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400+ pounds, 20 meds, a rare joint disease...
By the time Tim was 38 he didn't think he'd live another year...
What happened next is one of the most heartwarming, inspiring stories you'll ever find and for the first time Tim is pulling back the curtain to reveal exactly how he did it...
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6 in 10 Americans live with at least one chronic disease, like heart disease, obesity or diabetes...
And what do most doctors do? Prescribe pill after pill just to "manage" the condition...
You'll discover how we ended up in this mess without our wrong-doing, why it's so hard to get out and the exact steps you have to take to turn your health around.
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A staggering 3 in 5 adults in the US are on prescription medication and it's almost accepted as normal.
But just because it's common, doesn't make it normal!
That's why we'll tackle the tough questions head-on. Each expert will reveal how you can put their insights into practice and because each day focuses on one step of the process, you can take immediate action and feel the benefits right away.
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Join us and 36 of the kindest and most knowledgeable health experts out there. Each day takes you one step closer to health, with content that builds upon the last. By the end of this free 9-day master class series, you'll have a tried-and-true plan and will be well on your way to a new life...
9 Days You Don't Want To Miss
If you're stuck, worried for your health, or just want to make the most of life, you can't afford to miss this event. You'll learn the exact strategies these 36 health pros teach their clients and can start implementing them from day one.
DAY 1
The Wake-Up Call
Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Food addiction - when food turns into a devastating force
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Dr. Joel Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling author (his latest book is Eat for Life), and nutritional researcher who has specialized for over 30 years in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional methods. At his Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego, CA, and through his books, television specials, and virtual speaking engagements, Dr. Fuhrman shares his life-saving nutritional protocols with hundreds of thousands of people around the world seeking to recover from obesity, food addictions, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, cancer, and other serious health concerns.
Dr. Fuhrman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) School of Medicine (1988). He received the St. Joseph’s Family Practice Resident’s Teaching Award for his contribution to the education of family practice residents and a C3 Cardiology Global Health Award for teaching nutritional science to cardiologists. Dr. Fuhrman also serves as the President of the Nutritional Research Foundation and is on the faculty of Northern Arizona University, Health Sciences division. His work and discoveries are published in medical journals, contributing to multiple ongoing nutritional studies with major research institutions across America.
A native of Yonkers, New York, Dr. Fuhrman is a former world-class figure skater, placing second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973 and third in the 1976 World Professional Pairs Skating Championship in Jaca, Spain. Dr. Fuhrman has served on sports medicine committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes about maximizing performance and preventing injury.
In 2018 Dr. Fuhrman opened his Eat to Live Retreat in San Diego, where people from all over the world stay for extended periods to resolve food addiction, lose weight, and recover from serious medical conditions including cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, and more.
Dr. Michael Greger
Unveiled: The True Culprit Behind the $4 Trillion Chronic Illness Epidemic
Learn MoreDr. Michael Greger
Unveiled: The True Culprit Behind the $4 Trillion Chronic Illness Epidemic
Learn MoreUnveiled: The True Culprit Behind the $4 Trillion Chronic Illness Epidemic
Dr. Michael Greger
A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Michael Greger, M.D., is a physician and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition. His science-based nonprofit, NutritionFacts.org, offers a free online portal hosting more than 2,000 videos and articles on myriad health topics. Dr. Greger is a sought-after lecturer and has presented at the Conference on World Affairs and the World Bank, testified before Congress, and was invited as an expert witness in Oprah Winfrey’s defense in the infamous “meat defamation” trial. A graduate of Cornell University School of Agriculture and Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greger is also an acclaimed author. How Not to Die, The How Not to Die Cookbook, and How Not to Diet became instant New York Times Best Sellers. More than a million copies of How Not to Die have been sold. All proceeds Dr. Greger receives from the sales of his books and speaking honoraria are donated directly to charity.
Dr. Frank Sabatino
Dopamine Decoded: The Holistic Roadmap to Lasting Recovery
Learn MoreDopamine Decoded: The Holistic Roadmap to Lasting Recovery
Dr. Frank Sabatino
Dr Frank Sabatino is the past Health Director of some of the world’s leading health centres where he cared for, lectured and inspired thousands of people for 45 years.
Dr Sabatino is a Chiropractic physician who also has a Ph.D. in cell biology and neuroendocrinology from the Emory University School of Medicine. The book of his original research on the effects of brain peptides on the regulation of reproductive hormones was published in 1988. While an assistant professor at the Health Science Center of the University of Texas School of Medicine, he did extensive landmark research on calorie restriction, stress and aging, and has published a number of major scientific papers in some of the most well-respected peer reviewed journals in the fields of cell biology, endocrinology, and neuroscience. He has also written numerous articles for lay magazines and journals in the areas of clinical nutrition, healthy weight loss, women’s hormones, stress management, addiction, and healthy aging.
Dr. Sabatino is available for personal consults as part of the TrueNorth health coaching services.
Adam Sud
350 Pounds, Substance Abuse and Attempted Suicide - Life-Changing Lessons of Hope
Learn MoreAdam Sud
350 Pounds, Substance Abuse and Attempted Suicide - Life-Changing Lessons of Hope
Learn More350 Pounds, Substance Abuse and Attempted Suicide - Life-Changing Lessons of Hope
Adam Sud
Adam Sud is the founder of the Plant-Based for Positive Change, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the research on diet and mental health and addiction. In 2020 he ran the very first controlled research trial to investigate the effects of a plant-based diet intervention on early addiction recovery outcomes. As an international speaker on plant-based nutrition and addiction recovery, he has been a featured speaker at the Whole Foods Market Tribal Gathering, Nexus Global Summit, The Food Revolution Summit, and Plant-Stock. He is a diabetes and food-addiction coach with Mastering Diabetes, a program that helps people reverse insulin resistance through the use of low-fat, plant-based, whole-food nutrition. Adam has worked in recovery centers using plant-based nutrition as a tool for strengthening recovery and preventing relapse. Adam has been a guest on The Plant Proof Podcast with Simon Hill, The Darin Olien Show, and The Rich Roll Podcast. He has been featured in magazines including Forks Over Knives, Austin Fit Magazine, Naked Food, and Vegan Health & Fitness Magazine, and in the documentary film Diet Fiction.
