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The Plant Fueled Podcast
Welcome to The Plant Fueled Podcast! I'm Dr. Cass Warbeck—a family medicine resident, plant-based athlete, and vegan advocate. Join me for engaging conversations with physicians, athletes, researchers, and leaders in sport performance, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine. Together, we're unlocking the keys to optimizing your health and taking your performance to new heights.
Episodes
36 episodes
Mindset: Vegan MMA Fighter, Alex “The Finisher” Font | why he’s vegan for the animals, how he fuels for training, and the importance of discipline
This conversation is with Alex “Finisher” Font, a professional MMA fighter based out of Chalon sur Saone, France where he runs his own combat gym, Power Training Center. Alex has been vegan for almost a decade and throughout that time has am...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:00:19
Training: BJJ Strength Coach Kieren Lefevre | why you need to get strong for jiu jitsu and how to do it, improve your grappling gas tank, and reducing injury risk
This conversation is with Kieren Lefevre. Kieren is a BJJ Performance Coach, Certified Personal Trainer, Strength & Conditioning Coach, ISSN-Sports Nutrition Specialist and self-professed jiu jitsu nerd. Simply put, he helps grappling athle...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:09:56
Training: Tyler Huston on Breath Control Training | improving CO2 tolerance to enhance performance, simulating high altitude with breath holds, & breath as medicine
This conversation is with Tyler Huston. Tyler is a high performance coach with additional training as a first responder paramedic, addictions nurse, and respiratory specialist. He has spent years as a breathing coach working with clients and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:09:59
Fuel: A vegan vs omnivore diet for cardiometabolic health | behind the scenes of “You Are What You Eat” with Matthew Landry, PhD, RD
This conversation is with Dr. Matthew Landry, an assistant professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention at the University of California, Irvine. Matthew is a force in the field of nutrition, with a passion for promoting plant-forward d...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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55:40
Mindset: Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke on being an Impactful Vegan | how you can use your strengths to improve the lives of others and reduce animal suffering
This conversation is with Robert Cheeke in celebration of his upcoming new book, The Impactful Vegan. In this book, Robert addresses what vegans can do to leverage their own strengths to save more lives and make the biggest difference ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:22:44
Fuel: Vegan Olympian, Dotsie Bausch | from anorexia to the Olympic podium, plant-based diets for athletes, and convincing the world to ditch dairy
This conversation is with Dotsie Bausch. Dotsie is known for her prolific professional cycling career that produced a medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, eight U.S. national championships, two Pan American gold medals and a world record, no...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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56:30
Mindset: Using community to power change | Dr. Colin Zhu on the mindset of weight loss, environmental obstacles, and striving for 1% better everyday
This conversation is with repeat podcast guest, Dr. Colin Zhu. Dr. Zhu is an osteopathic doctor who is double board certified in family medicine and lifestyle medicine. Through his online wellness and education platform, The Chef Doc, Dr. Zhu i...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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46:35
Mindset: Sport psychiatrist, Dr. Carla Edwards on following your passion, navigating mental health in athletes, and challenging stigma within sport
This conversation is with Sport Psychiatrist Dr. Carla Edwards. Her practice focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and psychological struggles in athletes. Dr. Carla completed her medical degree in Newfoundland and her psychi...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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59:36
Training: Ultra endurance athlete and sports medicine specialist, Dr. Andy Reed on reframing pain, training tactics, and running the Canmore Double Quad
This conversation is with Dr. Andy Reed, an elite level ultra distance trail runner and sport medicine specialist located in Canmore, Alberta. Dr. Reed completed medical school in the UK and then trained as a family physician before beginning a...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:19:04
Recover: Dr. Jonathan Scheiman, PhD on the athletic gut microbiota | decoding the microbiome of elite athletes, bacteria that eat lactate and next generation probiotics to raise human potential
This conversation is with Jonathan Scheiman, the co-founder and CEO of FitBiomics, a biotechnology startup that is sequencing the microbiome of elite athletes to identify and develop next generation probiotics that can optimize the health of ev...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:01:21
Mindset: Georges Laraque, the NHL’s most unlikeliest tough guy, on having a greater purpose, managing anxiety, animal injustice, and being a voice for the voiceless
This conversation is with Georges Laraque, one of the most feared enforcers to ever play in the National Hockey League. Georges spent the majority of his 13 year NHL career with the Edmonton Oilers, but also spent time playing in Phoenix and Pi...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:14:43
Fuel: All you’ll ever need to know about plant protein with Brenda Davis, RD | Addressing protein needs, myths, and recommendations for vegan athletes
This conversation is with Brenda Davis, RD. She is one of the world’s leading plant-based pioneers and has been promoting plant-based diets since making the transition herself in 1989. Brenda has been a featured speaker at medical, nutrition, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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1:13:48
Fuel: Dr. Jules Cormier | Nutrition supplements for vegan athletes, lasting change, and competing as a Ninja Warrior
This conversation is with Dr. Jules Cormier, a plant-based family medicine physician and Ninja warrior athlete in New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Cormier earned his PhD in medicine at the Universite de Sherbrooke medical school and chose family medi...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:12:26
Fuel: Level up your performance and your life with superfoods! | Matcha, wheatgrass, acai, and more with Kristel de Groot
This conversation is with Kristel de Groot, a former professional tennis player and co-founder of Your Super, a successful superfoods supplement company. Beyond this, Kristel is a women’s health activist, a plant-based health coach and...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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52:11
Training: Coach Claire Bartholic | Slowing down to run faster, making hard days hard, and using plants to fuel performance
This conversation is with Coach Claire Bartholik, a certified running coach and sports nutrition specialist. She coaches vegan, plant-based, and plant-curious runners from those on a walk/run program seeking general fitness all the way up to hi...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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56:50
Fuel: David Goldman | Chief Science Advisor for The GameChangers speaks on dietary vs supplemental creatine, protein requirements, and fasting for athletes
This conversation is with David Goldman. He has a Master’s Degree in Applied Physiology and Nutrition and is a board certified specialist in sports nutrition as well as a certified strength and conditioning specialist. This combination of exper...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:20:45
Fuel: Sport performance foods put to the test! Dr. Michael Greger on recovery, immunity, protein for athletes and yoga research
This conversation is with Dr. Michael Greger, a New York Times bestselling author, and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition and a founding member and fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He has videos on more than 2,...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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35:44
Training: Advance your training with calisthenics | Ryan Sadilek from Minus The Gym talks programming, pushing through plateaus, and plant-based nutrition
This conversation is with Ryan Sadilek. Ryan is the creator of Minus The Gym, a health and fitness brand centered around bodyweight fitness and plant-based nutrition. Ryan is a certified personal trainer (ACE-CPT) and nutrition specialist (ACE-...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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1:05:02
Fuel: Within-day energy balance matters! | Dr. Dan Benardot on energy deficiency in sport, losing fat (not weight), and nutrition for Olympians and NFL players
This conversation is with Dan Benardot, PhD, RD, FACSM, an internationally recognized expert on nutrition, specifically nutrition for peak athletic performance. Dan is currently Professor of Practice in the Center for the Study of Human Health ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:33:29
Fuel: Using Culinary Medicine to Thrive | Dr. Colin Zhu (The Chef Doc) on delicious cooking and living authentically
This conversation is with Dr. Colin Zhu, aka The Chef Doc, an osteopathic doctor who is double board certified in family medicine and lifestyle medicine. Passionate about the intersection of medicine, food, and nutrition, Dr. Zhu trained as a c...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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54:59
Mindset: Thana Boonlert is protecting Canadian winters | outdoor adventures, renewable energy and diet for sustainability
This conversation is with Thana Boonlert. Thana has a background in Environmental Engineering and currently works as a greenhouse gas specialist, helping large industrial producers find ways to reduce their emissions. He is the Lead Organizer f...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:04:26
Obesity Medicine | From lifestyle to medication to bariatric surgery with Dr. Jesse Pewarchuk
This conversation is with Dr. Jesse Pewarchuk, co-founder and Medical Director at Aroga Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Pewarchuk co-founded Aroga in 2017 after a long journey culminating in realizing the immense power of lifestyle change as medicine. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:00:13
Training: How to approach your fitness goals | weight loss, bodybuilding, healthy habits and goal setting with vegan fitness coach Dani Taylor
This conversation is with Dani Taylor, a vegan figure competitor and champion, fitness coach, and the co-founder of VeganProteins.com. Dani coaches her clients from a base of deep personal understanding of body weight struggles. She actually gr...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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59:48
Fuel: How to eat for kidney health | preventing and managing chronic kidney disease with renal dietitian Michele Crosmer
This conversation is with Michele Crosmer, a registered dietitian and certified specialist in renal nutrition. She owns her own private practice, Crosmer Nutrition and is based in Southern California. Michele is passionate about utilizing a pla...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:07:55
Training: Improve your breathing to improve your performance | why and how to increase carbon dioxide tolerance with Oxygen Advantage instructor Bryan Mirabella
This conversation is with Bryan Mirabella, a human performance specialist with a focus on breath-work. He is a lifelong athlete with over three decades of personal training experience. He has personally revolutionized his own health through the...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:26:22
