.0	This is episode 48 of season 7, 547 overall.
1:20.8	And my guest today is a professional fighter and a member of the UFC Hall of Fame.
1:27.5	He is a former champion who went from knocking out his opponents in the octagon
1:32.1	to knocking back bags of spinach and no I'm not even kidding.
1:37.0	He is here today to talk about his journey from being a meat-eating macho man to becoming King of the Greens. Rashad Evans is here with us and
1:47.2	he's not just going toe-to-to-toe with Popeye to see who loves spinach the most
1:51.9	because believe it or not Popeye might actually win that one.
1:55.2	Because Rashad's biggest love is mushrooms.
1:59.2	He's actually now teaming up with a former NFL quarterback by the name of Jake Plummer and bringing the power of mushrooms to high level elite athletes and to you too.
2:11.4	So we're going to be talking about his new company
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