DAY 2
Breaking the Chains
Dr. Doug Lisle
3 Steps To Escape The Pleasure Trap Set By The Food Industry
Learn More3 Steps To Escape The Pleasure Trap Set By The Food Industry
Dr. Doug Lisle
Dr. Lisle has been the clinical psychologist at the TrueNorth Health Center for over 30 years. He has published numerous articles in the scientific literature. He is the co-author of The Pleasure Trap and is in private practice, conducting psychotherapy at the TrueNorth Health Center.
Dr. Lisle is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego (Summa Cum Laude). He received the President’s Fellowship and was a Dupont Scholar at the University of Virginia where he completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. He was then appointed Lecturer in Psychology at Stanford University and was on the staff at the National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Lisle worked as a forensic psychologist for the criminal justice system in Dallas, Texas and as a consultant for the National Institute of Health Clinical Trial on Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Depression at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Lisle lectures nationally to health professionals on topics including evolutionary psychology, cognitive therapy, lifestyle modification, relaxation and stress management, and weight loss. His research and clinical interests have broadened to include health and wellness, self-esteem, relationship satisfaction, the treatment of anxiety disorders and depression, and optimizing achievement motivation.
Dr. Joel Kahn
Breaking the Cycle of Diet-Hopping: Unmasking Nutrition Myths and Facts
Learn MoreBreaking the Cycle of Diet-Hopping: Unmasking Nutrition Myths and Facts
Dr. Joel Kahn
At his core, Dr. Joel Kahn believes that plant-based nutrition is the most powerful source of preventative medicine on the planet. Having practiced traditional cardiology since 1983, it was only after his own commitment to a plant based vegan diet that he truly began to delve into the realm of non-traditional diagnostic tools, prevention tactics and nutrition-based recovery protocols. These ideologies led him to change his approach and focus on being a holistic cardiologist. He passionately lectures throughout the country about the health benefits of a plant-based anti-aging diet inspiring a new generation of thought leaders to think scientifically and critically about the body’s ability to heal itself through proper nutrition.
One of the world’s top cardiologists, Dr. Joel Kahn has treated thousands of acute heart attacks during his career. He’d like all that to stop. He’d like to prevent ALL future heart attacks by breaking through to the public to educate and inspire a new holistic lifestyle. Now is the time to focus on educating the public to eat clean, sweat clean and apply cutting edge science to their lifestyle.
Elspeth Feldman
From Bland To Brilliant: Quick kitchen tricks to make healthy food delicious
Learn MoreElspeth Feldman
From Bland To Brilliant: Quick kitchen tricks to make healthy food delicious
Learn MoreFrom Bland To Brilliant: Quick kitchen tricks to make healthy food delicious
Elspeth Feldman
Elspeth Feldman, widely recognized as “The Speedy Vegan,” is a passionate and innovative cooking instructor who uniquely fuses culture and cuisine in her work and proudly serves a dynamic global following. Her mission is to deliver exceptional recipe creations through an extensive body of online and broadcast work focusing on a whole food, plant-based approach to everyday and special-occasion meals that are, in her words, “delicious, nutritious, fresh and fast.” Elspeth’s creations and cooking classes are available on her website www.TheSpeedyVegan.com and her cooking videos are featured on the Vegan News Daily YouTube channel.
Elspeth, who was born and raised on a dairy farm in Zimbabwe, brings a distinctively global context to her creations. She has traveled extensively, having lived in England, Greece, South Africa and Australia before settling down in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. with her husband, Paul, of 33 years. Elspeth loves to turn classic meals into fabulous, whole-food, plant-based vegan creations that are prepared without sugar, salt or oil. Most days, Elspeth can be found in her happiest of places — hiking with her German Shepherd Dog, Prince, or at the chopping board in her kitchen experimenting with new flavor and food combinations that are elegant, sumptuous and remarkably straightforward to prepare.
Ronnie Tsunami
Bedridden and out of options - how Ronnie turned his life around within weeks
Learn MoreRonnie Tsunami
Bedridden and out of options - how Ronnie turned his life around within weeks
Learn MoreBedridden and out of options - how Ronnie turned his life around within weeks
Ronnie Tsunami
Ronnie Tsunami is an advocate for plant-based living and an expert in educational solutions, and his mission is to help those who help others. As the founder of the Plant-Based Network, a streaming TV network, he has established a global platform aimed at promoting healthier and more sustainable choices. Ronnie’s primary focus is on empowering others through educational programs, leveraging his extensive background in developing learning solutions that have been implemented in thousands of academic institutions and enterprise organizations around the world.
DAY 3
The Game Plan
Ocean Robbins
Craving the right choices - how to make health part of your life
Learn MoreCraving the right choices - how to make health part of your life
Ocean Robbins
Ocean Robbins is co-founder & CEO of the 700,000 member Food Revolution Network. He is author of the bestseller, 31-Day Food Revolution: Heal Your Body, Feel Great, and Transform Your World. 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 200,000 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.
Dr. Jim Loomis and Caryn Dugan
Turning health science into dishes you'll love
Learn MoreTurning health science into dishes you'll love
Dr. Jim Loomis and Caryn Dugan
After losing her dad to cancer in 2008 and then, just ten weeks later, she also receiving a cancer diagnosis, Caryn knew something had to be done. Many attempts at a healthier lifestyle finally led her to a plant-based diet. After studying under Dr. Neal Barnard at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) in 2011 and earning her certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, she began counseling and teaching others. Caryn began STL Veg Girl traveling all around St. Louis (and eventually nationally!) speaking and presenting on the topic of plant-based cooking and meal prep to prevent and reverse our all too common chronic illnesses. In 2019 she opened the Center for Plant-based Living to offer support, resources and community to those who are looking to add more plants to their plates.
Dr. Loomis is board certified in internal medicine, has completed the certification program in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University, and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr. Loomis has served as team internist for the St. Louis Rams football team and the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, as well as tour physician for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. He practiced internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis, where he was also the director of prevention and wellness. He was also on the clinical faculty of the department of internal medicine at Washington University School of Medicine. Currently he practices medicine and serves as Medical Director at PCRM.
