Mom had her heart attack at 81. I moved her in with me, introduced her to plant based whole foods and she began to thrive. She died a few months ago at the astonishing age of 103 ½. Her doctors at first told me she would likely have another and the next would be fatal. Or a stroke. But we proved them wrong! Especially as no one in her family back to the 1920s, which she still remembered, lived much into in their 70s.

@sunmoon-84

4 ай бұрын

The connection with you would have been a major factor as well:)

@brooksrogers1975

4 ай бұрын

@@sunmoon-84 Absolutely. We had a great run for 22 years. Full of adventures. Even at 101 we went to Washington DC, where she'd never been before, and was honored at the Military Women's Memorial, as a "living legend"

@smb437

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing this amazing story. My mom had a stroke a few weeks ago that was caused by blood clots from AFib in her heart. After probing her neurologist, he mentioned that plant based eating would help her recover. I’m already convinced of the benefits of plant based eating however my mom has never been on board. I don’t want to feel like I’m forcing it on her, but I know this is right. She just came home today so we are weening her off of seafood and headed into plant based eating. Your story has inspired me to keep going down this path with her.

@brooksrogers1975

4 ай бұрын

@@smb437All the best to you and your Mom for a speedy recovery. Having such great support will help a tremendous amount. Mom always got to choose what she wanted to eat, and after such great plant-based meals during the week, she began to lose her taste for the steaks she liked to have weekly, bacon-wrapped, no less. Was less than a year before she said goodbye to beef completely. She had salmon when we went out, but that, too, began to wane after a few years. "I just don't want it anymore." Will be thinking of you and wishing both of you and all your family the best. 💜

@anthonyrussell4888

4 ай бұрын

Right on!😊

I love that this fellow admits he fell off the wagon but got back to eating plant base. Humble and healthy! Soooooo proud of him!

I'm going to be 77 this year and according to my last wellness exam my chance of having a cardiovascular event is 1.3%. Vegan/plant based since 1986 and will never go back.

@fyrish100

4 ай бұрын

Wow ,that’s great

@wifeofkhan9375

4 ай бұрын

🤩 Good for you!! I wish I’d been plant based since 1986! That would be the majority of my life 😋 🌱 🥬

@markportier5466

2 ай бұрын

You’re my role model - and a hero to all animals. Thanks for sharing.

When I was 61 I had a stroke that left my right side completely paralyzed. With my personality, I wasn't going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life and I worked so hard to eventually get use of my arm, hand, and leg working again. It wasn't easy but I wouldn't give up. Anyway, since then I've done some researching, watched some important documentaries (one of which was Forks Over Knives), and made a decision to go WFPB. Well, not only am I able to do everything physically that I could prior to when I was 61, but I actually feel younger! The only negative is that I still have to work on my balance to get back to where it was but I can walk, run, and ride a bike. I'm now 71.

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

Yoga practice is great 4balance improvement 👍🏽

@anthonyrussell4888

4 ай бұрын

Congratulations!!!😊

@anthonyrussell4888

4 ай бұрын

​@@ceolbeats7182I love Power Yoga.

At 50 I started to have health problems. At 58 I was getting more serious health problems including daily chest pain and severe pain in my legs. I started a whole food plant based diet and now at 71 I have no health problems and I’m on no meds. A whole food plant based diet works.

My Dad was in the hospital for pneumonia, and when I visited they brought his lunch ( French fries and chicken strips) My sisters and I started bringing all his meals.

I am 65 my numbers are perfect. Primary physician uses my experience to help her patients with WPBL love this channel.

@andanssas

4 ай бұрын

Great to know! What does your physician say and how does she help them?... I'd like my physicians to behave like that, but all get so baffled with my blood analysis that they focus mostly on iron and tell me I need to eat meat... Only the last one told me that I was healthy and she thought it was ridiculous for the previous physician (she was replacing her absence) to ask me for blood tests each 5 months and being so concerned over nothing.

