Weight Loss Success! How John Brown Lost Almost 100 Pounds
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After being embarrassed by his poor health and large stature during an international trip, John Brown became motivated to make a dramatic transformation. To succeed, he turned to a plant-based diet and the results are amazing!
John joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to share the highs and lows of his journey back to health. He's now lost 90 pounds and is still going!
His doctors are amazed not just by his incredible weight loss, but also his plummeting cholesterol which has been cut in half. His story is so impressive that it was among the most shared on the Forks Over Knives website in 2020!
This is a captivating and authentic conversation about overcoming obesity from two people who have lost a combined 370 pounds!
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John Brown
Forks Over Knives Story: http://wghtloss.cc/3j8SroX
Twitter: @halfdaman165
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
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Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | My total cholesterol was 352. |
| 0:02.8 | And I was like, that's probably really bad. |
| 0:04.9 | And it is bad. |
| 0:06.6 | It was one of those things in the movie, Forks Over Nives, |
| 0:09.4 | the guy who they helped to reduce his cholesterol. |
| 0:11.6 | His cholesterol was less than that. |
| 0:13.5 | And so I was like, oh boy. |
| 0:15.5 | Even before I got home from the test, |
| 0:18.4 | the phone was ringing from the pharmacy |
| 0:20.7 | that my prescription was already ready. |
| 0:23.5 | I know that I can cure this with diet. |
| 0:25.7 | I know that I can do this well. |
| 0:27.9 | If I just continue with my plant-based approach, |
| 0:30.6 | things are going to get better. |
| 0:32.2 | And so that was what started my journey in August of 2019. |
| 0:35.5 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:46.4 | And this is the Exam Room podcast brought to you |
| 0:48.9 | by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:50.6 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, |
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| 0:55.9 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, |
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