Top Turkey Alternatives For Vegan Thanksgiving
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
These are some of the best options for replacing turkey at Thanksgiving!
Dietitians Lee Crosby and Maggie Neola join "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll with 10 tasty ideas that will please both longtime vegans and lifelong turkey lovers! What makes this year's menu truly extraordinary is Lee's plant-based Turducken recipe — Vegducken!
The mouthwatering menu will get you ready to celebrate the healthiest Thanksgiving ever.
Plus, Maggie has tips for scaling back Thanksgiving recipes as many of us will be celebrating at home this year due to the pandemic.
Also, Dr. Neal Barnard takes a close look at a study that finds vegans and vegetarians are at a higher risk for bone fractures than people who eat meat. He explores why the research showed what it did and what is being overlooked. Dr. Barnard's conclusions might surprise you!
This episode of The Exam Room™ Podcast is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg's passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.
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Recipes
Turkey Alternatives: https://bit.ly/2J9WAe9
PCRM Thanksgiving Guide: https://pcrm.org/thanksgiving
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Lee Crosby
Twitter: @Veggie_Quest
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
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Physicians Committee
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Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:11.3 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:15.1 | Hi, I'm the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:18.3 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download, wherever |
| 0:23.9 | it is in the world that you are. |
| 0:26.4 | We appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:31.3 | Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 0:33.2 | That is where we need to start today. |
| 0:35.2 | Happy Thanksgiving indeed. |
| 0:37.0 | And today on the show we are going to be talking about turkey alternatives. |
| 0:42.2 | We're going to be going from poultry to plants, main dishes to side dishes, and everything |
| 0:47.4 | in between. |
| 0:48.4 | So what we have in store for you are five turkey alternative shorts. |
| 0:53.0 | And please everyone at your Thanksgiving table this year whether or not they are plant-based. |
| 0:58.9 | We're going to be getting those five turkey alternatives from dietitian and fiber queen. |
| 1:03.9 | Lee Crosby, she will be here, and we're also going to be getting five more ideas, including |
| 1:09.6 | sides from her colleague Maggie Neola over at the Barnard Medical Center. |
| 1:16.6 | Now spoiler alert here, one of Lee's recipes is going to blow your mind. |
| 1:23.5 | Let me spell this out for you in a series of hashtags. |
| 1:26.8 | Hashtag Turkey free. |
| 1:28.9 | Hashtag Duck free. |
| 1:31.2 | Hashtag Chicken free. |
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