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Ella Magers is the founder of Sexy Fit Vegan and is recognized as a top personal trainer by Shape magazine.   This incredible power woman joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll to share her story of rising to the top fitness industry by overcoming disordered eating and emotional turmoil and finding self confidence that had eluded her. And it was her love of animals and plant-based eating that helped guide her into a new life to become Sexy Fit Vegan.   On This Show - Being vegan before it was cool - Her diet that is way different than most in the fitness industry - Finding purpose in helping others - Becoming an animal advocate as an early teen - Escaping a toxic exotic dancing career - And more!   — — OUR FRIENDS — — Sexy Fit Vegan Website: https://sexyfitvegan.com Podcast: https://www.ellamagers.com/podcast-2 — — — Ella Magers Website: https://www.ellamagers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sexyfitvegan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sexyfitvegan YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Sexyfitvegan X: https://twitter.com/sexyfitvegan — — EVENTS — — The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Are coconuts healthy? Get the answer from nutrition expert Dr. Neal Barnard.   Coconuts are packed with healthy nutrients but also contain a surprising amount of fat. The hefty sum has many people opting to leave them off their plate.   Discover the truth about coconuts and coconut oil as Dr. Barnard sits down with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Live.   Also On This Episode - Coconuts and heart health - Coconuts and healthy skin - Can coconuts cause gas and bloating? - Antioxidants in coconuts - And more!   Dr. Barnard is the author of The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss.   Plus, discover the calorie-trapping effect of fiber for weight loss during The Power Foods Focus.   This episode is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation. — — THE POWER FOODS DIET — — Pre-order the book: https://amzn.to/3GmCxUj  — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC — — SHOW LINKS — — Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund https://gregoryreiterfund.org — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — Benefits - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Dr. Neal Barnard X: https://www.twitter.com/drnealbarnard Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnealbarnard Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Chef AJ shares her essential pantry items and favorite spices, along with tips on altering recipes for healthier options. She discusses strategies for healthy indulgences in weight loss diets and answers questions from listeners. The podcast also mentions her upcoming book release and includes insights on transitioning to a whole natural food diet, managing food cravings, and promoting a vegan bundle with diverse plant-based options.

Is a protein obsession doing more harm than help to your health? What researchers have discovered about high-protein diets reveals a startling truth that may have you rethink which nutrients to prioritize in your diet.   Dr. Joel Kahn looks at the evidence showing the potential consequences that may arise from protein obsession and what it could mean for your health.   On This Show - Protein and heart health - Protein and cardiac arrhythmia - Protein and bone health - Protein and long life - Who may need to eat more protein - Complete proteins - Can plant protein match meat’s effects - Is too much plant protein unhealthy? - Protein marketing and industry influence - And more!   — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC — — REVERSE HEART DISEASE 2.0 SUMMIT — — Register for Free: https://bit.ly/kahnfuhrmansummit24  — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — OUR FRIENDS — — Dr. Joel Kahn Website: https://www.drjoelkahn.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjkahn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drjoelkahn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/KahnVideoProductions — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Shauné Hayes has an amazing story to tell! She struggled with her weight for her entire life before turning to a vegan diet and losing 100 pounds!   After dozens of failed diets, struggling with eating disorders, and living in pain, she is thriving! And she attributes it all to her new way of eating.   She says that she still eats the foods that she loves; she just learned how to make healthy plant-based versions. That includes vegan barbecue recipes that originated from the serious barbecue town of Kansas City where she grew up.   Shauné sits down with "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll for an unforgettably inspiring conversation. Together they've lost nearly 400 pounds!   Both are featured in Dr. Neal Barnard's book, The Power Foods Diet.   On This Show - Why a vegan diet has worked better than other diets for weight loss - Why a plant-based diet helps to keep the weight off for good - Overcoming bulimia as a child - Reversing the conditions that caused her to live in pain - Her new outlook on life - Creating new recipes from longtime favorite foods - Why she no longer counts calories - And more!   — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC   — — THE POWER FOODS DIET — — Order the book: https://amzn.to/3GmCxUj   — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip   — — OUR FRIENDS — — Shauné Hayes Website: https://www.theshaunelife.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshaunelife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shaunehayes YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/shaunehayes   — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM   — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Can you spouse or significant other make you physically sick?   The joke writes itself, but it’s truly no laughing matter. The answer is yes! And the reasons extend beyond just the day-to-day hiccups of relationships.   Research shows that your husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner can have a direct influence on your health. Dr. Neal Barnard, author of The Power Foods Diet, joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll to explain how the love of your life is influencing your ability to be healthy.   Dr. Barnard explains that it’s a double-edged sword. While some relationships can become a barrier to being healthy others can work very much work in your favor to build a healthier body inside and out.   To demonstrate how significant the influence your partner may have, Dr. Barnard shares a study examining high blood pressure among couples. If one person has high blood pressure the other is at a significantly higher risk of having it as well! And that’s just the tip of the health relationship iceberg!   In The Power Foods Focus, Dr. Barnard also shares the foods that you should be eating to boost your metabolism and achieve your weight loss goals.   On This Show - High blood pressure among couples - Your partner’s influence on your risk of heart disease - Your partner and your risk of cancer - How to encourage healthier habits - Minimizing temptation - Saturated fat and cholesterol - And more!   Dr. Barnard is the author of The Power Foods Diet: The Breakthrough Plan That Traps, Tames, and Burns Calories for Easy and Permanent Weight Loss.   This episode is sponsored by The Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund, which supports organizations like the Physicians Committee that carry on Greg’s passion and love for animals through rescue efforts, veganism, and wildlife conservation.   — — SPOUSE HBP STUDY — — https://bit.ly/SpouseHBPStudy — — THE POWER FOODS DIET — — Pre-order the book: https://amzn.to/3GmCxUj — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC — — SHOW LINKS — — Gregory J. Reiter Memorial Fund https://gregoryreiterfund.org — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — Benefits - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Dr. Neal Barnard X: https://www.twitter.com/drnealbarnard Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnealbarnard Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Food is a true love story. Some things you eat will love you back with their whole heart. But often the love is unrequited. Despite the devotion you’ve shown the food, it does not love you back. And when that happens you are trapped in a toxic relationship.   Dr. Hana Kahleova has mastered the language of love in terms of nutrition and brings us the ins and outs of the love diet.   She will tell you the foods you can eat that are like love at first sight and those that might show a little more tough love. While those are frustrating at first, in the end you’ll discover they’re giving you the kick in the pants you needed to take your health to the next level!   She also reveals the fruits and vegetables that your health will love the most when she joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.   Topics Discussed - Sweet love of fruits - Tough love of vegetables - Toxic relationships from unhealthy foods - Healthiest vegetables - Healthiest fruits - Why whole grains matter - Beans are your BFF for life - And more!   — — VITAMIN A & LIVER HEALTH STUDY — — https://go.nature.com/3HMHiHo — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PCRM — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, a gastroenterologist and bestselling author, discusses the dark side of sugar, including its effects on the gut microbiome. Topics covered include the impact of refined sugar, healthy sugar substitutes, sugar's impact on gut conditions, leaky gut, and the relationship between sugar and bloating. The episode also explores a natural alternative to Snickers bars, the negative effects of sugar on gut health, and the demand for a daily microbiome nutrition product. It concludes with a discussion on the excessive consumption of sugar and an upcoming health revolution.