When not practicing medicine, Dr. Loomis enjoys reading history books, cooking, and teaching plant-based cooking classes. He also enjoys running, biking, and swimming, and has completed numerous half marathons, marathons, and triathlons. You also might have seen him in his breakout role in the movie, The Game Changers!
Robert Cheeke
Movement - how to create an active, thriving life
Learn MoreMovement - how to create an active, thriving life
Robert Cheeke
Robert grew up on a farm in Corvallis, Oregon where he adopted a vegan lifestyle in 1995 at age 15, weighing just 120 pounds. Today he is the author of the books, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, Plant-Based Muscle, the New York Times bestseller, The Plant-Based Athlete, and his latest, The Impactful Vegan, to be released in 2024. He is often referred to as the “Godfather of Vegan Bodybuilding,” growing the industry from infancy in 2002, to where it is today.
As a natural bodybuilding champion, Robert is considered one of VegNews magazine’s Most Influential Vegan Athletes. He tours around the world sharing his story of transformation from a skinny farm kid to champion vegan bodybuilder. Robert is the founder and president of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness and maintains the popular website, VeganBodybuilding.com. He is a regular contributor to Forks Over Knives, The Center for Nutrition Studies, The Vegan Gym, and No Meat Athlete, is a former multi-sport athlete, and has followed a plant-based diet for more than 27 years. Robert lives in Colorado with his wife and two rescued Chihuahuas.
Dr. Niki Davis
From Pills to Plants: How Plant-Based Eating is Proving to be a Lifesaver
Learn MoreFrom Pills to Plants: How Plant-Based Eating is Proving to be a Lifesaver
Dr. Niki Davis
Niki Davis, MD is a “rocket scientist” turned physician. She is board certified in both family medicine and lifestyle medicine. At age 13, she started removing animal products from her diet because she didn’t feel it was healthy. Once in college, she obtained bachelor and master degrees in mechanical engineering and worked on the space shuttle program for several years. However, instead of rockets on her mind, she was constantly thinking about health and nutrition – helping her own family members improve their health and their lives by switching to a plant based lifestyle.
She eventually found her way back to her passion after leaving her engineering career to apply for medical school. She graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2017 and completed a Family Medicine residency program in 2020. While in residency, in addition to serving as Wellness Chief, she helped form Plant Based Montana, an advocacy group with the mission to educate healthcare providers and the general public about the benefits of a plant based diet.
She has had the pleasure of speaking at plant based events around the country and has been lucky enough to train with phenomenal mentors such as Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Michael Klaper, Dr. Anthony Lim, Dr. Laurie Marbas, and Dr. Alan Goldhamer, among others. She is a regular guest on Chef AJ’s YouTube channel show, has a certificate in plant based nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies through eCornell, and is certified in The Starch Solution.
Dr. Davis is available for Lifestyle Medicine TeleHealth appointments through Love.Life TeleHealth.
DAY 4
The Stop List
Dr. Michael Klaper
Everything You Should NOT Be Eating and Why: Dr. Klaper's Shocking Revelations
Learn MoreDr. Michael Klaper
Everything You Should NOT Be Eating and Why: Dr. Klaper's Shocking Revelations
Learn MoreEverything You Should NOT Be Eating and Why: Dr. Klaper's Shocking Revelations
Dr. Michael Klaper
Michael A. Klaper, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois Col-lege of Medicine in Chicago. He received postgraduate training in in-ternal medicine, surgery, orthopedics and anesthesiology at the University of British Columbia Hospitals in Vancouver and obstetrics at the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Klaper has prac-ticed acute care medicine in Hawaii, Canada, California, Florida and New Zealand.
His current practice via telemedicine focuses on health-promoting food and lifestyle choices to help people stay out of hos-pitals and off of operating tables. 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 and on the Nutrition Task Force of the American Medical Students Association.
He has authored numerous articles on plant-based nutrition and is authoring a book on using plant-based medicine in the clinical set-ting to arrest and reverse disease. He makes the latest information on health and nutrition available through his website, DoctorKlaper.com, where visitors can find the latest nutrition information through his numer-ous articles and videos, subscribe to his free newsletter, “Medicine Capsule” and support his “Moving Medicine Forward” Initiative to get applied nutri-tion taught in medical schools.
Dr. Rosane Oliveira
Why habits are so hard to break - and what to do instead
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Dr. Rosane Oliveira
Dr. Rosane Oliveira combines a lifelong passion for nutrition with 25 years of genetics research to create programs that help people develop healthy habits on their journey towards a more plant-based lifestyle.
She is a Visiting Clinical Professor in Public Health Sciences at the University of California Davis and is currently working with the School of Medicine curriculum redesign team to integrate topics related to preventive and lifestyle medicine into the new 4-year curriculum.
For the past 10 years, Dr. Oliveira also served as the founding director of the first Integrative Medicine program at UC Davis, where she created a Lifestyle Medicine Elective, published a #1 Amazon bestseller cookbook, and ran an annual challenge that gave nearly 150,000 individuals across 60+ countries the chance to try out plant-based eating.
As a molecular geneticist, Dr. Oliveira has studied transmission of infectious diseases, drug resistance in microorganisms, cancer initiation and progression, and how the food we eat can change gene expression to either cause disease or promote health and longevity.
She completed her postgraduate studies in Brazil and did her postdoctoral training in immunogenetics and functional genomics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
She is a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has lived in the US since 2003.
Chuck Carroll
280 Pounds Lost: How to Break Down Self-Created Barriers to Health and Wellness
Learn MoreChuck Carroll
280 Pounds Lost: How to Break Down Self-Created Barriers to Health and Wellness
Learn More280 Pounds Lost: How to Break Down Self-Created Barriers to Health and Wellness
Chuck Carroll
Chuck Carroll is host of the Physicians Committee’s popular “The Exam Room” podcast and known widely as The Weight Loss Champion, a name given to him by an NFL player for losing an incredible 280 pounds.
At just 5 feet 6 inches tall, Chuck weighed 420 pounds and had a 66-inch waist before radically changing his life.
Before that, like so many others, he tried and failed countless times to lose weight. Any success he achieved was short-lived as the weight came pouring back on and then some. At his heaviest, he was eating 10,000 calories every day.
