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The Flirty Vegan
Hosted by Vegan Lifestyle Coach: Jenny Cheifetz · EN
Formerly known as Sideline Sisters, THE FLIRTY VEGAN is THE destination for current and aspiring vegans and vegetarians. You will hear inspiring and important conversations about all aspects of veganism -- the deliberate decision to honor animals, the conservation and appreciation of the planet and natural resources, and the compassion we feel toward the world and our health. Settle in and prepare to be educated, awed, and excited by stories of kindness and grace, determination and grit, and challenge and resilience. Going vegan isn't the easiest choice... but it's the most loving one.
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Ditch prescriptions for plants: Dr. Michael Greger shares his top 3 diet winners and losers
1w ago00:36:49Tap to summarize☕If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🍪BEST COOKIE RECIPE!👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a FREE CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterA 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, How Not to Diet, and How Not to Age 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.GET EVERYTHING DR. GREGER HEREThe Juicy Bits:Early lifestyle physician Nathan Pritikin was the first to say that you can reverse heart disease.In 1990, Dr. Dear Ornish was the first to show on imaging heart disease reversal.The definition of good health is the absence of disease and disability, but with vitality and good mental health, and without misery and pain.We are such a sick society that people don't know how good they can feel. People associate normal with being unhealthy.Moses Maimonides: "No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means." Diet is the safe, simple, side effect-free solution you can add to any treatment plan. 106,000 Americans diet from medications every year! We suppress our natural healing process when we take lots of meds.Obesity is not a moral failing; it is a battle against biology. We are living in a toxic food environment with excess calories while we're bombarded with ads for junk. Obesity dramatically reduces life span.We can de-crap our diets by eating green, leafy vegetables, groats, and spices like turmeric, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and vinegar.3 things to add to your diet today: green, leafy veggies, legumes, and berries. 3 things to remove ASAP: trans-fats, processed meats, and liquid candy.Dr. Greger's favorite food: purple sweeet potatoes! Try them as fries or frozen and added to smoothies.**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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What happens when you live in alignment with your values? Danielle and Josh Hanosh opened a sanctuary!
3w ago01:00:32Tap to summarize☕ If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🍪BEST COOKIE RECIPE!👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a FREE CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterAs the Co-Founder and Executive Director of LEAP and Co-Founder of Blackberry Creek Sanctuary, Danielle Hanosh is a pioneer for the next generation of leaders in wildlife conservation, climate solutions, and animal advocacy. With a teaching credential, MA in Education, ten years of experience as a public school teacher, and over a decade running a sanctuary for rescued animals, she is uniquely positioned to help young people think critically about issues impacting animals, humans, and the environment and to channel their learning into positive societal change through political activism, storytelling, and ethical lifestyle education. Danielle also serves on the board of wildlife NGO, Women for Wolves, advocating for compassionate conservation at CA Senate and Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Hearings, and helps with youth animal advocacy education.Joshua Hanosh is the Vice President at Three29, a digital marketing and web development agency where he helps companies rethink how they show up in a world increasingly shaped by AI-driven discovery.Outside of work, Josh genuinely enjoys being active and present in the world around him. You’ll usually find him in the gym, out on a run, playing golf, or traveling to places where adventure is a given. He’s always been drawn to experiences that create space to think, reset, and reconnect.His interest in veganism is rooted in a broader curiosity about how we live, consume, and coexist. That’s led to him co-founding Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary, where he supports efforts to care for rescued animals and give them a better life, as well as LEAP (Leaders for Ethics, Animals, and the Planet), an organization focused on advancing compassionate, sustainable systems through education and advocacy.At the core of it all, Josh is interested in alignment, between what we believe, how we live, and the impact we have.https://leapforanimals.orghttps://blackberrycreek.orgThe Juicy Bits:We don't know where food comes from and we don't know how our choices impact the planet.Question things that don't make sense."The fact that I exist causes harm." Become conscious and do the least harm possible. The majority of soy grown feeds animals. If we sourced the soy directly to feed humans, we'd reduce harm to animals, preserve wildlife, help conservation efforts, and solve the global hunger crisis. It's good to be mindful of how we live and not just blindly follow traditions and culture.Get involved with existing animal sanctuaries.There is a mental health epidemic affecting adults and children. Being outside, connecting with nature, and unplugging from tech is critical. The LEAP program doesn't teach compassion, IT FOSTERS WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.FFA and 4H have a lot of great attributes, but the animals raised end up slaughtered or bred.We CAN live happy, healthy lives without taking the life of an animal.We're caught up that every bite has to be amazing. Food is fuel. The essence of traditional foods is to bring us together in community, so just because it's plant-based doesn't mean we lose the love and connection. We get to save lives!Favorite foods: vegan donuts and baked goods (seek out local options), oatmeal or muesli with powdered peanut butter, vegan bowls, Uncle Eddie's cookies, Hodo tofu, Ben & Jerry's nondairy ice cream**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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The COMPASSION Continuum: What happens when we start caring?
