The Healthification Podcast

As vegans we tend to lead with our hearts. That’s often a good thing. And yet, when it comes to the most ethical way to raise and feed our companion animals it can get divisive and confusing.  Today I’m excited to welcome Vegan Vet Armaiti May DVM, to the podcast. Armaiti is a practicing small animal veterinarian and vegan advocate. She operates a house call veterinarian ... READ MORE

Do you have someone you’d like to be when you grow up? It’s a funny thing to say I guess. For several years my guest today has been that lady for me!!! I’ve looked to Jan Saunders of The Beet Retreat Vegan Bed & Breakfast in stunning Noosa as someone whose energy and lifestyle and attitude are just so very aligned with everything I respect and everything I aspire to! ... READ MORE

I first came across the work of Patrick McKeown at the insistent prompting of my dear podcast editor Sten, who elucidated numerous deleterious impacts of my mouth breathing and in turn the life changing benefits of nasal breathing. On a long train ride I demolished a couple of Patrick’s podcasts. Then a couple of his audio books. Better sleep. Laser focus. Mental acuity. Athletic performance. Calm. ... READ MORE

Today’s conversation is all about easy, budget friendly deliciousness! Specifically, simple plant based meal planning that maximises free time and minimises unhealthy choices. VegInspired CEO, Cookbook author and Food-as-Fuel advocate Kathy Davis is joining me to share her healthy daily habits and how she makes plant based on-the-go work while traveling the United States in an RV with her husband, and cats. They’ve been ... READ MORE

In this genuine and natural conversation author and entrepreneur Bobbi Giudicelli and I discuss one of the misconceptions about a plant based or vegan lifestyle that I’m passionately committed to exploding. Specifically, that eating plant based or living vegan is restrictive or dangerous for someone who has a history of disordered eating. At this point I feel I should do all the disclaimers, seek medical advice ... READ MORE

In this conversation with Australia’s leading Sleep Expert, Olivia Arezzolo we cover the Chronotype’s that regulate your sleep and wake times and dig in to the sequence of sleep strategies that you can deploy to sleep better tonight. Olivia is all about the science however her approach is fun. Who doesn’t want to know if they’re a Bear, Lion or Wolf? They are the chronotype’s and ... READ MORE

Visionary author, educator, speaker and 40+ year vegan, Dr. Will Tuttle Ph.D. is joining me today to explore the wide reaching horror and catastrophic consequences of animal agriculture.  Friends, my first conversation in E721: Dr Will Tuttle and The World Peace Diet blew my mind. We covered some of the main ideas in his best-selling book, The World Peace Diet, which has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century, ... READ MORE

Mitali Deypurkaystha is on a mission to create an army of conscious, ethical thought leaders through publishing, “so our screams to end the exploitation of animals, humans, and the environment will become too loud to be ignored.” I LOVE the sound of that! Mitali, is ‘The Authority Creator’ for vegan/plant-based, ethical, sustainable, B Corp, cruelty-free, green, eco-conscious and social experts, influencers ... READ MORE

In todays conversation with Faunalytics’ Research Scientist Andrea Polanco we discuss the findings of a new study showing how successful various animal advocacy types are across both the short and long term. Plant friends, if you’re yet to hear of Faunalytics it is an amazing online resource and not for profit with the mission to empower animal advocates with access to research, analysis, strategies and messages that maximise ... READ MORE

Aotearoa, New Zealand maintains a clean, green image on global scale. Perhaps you’re picturing breath-taking mountain vistas, ancient forests, volcanic landscapes, stunning coastline and lush rolling green hills. The sad reality, NZ has cashed in its fresh water. NZ is home to 6 million dairy cows and 5 million people and yet those dairy cows create the same amount of waste as 90 million people. The dairy industry uses 11 ... READ MORE

It’s such a huge joy to share with you this conversation with the amazing founder and CEO of Animals Asia, Jill Robinson. Animals Asia is devoted to ending bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals across Asia. As you will soon hear, team Animals Asia have been incredibly successful in their work to bring about long-term change and promote compassion and respect for all animals. In ... READ MORE

In this conversation TheGutHealthMD Dr Will Bulsiewicz and I discuss some of the “unfinished business” from his first best-selling book Fiber Fueled. Incidentally my first chat in E686 with Dr B for Fiber Fueled is the most downloaded episode of Healthifcation and I understand why. Gut health is both fascinating and complicated. It could feel overwhelming. And yet Will has a unique talent in speaking to you via his books and ... READ MORE

Erin Wing spent 2 years as undercover investigator for Animal Outlook shining a light on the horrors in facilities that breed and raise animals for food. Erin has certainly seen the worse of what humans do to non-human animals. She has witnessed first hand what most of us would struggle to glance at via video. And yet the truth that Erin has witnessed and documented needs to be shared. If ... READ MORE

Vikas Garg is founder and CEO of the user-generated, plant-based app abillion and he is on a mission to change the world by inspiring a billion people to go vegan in the next decade. Abillion is vegan made easy. On downloading, the app tells you: this app will change your life and life on our planet. And I’m inclined to agree. Since ... READ MORE

My guest today Vegucator Dawn Hilton-Williams has a passion for the everyday work of radicalising wellness – especially within disproportionately impacted communities. By that I mean communities such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) who suffer the negative health consequences often in the form of deadly yet avoidable chronic disease of a SAD diet at an even higher rate than other communities of people. Dawn is all ... READ MORE