Out of desperation, he decided to have weight loss surgery in 2009. Prior to the procedure he was convinced that it would become like all the other failed attempts to lose weight. Chuck was just 27 years old at the time and didn’t believe he would live to see 30. He thought at least he would go to his grave saying he tried everything.
But then the unexpected happened. He woke up from the surgery and never looked back.
Although a critical component, the procedure proved only to be the first step in his journey. In fact, he only attributes 10 percent of his long-term weight loss success to it. The rest he credits to a plant-based diet and changing his lifestyle!
By adopting a plant-based diet, he is no longer afraid of regaining the weight as he had so many times before — no more yo-yo dieting! He is thrilled that he is lowering his risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease, both of which run rampant in his family. As a bonus, he is no longer spending massive amounts of money on medical expenses because of his optimum health!
The confidence he gained from the weight loss enabled him to pursue his dream of becoming a reporter where he covered sports and news for CBS and later NBC News Radio. He was also previously featured in PCRM’s Teaming Up 4 Health campaign where he had the opportunity to speak on Capitol Hill and share his remarkable journey.
Now he is delighted to be bringing his passion and talents to the Physicians Committee as host of The Exam Room and to show others that the impossible is possible — you can get healthy!
Howard Jacobson, PhD
Reprogram Your Habit Loops: The Surprising Steps to Turning 'Knowing' into 'Doing'
Learn MoreHoward Jacobson, PhD
Reprogram Your Habit Loops: The Surprising Steps to Turning 'Knowing' into 'Doing'
Learn MoreReprogram Your Habit Loops: The Surprising Steps to Turning 'Knowing' into 'Doing'
Howard Jacobson, PhD
Howie Jacobson, PhD, is an executive and health coach who helps clients achieve transformational change in their professional and personal lives.
Howie is co-founder and lead instructor at the WellStart Health Coaching Academy, and is a lead faculty member for the Food Revolution Network’s Plant-based Coach Certification program, where he trains wellness coaches to guide their clients to dramatic health improvements.
Howie is co-author of Sick to Fit and Use the Weight to Lose the Weight, both with Josh LaJaunie, and contributing author to Whole and The Low Carb Fraud, both by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Proteinaholic, by Garth Davis, MD.
He also hosts the Plant Yourself Podcast, which is in its 11th year.
Howard earned his MPH and PhD in Health Studies from Temple University, and his BA from Princeton University.
He lives in Barcelona, Spain.
DAY 5
The Start List
Chef AJ
The secrets to seemingly effortless weight loss by a former sugar-addict and pastry chef
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The secrets to seemingly effortless weight loss by a former sugar-addict and pastry chef
Learn MoreThe secrets to seemingly effortless weight loss by a former sugar-addict and pastry chef
Chef AJ
Chef AJ has been devoted to a plant-based diet for almost 40 years. She is the host of the television series Healthy Living with CHEF AJ which airs on Foody TV. A chef, culinary instructor and professional speaker, she is author of the popular book “Unprocessed: How to Achieve Vibrant Health and Your Ideal Weight”, which chronicles her journey from a junk-food vegan faced with a diagnosis of pre-cancerous polyps, to learning how to create foods that nourish and heal the body.
Based in Los Angeles, Chef AJ teaches how to create meals to transform health, how to deal with cravings and food addiction and addresses the emotional side of eating. She is the creator of The Ultimate Weight Loss Program, was the Executive Pastry Chef at Sante La Brea Restaurant in Los Angeles, creator of Healthy Taste of LA and the YouTube cooking show The Chef and the Dietitian. Chef AJ holds a certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
Dr. Stephan Esser
Reframing Fitness: 6 Types Of Movement And How A Few Minutes Can Transform Your Health
Learn MoreDr. Stephan Esser
Reframing Fitness: 6 Types Of Movement And How A Few Minutes Can Transform Your Health
Learn MoreReframing Fitness: 6 Types Of Movement And How A Few Minutes Can Transform Your Health
Dr. Stephan Esser
Stephan Esser, MD is a physician, author and motivational speaker specializing in sports medicine and lifestyle modification. He is dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their best health and maximize fitness, fun and function.
Dr. Esser completed a Bachelor of Science at Palm Beach Atlantic University, Medical School at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School/Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and a Fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He currently works as the Sports & Spine Physician with Southeast Orthopedic Specialists in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD
The Carb Paradox: What Even Doctors Get Wrong About Carbs and Diabetes
Learn MoreCyrus Khambatta, PhD
The Carb Paradox: What Even Doctors Get Wrong About Carbs and Diabetes
Learn MoreThe Carb Paradox: What Even Doctors Get Wrong About Carbs and Diabetes
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD
Cyrus Khambatta, PhD, is a cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and is an internationally recognized nutrition and fitness coach who has been living with type 1 diabetes since 2002. Using an evidence-based approach to nutrition and fitness, he first reduced his own insulin usage by more than 40%, and has educated thousands of people with all forms of diabetes how to reverse insulin resistance using diet and exercise. Cyrus earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2003, then earned a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2012. He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at the Plant-Based Nutrition and Healthcare Conference, has been featured on Forks Over Knives, NPR, PBS, KQED, Fast Company, and is the author of the bestselling book Mastering Diabetes.
Brittany Jaroudi
How to Convert Your Favorite Comfort Foods into Guilt-Free Treats
Learn MoreHow to Convert Your Favorite Comfort Foods into Guilt-Free Treats
Brittany Jaroudi
Brittney runs a website and a plant-based cooking channel on YouTube, both named The Jaroudi Family, in addition to her full-time work teaching middle school art. She has developed hundreds of delicious, easy, and family-friendly recipes focused on a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. She has a master’s degree in education and a certificate in plant-based nutrition form the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Currently, she is the co-leader of the Pittsburgh Plant-Based Support Group in partnership with PlantPure Communities, offering fee nutrition education classes and cooking courses.
In all her work, she can draw on her own experience as well. Brittney’s weight challenges began at age 8, culminating in health concerns by her mid-20s, including obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol levels. At 25 she transitioned to a plant-based diet, prioritizing whole foods like grains, fruits, and vegetables. In the subsequent three years, Brittney’s health transformed. She lost 70 pounds, regulated her blood pressure and cholesterol, and experienced an overall enhancement in her well-being.
