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The Healthy Brain Podcast is a fun and encouraging place to connect for Real Talk about healthy living, so that you can have the healthiest brain ever for physical stability, mental clarity, and longevity. There’s no sugar-coating here! Certified nutritionist and a daughter of dementia, Carrie Miller hits on hard topics and covers the facts giving you insight into alternative approaches to optimize your brain. It’s time to Take Control of Your Own Health, so that you can enjoy a life full of joy and laughter with your family and friends!

The Healthy Brain Podcast Carrie Miller

    • Health & Fitness
    • 5.0 • 30 Ratings

The Healthy Brain Podcast is a fun and encouraging place to connect for Real Talk about healthy living, so that you can have the healthiest brain ever for physical stability, mental clarity, and longevity. There’s no sugar-coating here! Certified nutritionist and a daughter of dementia, Carrie Miller hits on hard topics and covers the facts giving you insight into alternative approaches to optimize your brain. It’s time to Take Control of Your Own Health, so that you can enjoy a life full of joy and laughter with your family and friends!

    034 Keys to Healthy Living with Kathy Anne Rodriguez

    034 Keys to Healthy Living with Kathy Anne Rodriguez

    Have you been hearing about a Whole Foods, Plant-based diet?

    Kathy Anne Rodriguez is here to share her amazing story of healing her own body with a Whole Foods, Plant-based dietary plan. As a health coach, she shares with us some key strategies to implement for a healthier lifestyle without the use of prescription drugs. Kathy advocates for others to educate and research for themselves, and she truly believes that there should be more emphasis placed on education for prevention. Join us for this fun and educational interview, so that you can continue to gain the knowledge you’ll need to start your Plant-based, Whole Foods diet.



    Kathy Anne Rodriguez is a compassionate Integrative Nutrition Health Coach also certified in Plant-based Nutrition. Her mission is to help women find freedom from pain, fatigue, being over-medicated and misunderstood through Plant-based Lifestyle Coaching, Holistic Health Coaching, and online courses. She currently coaches women with chronic autoimmune issues, as well as those transitioning to the plant-based lifestyle. Her ministry is leading a Whole Food Plant-based support group called Plant Strong & Courageous in her local community located in the Texas Hill Country.  Kathy Anne earned her certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the Center for Nutrition Studies.

     

    Links:

    www.forksoverknives.com



    www.amazon.com/How-Not-Die-Discover-Scientifically/dp/1250066115



    www.plantstrong.com



    www.plantricianproject.org



    nutritionstudies.org/the-china-study



    www.plantpurenation.com

    www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/daily-dozen

    www.kathyannerodriguez.com

    www.plantstrongandcourageous.com

    www.opentribe.com

    www.dresselstyn.com/site/about/about-ann-jane-esselstyn/

    • 37 min
    033 Evidence-based Approach Lifestyle Medicine to Treat and Reverse Chronic Diseases by Drs. Chawla and Chawla

    033 Evidence-based Approach Lifestyle Medicine to Treat and Reverse Chronic Diseases by Drs. Chawla and Chawla

    As a husband/wife team, Drs. Chawla and Chawla, teach us how they incorporate a whole-food, plant-based diet, and other lifestyle choices with their patients at their Lifestyle Medicine clinic in Bellaire, Texas.



    Dr. Munish Chawla is a board-certified physician in Diagnostic Radiology and Lifestyle Medicine. A long time practitioner of meditation and yoga, he adopted a plant-based lifestyle in 2013. Upon becoming aware of the research-proven health benefits and the evidence-based approach Lifestyle Medicine uses to treat and reverse chronic diseases, he became certified in this new and exciting specialty.



    His wife, Dr. Bandana Chawla is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. She graduated from UT Southwestern Medical School and completed her residency training at the Texas Medical Center. She’s been practicing as an internist in the Houston area for over 20 years. They are the co-founders of Peaceful Planet Foundation, 501c3 nonprofit, which fosters peace, health, and wellness in Houston and the surrounding communities and together they have co-created LifestyleDocs practice which focuses on eating the right types of food, being fit, reducing stress, and connecting more to achieve holistic wellness.



    The Chawla Team strongly believes in “taking control of your own health,” and they explain exactly what encompasses those compelling words. We discuss the difference between a Mediterranean diet and a Whole Foods, Plant-based diet, and how the landscape has changed over the years in holistic medicine in reference to chronic disease.



    Please join the Chawla’s at Lifestyle Docs’ free virtual events. They are as follows:

    Meditation on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month

    Walk with the Dog on the 2nd Saturday of the month

    Potlucks on the 1st Sunday of the month



    We want to encourage y’all to continue the deep dive in this series of whole foods, plant-based approach to health and wellness.  It could very well change your life!



