Glen Merzer is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. He adopted a plant-based diet at a young age and is a passionate speaker when it comes to topics such as health, environment, and animal rights. He has co-authored numerous books such as Mad Cowboy and No More Bull with Howard Lyman and Unprocessed , The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss , and Own Your Health with Chef AJ. In his most recent book, Food Is Climate , he dives into the impact that our food choices have on the environment. 🎧 Sho...
Sep 24, 2021•52 min•Ep. 44
🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast/robert-cheeke-43 In this episode, I speak with Robert Cheeke, the founder and president of the Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness. Robert grew up on a farm in Corvallis, Oregon where he adopted a vegan lifestyle in 1995 at the age of 15 years old, weighing just 120 pounds. He is now the author of numerous books such as, Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness, Shred It!, Plant-Based Muscle, and his newest release, The Plant-Based Athlete. He is often referred ...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 43
In this video, I speak with Dr. Alan Goldhamer, the founder and director of the TrueNorth Health Center . TrueNorth Health Center is a state-of-the-art facility that provides medical and chiropractic services, psychotherapy and counseling, as well as massage and body work. Dr. Goldhamer has supervised the fasts of thousands of patients. Under his guidance, the Center has become one of the premier training facilities for doctors wishing to gain certification in the supervision of therapeutic fast...
Mar 29, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 42
In this episode, I speak with Emmy Award-winning actor, Kiko Ellsworth, about his nutrition, health, and lifestyle after leaving Hollywood. Kiko has starred in a number of films, movies, shows, and voiceovers including Bad Boys 2, General Hospital, Criminal Minds, Port Charles, Lucifer, CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS, Heroes, Dexter, and much more. Kiko now dedicates his time to helping men and women become empowered and to find their true selfs. Kiko's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kikoellsworth/K...
Jan 29, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Dr. John McDougall is the author of The Starch Solution and a medical doctor who has been speaking out about the effects of nutrition on disease for over 50 years. He graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, performed his internship at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, and did his medical residency at the University of Hawaii. Dr. McDougall has been certified as an internist by the Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. He i...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Muzammil Ahmand is a third-year medical student who is empowered to incorporate plant based nutrition in the medical field. During his time at medical school, Muzammil has managed to create a plant based support group, the Plant Prescription podcast, and inspired the dean and many faculty members to consider incorporating plant based nutrition into the curriculum. He also talks about some of the health benefits that he has experienced while eating a plant based diet for over a year and a half. •...
Oct 09, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 39
In this episode, I speak with the founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk about how she founded the largest animal rights organization, some of the things she's seen during her activism, and some of the success that PETA has had inspiring top brands to adopt vegan products in their business. She is currently celebrating 40 years of vegan activism, fighting for animal rights, and the compassion for all animals. She also is the author of her new book, AnimalKind, which shows what everyone ca...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Leo Venus is a vegan, YouTuber, medical doctor, and athlete who is passionate about inspiring others to eat healthy and live an active lifestyle. Leo is also the brother of Jon Venus , also a vegan YouTuber / bodybuilder, who shares the same passion as his brother. Together, Leo and Jon have launched their online coaching services to help people transition to a plant based diet and reach their fitness goals. In this episode, we talked about how he got his family to go vegan, what inspired him to...
May 07, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Dr. Angie Sadeghi is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Gastroenterology, and a member of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians. She provides her patients with treatments for digestive, stomach, esophagus, liver, and colon-related illnesses by combining evidence based medicine, her expertise in the digestive system and her passion for physical fitness and plant based nutrition. In this episode, Dr. Angie Sadeghi walks us through so...
Apr 18, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Dotsie Bausch is an American professional cyclist and is a seven-time USA Cycling National Campion, a two-time Pan-American Champion, and an Olympic Silver Medalist for the Women's Track Cycling at the London 2012 Olympic Games. She is the director and founder of the non-profit organization, Switch4Good , that helps build and educate a diverse community of athletes, doctors, trainers, and dietitians on the benefits of a dairy-free diet. Dotsie now spends her time publicly speaking and advocating...
Apr 03, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Neil Westfall is the rhythm guitarist of the Florida-based rock band A Day To Remember . He also owns his own recording recording studio called Unicorn Tones , where he helps guitarists find their perfect tone. Neil is also an avid cyclist, a fan of the plant-based diet, founder of the Winter Park Biscuit Company , and husband of Vegan Chef, Mary Mattern , aka @NomYourself . A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit the ADTR Audio Compound Studio in Orlando, Florida where they recorded som...