DAY 6
Making It Simple
Rip Esselstyn
7 Pillars To Health - Simple things you can start doing today
Learn More7 Pillars To Health - Simple things you can start doing today
Rip Esselstyn
Rip Esselstyn spent a decade as one of the premier triathletes in the world. He then joined the Austin Fire Department where he introduced his passion for a whole-food, plant-based diet to Austin’s Engine 2 Firehouse in order to rescue a firefighting brother’s health. To document his success he wrote the national bestselling book, The Engine 2 Diet, which shows the irrefutable connection between a plant-based diet and good health. He is featured prominently in the documentary Forks Over Knives.
As the founder of PLANTSTRONG (formerly Engine 2), Rip develops and implements a range of programs and events geared toward education, inspiring and nurturing plant-strong living for individuals, families, and organizations across the globe.
He has appeared on hundreds of radio and national television shows, including the Today Show, CBS Sunday Morning, Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show. Rip is a New York Times Bestselling Author who has published four books. His most recent book is The Engine 2 Cookbook.
He is the host of the “New & Noteworthy” PLANTSTRONG Podcast where each week he shares conversations showcasing the latest science and practical applications of a plant-based diet as a means to achieve optimal wellness.
Rip is an executive producer of The Game Changers film; a revolutionary documentary that shatters the myths about meat, protein, and strength. Rip broke the World Record in the 200 meter backstroke for men 55-59 in July of 2019.
Rip lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Jill, and their three beautiful children.
Anthony Masiello
Push-Pull: Anthony's Simple Method that Allowed Him to Drop 90 Pounds in Just a Year
Learn MoreAnthony Masiello
Push-Pull: Anthony's Simple Method that Allowed Him to Drop 90 Pounds in Just a Year
Learn MorePush-Pull: Anthony's Simple Method that Allowed Him to Drop 90 Pounds in Just a Year
Anthony Masiello
Anthony Masiello is the Co-founder and CEO of Love.Life Telehealth, a national lifestyle telemedicine service focused on the prevention and reversal of disease, and optimizing and wellness, with lifestyle medicine.
Anthony has been working in healthcare for more than 25 years. His career started in the 90s at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) doing bioinformatics work on the Human Genome Project. He later shifted into Research and Development at Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where he was excited to contribute to the development of new disease therapies.
While working at Novartis, he transformed his own health and learned of a better way. He shifted his career once again and is now 100% focused on providing access to medical services centered on the prevention and reversal of disease utilizing lifestyle medicine and whole food plant-based nutrition.
Anthony came to a plant-based lifestyle himself after being denied a 20-year term life insurance policy at age 33. He was morbidly obese, weighing more than 360 pounds, medicated for high blood pressure, and suffering from psoriasis, eczema, migraine headaches, and sleep apnea. With his transition to a whole food plant-based diet and healthy lifestyle, Anthony lost 160 pounds and reversed all these conditions. He has maintained that weight loss, and an incredible quality of life, for more than 16 years and counting.
He co-founded what is now Love.Life Telehealth in 2019 to make lifestyle medicine available to everyone. He’s proud to enable patients to find the medical care they need to implement lifestyle changes that will truly improve their health, wellness, and quality of life, no matter where they live.
Anthony’s personal transformation has been featured on the Megyn Kelly Today show, on PBS, in The Huffington Post, in the bestselling book Eat to Live, and by Forks Over Knives, Runners World, and numerous magazines, web sites, radio shows, podcasts, and articles.
Tami Kramer
Meal prep secrets: How to eat healthy all week without spending hours in the kitchen
Learn MoreTami Kramer
Meal prep secrets: How to eat healthy all week without spending hours in the kitchen
Learn MoreMeal prep secrets: How to eat healthy all week without spending hours in the kitchen
Tami Kramer
Tami Kramer has been following a whole food plant-based lifestyle since 2013. Through dietary changes she was able to lower her LDL Cholesterol and avoiding taking statins. She was also able
to achieve a healthy weight and more importantly she has been maintaining her 50-pound weight loss since 2015.
On her blog and YouTube channel called Nutmeg Notebook, Tami & her husband Tom, share their love of a healthy, whole food plant-exclusive lifestyle. Tami’s recipes are salt, oil, and
sugar free. She is well known for her “Beautiful Chopped Salads” and her weekly food batch
prep.
To help viewers work smarter not harder in the kitchen, she shares her proven tips, recipes, and
kitchen shortcuts to make this lifestyle easier. Tami helps you get healthy and stay healthy, one meal at a time.
Andrew Taylor
Simple: How one affordable "crisis" food can change your life
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Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor’s story went viral when the world caught wind of the then-36 year old Aussie dad who had embarked upon a quest to eat only potatoes for the entirety of 2016.
With the media frenzy that followed his ‘Spud Fit Challenge’ story came the opportunity to help thousands of other food addicts deal with their own food psychology issues while losing weight and getting healthier along the way.
Andrew’s first short book, ‘The D.I.Y. Spud Fit Challenge’ : a how-to guide to tackling food addiction with the humble spud’ was co-authored by his wife Mandy van Zanen and has helped many people to break the shackles of food addiction. His second book, ‘Spud Fit: A whole food, potato-based guide to eating and living’ is a collaborative effort between him and over 90 contributors, many of them giants in plant-based nutrition science from around the globe.
Andrew now spends his time coaching others through food addiction through his courses, informal and informative Youtube videos, his blog and his steadily expanding Spud Fit community, along with Mandy. He is also a sought-after speaker and natural interviewer, hosting groundbreakers such as Rich Roll, James Aspey, Doug Lisle and Alan Goldhamer for his podcast.
DAY 7
Overcoming Obstacles
Fraser Bayley
The Shift: Turning Life's Biggest Challenges into Opportunities to Grow
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Fraser Bayley
Fraser was a former butcher back in Auckland, New Zealand before he left the industry to study Nutrition, Human Structure & Function and Personal Training at the University of Auckland and Auckland University of Technology.
Coming from a former life of severe mental health issues, Fraser has spent the past 15 years deeply immersed in psychology & the human mind. Being an INFJ on the Myers-Briggs personality test, he seeks to understand the human mind as much as possible! These concepts are heavily woven into how he teaches their students all around the world.