4w ago00:17:53Tap to summarize☕If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🍪BEST COOKIE RECIPE!👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a FREE CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterMy interview with BRITTANY BROWN**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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Is Your Dinner Causing Your Demise?? Nutrition researcher and PCRM founder Dr. Neal Barnard with all the facts
May 1301:04:33Tap to summarizeIf you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕☎️Book a FREE CONSULTATION CALL 👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⭐️Get the newsletterNeal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC. He has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, hormonal symptoms, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking NIH-funded study that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. His most recent book, The Power Foods Diet, shows how certain foods influence the appetite and metabolism to facilitate weight control.The Juicy Bits:Just because something is culturally normal does not mean it's healthy, a good use of time, or ethical.People ARE NOT naturally carnivores. Our closest relatives are apes and they do not eat meat.Young people eating meat won't exhibit signs of disease...YET. Science shows that a meat-based diet is strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and diabetes.Plant-based diets have NO CHOLESTEROL. They get fat out of the muscles and liver cells, helping weight loss, blood sugar and blood pressure reduction, increased energy, and improved digestion.Doctors shouldn't meet patients where they're at... because it doesn't help them and there isn't a reward.Having something every once in a while reawakens desires and doesn't allow body to detox. MODERATION IS ONLY GOOD FOR GOOD THINGS. If something hurts the body, YOU DON'T WANT IT AT ALL.Traditional doctors don't know nutrition. They die of the same diseases as their patients.GLP-1 meds are there to counteract maladaptive habits at great expense... horrible side effects and increased premiums for everyone else, including medicare tax.In 1909, the average American at 3.8 pounds of cheese per year. Today, it's 40 pounds per person per year, propelling the obesity epidemic.We hand down bad habits generationally.Biggest killers are heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, and nutrition plays a role in all of them. Just because family members have these diseases doesn't mean you will. Eat plants.Cruelty is intrinsic to ALL LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS EVERYWHERE, regardless of which animal it is. Chickens only get to live 6 weeks before they're slaughtered, and Americans eat 1 MILLION CHICKENS PER HOUR!People on plant-based diets live longer, healthier, slimmer, more energetic lives.Don't know where to start? Find a book and go out to eat at an ethnic restaurant.Dr. Barnard's favorite vegan foods: jalapeno burritos and sushi (miso soup, salad, vegetable rolls)PCRM websiteBarnard Medical CenterDr. Barnard's books**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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What you need to know about our FOOD SYSTEM with Food Empowerment Project founder Lauren Ornelas
Apr 2901:09:21Tap to summarize☕If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a FREE CONSULTATION CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterLauren Ornelas is the founder and General Programs Team Member of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for farm workers, works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and encourages people not to buy chocolate sourced from the worst forms of child labor, including slavery. She has been active in the animal rights movement since 1987, having started the first high school animal rights group in San Antonio, Texas, and then Action for Animals, a group she launched in college and that is still active in Austin. In 1999, lauren was asked by Viva!UK to start and run Viva!USA in 1999. As the leader of Viva!USA, lauren investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns, working with activists nationwide. In cooperation with other activists, lauren persuaded Trader Joe’s to stop selling duck meat, convinced Pier 1 Imports to stop using feathers, and was the spark that got the former CEO of Whole Foods Market to become a vegan. She also helped halt the construction of an industrial dairy operation in California. In addition, lauren served as campaign director with the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition for six years. Watch lauren’s TEDx talk on The Power of Our Food Choices.Food Empowerment Project Links:Website: foodispower.orgInstagram: @foodempowermentprojectFacebook: www.facebook.com/foodempowermentproject/Bluesky: @foodispower.bsky.socialThreads: @foodempowermentprojectLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/foodempowermentprojectGet