The Planty Podie Chloe Garnham

In this episode, I spoke with Canadian pro football player John Rush. John shows that being fit, strong, and building muscle on a vegan diet isn't just possible: it's easy. In fact, when John switched to a vegan diet, he noticed many positive changes in his fitness and recovery. Some highlights of our conversation include John's journey, becoming a pro athlete, a typical day in the life of a pro-Canadian football player, what John eats for fitness and strength, John's switch to a vegan diet, dog rescue and adoption, being a vegan in a non-vegan world, and so much more. If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love it if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie
 

In this episode, I spoke with vegan fitness coach Tui Van Renterghem AKA The Vegan CrossFit Girl. Tui shows that building muscle on a vegan diet isn't just possible: it's easy. In fact, when she switched to a vegan diet, she noticed many positive changes in her health, body, and mindset. Some highlights of our conversation include Tui's upbringing in Finland, Tui's journey to vegan eating, motivations, morning routines, and healthy mindset tips, what Tui eats and what she recommends for her clients, Tui's transformation from protein obsessed to an 80-20 approach, life in Bali, Indonesia, being healthy as a vegan. If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love it if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie

In this episode, I sat down with dietician Courtney Myers of Nourished by Plants to chat about all things health, nutrition, and plant-based eating. We covered some important topics including Courtney's switch to plant-based eating, an omnivorous diet vs a plant-based one, what food groups we should focus on, intuitive eating, finding healthy habits that you enjoy, and much more. Courtney runs a practice in the Gold Coast and can be found online @nourished.byplants If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love it if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie

Think it's hard to be vegan? Well, Tess from @eden.vegan joined me in conversation recently to show that simply isn't the case. Tess, through her Instagram page, shares tasty plant-based recipes, low-waste tips, and advice on switching to a vegan lifestyle. Some highlights of our conversation include her background and why she adopted a vegan lifestyle, why she started sharing her recipes and advice on social media, her plant-based shopping list, her take on ethical veganism, why she doesn't believe that everyone must be perfect, advice for adopting a vegan lifestyle beyond food, why she believes it's best to adopt, not shop when it comes to pets, the story of her own adopted dog, Pepper, and so much more. Follow Tess @eden.vegan. If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love it if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie. 
 

Want to perform at your best? Regardless of your current fitness level, chances are you'd like to improve something; be it endurance, strength, or general overall wellbeing. In this, ironically, meaty episode TJ Waterfall dives into the world of performance, recovery, and elite fitness. TJ is a registered nutritionist, having graduated with a first-class master's from University College of London, and is focussed on elite sports fitness. Some highlights of our conversation include: plant protein vs animal protein with a specific calculation for those wishing to build more muscle, amino acids, the best sources of calcium, iron, B12, and Omega 3, anti-oxidants, gut health, and how it affects both performance and recovery, the effect of animal products on the body, athletic performance and how what we eat can impact our fitness, scientific information showing how we can improve recovery times, and so much more. If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love it if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie.  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 

Today on the show I'm covering off a topic that I think is essential to the vegan and plant-based movement: the focus on being a healthy, happy, thriving vegan. In this episode, I cover how to take positive steps towards eating more plants, figuring out what to eat and recipe planning, dealing with criticism from others, how to eat out in non-vegan restaurants and peoples homes, taking steps to be vegan beyond just food, and taking care of your mental health. If you'd like to support the podcast I'd love if you'd like to share this with a friend, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, or follow me on Spotify. I'm on Instagram @plantypodie.  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com