He enjoys nomadic living & travel in their RV, hiking & outdoors, reading & learning from people from all walks of life.
Shamiz Kachwalla
Gut health and unlocking your body's ability to heal even in the most dire circumstances
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Gut health and unlocking your body's ability to heal even in the most dire circumstances
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Shamiz Kachwalla
Shamiz Kachwalla (Co-founder of High Carb Health) suffered from this condition in 2012 and was told he would be on medications for life. When he found out how a plant based diet can help with the healing of Ulcerative Colitis, he implemented it as soon as possible. Shamiz has not taken a single pill since he was released from hospital and all his symptoms are now history.
Shamiz and his brother Shukul founded High Carb Health to share the knowledge they have learned from Shamiz’s experience as well as their studies at the Vibrant Health & Wealth Academy run by Dr. David Klein. Shukul and Shamiz are both Certified Wholistic Health & Natural Healing Counsellors.
They offer personalised education and coaching programs online, and face to face in Auckland, New Zealand, to help you prevent and reverse chronic disease as well as reach all your health and fitness goals.
Dotsie Bausch
An Underdog's Recipe for Success From The Oldest Olympic Medalist In Her Discipline
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An Underdog's Recipe for Success From The Oldest Olympic Medalist In Her Discipline
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Dotsie Bausch
Since concluding a prolific professional cycling career that produced a medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, eight U.S. national championships, two Pan American gold medals and a world record, Dotsie Bausch has become a powerful influencer for plant-based eating for athletes and non-athletes alike. Named one of the top 20 most influential vegans in the world by VegNews magazine, she uses her soapbox, and her degree in plant-based nutrition, to advocate for dietary justice, planet earth and animals.
Never one to shy away from facing staggering odds – just like she did in the Olympics while riding for Team USA, whose unlikely and triumphant story is chronicled in the Netflix documentary Personal Gold – she founded the non-profit Switch4Good. Switch4Good, an evidence-based nonprofit disrupting the disinformation Big Dairy feeds the public, works with health experts, athletes, social justice warriors, enlightened policymakers, and progressive corporations to promote ethical lifestyles and widespread behavioral change related to how we eat. Switch4Good launched in 2018 with a television commercial featuring six Olympians from four different countries who prove that cow’s milk is not part of a high-performance diet. The groundbreaking commercial aired on NBC during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies and on ABC during the Academy Awards broadcast; since its inception, its campaigns have reached 363 million people. Bausch is also one of the stars of the documentary The Game Changers directed by Oscar-winner Louie Psihoyos and executive produced by Oscar-winner James Cameron.
Bausch speaks passionately around the world, spreading her message about the numerous benefits – humane, nutritional and environmental – of plant-based eating. Long before embodying radiant health and becoming an influential game changer, Bausch struggled for years with severe eating disorders and a recreational drug habit, a combination that triggered a suicide attempt. It was during her recovery that she discovered her gift and love for the bike.
Dr. Kim Scheuer
Feeling the Pressure? Thriving in Social Situations without Compromising Your Health
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Feeling the Pressure? Thriving in Social Situations without Compromising Your Health
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Dr. Kim Scheuer
Kim Scheuer, MD, began her career as a traditional Family Practice physician. Despite eating healthier than most Americans and believing she was fit, she struggled with weight issues until age 47. While searching for a way to decrease her family history of cancer risk, Kim read The China Study. What she learned started a long and “fruitful” journey of discovering how to use a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet and Lifestyle Medicine to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic disease’s root causes. For the first time in her career, she could genuinely help herself and her patients heal rather than merely treat the symptoms of illnesses. One of her favorite parts of her new way of practicing medicine is to de-prescribe medications and help her patients become “younger every year” by adopting healthier lifestyle choices.
On her journey, Dr. Scheuer has transitioned from the traditional medical group she ran and worked in for twenty years in Aspen, Colorado, to her lifestyle medicine practice DOKS Lifestyle Medicine, and then partnering with the incredible providers at Plant Based Telehealth which is now called Love.Life Telehealth. She has also facilitated several very successful Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) courses.
Dr. Kim Scheuer is board certified in both Family Practice and Lifestyle Medicine. She is conversant in Spanish and American Sign Language. She is licensed to see patients in over 20 states.
Kim now lives and benefits from the lifestyle she recommends for her patients. She loves to share what she has learned with all who want to be healthier and happier.
DAY 8
Bouncing Back
Dr. Dawn Mussallem
The Power Of Second Chances: Overcoming Stage Four Cancer and A Heart Transplant
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The Power Of Second Chances: Overcoming Stage Four Cancer and A Heart Transplant
Learn MoreThe Power Of Second Chances: Overcoming Stage Four Cancer and A Heart Transplant
Dr. Dawn Mussallem
Dr. Mussallem is a consultant in the Division of Hematology Oncology at Mayo Clinic and Assistant Professor of Medicine. She is a lifestyle medicine breast cancer specialist at The Robert and Monica Jacoby Center for Breast Health and serves as Medical Director for Mayo Clinic Florida Humanities in Medicine. She is double-board certified, including a board certification in Lifestyle Medicine and has over 25 years of patient-centered clinical wellness experience. She has international recognition in the field of breast medicine, lifestyle medicine, integrative oncology, cancer survivorship, and a unique personal experience as a stage IV cancer patient diagnosed 3 months into medical school and in 2021 a heart transplant recipient. She shares that her journey as a patient cultivated her boundless energy and deep purpose to help patients flourish during and after adversity. In 2015, she founded the Integrative Medicine and Breast Health Program at Mayo Clinic Florida, a patient-centered program that works with breast cancer patients during and after a breast cancer diagnosis, introducing them early on to the importance of lifestyle optimization alongside conventional cancer treatments with a goal to reframe cancer as a “teacher of life,” leading patients to discover renewed vitality through healthier living. She is frequently invited to give keynote presentations and podcasts to international audiences, appear on radio and television shows, and has authored journal articles, abstracts, and other written publications. Her research focus includes the impact of whole-food, plant-based nutrition, and weight management on breast cancer outcomes; awareness of alcohol related breast cancer risk; and breast cancer survivorship quality of life.
