Known as a plant power dietitian, Sharon has established an award winning career in the field of plant based nutrition and sustainability. One of the most widely recognized registered dietitians in the world, Sharon is an accomplished writer, editor, blogger, author, speaker, professor, and advisor. Living in the sustainability mecca of Ojai California with her husband and two dogs, Sharon enjoys tending to her own organic garden and visiting local farmer’s markets, volunteering in local environmental organizations, and cooking plant based meals for friends and family. We talk about the many false beliefs people have about different foods and the nutrients they gain from them, and then we discuss the impact that plant based eating has on the world and our ecosystem.

What sparked her going into this path 1:15
Writing her first book and its core message 6:11
Gut nutrition 9:45
Issues with the keto diet 13:20
Fruit and carbs 16:01
Sustainability 20:15
Nutrients 30:08
Her special smoothie 35:16

“What I like to recommend is if you were gonna do a vegan challenge, or start your vegan diet, take a week in advance to get prepared. At least a week. Start cooking some recipes, go to the supermarket, do some research in your neighborhood. What are some favorite resources like restaurants? Like if you want to eat out, this is where I wanna go next week. Look for some of these things that can help you be prepared so that your plant based diet is a success.” 12:52

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This is on the 3 pillars of the Your Super way of eating... we get asked all the time how we eat and we break it down in a way that everyone can make steps to change their diet with these easy 3 pillars, each having 3 principles. These 3 simple pillars when trying to understand what steps to follow are 1) Healthy, 2) Easy, and 3) Delicious. Use your common sense and look at the ingredients, paying attention to if there are a lot of ingredients in what you’re buying rather than just one or two simple ones. 

Pillar 1: Healthy 2:33
Skip the nutritional table 4:39
Exclude animal based products and limit processed foods 6:44
Pillar 2: Easy 7:42
Eat intuitively 10:30
No pressure or perfection 11:53
Pillar 3: Delicious 13:12
Follow the 80/20 rule 14:28
Don’t feel guilty 15:46 

“It’s your decision obviously to make, but just learn what it is and make the conscious decision, ‘Do I want to put this into my body?’ because it’s just so important. Your body is gonna function better if you eat real foods.” 5:42

Dr. Gemma Newman worked in medicine for 17 years and is the senior partner at a family medical practice where she has worked for 12 years. She is a founding member and ambassador for Plant Based Health Professionals in the UK, PBHPUK, and a member of BSLM, British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, and is very passionate about holistic health and lifestyle medicine. Dr Newman was trying to help her patients get better, but she was mainly only able to curb, or lessen the amount that people got worse with their illnesses and felt there had to be a better way to treat sickness and disease. It wasn’t until she came across the plant based diet that she began to realize people really could get better when they focused their diets on plant based nutrition. 

Her path to plant based life 0:55
Gradually changing her outlook 6:34
Did she feel any changes? 12:59
Lifestyle medicine 14:30
Breathing exercises 22:37
First tips for new patients and getting started 27:44
Myths and protein 30:27
Has there been a shift in lifestyle medicine? 36:36

“I was completely astounded to find that his blood pressure had completely normalized. It had gone to optimal levels. 120/80 millimeters of mercury in such a small space of time. Honestly I was more surprised than he was. I kept on rechecking it, and I asked him to come back and he came back 3 times, and then I did his medical and every single time his blood pressure was perfect. I knew then how powerful this could be.” 11:51

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