Mar 21, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Toni Pressley is an American professional soccer player for the Orlando Pride soccer team. Toni has also played in many other teams around the world such as the Western New York Flash , Washington Spirit , Ryazan VDV , and various United States national youth teams and is a member of the United States women's national under-23 soccer team . In this episode, I talk with Toni about how she got into soccer, her journey to becoming a professional soccer player, and her training regimen. We also talk...
Mar 13, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Christian McAlhaney is guitarist and backup vocalist for the Seattle-based alternative rock band called Acceptance. In 2007, Christian also joined Anberlin as the rhythm guitarist during the Cities album tour. In 2015, he formed his own rock band with Anberlin members, Deon Rexroat and Nate Young. I got a chance to meet with Christian at the Attic at Rock Brothers Brewing in Tampa, Florida right before he played a Acceptance-Loose Talk-Anchor & Braille-Anberlin acoustic show with his bandmat...
Mar 05, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 32
John Joseph McGowen is a musician, author, and Ironman triathlete. He was most well known as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is currently the vocalist of Bloodclot and Cro-Mags "JM" and is the author of many best selling books such as Meat is for Pussies, PMA Effect, and The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon. In this episode, John Joseph talks about the hard truth about what he experienced growing up in the streets of New York City and overcoming many obstacles such as ...
Feb 28, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Mike Mahler is a nutrition supplement designer and hormone optimization enthusiast based in Las Vegas, NV. Mike has been in the fitness industry for over sixteen years and has taught workshops all over the US and overseas. His current focus is on the field of hormone optimization via nutrition, training, nutrition supplements, and lifestyle. In this episode, Mike shares his thoughts on hormone optimization, veganism, plant based nutrition, supplements, hairloss, how to beat depression, and more....
Feb 21, 2020•2 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Eva Hamer is a Legal Coordinator and Protest Musician for Direct Action Everywhere , otherwise known as DXE. The organization was formed in Berkeley, California in 2013 and it consists of an international network of animal activists. Movement building, non-violent direct action, and open rescue are the core values for DXE. Their motto is "We will change the world for the animals." In this episode, Eva shares her perspective of what it is like being an animal activist and participating in open re...
Feb 12, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Dr. Neal Barnard is the founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) that is headquartered in Washington, DC. Dr. Barnard grew up in Fargo, ND where his family raised cattle for a living. He received his medical training at George Washington University School of Medicine in psychiatry and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a lifetime member of the American Medical Association. In this epi...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 28
🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast/michael-greger-27 📱 Connect with @Bananiac • Website: http://bananiac.com • YouTube: http://youtube.com/bananiac • Instagram: http://instagram.com/bananiac • Facebook: http://facebook.com/bananiac • Twitter: http://twitter.com/bananiac • eBook/Merch: http://www.bananiac.com/shop • Fitbod: https://bit.ly/2SnJWeD • Audible: https://amzn.to/2CnNJz9 • Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ExPP3l • Robinhood: https://invite.robinhood.com/konstam68 • Gear: http://www...
Jan 20, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Adam Russell , aka Adam the Skull, is the bassist of the St. Louis-based rock band called Story of the Year . The band debuted their first single " Until the Day I Die " from their album Page Avenue in August 12, 2003, which kicked off to achieving a successful career in music. Since then, the band has released 5 full-length albums as well as 2 DVDs that documents the band's journey while touring the world and playing shows. Also, Adam along with Ryan Phillips, the guitarist from Story of the Ye...
Dec 14, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode, I am interviewed by Robby from The Infinite Cup. We had a great conversation about veganism, vegan myths, tips for being healthy on a plant based diet, cycling, spirituality, and much more! Also, I plan on starting up the podcast again so I you have anyone you'd like me to have on, then let me know! 🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast /bananiac-25 📱 Connect with @Bananiac • Website: http://bananiac.com • YouTube: http://youtube.com/bananiac • Instagram: http://instag...