I’m a 75 and a vegan for 8 yrs. I knew a lot of Bobs information, but I still learned a lot from this interview. I’m going strong with great vitals along with regimented exercise activity. When I go off plan, I really do feel it. It is soooo worth the effort. I’ve been told many times I look 10 yrs younger. Works for me! Thank you both for the information share.

I love this guys honesty!!! Thank you for telling us about your relapses and how you got healthy again… it gives me hope. Good speaker!

I always love what Dr. Greger says about moderation: moderation is just hitting yourself with a smaller hammer. I had to think about this when Mr. Madison was talking about moderation and if he hasn't heard that one yet I think it will give him a chuckle.

@wifeofkhan9375

4 ай бұрын

Ha! Gregor- so funny 😅

Wow wow wow what a great interview! I could listen to Bob all day long. Proud of you keep it up you’re such a motivator!!!💪

Another great interview 👍 So grateful to hear the real life experiences of a fallible human- who is a ( thankfully still) living testament to what plants can do… if we just get out if their way and let them do their stuff True gent 👍 Thank you, too, Chuck for being a great listener and allowing him to just speak - a rare quality abd v much appreciated ❤️👍❤️

@haroldmajor6834

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤lola😊

A great interview, and thank you Chuck for bringing all these people on your show to help us learn what the Proper Human Diet really is. Thank you for listening and not interrupting your guest.

Inspiring talk! He is a shining example of what a person over 70 can achieve. It's my opinion that the artificial flavour enhancers and chemicals that the fast food manufacturers add is the reason that even years after eliminating these foods you still crave them.

@justwhistlinpixie

4 ай бұрын

Defintely, food scientists are employed whose whole jobs revolve around making processed foods as addictive as possible. It is literally a topic of scientific study that brings in big bucks.

So inspiring, thank you both of you! I want to eat like this with Dr. Brooke Goldner’s hyper nourishment plan. Her protocol healed me of some things & I want to eat WFPB continuing a lb of raw spinach/crucíferous & a lot of flax/chia seeds & water.

Wow, the willpower!

You Guys are GOD SENT ,i share it now with all my friends Thank you so much

Fantastic interview! Bob is such an INSPIRATION!

Boy i can relate to those falls. I was WFPB for 7 years. Numbers PERFECT. WEIGHT WAS GREAT EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL. Then I got cocky. I figured one cheat meal is not going to hurt me. I went out and really did it up. The very next day I jumped right back on and I was great. Then I thought to myself this is simple I have it licked. I can cheat once in a while and be good the rest of the time. Well one cheat meal turned into two and that turned into three and before you know it I was at McDonald's and Pizza Hut and Chinese restaurants not eating steamed broccoli. Weight shot back up numbers went the crap it was horrible. I'm on my third week of the whole food plant-based lifestyle hopefully I can stay here

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

Check out The Happy Pear 5&10 min meals, an Will Young has healthy Chinese recipes👍🏽

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

Check out The Happy Pear 5&10 min meals, an Will Young has healthy Chinese recipes👍🏽

Very inspiring interview 🙌. So happy for you Bob that you were able to stick with it and enjoy the benefits of your choice 💪. I am 40 and have been plant based for 8 years now and also enjoying the benefits of my choice! My parents are in their 70's but won't listen to me unfortunately 😔. Chuck, is there a possibility in the future that people will be able to watch the exam room in other languages (using CC)? My parents live in Brazil and don't speak English. It would be awesome if the information we get from your interviews could be spread across the world in different languages too!

Loved him!!!

I was at that same Plantrician Conference that year. It was wonderful and reinforced my journey also. 😊

@debbiejohnson4034

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this interview, I needed to hear this today?

Awesome guy. Awesome interview. Good work, Chuck.

Inspiring interview.

Another awesome Interview, Chuck! Love this guy, his story, and his ongoing efforts! A great inspiration and great recipes too.

Love your channel!

let food by your medicine

Another great broadcast thank you PCRM😊

Outstanding.

I am loving this episode. Very inspiring. Congrats to Bob. The recipes look yummy. Will check out the bean company.😊

@johnskisan

4 ай бұрын

Bob, it still looks like your triglyceride/ HDL need improvement.

