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Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Transform Your Health With Greener, Cleaner Living | Chef Babette Davis

Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration

Corinna Bellizzi

Personal Journals, Earth Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Get to know Chef Babette Davis, a survivor who shares how she moved from a meat-eater who suffered from many health ailments including eczema, acne, digestive issues and drug addiction to become a plant-based lifestyle icon. Today, she thrives as a vivacious and beautiful woman in her 70s who looks as though she stopped the clock in her 40s when she went full vegan.

 

Chef Babette even opened a vegan restaurant in her hometown of Inglewood, California in East Los Angeles area. She didn't go vegan for any ethical reason, at least not in the beginning. Today, she speaks for animals, against our cruel food systems, and operates as a willing spokesperson for Mercy For Animals, and even spoke at an event on their behalf in fall of 2022. She has made it her personal mission to help people reach optimal health by eating "something alive" in every meal they consume.

 

We discuss the recent Netflix documentary that featured a twin-study performed at Stanford University, "You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment". If you watch the video version of this podcast, you will see Chef Babette in all her glory, a woman in her 70s who has had no difficulty maintaining muscle mass as a vegan and fitness enthusiast.

 

You will also receive simple and actionable recommendations for how you can make a bigger impact by reducing your consumption overall, and even consider following Jonathan Safran Foer's recommendation of going "vegan before dinner".

 

About Guest:

Chef Babette is a world-known vegan chef, fitness enthusiast, and motivational speaker. She runs a successful restaurant, “Stuff I Eat”, which was the first plant-based restaurant in Inglewood. Not only does Chef Babette have a massive fan base on social media but she participates in global health and wellness speaking engagements on a yearly basis. Fresh off her 73rd birthday, she truly is a force of nature who can do it all.


Becoming a self-taught chemist in the kitchen, Babette has perfected eating healthy while keeping her dishes tasting out of this world. Her combination of mindful preparation of food and fitness has allowed her to enjoy the meals she loves without the guilt. Her goal is to share her knowledge with others, and be a catalyst to get people moving and eating healthy! As she so eloquently says, "It’s important to not only have longevity, but to live a life of quality."

 

Guest Website: https://www.stuffieat.com/

Guest Social:

https://instagram.com/chefbabette

https://www.youtube.com/@chefbabette441

https://www.facebook.com/babette.davis.92

https://tiktok.com/@chefbabette


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Transcript

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0:00.0

We moved into the restaurant.

0:01.2

We had to come up with the sole food platter because we were in Englewood.

0:04.6

And we didn't have any chicken or fish.

0:06.8

So people would come in and be like, you don't have chicken, you don't have fish, you don't have soul food.

0:11.2

What's it got?

0:12.1

And so I chased a lot of people out, bringing them back in to give away tacos.

0:17.9

Come back in there.

0:19.2

Let me share this taco with you. And sure enough, they would

0:22.5

eat the taco and sit down and wind up purchasing a meal. It got to be pretty incredible because

0:29.1

people really, really enjoyed the food and there was no animal products near whatsoever. No refined sugar, no dyes, no preservatives.

0:41.0

We kept it organic and fresh.

0:43.6

We didn't feed them out of boxes, not a lot of cans, hands on.

0:48.4

And so that's what we still do today.

0:50.3

And people are very appreciative.

0:52.5

Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes.

1:01.6

Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain.

1:07.2

You'll learn how you can make a difference. Vote with your dollars and get involved today.

1:12.0

Here's your host, Karina Belizzi.

1:17.2

Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. I'm your host, Karina Belizzi. In our continuing discussion on topics of sustainable living and health, I'm thrilled to be joined today by Chef Babette.

1:28.6

Her transformation story is the stuff of legends. It's through her commitment to motivating

1:34.8

people around her, to give great, healthy, plant-based foods a try that she's making a big

1:40.8

difference in the lives of so many every day. So I really am just inviting you

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