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Most people picture a 60-year-old easing into retirement. Rick Scott is on the ice five days a week. He plays competitive hockey, trains up to 14 times a week, and routinely keeps pace with athletes decades younger. At 5'5" and 133 pounds, he gives up size to nearly everyone he skates with, and time, too. His secret, he'll tell you plainly, isn't a supplement or a shortcut. It's the way he eats, trains, and thinks. Rick is an athlete, coach, and founder of Peak Performance Co

Some people change the world by standing on stages. Others change it by helping important ideas reach the people who need them most. For decades, Glen Merzer has done exactly that. While many people in the plant-based movement recognize the names of physicians, researchers, and advocates who have helped advance the science of nutrition, fewer realize that behind many of those messages stands a gifted storyteller whose work has helped shape how those ideas are communicated to

Would You Stay “Right”… or Actually Make an Impact? The Real Story Behind Change, Identity, and Plant-Based Living There’s a version of change we like to believe in. It’s clean, decisive, and logical. You learn something new, you make a decision, and your life shifts accordingly. But real change, the kind that actually transforms you, rarely follows that script. Sometimes it looks like walking away from everything you built… and realizing you still don’t feel at peace. This i

• Modern farming largely involves intensive systems which raise animals in unhealthy, confined spaces, causing both ethical and environmental concerns. • Environmental impacts from industrial animal agriculture include substantial deforestation for feed crops and livestock pasture, high greenhouse gas emissions, and deterioration of soil quality and waterways. • Despite marketing efforts suggesting improved welfare conditions, labels like “free-range” and “grass-fed” often

Chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure affect millions of people worldwide. But what if the most powerful treatment isn’t found in a prescription bottle, but on your plate? In this episode of the Plant Based Support Podcast , host Dr. Niki Davis sits down with renowned dietitian, author, and speaker Julieanna Hever Risse , widely known as The Plant Based Dietitian . Together they explore the science behind the diet doctors are using to reverse

What if the reason you cannot lose weight or stick to healthy habits is not a lack of willpower? In this powerful episode of the Plant Based Support Podcast, Dr. Niki Davis sits down with board certified physician Dr. Alona Pulde to explore a piece of lifestyle medicine that is often overlooked. Connection. Not just connection to others, but connection to yourself. Dr. Pulde’s journey into lifestyle medicine was personal. After her father passed away suddenly at age 55 despit

Mental health is often framed as something that happens to us—driven by genetics, circumstances, or stress we can’t control. But in a recent episode of the Plant-Based Support Podcast , Dr. Niki Davis and psychologist Dr. Angela Crawford explore a powerful truth that’s still missing from most conversations: what we eat directly affects how we feel. Dr. Crawford shares her personal journey from a standard American diet to vegetarianism and eventually a whole-food, plant-bas