Tag: plant based nutrition
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Podcast: CIM Marathon Mediocracies
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. I completed the California International Marathon for the 5th time this past weekend. It was not my worst time or my best time. Marathons are a lot like life. I seem to learn more when things don’t go as well as I would like than if they go smooth. …
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Podcast: Health For The Holidays
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. The holiday season is upon us. Many of us have traditions that involve high calorie meals. It is easy and very common this time of year to just chuck our nutrition and “enjoy” the holidays. This comes at the expense of weight gain and worsening of lifestyle diseases. Don’t…
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Podcast: Sugar Sugar
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. “Don’t eat sugar”. “I gave up carbs.” “Sugar feeds cancer.” What does that mean? Sugar is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. It sounds like the sugar in fruit. Starch is long chains of sugar. Most people say potatoes and grains are starches. But are potatoes only starch? That…
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Podcast: Odyssey Swim Run Austin
elcome! and Thank you for listening. People like us do things like this…Seth Godin We did the Odyssey Swim Run Austin last weekend, and I will be giving you our race report. Spoiler alert: IT WAS GREAT! Why were there not more people in the 50-70 age group there? Why is my local pool empty…
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Podcast: Conversations with Harvey Lewis III on Running, Plant Based Eating, and Motivation.
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. This podcast features Harvey Lewis III, a very accomplished ultra runner, plant based eater and inspirational man. He has run the Badwater 135 mile ultra 10 times winning the race in 2014 and 2021. He is a schoolteacher by day and has been commuting to work under human power…
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Podcast: Conversation with Ali Jahn and Breast Cancer Hope
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Life is a journey as “they” say, and it rarely goes as we imagine. Perhaps those jolt-like twists and turns can be an awakening to a new and better path. Today’s guest, Ali Jahn, experienced some life changing events that led her to a path of optimism and action. …
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Podcast: Find Another Channel
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. How many people blame their orthopedic problems on adolescent injuries? According to the CDC about 58.5 million adults have arthritis. 43.9% of those people report that it is an activity limiter. 50% of those greater than age 65 are unable to work or are disabled because of arthritis. 51%…
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Podcast: Calcium in All the Wrong Places?
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. Most people thinking of switching to a plant based diet worry about getting “enough of “ and in particular “enough calcium”. Most are not exactly sure about all the things calcium is used for, but most associate calcium with bone health. Thank you dairy association. However, calcium is vital…
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Podcast: Alamo City Ultra Marathon and Running for your Health
Welcome! and Thank you for listening. The Alamo City Ultra is in the books! Thank you Rob Goyen and the Trails over Texas Ultra company for putting on a great 50 K ultra. What business does a 59 yr old physician from Florida have running in the woods in Texas? What could possibly be gained…