From Vegan to Victory: The Benefits of Plant-Based Diets for Athletes

Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition

Julieanna Hever is here to discuss the benefits of plant-based diets and to provide recommendations on how to approach plant-based diets as an athlete.

Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT, The Plant-Based Dietitian, has a BA in Theatre and an MS in Nutrition, bridging her biggest passions for food, presenting, and helping people. She’s also appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Harry, and The Steve Harvey Show.

“Well, anyone that wants to transition to a plant-based diet, I would say start where you know, where it's comfortable. “

Question of the Day: What obstacles have you faced when switching to a plant-based diet and how did you overcome it?

In this episode you will learn:

What is a Plant-Based Dietician?

Benefits of Plant-Based diets

Myths of Plant-Based diets

Common Challenges in Plant-Based diets

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Key Points:

00:00 Intro with Shireen

00:43 Welcome Julieanna Hever!

05:22 Benefits of a Plant-based diet

06:46 Recommendations to transitioning into a plant-based diet

09:10 Overcoming challenges in a Plant-based diet

10:45 Myths of plant-based diets

13:34 Calories in a plant-based diet

14:50 What to avoid eating pre or post workout

18:08 What to avoid when transitioning to a plant-based diet

19:28 What to look for in packaging

21:41 Outro with Shireen

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