In addition to her clinical and research activities, Dr. Mussallem is active in medical education, which includes director of the Lifestyle Medicine Residency Curriculum for the Mayo Clinic enterprise and co-director for the International Medical Breast Training Program. She serves on T. Colin Campbell Nutrition Studies Medical Advisory Board and is the Chief Executive Editor for the National Consortium of Breast Centers and Breast Wellness Magazine. Dr. Mussallem also serves as a physician for the Blue Zones Jacksonville Steering Committee.
In recognition of her work, Dr. Mussallem has received many awards and honors, including being named 2022 American College of Physicians Volunteerism in Medicine Award; 2021 Marquis Who’s Who in America Top Doctor for her leadership, dedication, and achievements in integrative oncology; 2020 Marquis Who’s Who in America; Mayo Clinic Patient Experience award; Mayo Clinic Florida Hospital Instructor of the Year.
On February 6, 2022, she became the 1st person in the world to run a full marathon 1 year from heart transplant and continues to run marathons. She is now working on completing the Abbott Majors.
Dr. Tania Lyon
The Ultimate Guide to Disarming and Reprogramming Your Food Triggers
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Dr. Tania Lyon
Tania has personal and professional experiences that make her uniquely qualified to help others on their journeys to transform shadows. Much of her educational career has centered on transformational learning. In 2020, Tania applied what she knew to transform herself.
Tania lost half her body weight, gained health, and found personal empowerment in learning to find answers that worked for her. Tania now shares her journey to help others. She focuses on the mental processes necessary to transform her own shadows and on the personal learning that she has done around health, wellness, and weight loss.
An award-winning educator, Tania has frequently presented at state and national educational conferences, particularly in the field of gifted education. Tania’s professional expertise includes creating educational resources and designing educational systems, including online learning systems. Tania is creating a variety of educational resources and is writing a book about her journey in her spare time.
Tania shares her health, wellness, and weight loss journey through her Transform Shadows social media channels, which include YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Her Transform Shadows story also centers on a process-based approach to personal change and self-improvement.
Currently, Tania is collaborating with Dr. Doug Lisle on a signature series for Transform Shadows called Eat When Hungry. The first episodes are available on her Transform Shadows YouTube channel.
Tania has her doctorate in Educational Leadership; a masters in Curriculum and Instruction; a K-12 principal license; and two certificates in gifted, creative, and talented education.
Matt Long
68 Units of Blood, 43 Surgeries, and an Ironman Finish - How to bounce back from the brink
Learn MoreMatt Long
68 Units of Blood, 43 Surgeries, and an Ironman Finish - How to bounce back from the brink
Learn More68 Units of Blood, 43 Surgeries, and an Ironman Finish - How to bounce back from the brink
Matt Long
In 2005, Matt Long was hit by a bus in New York City and given just a 1% chance of survival. After receiving 68 units of blood, Matt’s incredible determination, boosted by his background as a firefighter, marathon runner, and IRONMAN athlete, saw him through.
Facing painful rehab and over 40 surgeries, Matt battled his way back to fitness. He returned to marathons, IRONMAN events, cycling, and even set eight world records in indoor rowing. His book, public speaking engagements, and role as a fitness franchise owner continue to inspire many. Prepare for a story of exceptional survival and comeback.
Dr. Keary O'Connor
Physical Setbacks, Mental Comebacks - the Art of Resilience
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Dr. Keary O'Connor
Dr. Keary O’Connor is a board-certified family medicine physician who is also a diplomate of both the American Board of Obesity Medicine and the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. She has practiced in primary care for over 14 years and currently resides in Ohio. Dr. O’Connor is a graduate of Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and served on active duty in the U.S. Army where she began to develop her passion for whole food plant-based eating and using lifestyle interventions as treatment options for her patients.
Dr. O’Connor attended the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, Missouri and completed her residency at Metro Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was a Leadership and Integrative Healthcare Fellow at Duke University and received a Certificate in Medical Nutrition from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York and her Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.
Dr. O’Connor specializes in the prevention, reversal, and treatment of chronic, noncommunicable, diseases utilizing the six tenants of lifestyle medicine.
DAY 9
Building Your Future
Jayney Goddard
Rewind your body clock with someone who was given weeks to live
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Jayney Goddard
Jayney Goddard is one of the world’s leading experts in the fields of complementary medicine and natural health. She is a broadcaster, author, lecturer and journalist and an acknowledged thought leader in the health care arena.
Initially a ballerina, Jayney “accidentally” joined the circus as an aerial artiste, which required travel to some of the most far-flung and primitive places in the world. During this time, when there was no access to conventional medicines, she witnessed first-hand the phenomenal power of natural, folk medicines and it was this that inspired her to train in a range of complementary medical disciplines.
Jayney is now founder and president of The Complementary Medicine Association (The CMA) and founder and co-chair of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. She has a Master of Science post-graduate degree from UCLan, England; trained in Mind/Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School, USA, under Dr Herbert Benson (the “father” of Mind/ Body Medicine); and runs an international practice in which she uses a range of natural medicine approaches to help clients reach their fullest health potential.
Over the last 30 years, Jayney has dedicated her life to working with people suffering from chronic lifestyle-related conditions, as she herself experienced a life-threatening illness that left her wheelchair-bound for ten years. At her lowest point, she was in hospice care, weighing only 5.5 stone (35kg; 77lbs), and not expected to survive. As a result, she aged dramatically from a “biological” perspective, measuring in at 55 when she was, in reality, only 36. However, Jayney knew in her heart that she had the ability to beat the illness via natural methods, and she did! After coming up with all the recommendations that she writes about in her latest book; “Rewind Your Body Clock – The Complete Natural Guide to a Happier, Healthier, Younger You”, Jayney managed not only to get healthy – but also to rewind her own body clock in the process.
Dr. Evan Queler
Six Pillars To Transforming Health & Maximizing Longevity
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Dr. Evan Queler
Dr. Evan Queler is a fellowship-trained medical doctor, and double board-certified physiatrist, with expertise in Regenerative Pain & Lifestyle Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Queler is certified in medical acupuncture and a certified instructor of Power Yoga. He is passionate about helping his patients eliminate pain and optimize their mobility, function, health, and overall quality of life.
