It's now clear:    You can succeed as an athlete while eating a plant-based diet.    From endurance runners to professional football players, athletes across disciplines are going vegan and breaking records.    But does thriving as a plant-based athlete require certain considerations or care?    For example, does plant protein help build and repair muscle the same way animal protein does?    And what about calories and creatine?    In today's interview with Matt Frazier, NY Times bestselling author of The Plant-Based Athlete and founder of No Meat Athlete, we don't dwell on the question of if it's possible...    Matt cuts straight to what you need to know about how to thrive as a plant-based athlete.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

When you hear someone say they have a healthy metabolism, they're usually referring to one thing:  Burning calories.  But metabolic health is about so much more than how quickly we burn through food.  It's about energy, cell function, and eliminating waste.  And it leads to healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and nutrient absorption.  So how do we nurture a healthy metabolism?  Today's interview is with Nicolette Richer, a Regenerative Medicine educator who specializes in metabolic health.  She outlines a clear diet and lifestyle blueprint for a thriving metabolism.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

The largest organ in your body? Your skin.  And yet, how much do you know about what you're feeding it?  Today we're taking a departure from just talking about what to put in your body to share a guide for how to approach what you put on your body.  Brian Vaszily, founder of The Art of Anti-Aging, shares the disturbing reality of most skin care products, and how to build a routine that helps heal and preserve healthy skin as you age.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

Does eating a healthier, whole-food plant-based diet feel out of reach?    You could follow the typical advice repeated across the internet...    Spend your Sunday meal prepping.  Use this cookbook or that meal planner (often filled with unfamiliar ingredients).  Buy new kitchen gadgets like a pressure cooker or air fryer.    For some people, those tips might be useful.    But when you're busy with work or school, juggling meals for a family, or unconfident in the kitchen, scheduling additional time for prep and complicated recipes can feel like an insurmountable burden.    That's the way it felt for Jill and Jeffrey Dalton when they first started eating a plant-based diet.    Neither of them enjoyed cooking, and most of the foods they tried to cook were foreign.    So they put together a strategy that has made their meals not only healthy, but fun, quick, and easily repeatable.    And now each week they share their meals with hundreds of thousands of people through the Whole Food Plant-Based Cooking Show.    Today we sit down with Jill and Jeffrey, who share their journey to whole food plant-based cooking, and how the method they used to transform their diet.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

Here's a shocking stat:     It's estimated that the global weight loss industry — built around crash diets, liquid meal replacements, and appetite suppression — was worth over $220 billion in 2021.    And it's only growing year over year.    And yet, studies show that the vast majority of dieters (anywhere from 37-97%, depending on the study) consider it a failure.    Either they never lost the weight to begin with or gain it back as soon as they go off their diet.     There has to be a better way...   And according to Kiki Nelson, a bestselling author and founder of Plantiful Kiki, there is.    It's sustainable (so you don't regain the weight), flexible (no crazy crash diets), and does a whole lot more for your health than just helping you shed a few pounds.    As part of today's Headliner event, Kiki walks us through how she lost over 70 pounds on a bountiful plant-based diet, and what she has learned from year's of coaching others to do the same.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

Few parts of your body impact your health as much as your gut.  A healthy gut microbiome can boost your energy, elevate your immunity, and increase your longevity.  An unhealthy gut does the opposite... creating a lot of bloating and digestive discomfort in the process.  But what exactly is a gut microbiome, and how does a plant-centered diet impact it?  That's what we dive into with Dahlia Marin, RDN, LD, CGN and James Marin, RD, two of the world's leading plant-based gut health specialists and the founders of Married to Health.  For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

We need a food revolution.  In the United States, we spend 19% of our entire Gross Domestic Product on healthcare — 80% of which is treating the symptoms of chronic disease.  Chronic diseases that are directly fueled by diet and lifestyle.  As Ocean Robbins, a bestselling author and co-founder of , puts it:  Our healthcare system isn't helping people get better, we're just trying to manage an ongoing breakdown.  But there's some good news:  A recent study published in Plus Medicine found that switching from a typical diet to an optimal plant-centered diet — even as late as the age of 60 — could add eight more healthy years of life.  And if you start sooner you can add even more.  In this first Plantapalooza Headliner discussion, Ocean outlines his approach to helping people make that life-changing transformation.  An approach that has helped millions of people set off their individual food revolutions. For additional resources, visit   And this week only, save up to 50% sitewide!

What's the key to longevity? According to Valter Longo and his bestselling book, The Longevity Diet, it's a combination of fitness and a mostly plant-based diet. That in itself isn't groundbreaking by any means, but what is unique about Longo's approach is the regular fasting element.  In today's episode, Matt and Doug walk through the tenets of Longo's philosophy, and Matt shares his recent experience completing a 5-day Prolon fast.

Did you know we have another podcast? It's called the Plant-Based Morning Show, and we go live every weekday to discuss the latest in plant-based news and headlines.  A lot has changed since we last shared an episode of the PBMS here, so we thought it would be fun to catch you up to speed with an episode from last week!  In this episode we talk about: Doug's alcohol plan going forward after his 21-day dry challenge Listener question: the Slow-Carb Diet Weather report: Slutty Vegan expanding to Dallas, Quorn partnership, Everything Legendary burgers in even more stores, U.S. smoking hits all-time low 6 Plant-Based Taco Recipes that Are Actually Good for You (Everyday Health) Tune in live every weekday at 11am to watch on YouTube or on Instagram (@plantbasedmorningshow and @nomeatathlete_official), or watch on Twitter or Twitch! Follow @plantbasedmorningshow, @realmattfrazier, and @itsdoughay for more.

Peter Attia's new New York Times bestselling book, Outlive, outlines a very audacious fitness plan for longevity. In today's episode, Matt Frazier and Doug Hay break down the plan and methodology and debate the pros and cons of such a time-consuming routine.  Is this the ticket to living a long, active life? Or is it an unrealistic goal that will leave more people discouraged than motivated?  For Matt and Doug, the answer is clear.