I was on the Macdougal program , it did help, but using my BG meter found out it stayed high 9.1 so I stopped the high starch foods such as corn, potatoes, and corn , boom with in 4 days my BG testing finger pricks 3 times a day went from 9.1 to 5.4 on the meter, I guess one size does not fit all . and yes I lost weight from 191 to 163 pounds in a month , that's 28 pounds ,

Chuck, you are such a great inyerviewer!

May not have learnt anything new but the enthusiasm definitely helped me get back on track! Could have listened to him for hours. Love the real life stories

Thank you, valuable information!

I appreciate your honesty. I too have fallen off the wagon. Many times. It's encouraging to see you just keep picking yourself up and going again. It is encouraging me to keep on trying. Thanks. Great interview.

Bob, total gym is my go to machine ❤️ too.

What an absolute load of information! I’ve just found this channel and I’m already a bit perplexed as to where I would get any of these ingredients. I’m in Canada and will have to do some research! Very encouraging podcast.

@g.e.boroush5176

4 ай бұрын

Ingredients are potatoes, corn, rice, grains like barley, beans, legumes (lentils), greens like lettuce, collards, broccoli, zucchini, winter squash, fruits like bananas, oranges, berries, peaches. Are you trying to tell us that you can't find these ingredients in a grocery store in Canada?

@donehrlich4553

4 ай бұрын

Never forget: Recipes are meant to be altered. Experiment ... there are usually ways to 'follow' a recipe using whatever you happen to have on hand and don't be afraid to fail.

This was a great interview and Bob you being so honest and have inspired me to get back on that track of eating plant based again .

Bravo!!! Bravo!!! 👍🤗🌿✔️ The true heros don't torture or rape the helpless creatures to stay healthy!!!

Good knowledge. Thanks a lot.👌🏻

Amazing interview

Chuck, Please thank Dr. Will B his gut health info life changing for me. My poo bristol chart perfect easily two three times daily I'm not kidding my system like fine turn train coming full steam ahead. 🥳💖

We do have a Hospital in Az that has changed to a lot of plant choices you get to order and it tells if it is heart kidney safe. But Barrows I ended up in had nothing I could eat so I didn’t.

The knowledge of how mistreated animals are treated is the reason, that I would NEVER go out for a bacon cheese burger.

Vegan since May 1, 2005 due to health issues at age 58. I got sick and tired of taking care for my seriously sick husband. After a month I was weaned from all meds. No regrets, no more meds for 18+ years now.

@top1cat01

4 ай бұрын

Now ask how many supplements you squeezing in B1 etc.

@top1cat01

4 ай бұрын

I remember being vegan and I was a massive supplement addict and spent so much money and my skin cream requirements also went through the roof.. get rid of the plants and replace it with meat I’d bet your health would skyrocket further.. ya just don’t know it! Coming from x plant based of almost 15 yrs.

@top1cat01

4 ай бұрын

Bacon and eggs- garbage it’s not the problem it’s what you’re putting on them..

Just watched Forks Over Knives! Amazingly inspiring documentary on the plant-based diet he talks about. I'm gonna stop with meat protein from now on and get started on plant-based. Its mainly fish and eggs I have to cut down on now. And dairy! ;) So it shouldn't be that hard.

@donehrlich4553

4 ай бұрын

You are on a mission for the rest of your life. Consciously seek out continuing inspiration from leaders like Dr Esselstyn, Dr Ornish, and others. This can be a difficult path but never forget you have many supporters who are interested in and genuinely care about you and your progress.

@CT2507

4 ай бұрын

@@donehrlich4553 I have dabbled in veganism before for like 6 months, but didn't take it seriously and I felt I didn't get enough energy, so I went back to meat and dairy. But this time I am much more determined to get it right!

Awesome!

Awesome The honesty is great. Inspirational I need these books.I can't do that kind of exercise now and I'm 52. Your recipes look good

Title needs an update for age 74 years but again great interview.

Wish you all the best. May Almighty God bless you and grant you long life as you are expecting.

