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Lessons for a BETTER WORLD with Ocean Robbins

Blog, Podcast, Seeking Voices: Exploring the Science of Health and Healing / September 29, 2024

How does the grandson of the Baskin Robbins empire become a plant-based educator, believer and CEO of the food revolution network?

Meet Ocean Robbins and join me as we chat about his journey and where he is making a difference.

Key Areas We Discuss

What is it to follow your own star?
What are three things you were taught growing up?
Do we naturally have the “inherent desire to serve?” Are we born with compassion?
Have you considered Maslov’s hierarchy of needs?
What does healthy living look like to you
Is there a point where you can’t change your diet?
Have you considered compassionate care of animals?

About Ocean Robbins:

Grandson of Irv Robbins, cofounder of Baskin-Robbins Ice cream, Ocean Robbins is co-founder & CEO of the million-member Food Revolution Network. He is author of the bestsellers, 31-Day Food Revolution and Real Superfoods. Ocean founded Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!) at age 16, and directed it for the next 20 years. He has spoken in person to more than 250,000 people, organized online seminars and events reaching more than a million, and facilitated leadership development events for leaders from 65 nations. He has served as adjunct professor for Chapman University, and is a recipient of the national Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service, the Freedom’s Flame Award, the Harmon Wilkinson Award, and many other honors. His TEDx talk, Eating Our Way To Happiness, has been seen by more than a million people.

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Learning to Age Beautifully and Live with Vitality. A Chat with Chef Babette Davis.

Blog, Podcast, Seeking Voices: Exploring the Science of Health and Healing / February 26, 2024

What is the difference between aging well and simply aging? Have you considered what longevity means and what aging means without vitality?

Meet Babette Davis, globally recognized plant-based chef, fitness enthusiast and motivational speaker who calls Inglewood, CA home.

Key Areas We Discuss

Fitness and aging
The role of plant based eating in Chef Babette’s life
Chef Babette’s aging secrets
The fear of aging
Supplements
How to motivate change
A day in the life of Chef Babette
How to live your best life

About Chef Babette Davis:

Meet Babette Davis, globally recognized plant-based chef, fitness enthusiast and motivational speaker who calls Inglewood, CA home. She pioneered the first plant-based restaurant, “Stuff I Eat” in her community in the early 2000’s where she still receives visitors from around the world. Once a hairstylist, Babette became a self-taught chemist in the kitchen, perfecting eating healthy while keeping the flavor of her dishes the focal point. Her combination of thoughtful food preparation with an intense fitness regimen has made her one of the most sought-after experts in her field. While in her 70s, she motivates people of all ages to live their best life.

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How do you reduce your blood pressure using lifestyle?

CardioMinute / July 28, 2022

There are many ways to reduce your blood pressure using your lifestyle. Weight loss will really help you reduce your blood pressure. Another way is movement. Walking is a great way to reduce your blood pressure. Start a walking program- even 2000 steps extra per day is great for your body. Reducing stress can help. We know when you get stressed, your blood pressure goes up. Stress relaxing techniques like meditation and yoga will help bring your blood pressure down. Another big way to reduce blood pressure is through a dietary change. Reducing sodium through eliminating processed foods and removing the saltshaker from the kitchen table is a great idea. You need to also increase your potassium rich foods in your diet and eat them daily. Potassium rich foods are foods like kale, avocado, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and bananas. Eat for your health!

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Episode 7: Moving Medicine Forward with Dr. Michael Klaper

Podcast, Seeking Voices: Exploring the Science of Health and Healing / June 25, 2022

In this episode of “Seeking Voices of Health, Healing and Hope” I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Michael Klaper.

It was a true pleasure to speak to Mike about his transition to eating plant based. He talks a lot about how he made his transition—that it took some time to change completely, reminding all of us that change is hard but change in good. Perhaps, because he took some time to transition himself, it makes Dr. Klaper a better doctor—teaching future physicians to meet people where they are. We had a lovely conversation about transition, but also talked about judgment, time and patience. We ended the conversation about Mike telling us all about his initiative to move medicine forward. He now spends his time educating future physicians about the importance of nutrition in healing. Cant wait for you to hear it!

Michael A. Klaper, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. He has practiced acute care medicine in Hawaii, Canada, California, Florida and New Zealand and for the past 35 years has been focusing upon health-promoting food and lifestyle choices to help reverse disease and prevent the need for hospitalization and surgery. A long-time radio host and a pilot, Dr. Klaper has served as nutrition advisor to NASA’s programs for space colonists on the Moon and Mars. At his website, DotorKlaper.com, visitors can find practical insights into nutrition and healthy living through his numerous articles and videos as well as subscribe to his free newsletter, “Medicine Capsule.” Along with an active telemedicine practice, Dr. Klaper’s passion and professional focus is his “Moving Medicine Forward” initiative to incorporate the teaching of applied nutrition into medical school education worldwide.

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The Release of BODY on FIRE–host Chuck Carroll

Podcast / December 17, 2020

This is a podcast that I did with PCRM’s The Exam Room, hosted by Chuck Carroll.

In this podcast, we talked about our new book, Body on Fire. We talked about how eustress and distress impact our bodies and trigger inflammation. We talked about the demands on the body and how we don’t spend enough time restoring our bodies–a set up for chronic illness. We finish by talking about the tools for change–how to use tools in our toolkits to heal our own bodies.

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American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) features Our Plant Based Menu

Blog / November 10, 2018

This summer I had the pleasure of spending time with Martin Tull at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) who wanted to do come learn about what we are doing at University of Florida in prevention. Namely, we have an incredible prevention clinic that focuses on nutrition and lifestyle. We have medical student, resident and fellow nutrition education and we have changed the whole discharge education experience for hospital patients to include education on lifestyle tools and a new plant-based menu.

Martin and the team at Full Sail did really nice footage of our work.