Adhering to a plant-based diet is a real and powerful way to prevent chronic lifestyle diseases.

“You know my sense is that you know it is very real and very powerful and I've lived it myself and hosted many people with you know similar experiences and experts like yourself.”

A plant-predominant or plant-exclusive diet is optimal for both human and planetary health.

“in terms of the optimal diet that considers both human and planetary health, the hard science is actually quite clear that we should and actually must be moving towards a diet that is as plant-exclusive as possible.”

A plant-exclusive diet provides health outcomes comparable to other healthy dietary patterns like the Mediterranean diet.

“what we can say pretty confidently is that a plant exclusive diet or vegan diet, if we want to call it that, is associated with great long-term health outcomes. not necessarily better than but comparable to things like a Mediterranean diet or DASH diet or these other healthy dietary patterns.”

He believes that a plant-based diet is optimal fuel for human beings and supports athletic performance.

“And I feel like we've evolved to eat plants and run, those two basic things. And if you want to be the most natural human form that has sprung forth from this earth to do whatever, but if you want to get in touch with that natural human essence of that being that you're supposed to be, I feel like r”

A plant-based diet is a superior way of eating that provides better health, increased energy, and optimal recovery from injury compared to a conventional diet.

“My arms started healing up. My tendonitis just started disappearing overnight. I was like, oh my gosh. I was able to do all kind of pushups and I was doing hundreds of pushups. My bench press went up to, from like, I was able to, before when I was hurting the tendonitis, I can only bench press like ”

A plant-based diet consisting of whole grains, greens, nuts, and beans is a primary factor for increased longevity.

“The four pillars of every longevity diet in the world are what I'm going to tell you now took me 8 years to figure out. Uh so, the four things are whole grains of every kind, greens, nuts. If you're eating a handful of nuts a day, it's probably adding 2 years to your life expectancy. And beans.”