Lauren's CHOCOLATE APPLauren's TEDXThe Juicy Bits:Young children have empathy toward animals, but it's pushed out of them.No matter the label, animals are transported and slaughtered in horrible conditions. If you care that much, you need to take that extra step.What does sustainable mean to you? It should mean every living being can live life fully with dignity and respect.Once you start thinking outside yourself, it opens you up to thinking of others. If we have the privilege to think about our food choices, then we have a responsibility to do better.When looking at the food system, every step of the way there are humans exploited. It is important to make informed decisions and speak out.The FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT focuses on: veganism for the animals, anti-dairy efforts, farm worker justice, and lack of access to healthy foods.CHOCOLATE IS A LUXURY. Try not to support industries that enslave, abuse, and traffic people.Food is a tool for social change. There is so much power with food.Lauren's favorite foods: Thai and Mexican, popcorn, French fries**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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Granola with Global Impact: Celebrating EARTH DAY with Rooted Living founder Rachel Domb
Apr 1501:11:59Tap to summarizeIf you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterRachel Domb is the founder of Rooted Living, a plant-based snack company redefining the wasteful and unhealthy packaged food industry with healthy plant-based snacks packaged in 100% biodegradable packaging. A recent Northeastern University graduate in 'the Sustainable Business of Food', she’s on a mission to build a plastic-free pantry and create food that’s better for both people and the planet.The Juicy Bits:Veganism brings empowerment back to food, because our choices have impact.Veganism allows us to see problems in the food system, like sustainability.No matter what snack we buy, it's negatively impacting the planet.You can choose to live in a rooted way with veganism, exercise, blogging, and meditating.Avoid people pleasing and try things on your own, and make sure to make choices that align.Limiting beliefs are things we believe that limit our success.Time off technology is life changing and offers space to write, read, and reflect.Humans look so hard to heal their traumas with modalities, but when you get in nature, it does it for you.Systems of oppression are tangled up in everything we do and we're not taught to see it or understand it.Check out ways to support ethical causes: Rooted Living website, WISE at Northeastern University, Black Girl Environmentalist, Support & Feed OrganizationRachel's favorite foods: sweet potatoes, lentil Bolognese, Rooted Living granola with Kite Hill protein or Cocojune yogurtCheck out Rachel on 60 DAY HUSTLE ON PRIME**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice;all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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Meal Planning without the Pressure (from Live a Vibrant Life)
Apr 800:47:09Tap to summarizeIf you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕⭐JOIN PLANT-BASED BASICS VIRTUAL PROGRAMListen to Live a Vibrant Life Podcast👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletter**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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Plant the seed and release the outcome with vegan activist Rae Sikora
Apr 101:04:10Tap to summarizeIf you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕➡️Join the NEW Plant-Based Basics virtual program👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterDr. Frank Sabatino's Healthful Living Ocean Retreat - if you want more information, call TERRY at 817-891-3305Rae Sikora has been a spokesperson for animals, the environment and human rights for over forty years. Her programs have been changing people's vision of what is possible to create in our lives and in the world. Rae has worked internationally with participants ranging from teachers, students and prisoners, to businesses and activists. As co-founder of the Institute for Humane Education, Rae created interactive critical thinking tools that are now being used by people around the globe. She holds degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin. Rae draws from years of experience to help individuals and groups discover how implementing changes personally and locally can bring about positive change globally. Additionally, Rae was selected by the North American Vegetarian Society as the 2013 recipient of its Vegan Hall of Fame and is co-author of Plant Peace Daily: Everyday Outreach for People Who Care. Her semi-fictional memoir, Little Jew on the Soul Train is currently available on both Amazon and Ingram Spark.FB-Rae SikoraInstagram-Rae Sikorawww.plantpeacedaily.orgReach out to Rae at RaeSikora@icloud.comThe Juicy Bits:When we pay for something, think about what we're supporting.For