My friend improved his time to run 100 km by 1.5 hrs without extra training when he went whole plant based. A whole plant based diet isn’t only for the sick. As an aging (64 year old) WPB athlete myself who regularly sweats I cannot do the no salt. Without adequate salt my running times are slow, light headedness, fuzzy thinking. I prepare all my own foods so I know how much salt I get. I need the RDI of 5000 mg I would love to know the opinion of other WPB athletes.

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

Type in Vegan multi marathon runners 👍🏽

@plantpoweredcertifiednutri6740

4 ай бұрын

The RDI of sodium is 2300, not 5000. 5000 is way too much!

@jimatsydney

4 ай бұрын

​​​@@plantpoweredcertifiednutri6740Salt and sodium are not the same thing. Salt is comprised of two chemicals sodium and chlorine (as in chloride). 5000 g of salt is roughly 3000g of chloride and 2000g of sodium.

@jimatsydney

4 ай бұрын

​@@plantpoweredcertifiednutri6740we need chloride ions so the stomach can produce hydrogen ions and in combination this creates HCL acid. Stomach acid is used to break down proteins into amino acids. The rdi for chloride is 3000 mg. It could be argued that people on a plant only diet need more stomach acid because the plant proteins are more interspersed with fibre.

@plantpoweredcertifiednutri6740

4 ай бұрын

@@jimatsydney Salt / sodium both do the same type of damage to our arteries. They are both vasoconstrictors which constrict blood flow and causes hardening of our arteries.

Am 65 next month and am a stroke survival of a stroke for 9 years and am still having stiffness issues in my left hand cannot hold anything or extend the arm any advice, please

@belindadavid3241

4 ай бұрын

I had a cerebellar stroke 6 months ago and my two of my problem is, I cannot extend my arm above my shoulder plus my balance. 😢

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

@@belindadavid3241Take up yoga 🦾

Please tell me the dates and locations of these plant conferences. Im 83, retired RN, my relatives have all except one, died in their 60’s. I own a lot of the books, eat mostly plant based, have trouble letting go of oil, eggs, salt, sugar….have hypertension, enlarged thick heart, sedentary …..fortunately no strokes, heart attacks, or pain yet ….but fearful of those things happening, but low self control….need help!…because I feel the same as Bob….I want to do something useful for someone before I die! 👍

@bonnieolson80

4 ай бұрын

What are the names of these meetings?

It depends on the situation, if they're overweight because of a disability that causes obesityn like the perso who has a condition that causes her thighs to get big. Then there’s injuries where people have limited movement etc. So telling someone you never met until you see them in a store or something that you use to be fat is tricky. Be careful

Cranberry beans are from colombia they are called cargamento, they're delicious

Domingo means Sunday. So Sunday Red Beans.

My grandpa lived too 100 years old, and he walked until he was 99 years old, and he ate bacon and eggs every day. Never had a heart attack or stroke .

Not a fan how he approached the mother about her daughter's weight. Mama bear mode can be a doozy!

@melyndaduh3501

4 ай бұрын

When we are new converts we can go a little bit crazy. He realizes now there was a better approach. (But then again, who knows that he didn't jolt some awareness into Mama Bear. 🤷🏾‍♀️)

@Katgirl2024

4 ай бұрын

I have a friend who has a daughter when she was 8 she was put on cholesterol medicine. 8. I was dumbfounded. But it's not my kid. She wouldn't have taken it well.

Eating rubbish is taking yourself out the back and beating yourself up.

Bob, I heard you said on this interview that your LDL is 30 something. Was your doctor concerned about a number below 50? My LDL is 38 and my doctor is concerned and would like to bring it up to 50 ( which according to him is the lowest it should be 🤔) I have no interest in adding saturated fats to my diet but also not sure if someone can live healthfully with a number this low 🤔.

@timyurek9036

4 ай бұрын

My cardiologist wants to get mine below 30. Look up some top lipidologists like Tom Dayspring or Dan Rader. No specialists in lipidology agree with your doctor. The lower, the better. Check out podcasts with lipidologists.

