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 • Websi ...…

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 ...…

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 ...…

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 ...…

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 o ...…

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 ch ...…

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 ...…

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 Pro ...…

Dan Buettner is the author and founder of the Blue Zones, which was a project that looked at regions of the world where people were living the longer than average - Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; and Icaria, Greece. Dan is also a National Geographic Fellow, a New York Times Bestselling author, an Em ...…

Brad de Comarmond is a Miami-based model who recently went vegan in January 2018. He is also the co-host of the Vegan 2.0 YouTube Channel, where Brad and Stephen discuss a variety of vegan and nutrition topics. Their focus is to communicate their message in a compassionate and welcoming manner that will attract the attention of those who are no ...…

Lee Crosby, is a plant-based Registered Dietitian at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine who helps patients lose weight and prevent and reverse many chronic diseases. She is also the creator of Veggie Quest, a plant-based blog full of healthy recipes, cooking hacks, grocery saving tips, and other helpful information for getting yo ...…

Dr. Milton Mills is a medical doctor is a medical doctor who works in the Critical Care Department of the United Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mills is an alumni of Stanford University School of Medicine and he finished his Internal Medicine residency at Georgetown University Hospital. He also the author of peer-reviewed articles in wh ...…

Dr. Joel Khan was recently on The Joe Rogan Experience debating with Chris Kresser wether it is healthy to eat a 100% plant-based diet. They covered topics regard saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, vitamin B12, vitamin D, carbohydrates, iodine, and much more. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Kahn about his thoughts after being on Joe Rogan's ...…

I had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Dr. Kim Williams at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine in Washington, DC that was hosted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. In this episode, we covered topics such as why dietary cholesterol, saturated fat, omega-3 fish oils, and heme-iron are harmful as well ...…

In this episode, I sit down with Gwen Le Tutour and Katie Adams to talk about Gwen's World Record breaking 100-mile run in full firefighter gear. We discussed the reasons why Gwen decided to do this run, what his training and nutrition looked like, and how he was able to stay focus and positive during the run. Gwen and Katie are avid trail-runn ...…

In this episode, Dr. John McDougall answers YOUR questions about weight loss, hypothyroidism, eating fats, wether a salt-free diet is healthy, and much more. We also talked about surviving the California wildfires in 2017 and what his retirement plans are as a medical doctor.Dr. John McDougall is the author of The Starch Solution and a medical ...…

Chris Cooney, aka The Vegan Zombie, is currently making a major motion-picture horror movie called A44 that will have a vegan message suited for the mainstream media. Chris is currently running a Kickstarter campaign trying to raise $80,000 by September 12, 2018, in addition to external funding from investors. The movie is tentatively scheduled ...…

Katie "Kookaburra" Butler is an avid cyclist and a vegan YouTube Content Creator. She posts weekly videos on cycling, nutrition, and living a vegan lifestyle. She has about 20,000 subscribers on her channel and is one of the few women cyclists on YouTube. However, before Katie adopted a healthy vegan lifestyle, she suffered from an eating disor ...…

In February 2009, Paul was out on a routine training session as a Navy Clearance Diver where he was viciously attacked by a bull shark. Paul lost his arm to the shark and later had to have his leg amputated due to the severe injury. Years later, Paul has drastically changed his life by implementing a mantra he learned during his military traini ...…

Dr. Michael Greger of NutritionFacts.Org 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-Earth. He publishes daily videos on his YouTube channel going through a variety of studies involving food and ...…

Chris Cooney, aka The Vegan Zombie, went to his doctor to find that his cholesterol levels were higher than the healthy ranges. On January 2018, his total cholesterol levels maxed out at 192 mg/dL and his LDL cholesterol was 130 mg/dL. As you can imagine, Chris was shocked because he hasn't eaten anything that has come from an animal (cholester ...…

I was influenced very early in my nutrition career by Dr. John McDougall. After watching the documentary Forks Over Knives and some of his videos on his YouTube channel, I became so interested in his advocacy for a starch-based diet. Dr. John McDougall is the author of The Starch Solution and a medical doctor who has been speaking out about the ...…

Hi everyone, welcome to This Is Bananas. A podcast where we will talk about plant based nutrition, fitness, living a vegan lifestyle, and many other interesting topics regarding health and wellness. My name is Tino but I'm also known as Bananiac. I am a nutritionist, content creator, author, and athlete. If you guys do enjoy this podcast, pleas ...…