vegans speaking to non-vegans, ask, "Would you like to know more?"Imagine a door on someone's heart, and from the conversation, it's either going to open wider or slam shut. Listening keeps the door open.It's not your job to change someone... just plant a seed of possibility.Those aware of the suffering have to work harder to balance emotional well-being. Despair can be debilitating.Our immune and nervous systems weren't built to know and manage everything going on in the world.Understand you can't save all the animals, but you can save SOME.It might seem like we can't do anything to help, but 99% of the time, we can do something. So focus on the 99%.Rae's favorite foods: hibiscus water, lemon water, vegan alfredo sauce over quinoa brown rice pasta**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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If Eden was vegan, why do we eat meat? Insights with Rabbi David Rosen
Mar 1801:05:36Tap to summarizeIf you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterMy interview with BRITTANY BROWNRabbi David Rosen is a British-Israeli rabbi and interfaith peacemaker. He has spent his life dedicated to a variety of important missions: furthering interfaith dialogue, pursuing justice and peace, and promoting veganism and healthy living. He held many significant roles throughout his career. He served as AJC’s International Director of Interreligious Affairs and Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. He headed the International Jewish Committee for Inter-religious Consultations (IJCIC), the broad-based coalition of Jewish organizations and denominations that represents World Jewry in its relations with other world religions.He was the senior rabbi of the largest Orthodox Jewish congregation in South Africa (the Green and Sea Point Hebrew Congregation, Cape Town) and served as a judge on the Cape Beth Din (rabbinic court). He is also a board member of the Brussels-based organization CEJI - A Jewish Contribution to an Inclusive Europe that promotes a Europe of diversity and respect.He was Chief Rabbi of Ireland before relocating permanently to Israel in 1985. He was Dean at the Sapir Center for Jewish Education and Culture in the Old City of Jerusalem and became Professor of Jewish Studies at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He also served as the Anti Defamation League’s Director of Interfaith Relations in Israel, ADL’s co-liaison to the Vatican, and Director of the ADL Israel office. He is a devoted husband, father, and grandfather.Rabbi David Rosen's websiteThe Juicy Bits:Kosher laws may reduce suffering but there is STILL suffering and cruelty.If you are benefitting from something you wouldn't want to do yourself, then is it right to benefit from that same action when others do it for you?"There's enough food for human need, but not enough for human greed."Environmental problems can feel overwhelming. While recycling and not wasting are good, nothing compares to the impact of going vegan.Animal product consumption is a drug!The garden of Eden is portrayed in the book of Genesis as the ideal society. Adam and Eve are given all the vegetation they could need to survive and procreate.We should strive to the degree we're able to live as good a life as we can. The less destruction, pain, and suffering we cause, the healthier we and the environment will be.It is difficult to live a modern life and be completely free of connection to exploitation. But we should try our best.The problem with animal agriculture isn't JUST THE SLAUGHTER. It's everything leading up to it -- how animals are treated, force fed, confined, and transported.Dominion DOES NOT MEAN that animals were created for humans to exploit.If you don't care about the environment and the well-being of humanity and all sentient life, then you are not truly honoring God as creator of the universe.Rabbi's favorite foods: vegan shakshuka with tofu, mushrooms, and falafel; silken tofu lemon cheesecake; and avocado mousse.We're in this world for very little time and we've got to do as much good as we can and tread as lightly as we can, and create more love and compassion than there was previously. We can do all this many ways but the most impactful way is by going vegan.**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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What Happens When You Go Vegan for 30 Days? Join My April Challenge
Mar 1100:09:38Tap to summarizeCLICK HERE for the 30-Day Vegan Challenge!If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕👩🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥Watch the video podcast on YouTube🌐Check The Flirty Vegan website 👉Follow @theflirtyvegan on Instagram📣Join The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group☎️Book a CONNECTION CALL ⭐️Get the newsletterInterview with BRITTANY BROWN - where my journey began!**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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