Nov 10, 2019•58 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Robby is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and the founder of Mindful Diabetic . He was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12, and embraced a low-fat, plant-based, whole-food diet 4 years after his diagnosis. To this day, his hemoglobin A1c value has never exceeded 6.4% since adopting this lifestyle. Robby graduated from the University of Florida in 2011 and worked at Forks Over Knives for 6 years before turning his attention to coaching people with diabetes full time. In this episod...
Mar 31, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this video, I speak with Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, the author of "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" about the benefits of plant based nutrition and the dangers of eating animal products. 🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast /caldwell-esselstyn-23 📱 Connect with @Bananiac • Website: http://bananiac.com • YouTube: http://youtube.com/bananiac • Instagram: http://instagram.com/bananiac • Facebook: http://facebook.com/bananiac • Twitter: http://twitter.com/bananiac • eBook/Merch: http://...
Feb 28, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
MMA fighter, Mac Danzig , talks about how he used to train and prepare himself for professional fights as a former UFC fighter. Mac has also been a long-time vegan and discusses his passion for the lifestyle as well as his transition to a raw vegan diet. 🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast /mac-danzig-22 📱 Connect with @Bananiac • Website: http://bananiac.com • YouTube: http://youtube.com/bananiac • Instagram: http://instagram.com/bananiac • Facebook: http://facebook.com/bananiac • T...
Feb 18, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Don Forrester is a medical doctor with 30+ years of experience in family medicine and preventing and reversing chronic diseases. He is also serves as clinical support for the McDougall Program, a board member for Nutritionfacts.org , and a speaker and media expert for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). In this episode, Don discusses the benefits of a plant based diet and how it can help prevent and reverse diabetes. 🎧 Show Notes: http://www.bananiac.com/podcast 📱 Connect...
Jan 25, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Joey Carbstrong is a popular animal activist and vegan advocate that came from a past of gang violence and drug abuse. Through an interest of living a healthy lifestyle, he was able to change his reality for the better. He later became vegan and learned about the truth on how diet impacts other living beings. He now uses his YouTube channel to speak up about the animals and aspires to inspire others to embrace compassion for all life. In this episode, Joey talks about his past and where he came ...
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Alan and Janette Murray wanted to inspire and motivate conscious lifestyle choices, to promote kindness and compassion for all living beings and to raise environmental awareness for a sustainable future. In 2013, they decided to run around Australia, 15,782km, running 366 marathons (43 km) each in 366 days, no days off. On January 1, 2014, they set a new World Record as the only couple over the age of 60 fuelled entirely on raw fruit and veg, wearing barefoot shoes, to run 366 consecutive marath...
Jan 04, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In this episode, I sit down with Mark Perlmutter to discuss the power of capitalism and what it can do for veganism. Mark is the CEO of a brand new company called VegReady, which delivers plant based meals directly to peoples' homes. Mark also helped produce a documentary called Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days which followed a group of individuals from different parts of the country showing how they beat their diabetes by eating a raw vegan diet for 30 days. Mark's goal with VegReady i...
Dec 21, 2018•32 min•Season 1Ep. 18
I had the opportunity to visit 368 Broadway in NYC to meet and talk with pro skater and YouTuber, John Hill. In this episode, we talked about how John got into skating, his thoughts on being a full time YouTuber, and some of the reasons why he became vegan. John Hill is a professional skateboarder and is the creator of his self-titled YouTube channel with over 600K subs. He is also the founder of the Progress Daily. John has also been vegan for over 3 years but was vegetarian for many years befo...
Dec 07, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 17
I sat down with the great Dr. Michael Greger from NutritionFacts.Org at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. In this episode, we talked about his favorite studies, nutrient absorption (animal vs plant based), intermittent fasting, the carnivore diet, and much more. Dr. Michael Greger has always been someone that I looked up to and have been inspired by. He is such a knowledgable medical doctor that is well versed in the research and scientific literature, yet is very down-to-Ea...
Nov 16, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Douglas J. Lisle, Ph.D. is an evolutionary psychologist and founder of Esteem Dynamics, a new method of approaching human psychology and wellbeing. He is also the author of The Pleasure Trap, the co-host of the Beat Your Genes Podcast, the Director of Research at the True North Health Center, and is a psychologist for the McDougall Wellness Program. Dr. Lisle received his undergraduate eduction from the University of California, San Diego, as Summa Cum Laude. He later completed his Ph.D. in Clin...
Nov 01, 2018•55 min•Season 1Ep. 15
