Today on the exam room.

When we start loading our plate more with these amazing whole plant foods that are healing,

that you can't find in animal-based products.

And when you give your body those, the body goes finally, I'm giving the foundation to thrive and feel amazing.

Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.

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This is episode 10 of season 8, number 609 overall.

And today is all about plant-based 101, because we can all use a refresher sometimes.

And for those of us just getting going, this is your day.

Because joining us today are Dr. Laurie Marvis and Brittany Giroudi.

They have just put out a brand new book called Plant Based 101,

the ultimate guide for mastering the plant-based diet. And we are going to take you from zero

to hero when it comes to eating plant-based in a very short time, my friends. Here's everything

that we're going to cover today. The best vegan beef substitutes.

Ditto for chicken substitutes and cheeses. You're going to hear Brittany rave about how easy it is

to replace cheese with non-dairy cheese. So easy and so healthy to do. You're also going to hear

Dr. Marbus talk about the health ramifications of the foods that we eat and why

gravitating toward a plant-based diet can really lower that inflammation that burns throughout

our body a lot of times driven by what it is that we eat and how a plant-based diet can

help to extinguish those flames, really bring down the risk of all kinds of chronic diseases,

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