    Resources:

    lifestyledocs.com

    lifestyledocs.com/facebook

    lifestyledocs.com/instagram

    lifestyledocs.com/youtube

    lifestyledocs.com/google

    peacefulplanetfoundation.com

    lifestylemedicine.org

    foodforlife.com/about_us/sprouted-for-life-breads

    How Not to Die by Michael Gregor

    The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner

    ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    • 32 min
    032 How a Whole Foods Plant-based Diet Can Change Your Life with Katherine Lawrence-Ireland

    032 How a Whole Foods Plant-based Diet Can Change Your Life with Katherine Lawrence-Ireland

    At the age of 27 Katherine Lawrence-Ireland was told she had Stage 4 endometriosis. The doctor said that she had ovarian and uterine cysts, an advanced reproductive disease, and he offered only one option…a hysterectomy.



    Katherine is a former aerospace engineer and military veteran. She has been teaching nutrition and cooking classes for PCRM and was the national instructor trainer for 11 years now.  She also taught and managed Dr. Colin Campbell’s “Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition” program through eCornell for 3 years. She’s a founding member of Food Saved Me which is a SaladMaster Cookware dealership offering cooking classes to her community for free in Southlake, Texas. She specializes in disease prevention through nutrition, focusing on cancer prevention, Type 2 diabetes reversal, heart disease reversal, food addiction and Alzheimer’s prevention.



    Katherine discusses how she chose to take control of her own health by researching all her options first before making the hard decisions. Her story is powerful. She is an advocate for a whole foods, plant-based diet, and shares with us menus and what she feeds her family. You don’t want to miss this one!





    foodsavedme.com

    plantpurenation.com

    juiceplus.com

    Power Foods for the Brain by Dr. Barnard

     

    Documentaries:

    The China Study

    Forks over Knives

    Game Changers

    What the Health

    • 32 min
    031 Going Green: Plant-Based Diet For Clean Living With Dr. Felice Howard

    031 Going Green: Plant-Based Diet For Clean Living With Dr. Felice Howard

    Board-certified in internal medicine for both adults and pediatrics, Dr. Felice Howard highly encourages her patients to adopt a whole food, plant-based diet along with other lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing. With the epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S., we look at the clear health risks posed by animal products and how the government continues to be swayed by Big Agriculture. Dr. Howard recommends her go-to books, documentaries, and additional resources, to kick-start you on your incredible health journey with a whole foods plant-based diet.

     

    Dr. Howard’s FB group: Plant-based in Fredericksburg

    October 31, 2020 – Dr. Rizwan Bukhari from Dallas, Texas, will be speaking on cardiovascular health and nutrition.  Please call (830)997-1436 to reserve your seat!  The event will include free food samples by chef-owner Leslie Washburne from Hoffman Haus.

     

    plantbaseddoc.com

    pcrm.org

    nutritionfacts.org

    plantricianproject.org

    ourhealthycity.org

    plantpurenation.com

    plantricianproject.org/plantrician-showcase-1/staton-awtrey.com

    nutritionstudies.org

    earthlinged.org

     

     

    Books:

    How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Gregor

    The Alzheimer’s Solution by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai 

    Plant Pure Nation by Kim Campbell

    Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn

    Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn

    Proteinaholic by Dr. Garth Davis

    The Cheese Trap by Dr. Neal Barnard

    Breasts: The Owners Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices, and Optimizing Outcomes by Dr. Kristi Funk

     

     

    Documentaries:

    Forks Over Knives

    Plant Pure Nation

    • 33 min
    030 Food For Life: Going Plant-Based For Optimal Health With Karoline Mueller

    030 Food For Life: Going Plant-Based For Optimal Health With Karoline Mueller

     

    Karoline Mueller has struggled with obesity and depression for decades while she obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Houston. In 2011, she decided to start actively searching for help, to not only combat her struggles, but also to support a friend who had triple bypass surgery. In 2015, she acquired her certification as a Food for Life instructor, teaching plant-based cooking and eating for optimal health, cancer prevention, diabetes, and weight loss. Currently she’s a member of a plantpure community and teaches cooking classes at Lifestyle Docs. Today, she joins Carrie Miller to share her story and talk about a healthy plant-based diet from personal experience.



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    Food For Life: Going Plant-Based For Optimal Health With Karoline Mueller

    I am so excited about our guest. I truly believe her story will be a blessing to you, maybe a family member or even a close friend. Our guest has struggled with obesity and depression for decades, while she obtained her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Houston. In 2011, she decided to start actively searching for help to not only combat her struggles but also to support a friend who had triple bypass surgery. In 2015, she acquired her certification as a Food for Life Instructor, teaching plant-based, cooking and eating for optimal health, cancer prevention, diabetes and weight loss. She’s a member of a plant pure community and teaches cooking classes at Lifestyle Docs. She’s originally from Germany. She has a great little accent that lives right here in Houston, Texas. Welcome to the show, Karoline Mueller.