@fabic1567

4 ай бұрын

@@timyurek9036 Wow! How interesting! Thank you for sharing 🙏. I'll look that up!

@bobmadison3167

4 ай бұрын

My doctor thought it was awesome!

@fabic1567

4 ай бұрын

@@bobmadison3167 Hello! Thank you for replying 🙏. That' so great to hear that! It makes me feel more at ease knowing other people are having the same "low" numbers as I am and their doctors not being worried about it. Thank you so much for sharing 🤗

The retreat is like $3500-$4500. That’s not accessible to the average person lol

@lilydauber3147

4 ай бұрын

The average person should begin to stop eating: Ultra processed foods No sugar/salt/oils Simple carbs Begin daily: Hydrating well with purified water….no plastic bottled water. Eat a Whole Foods plant based diet. See below. Exercise/walk 30 mins daily. Do 15 mins twice daily is also effective. Get consistent quality sleep of 7-8 hours nightly. Meditate/prayers/decompress stress Be loving and forgiving. ***** WFPB diet aka G-BOMBS GREENS BEANS/LEGUMES ONIONS (red and raw) MUSHROOMS (cooked) BERRIES SEEDS/NUTS

@wendyhannan2454

4 ай бұрын

I agree .

Bob, why don't you make T-shirts with your before and now on them, so you are already informing them where you are coming from when you approach them❓

You can not do "moderation" with any addiction!!

That quick breakfast sounds good with spinach and kiwi

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🙏♥️😘

I am trying to follow a vegan diet. But no oil seems really tough, especially making Indian recipes

@jimfus6833

4 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. Unless you're really sick and need to make an immediate change you can ease into it over time. You're 95% of the way there.

@ryanhathaway8344

4 ай бұрын

Check out broccoli mum she just put out an oil-free WFPB Indian cookbook that's pretty good she lived in India and designed it with her sister-in-law who is from india. Don't be too hard on yourself ease into it. Just find recipes you like without oil and fade out the ones with oil little by little.

@mpramakumar7706

4 ай бұрын

I am also an Indian. I follow total plant based diet called NDS ( Natural Diet System ). I hardly use oil. Most of my eating intake is Surya ahaar or suncooked food which means only fruits, fresh fruit juices, green juices, veg juices and boiled pulses or whole grains or some vegs ( which can not be eaten raw like potato, sweet potato ). No oil at all. I feel absolutely great. I am 67.

@RK-tf8pq

4 ай бұрын

I am an Indian, who is on whole food plant based diet. I don’t use any oil while cooking, but I understand that some spices impart better flavor when cooked in oil (as spices have some fat soluble aromatic compounds). So unless you have some serious condition, you can add a little oil while cooking spices. A little oil (say about one teaspoon) in the whole pot of curry enough for several people should not be a problem. You may use a smaller container when you are cooking spices in oil, so that less oil is needed to cover the spices. By the way, I can get pretty good flavors from spices even without oil, but may be some people may want enhanced flavor.

Do the healthy burgers, nachos, nice cream, etc.

The plant based diet is far superior to the standard American diet or the American Heart Association recommendations because refined carbs and sugars are minimised but it is not long term healthy. Plants do not want to be eaten. We've evolved over millions of years as meat eaters, we've only had settled cultivation for 10,000 years where it was possible to produce a surplus. The grains grown now have been dramatically altered during the last 40 years (see William Davis - Wheat Belly).

Bob, you can't approach strangers about their weight : ) And please don't start cheating on your new lifestyle again!

@bobmadison3167

4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Angie! Much love to you!

I just don't understand how he lowered his A1C on the diet. I'm a former diabetic and struggling to feel satisfied on a plant-based diet without adding carbs like oats and beans. Oats and beans do nothing but raise my glucose. And without them, I just get too hungry.

@nsudatta-roy8154

4 ай бұрын

You can likely follow a very low glycemic protocol to satisfy your cravings, whilst lowering triglycerides. Look into some of the Lepticore products. Any individual products using this should also have a study supporting it. Incidentally, you can also do a pubmed search to find supporting studies.

