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PLANTSTRONG Podcast

PLANTSTRONG Podcast

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The PLANT STRONG Podcast is for people who want real answers about food, health, and longevity—without the noise, fear, or extremes. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic condition and want a path forward that actually supports healing. Maybe you’re an athlete looking to fuel performance and recovery. Maybe you’re a parent trying to escape the ultra-processed food aisle and feed your family real, nourishing meals. Or maybe you’re simply tired of being confused about what “healthy” actually means. The challenge? Eating more real food can feel overwhelming. You’ve heard warnings about protein, cost, or restriction. You’ve been told it’s complicated, boring, or socially isolating. This podcast exists to change that. Each week, host Rip Esselstyn sits down with leading doctors, researchers, athletes, authors, and everyday people who are proving—through lived experience and science—that eating more whole plants and moving your body consistently can deliver powerful, lasting results. We’re not interested in perfection or dogma. We’re here to be extremely practical, extremely evidence-based, and extremely encouraging. Rip’s work began more than two decades ago, when he helped transform the health of his fellow firefighters using simple, whole foods—guided by the groundbreaking research of his father, Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr. That experience launched a lifelong mission to help people reclaim their health through real food and active living, and ultimately led to the creation of PLANT STRONG. Today, the podcast is an extension of that mission: cutting through misinformation, challenging cultural norms, and showing what’s possible when you fuel your body with food that actually supports it. You’ll hear conversations about: Preventing and reversing chronic disease Strength, endurance, and recovery Gut health, inflammation, and longevity Behavior change that actually sticks How to build habits you can sustain in real life You’ll also hear about REAL30™—our simple, powerful framework built around consistency, not restriction: 30 days 30 minutes of movement a day 30 different whole plants each week REAL30 is often where listeners turn inspiration into action—and it’s a recurring thread throughout the show. This podcast isn’t about being perfect. It’s about eating real food, building real habits, and getting real results. You won’t be weak when you eat strong food. Welcome to PLANT STRONG.2024 Enfermedades Físicas Higiene y Vida Saludable Medicina Alternativa y Complementaria
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  • Ep.349: Food as Medicine - Dr. Elizabeth George and Chef Nick lula Share How Whole Food Plant-Based Eating Reverses Disease

    Ep.349: Food as Medicine - Dr. Elizabeth George and Chef Nick lula Share How Whole Food Plant-Based Eating Reverses Disease
    Apr 16 2026

    Rip sits down with Dr. Elizabeth George and Chef Nick Iula, co-authors of Healthy Eating Adventure, to explore how whole food, plant-based eating can transform health and lives.

    Dr. George helped launch the Healthy Eating Adventure program more than 15 years ago, helping hundreds of participants reverse chronic disease through nutrition. Chef Nick Iula joined the program after decades in professional kitchens and, after he changed his own diet, he experienced a dramatic health transformation — losing weight and eliminating multiple chronic conditions.

    Together, they combine medical science and culinary expertise to show how plant-based eating can be both lifesaving and delicious.

    In this episode you'll learn:

    • Why doctors receive little nutrition education
    • What chefs are taught that harms health
    • How whole food plant-based eating reverses disease
    • How taste buds adapt to real food
    • The science behind food as medicine
    • How Chef Nick lost weight and eliminated chronic illness
    • Practical strategies for cooking without oil, salt, and sugar
    • How to make plant-based food deeply satisfying

    This conversation proves that real food is the most powerful tool we have to live longer and stronger.

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  • Ep. 348: Dr. Michael Klaper - Disease Reversal Is Real When We Start Moving Medicine Forward

    Ep. 348: Dr. Michael Klaper - Disease Reversal Is Real When We Start Moving Medicine Forward
    Apr 9 2026

    For over 50 years, Dr. Michael Klaper has practiced medicine. And today, he says something that stops you in your tracks:

    “I am profoundly embarrassed to be a physician in America today.”

    Why?

    Because most doctors are never trained in the most powerful tool available to prevent and reverse chronic disease: nutrition.

    In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, Rip sits down with Dr. Klaper to discuss his new book, Moving Medicine Forward: What More Doctors Should Know About Nutrition and How It Can Save Your Life.

    Dr. Klaper shares:

    • How witnessing violence in a trauma unit led him toward a philosophy of nonviolence
    • The moment in the operating room that changed his understanding of heart disease forever
    • Why “etiology unknown” is no longer an acceptable excuse
    • The concept of the “Toxic Red Tide” flooding the bloodstream after animal-based meals
    • Why obesity is a state of chronic inflammation
    • How GLP-1 drugs should (and shouldn’t) be used
    • What a true “Disease Reversal Clinic” could look like
    • How doctors and patients alike can help move medicine forward

    This episode is both a wake-up call and a roadmap. Because some chronic disease isn’t inevitable. And healing can occur.

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    Let Us Help Your PLANTSTRONG Journey

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    COMPLEMENT: Use code PLANTSTRONG for 30% off at https://lovecomplement.com/pages/plantstrong-special-offer


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    1 h y 19 m
  • Ep. 347: What It Really Takes to Be Forever Fit with Maxime Sigouin

    Ep. 347: What It Really Takes to Be Forever Fit with Maxime Sigouin
    Apr 2 2026

    What does it really mean to be “forever fit”?

    Rip sits down with fitness coach and author Maxime Sigouin to explore sustainable strength, whole-food plant-based nutrition, and the mindset required to stay fit for life — not just for a season. It’s all in his new book, Forever Fit.

    Maxime shares his personal journey from loss and hardship to helping thousands of people transform their health through his Forever Fit framework.

    They also unpack the misunderstood topic of body recomposition, protein myths, stress, self-sabotage, and why loving yourself enough to care for your body is the real foundation of lasting health.

    This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in longevity, plant-based performance, and building a body that supports the life you want to live.

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This Podcast is so inspiring and informational. I love every episode. Rip and his entire family are some of my favorite people.

I love this Podcast.

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very informative. LOVED the suggestions and look forward to finding her book and trying her recipes.

Janet Verney

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Rip, I want to extend the deepest gratitude to you for creating this podcast to help push the message of the health benefits and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet. My husband and I watched Forks Over Knives 12 years ago (the first month we were dating actually) and stopped eating meat immediately. We have greatly decreased dairy products but eliminating them along with oil is still our goal. The change in my diet ended the digestive issues I had suffered with since high school and also got me back to my middle-school weight; My husband lost 30 lbs. the first month. We also now have two children that we have raised as vegetarians, with whom we are now sharing the documentary and discussing the reasons why it's important we eliminate the dairy and oil as well. Your podcast now gives me regular inspiration and recommendations of more books to deepen my understanding of health. You are so generous for sharing your knowledge and experience and for introducing us to so many other experts that can help fortify our resolve to continue down this path. Thank you! And I look forward to the next podcast!

Continual Inspiration and Encouragement

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It was fun hearing Rip talk about his journey. I'd like to learn even more about the early years. How did a professional triathlete get enough calories in the beginning?! cooking by himself?! But I don't think Rip is the kind of guy to share that with us; he's focused and driven on the "now" and not poking fun at himself with anecdotal stories about when he was learning how to cook.

Always full of inspiration!

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Great host, great guests, succinct, inspiring! I have listened to every episode, and they are all good!

I love every episode!

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