    Thank you for having me. It’s a real pleasure to be here with you.

    How are you? It’s a great pleasure to meet you in person. I know we talked on the phone and all, but we’re happy you’re here because this is the first interview in the whole-foods plant-based series and I’m grateful you’re here to tell your story and share with our audience your expertise in this intriguing dietary lifestyle. We’re always looking for the key that unlocks the door for us individually.

    There are many ideas out there and it’s getting a little tricky to sift through. I spent years trying to figure out what I should be eating, especially with being severely obese. At one point, I weigh 240 pounds and I’m only 5’4 foot. My thing was always, it feels like an addiction but if I was smoking cigarettes, I knew what to do. I knew that quitting would be the best thing to do. If I can do it or not, I would know that’s the best thing to do. I know several people spend time with them so their transition’s coming to that point of not knowing that quitting is the only thing. One of my friends in my childhood did it several times because it’s hard. I get how hard the addiction is, but there’s food I have to eat. What is this? What is going on? It took me years to finally understood that food that is more food-like substances and actual food is what triggers me into this addiction and because I have this very long history. For me, it started when I was three years old.

    Let’s start out by giving the readers a glimpse of your world. What it was like to be in your shoes when you were struggling with this obesity and depression? I know it’s hard to go back and talk about it or think about it, but it can help someone else.

    Even though it was my body and my experience, I was a baby. I have to go back to family law. The story was that when I was three months old, something happened and I kept vomiting. I didn’t keep any food in me, not enough and I lost weight.

    • 13 min
    029 Brain-Healthy Diet: Plant-Based Whole Food Nutrition

    029 Brain-Healthy Diet: Plant-Based Whole Food Nutrition

     

    There is a bigger pandemic out there that has been wreaking havoc long before the coronavirus – the pandemic of chronic diseases that affect not only our bodies but also our brains. There is, however, a way for you to protect yourself and that is not through prescription drugs but through a healthy diet. What could be the healthiest eating plan for your body and brain? Carrie Miller explores the research-backed benefits of plant-based whole food nutrition in preventing chronic diseases, especially heart disease, which have been linked with brain conditions such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.



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    Brain-Healthy Diet: Plant-Based Whole Food Nutrition

    I want to welcome you to the show where we stand up and boldly speak the truth about what’s healthy in this world, especially when it comes to brain health. You won’t find any sugar-coating in this space. I watched a couple of films back-to-back, some interesting documentaries and the names were The Game Changers, What the Health, and The Marshall Plan. They all had one thing in common, whole foods plant-based nutrition. They are excellent films. Thank you, Reese Vincent, for sharing. I want to encourage you all to make a note of those and go and view the first chance you get. Personally, I’ve concentrated more on a brain-healthy diet due to my mom’s dementia diagnosis.

    I’ve never considered a whole foods plant-based diet because as a Texan, there are not too many people walking around eating plants in this cattle country. At least that’s what I thought, but as I researched more and more, people are absolutely open to a whole foods plant-based diet as their ticket for prevention. I know I am. We all have friends and family members who’ve been diagnosed with heart disease, cancer, dementia, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis and obesity. The list goes on. Look around. We have a lot of unhealthy people who are depressed and overweight. They’ve got some low energy levels. They’re lethargic, unenthusiastic. They’re having some brain fog, maybe reflux, joint pain. They’re a little sluggish. Maybe having some tightness in their chest. They have high cholesterol or high blood pressure. That list is endless.

     

    In Texas, we’re a thriving state and people are fleeing their states to move to Texas. That might be for our beef or it could be because we’re a gun-carrying people and we choose to defend ourselves around here. Let’s look at the bigger picture. The diet here is simply not cutting the mustard. Chronic disease continues to climb. Look around the world. This is the real pandemic. The bigger thing that is creating so much destruction. The number one killer is heart disease, which in turn affects the brain. I’ve said this more than once, prescription drugs are not the answer and they never have been. My mama was prescribed seventeen drugs by some pretty highfalutin professionals who attended their very prestigious schools for many years to learn about sick care.

    I know all about the games that are being played behind the scenes in the pharmaceutical world. It’s corrupt and downright wrong. That all being said, there are two things that come to mind. Why have we been relying on drugs to get our health and why do we eat the food that makes us sick? Your food choices matter. You’re paying a big price with food if you choose to eat unhealthily. Most of you already know that and know what works for you may not work for another. That’s why it’s always good to explore all things healthy and test your own body with the different foods and lifestyle changes that are available out there. Please don’t take my word for it or anyone else’s for that matter.

    You’ve got to do the work and find out what’s good for your body and brain. Take control of your own health.

    • 13 min

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