@HikingUtah

4 ай бұрын

@@nsudatta-roy8154 Well, okay. I was addressing the plant-based diet being recommended in this video and this channel. Yes, I could use a low glycemic diet, like the one I used to reverse my diabetes. And I could add medication. But those aren't reason to think this diet will lower your A1C. Also, I routinely use pubmed to find studies. But it isn't entirely clear to me what study you are recommending here I look for.

@g.e.boroush5176

4 ай бұрын

Add lentils and mushrooms together with lots of greens like collards (or kale if you enjoy kale). These foods together will not overly-spike your blood sugar but keep your hunger at bay. If you do get hungry, eat another bowl.

@HikingUtah

4 ай бұрын

@@g.e.boroush5176 I eat mushrooms by the truck full. I love 'em but they are low calorie. I eat tons of kale but need to limit other greens (oxalates). Lentils are like beans: They are higher calorie but also a lot of carbs. I'll continue to test how much I can eat of foods like beans and lentils. But so far, it seems like I should avoid them.

@RK-tf8pq

4 ай бұрын

You may probably already know this, but I was wondering if you tried putting cooked beans through cooling and reheating cycle(s) to increase resistance starch (resistance starch is similar to fiber and does not metabolize and is also prebiotics for gut bacteria). The amount of resistance starch (which is converted from starches in beans, potatoes, rice, etc) increases with the number of freezing and reheating cycles. By preparing this way, you might be able to consume small quantities of beans. I have no diabetes, but I always make enough quantities of starchy vegetables, brown basmati rice etc, for two meals. I refrigerate leftovers and eat again next day after reheating in order to get resistance starch for my gut bacteria. Lentils have a low glycemic index of 35. And can be subjected cooling/heating cycles to increase resistance starch and thus can probably reduce sugar spike somewhat.

It seems that once we cut out the junk foods health increases

Moderation kills.

obesity has been normalized and accepted as the norm. So many cannot give up their animal flesh addiction and twisted belief they become unhealthy.

But at least you put the bug in that little girl's mom's ear....... she might do something about it..... eventually.

Edit this I couldn't get through the first few minutes. Speed it up guy

Great story! He, as an INHC, I'm sure he was informed of bio-individuality. I'm.75 into this video and not one recognition of this fact. There are many MDs here of YT that have similarly reversed many conditions without doing a 100% plant based diet. As a Health Coach, I just wished he was more balanced in his delivery.

@winonadavies9201

4 ай бұрын

I work with eating disorders as a therapist and yes bio individuality is an important reality but I've never known anyone to do well on a SAD. Even other recognized health approaches agree that eating more vegetables, fruits and whole foods is critical to health.

@nsudatta-roy8154

4 ай бұрын

@@winonadavies9201 I don't think anyone can thrive on industrial food-like substances that largely make up the SAD.

Good Podcast Chuck, but that Guy didn't not lean in live how serious his health is, no sympathy with him, where's his wife not to see what's he eating.

I’d trash the plant side and go with meat and I’d think that the overall agreement is on processed food, sugar and seed oil elimination.

Sure you can eat like this for a few years but you are likely to fail again. Eat nothing but meat like I have and never have to worry about falling off. My bmi is 19. My weight is 132 @ 5'6". My age is 73 plus a few months. Havent had any processed foods in almost 2 years. I walked 1800 miles last year and have already walked an average of 5 miles a day this year. My heart rate is 52 bpm. BP is in the good range. Haven't gone to a doctor in 12 years. See no rreason to poke the boar by getting the pill pushers all excited that I'm not making them money by taking their drugs. Just ask yourself this question Vegans: If this plant food is so good for you why are you wanting that bacon/cheeseburger? Why is every child having to be forced to those vegetables? We are designed by nature to eat meat as it supplies all the material to keep our bodies work at high levels of activity. How many vegans would it to take down an elephant with spears?For those vegans who state that they would never harm that elephant: What if it were destroying your garden?

@ceolbeats7182

4 ай бұрын

Your SO funny🤣 an on wrong site😂