Vegan Olympics: Plant-Based Gold
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 7 February 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Olympic ice skater Meagan Duhamel joins the show just before taking the ice in South Korea. She tells "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll about the extreme lengths she's going to make sure she has the perfect plant-based diet at the games. Also, dietician Susan Levin lays out the perfect 4,500 calorie menu for a vegan Olympian in training! Plus, we'll learn how a plant-based diet changes the body and helps you go for the gold!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the exam room brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:12.7 | The Olympic Games are here. |
| 0:15.5 | Now studies have shown that vegan athletes can perform better. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm talking about better cardiovascular function. |
| 0:23.8 | Our own Susan Levin has put together a sample menu for the ultra endurance athletes. |
| 0:30.4 | It is 4,500 calories ready to power your next marathon. |
| 0:34.1 | You're going to hear about that today. |
| 0:35.4 | And also you're going to hear about how a plant-based diet can cut your post-recovery, post-competition |
| 0:40.1 | recovery time so that you can get back into competition sooner. |
| 0:44.0 | But we are going to start with vegan ice dancer Megan DuHamel as she prepares for her own |
| 0:49.3 | Olympic competition. |
| 0:50.6 | She's back in the Olympics, skating for Canada. |
| 0:53.9 | And before she skates in South Korea, she speaks with our own weight loss champion, Chuck |
| 0:59.1 | Carroll. |
| 1:00.1 | Take it away Chuck. |
| 1:03.2 | Welcome back to the exam room podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 1:06.7 | I am the weight loss champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm so excited. |
| 1:10.4 | You know we've got the winter Olympics coming up and we have our very own Olympian |
| 1:14.6 | joined in us now. |
| 1:16.0 | Megan DuHamel. |
| 1:17.0 | She is a Canadian pairs ice dancer. |
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