Dr. Evan Queler aims to maximize all non-surgical, non-opioid options for pain. He combines therapies like nutrition, acupuncture, prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma, and stem cell injections.
Dr. Suzannah Bozzone
Blue Zones: Ancient Wisdom from the Oldest, Healthiest Humans on the Planet
Learn MoreDr. Suzannah Bozzone
Blue Zones: Ancient Wisdom from the Oldest, Healthiest Humans on the Planet
Learn MoreBlue Zones: Ancient Wisdom from the Oldest, Healthiest Humans on the Planet
Dr. Suzannah Bozzone
Dr. Suzannah Bozzone is a board-certified family medicine physician who is fluent in English and Spanish. For over 17 years, she has worked extensively in the LatinX and refugee populations both abroad and in the U.S., including private and community clinics in Denver, Colorado, Sonoma, California, and Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee. In addition to her medical practice in Sonoma, she served as the medical director of wellness at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. Today, she works passionately to create employee wellness programs and community programs that inspire and empower people toward more vibrant, purpose-driven living.
Dr. Bozzone attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and completed her residency at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver, where she was chief resident and awarded the Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson College in North Carolina and has been recognized for her “infectious enthusiasm” at the University of Colorado as well as Davidson College. Dr. Bozzone also became a certified Forrest Yoga instructor in 2009 and a diplomate of the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine in 2017.
Dr. Bozzone specializes in chronic conditions including PCOS, weight struggles, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, digestive health, stress and overwhelm. She focuses on helping patients find joy in their journey toward their best self through nutrition, sleep, movement, stress management, and empowering health-optimizing behaviors.
Karla Freeze
How Karla Lost 236 Pounds... And the Life-Changing Truths She Unearthed Along the Way
Learn MoreKarla Freeze
How Karla Lost 236 Pounds... And the Life-Changing Truths She Unearthed Along the Way
Learn MoreHow Karla Lost 236 Pounds... And the Life-Changing Truths She Unearthed Along the Way
Karla Freeze
Karla was a 50-year-old woman, weighing 371 lbs when she was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes on January 19, 2008. Along with diabetes, she had high cholesterol, heart disease, and sleep apnea. These health issues were a wake-up call for her.
Despite her weight being a concern from her elementary school days, it wasn’t until this moment that she realized the severity of her situation. Determined to change, she initially followed a standard American diet but had limited success.
The real game-changer was when her mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2012. Scared and wanting to prevent this for herself, she started researching and found that a vegan diet could help. She turned vegan that Christmas.
The vegan diet helped with her weight and cholesterol, and incredibly, her diabetes was reversed. However, she was eating a lot of processed vegan foods and knew she could do better.
Her further research led her to a Whole Foods Plant-Based lifestyle in 2013. This focus on natural and minimally processed foods was the key she had been searching for.
After switching to this lifestyle, her health transformed: her cholesterol and diabetes were under control, she no longer needed medication or a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, and her overall physical health improved significantly. By sticking to this lifestyle, she managed to lose a total of 236 pounds since her diagnosis in 2008.
Today, Karla is passionate about guiding others through their own health journeys, hoping to make their paths a little easier than hers.
This summit is for you if:
Why this is so urgent
Food Supply
A study published in the journal "BMJ Open" found that ultra-processed foods make up around 58% of all of the calories in the U.S. diet. Unhealthy food is the common, cheaper and more convenient option. No wonder it's hard to eat healthfully even if you want to. (You'll discover how to make healthy the easy, delicious choice during the event - including cooking demos!)
Triggered
An NYU study highlighted that an average American is exposed to 4,000 to 10,000 ads daily. And when was the last time you saw an ad for broccoli? (There are ways to identify, disarm and even reprogram triggers and you'll learn them during the summit)
Doctors' Training
A study by UNC and Harvard found that "less than half of all schools report teaching any nutrition in clinical practice; practice accounts for an average of only
4.7 hours overall". In short: doctors don't know how to use nutrition for health. (You'll discover exactly what to stop, do and how to bounce back if you fall of the wagon).
Death on the Plate
Many cases of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's... are linked to what we eat. So many in fact, that renowned journal "The Lancet" concluded that dietary factors are now killing 11 million people globally each year. More than any other factor. (You'll discover how to eat for health and longevity and overcome the most common obstacles along the way.)
Stress
42 percent of people report being "stress eaters." This is not a sign of weakness but a natural consequence of our biology because 94% experience stress at work and processed foods are designed to artificially trigger our reward centers. (You'll get Tim and Heather's strategies to overcome cravings and emotional eating during the summit.)
Depression
Fighting for your health and life becomes harder and harder when you feel depressed and drained. Yet many factors of modern life skyrocket the likelihood of suffering from depression: obesity +55%, sedentary behavior +47%, prolonged social media use +60%. (During the summit you'll be inspired, find your why and take action because your outlook on life will change once you feel it's possible.)
The Norm
In today's day and age, normal means being overweight, have multiple chronic diseases and struggle for the last few decades of your life... No one deserves this but it's almost become accepted! So when you live a healthy life, you're by default going against the norm. (That's why it's so important to connect with other likeminded people and find support and the summit is a great place for that).
Health is the foundation of life. Yet it's under attack from every side. That's why we're teaming up with 36 experts to help you Thrive Against All Odds - FOR FREE.
Join 36 of the world's leading health experts and get a step-by-step plan to protect your health in this FREE 9-day online event
Your host
Tim Kaufman
Diagnosed with the rare Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) in his twenties, Tim faced a life of constant pain. By 37, he was trapped in a spiral, addicted to painkillers, booze, and junk food. Weighing over 400 pounds, even daily tasks became impossible and he relied on his wife's help for pretty much everything...
After losing two close family members, he realized that he'd be the next person his wife would have to bury and he was determined not to let that happen...
What followed is a story that was featured in Runners World Magazine, Good Morning America, Today, People, and many other media outlets.
In "Thrive Against All Odds," Tim is sharing all the struggles and the lessons he's learned along the way. And he's not alone: You'll hear from 36 health experts - many of which are Tim's heroes and you'll get to learn from them first-hand.
"You're not alone!"
What you're about to discover can change your life. It did for Tim, Heather (his wife), all the success stories you'll meet, and now it's your turn!
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