Vegan Boss Radio

Vesanto Melina, MS, RD is the lead author of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ current Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets. She is an internationally known speaker and co-author of award-winning books that are classics on plant-based nutrition, most with Brenda Davis, and now in 14 languages. Their most recent are The Kick Diabetes Cookbook and also Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition, written for dietitians, MDs, and other health professionals, with 620 pages and entirely referenced. Half as long is Becoming Vegan: Express Edition. Vesanto is a personal and government consultant and has taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia and at Seattle’s Bastyr University.

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Show Notes: 

Vesanto Melina websites

https://nutrispeak.ca/

https://becomingvegan.ca/

https://kickdiabetescookbook.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Nutrispeak

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: @plantlifenutrition

Desiree Nielsen is a registered dietitian with an integrative focus, the host of TV’s The Urban Vegetarian and author of the new plant-based cookbook, Eat More Plants. Her practice focus is complex chronic digestive and inflammatory disease and plant-based approaches to optimal health. Tune in now and listen to our raw, honest, knowledge-filled interview with Desiree.

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Jordan Weisner is an animal rights activist and the owner of Plant Active. Plant Active is a vegan clothing/accessory store and also a platform he uses to share, create and speak up for exploited animals. More recently, Jordan started his own podcast called the Plant Active Podcast so watch out for that! He personally started transitioning to a plant-based diet over seven years ago and has been vegan for over three. He is interested in most things wellness, growing his business with integrity and anything that has to do with saving animals. 

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Ashley Chisholm is a nutrition student, activist, and influencer who goes by @fitandcompassionate online. She has a strong passion for fitness and sharing her compassion for animals.

Things get a little weird in this episode lol From bacon nipples, vegan cats, and a tinder date gone wrong... you'll definitely have a lot to laugh (or cry) along with.

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In this episode, we chat with the passionate animal rights activist Meghan Beattie. Meghan has been active in the Vancouver animal rights community for 6 years now. At present, she is a regional liaison with the global Animal Save Movement and organizer with Vancouver Chicken Save. As well, Meghan is immersed in learning about consistent anti-oppression; acknowledging the fact that all systems of oppression are linked is the key to Collective Liberation. 

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Show Notes: 

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: @plantlifenutrition

If you enjoy the episode, we would love for you to give us a 5-star rating & review. Help us spread the word! 

You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss

To share your vegan stories, questions, complaints or to apply to be a guest on the show, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com

Show Notes: 

FFAC Facebook Page: @FFACoalition

Instagram: @zoemarg

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: @plantlifenutrition

In this episode we chat with the vegan couple behind Think Plant-Based. Julia has been an active vegan since 2000. She moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2008 from Berlin, Germany to pursue acting and art.
Along the way, she met her wonderful husband, Shane, and with him helped create what you know as
Think Plant-Based.

Julia has been helping to spread a plant-based vision in the community through hosting many local Meetups with the group, Meatless Meetup.

Shane has only been vegan for a short time now. He moved to Vancouver, Canada in 2012 from a small town in the interior of British Columbia. Growing up, Shane had horrible eating habits, no exercise routine and was 50 lbs overweight. Eventually, he started getting into fitness through DVD’s and running. Fast-forward to now, he now has better plant-based eating habits and a solid fitness routine that he has learned over the many years of trial and error.

Show Notes: 

Website: http://www.thinkplantbased.com/

Instagram: @thinkplantbased

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: @plantlifenutrition

In this episode, we chat super-talented vegan photographer Sarah Virag. Fun fact: Sarah does all of our professional photoshoots, including the cover of this podcast! She's originally from Toronto, but has called Vancouver home for the last 5 years. Sarah is a passionate vegan and often uses her photography skills to capture different animal rights events. We talk about her vegan story, and she shares her dilemma with being a vegan that uses film in some of her photography and creative projects.

Show Notes: 

Sarah's website: https://www.sarahvirag.com/

Sarah's Instagram:@sarahvirag

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: @plantlifenutrition

In this episode, we chat with plant-based food blogger Bhumika Mehta from @thewritereats

Bhumika is passionate about sharing her love of food photography and styling, lifestyle insights, and healthy recipes. She shares her story about going plant-based and how she got into being a content strategist and building her social media brand.

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You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss

To share your vegan stories, questions, complaints or to apply to be a guest on the show, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com

Show Notes: 

The Writer Eats Blog:https://writereats.com/

Bhumika's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thewritereats/

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantlifenutrition/

*Quick correction: When we were reading the Biodiversity article, the projected land use was referring to 2050 but we accidentally said 2015.

It's no secret that Joe Rogan is obsessed with vegans. On his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, he bashes vegan nutrition and trash talks the movement every chance he gets. Which is A LOT. After all these years, we still listen to JRE because we believe you don't have to agree with every opinion someone has in order to enjoy their conversations and be open to the different topics that are brought up. We love that he has a wide variety of guests and that he has come out in support of a Universal Basic Income, which we advocate for as well. Thanks to Joe Rogan and his massive platform, it is how many people first heard about Andrew Yang. We love Andrew Yang!! #YangGang2020 

BUT, in his latest episode (#1355) he takes things way too far and we felt it was time to share a response to his completely false statements. We don't normally do episodes like this, and we know he is entitled to have his own opinions about veganism, but some of his remarks were stated as facts so we felt the need to address a few things. 

We referred to a few articles and studies in this episode, we've listed the links below:

• Biodiversity Conservation: The Key is Reducing Meat Consumption

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715303697#f0005

• Protein Packages: The Game Changers

  https://gamechangersmovie.com/food/protein/

• Essentials of Healthy Eating: Dr. Walter Willett, Department of Nutrition: Harvard School of Public Health

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3471136/

• Nutrient Profiles of Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Dietary Patterns

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4081456/

• Vegan Pregnancy Guides

  https://www.synergynutrition.ca/healthy-mom-healthy-baby-guides.html

• Chronic Conditions in Children

  https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/chronic/Pages/default.aspx

• Full Joe Rogan Episode

  http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/mark-normand

• C-Reactive Protein (Inflammation) Response to a Vegan Lifestyle Intervention

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637150

• Diet Shapes the Ability of Human Intestinal Microbiotato Degrade Phytate

• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jam.12204

• Increased Phytate Intake Linked to Reduced Osteoporosis

  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22614760

If you enjoy the episode, please rate and review. Help us spread the word! 
You can also find us on Instagram: @vegan_boss

To share your vegan stories, questions, complaints or to apply to be a guest on the show, email us at veganbossradio@gmail.com

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Plant Life Nutrition, located in Vancouver Canada. 2140 E Hastings St.
To get 10% off products & services just head to @plantlifenutrition and comment "Vegan Boss" on their latest post. 

Website: www.plantlifenutrition.ca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantlifenutrition/