"Don't be so hard on yourself, recognise that you're making a difference (by being vegan), and just lead by example."
Today's conversation is with Erin Sharoni. Erin is a prime example of a 21st century jack of all trades. She was a TV host for CBS and NBC for a few years, is currently the chief product officer at FOXO technologies, has a masters in Biology from Harvard medical school where she received the Dean’s List Academic Achievement Award. On the plant side of things she is on the Advisory Board of Animal Save Movement, and a volunteer at her local Humane Society shelter.
Video version: https://youtu.be/P03uPqcX0ZE
The key topics in today's episode:
03:30 - Intro to her plant based journey
06:10 - Raw food vegan
12:00 - The pros and cons to the information age
15:00 - Confirmation bias
17:00 - How the plant-based diets affect us
20:30 - Plants can help us live longer
24:00 - The energies of consuming animals
29:00 - Inflammation and ageing
35:30 - Eating stressed plants
38:00 - What is a bio-marker
42:00 - Vitamin D for ageing
44:15 - Increasing healthy years
47:00 - Analysing the Blue Zones
50:00 - The benefits of community and connection
56:00 - The role of happiness
01:00:00 - What it means to be on a board
01:07:00 - Addressing the gender pay gap
01:14:00 - Being a confident female
01:18:00 - Violence begets violence
Connect with Erin:
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/erinsharoni/
Website | https://www.erinsharoni.com/
Twitter | https://twitter.com/erinsharoni
Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/erin-sharoni
Connect with me:
Instagram | @plant.paradigm
YouTube | The Plant Paradigm
Twitter | @plantparadigm
Website | www.theplantparadigm.com
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