“You have to tackle gut health from all sides. You got to sleep, move your body, and boy do you have to eat fiber.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the amazing Desiree Nielsen. Desiree is a Registered Dietician, Podcast Host, and Bestselling Author of Eat More Plants and Good For Your Gut. We talk about how she became interested in gut health, the most common digestive issues people struggle with, how important digestion is to overall health, what foods to eat to heal your gut, why gluten is most likely not your problem, why the food might not be the problem but rather how we perceive it, why fiber is crucial to a healthy gut, whether fermented foods help or hurt your gut, the role leaky gut plays in disease, why we should not fear soy, and all about her latest book Good For Your Gut.Show NotesDesiree’s New Book: Good For Your GutDesiree’s WebsiteDesiree’s InstagramDesiree’s TikTok

“As a young person, it’s hard to relate to the fact that your decisions today impact your health tomorrow.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with a few Northeastern University Entrepreneurship students who interviewed me at PlantPub for a project (thank you Priya Merchia!). Questions they asked: What inspired Pat to start PlantPub? What foods did you eliminate when you were first experimenting with diet? How do you effectively get people to start eating more plant-based? How is PlantPub helping our fight against climate change? What do you need to make a plant-based restaurant successful and what challenges do you face? What is the relationship between energy and food? How will plant-based restaurants shape the future? What advice would you give someone looking to shift toward a more plant-based diet? Show NotesPlantPub WebsitePlantPub Instagram

“When you increase the fiber in your diet, you decrease your likelihood of dying from heart disease, cancers, and many of the world’s top killers.” On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the amazing Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. Dr. B is board certified Gastroenterologist, gut health expert, and New York Times Bestselling Author of Fiber Fueled. We talk about how despite being a trained doctor from top universities Dr. B didn’t know how to heal himself, how he began to heal himself with diet, how he became a leading expert in gut health and the microbiome, why many people often don’t feel good when they increase their fiber, why “high protein” diets often feel best in the short term, why we are more microbe than we are human, the incredible benefits of fiber on our microbiome, the role of short chain fatty acids in disease prevention, and the very real connection between our guts and mental health.Show NotesDr. B’s WebsiteDr. B’s InstagramFiber Fueled Cookbook

“Less than 2% of venture capital goes to women, yet women led companies out perform companies led by men.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the trailblazing Erica Huss and Zoe Sakoutis. Erica and Zoey were the category-creating entrepreneurs behind BluePrintCleanse, sparking the explosion of the cold press juice category. After selling BluePrintCleanse for $20M+ in 2012, they’re now  the Co-Founders of the functional mushroom brand Earth & Star and co-hosts of the Highway To Well Podcast. We talk about why they started BluePrintCleanse in 2007, why they’re glad they didn’t know how hard it would be before starting BluePrintCleanse, how they keep themselves well as busy parents and entrepreneurs, why they started a functional mushroom company, the many incredible benefits of mushrooms, what to look for on the labels of mushroom products and why not all are equal, and why entrepreneurship is much harder for women.Show NotesEarth & Star WebsiteEarth & Star InstagramHighway To Well Podcast

“We are living in a world of excess but trying to still avoid deficiency, those are conflicting narratives.” On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the fabulous Julieanna Hever. Julieanna is a Dietician, the author of 7 books, and a TEDx speaker who’s widely known for her work in helping patients heal with plants. We talk about why our obsession with “deficiency” is misleading us, why our focus on macros is the biggest problem in the nutrition space, her take on gluten and whole grains, the data on time restricted eating and intermittent fasting, the importance of how you speak to yourself, the many diseases she has helped people reverse with diet, why healing happens fast, what supplements she recommends, why she considers mushrooms its own food group, and why she is the ant-dietician dietician.Show NotesJulieanna’s WebsiteJulieanna’s Instagram

“I made a choice to overdose on nutrition instead of risking overdosing on chemotherapy.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspirational Chris Wark. Chris is the Founder of Chris Beat Cancer, Bestselling Author, Patient Advocate, and Speaker. He is most widely known for detailing how he overcame cancer with lifestyle instead of drugs. We talk about Chris’s two latest books Beat Cancer Daily and Beat Cancer Kitchen, why he chose to fight cancer with diet and lifestyle, the perverse incentive structures in the cancer industry, why cancer treatments are only a short term fix, why we need to have honest conversations about obesity, how a raw whole plant food diet healed him, why controlling emotions is critical to healing, and his take on covid and the lack of focus on health during the pandemic.Show NotesEpisode 126 with ChrisChris Beat Cancer WebsiteBeat Cancer Kitchen BookChris’s InstagramChris’s YouTube

“I feel most one with myself when I am most healthy. When diet is out of sync, I don’t feel whole.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the awesome Julie Wilcox. Julie is a Wellness Coach, Author, and Co-Founder of ISHTA Yoga. We talk about Julie’s upbringing as an olympic gymnast hopeful trained by Russian coaches, what she learned from her intense competitive days, how yoga led her to a deeper understanding of diet, why she takes a no labels approach to diet, all about her new book The Win Win Diet: How To Be Plant-Based And Still Eat What You Love, how to transition to a new way of eating, the importance of those around you to reach your health goals, why carbs aren’t bad for you, and why health is the way to your soul.Show NotesJulie Wilcox WellnessJulie’s BookJulie’s InstagramISHTA YogaQuincy Asian Resources (QARI)

“The process of change is going to reveal who you are. It’s going to show some weaknesses, but that doesn’t mean you give up.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the inspirational Greg Crum. Greg is an ex-Football Player and Coach and was one of my college football coaches a decade ago. Coach Crum and I reconnected over the past year as he began to change his lifestyle after a cancer diagnosis. We talk about how Greg was unsuspectingly diagnosed with prostate cancer, why surgery was only a temporary fix, why he decided to drastically change what he was eating, how his diet has halted his cancer, how he’s lost 120 pounds and the many other benefits he’s experienced from food, how a football mentality has helped him stick with the changes he’s made, the stigmas around men and food, and why most people have no idea how good they can feel.

“When we treat the cause, these lifestyle choices, our bodies have a remarkable capacity to begin healing and much more quickly than we once realized.”On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast I sit down with the legendary Dr. Dean Ornish. Dr. Ornish is widely considered the Father of Lifestyle Medicine and for decades has been scientifically proving, for the first time, that diet and lifestyle changes can often reverse the progression of many of the most common and disabling chronic diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, Alzheimer’s and others. He is the Founder and President of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute, clinical professor of medicine at the UCSF, and the author of seven books, all national bestsellers.  He was recognized as a “TIME 100 Innovator;” by Life magazine as “one of the 50 most influential members of his generation;” by People magazine as “one of the most interesting people of the year;” and by Forbes magazine as “one of the world’s 7 most powerful teachers.” Dean’s programs are the first lifestyle programs in history to be covered by Medicare… because they work. Need we say more? Dean’s latest book UNDO IT! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases, will publish in paperback on January 4, 2022.Show NotesUndo It: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic DiseasesDean’s WebsitePreventive Medicine Research InstituteDean’s Instagram 

On this week’s episode of the Eat Green Make Green Podcast we’re sharing the best moments from 2021. Thank you to everyone who tunes into the podcast, you are the ones that have made the show what it has become. To think that this started 4 years ago with my Mom as the first episode, to now be interviewing people I once only dreamt about, is crazy to me. To everyone who’s tuned in, shared an episode, recommended the show, or written a review, from the bottom of my heart, thank you! Onward we go. Here’s to a massive 2022, filled with more positivity, inspiration, and compassion.https://www.eatgreenmakegreen.com/