Nutritional stress is a new term for a lot of people, but it’s affecting your health on a daily basis. It comes from the foods we eat and how we cook them.   Gain a deep understanding of what nutritional stress could mean for you as well and how to overcome it with nutritional resiliency on this episode of The Exam Room Podcast.   Famed cardiologist Dr. Columbus Batiste joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll for deeper look at your health from all angles.   Dr. Batiste is the author of the forthcoming book Selfish: Cardiologist’s Guide to Healing a Broken Heart.   Topics Discussed - Nutritional stress - Nutritional resiliency - The stressful effect of hyperpalatable on your body - Foods to decrease stress - Foods that increase stress - Dr. Batiste’s motivation for healing patients - And more!   Bestselling author Carleigh Bodrug from PlantYou also returns to the show for another installment of Five 4! This time she has five tips for saving money and eating healthier at the same time!   Carleigh’s new book, PlantYou: Scrappy Cooking, will be released this spring. — — SELFISH BOOK — — Pre-order: https://drbatiste.com/product/selfish  — — PLANTYOU: SCRAPPY COOKING — — Pre-order: https://amzn.to/3NLrJDm — — HELP CONFERENCE — — Register: https://bit.ly/HELPConf2024 — — OUR FRIENDS — — Dr. Columbus Batiste Website: https://drbatiste.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyheartdoc — — — Carleigh Bodrug Website: https://plantyou.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantyou Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlantYouBlog — — THIS IS US — — The Exam Room Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexamroompodcast — — — Chuck Carroll Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ChuckCarrollWLC X: https://www.twitter.com/ChuckCarrollWLC Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook — — — Physicians Committee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physicianscommittee Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PCRM.org X: https://www.twitter.com/pcrm — — EVENTS — — What: The Power Foods Revolution Where: Washington, DC - The National Press Club Date: March 26, 2024 Time: 7:00pm Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Chuck Carroll, Dustin Harder, Stefanie Ignoffo Tickets: https://bit.ly/PowerFoodsTixDC  — — BECOME AN EXAM ROOM VIP — — - Exclusive early access to select interviews - Pre-sale opportunities for live event tickets - Exclusive live online events VIP sign up: https://www.pcrm.org/examroomvip — — SUBSCRIBE & SHARE — — 5-Star Success: Share Your Story Apple: https://apple.co/2JXBkpy​​ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2pMLoY3 Please subscribe and give the show a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or many other podcast providers. Don’t forget to share it with a friend for inspiration!

Dietitian Stephanie McBurnett shares 5 foods to lower A1C levels: black beans, blueberries, broccoli, barley, bell peppers. She also reveals the 5 foods to avoid: animal products, coconut, oils, processed sweets, sugar-sweetened beverage. The podcast discusses cooking methods for healthier options, impact of sugar-sweetened beverages, and a healthy hospital chef challenge.