The Flirty Vegan
The Flirty Vegan

The Flirty Vegan

Vegan Lifestyle Coach: Jenny Cheifetz

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Formerly known as Sideline Sisters, THE FLIRTY VEGAN is THE destination for current and aspiring vegans and vegetarians. You will hear inspiring and important conversations about all aspects of veganism -- the deliberate decision to honor animals, the conservation and appreciation of the planet and natural resources, and the compassion we feel toward the world and our health. Settle in and prepare to be educated, awed, and excited by stories of kindness and grace, determination and grit, and challenge and resilience. Going vegan isn't the easiest choice... but it's the most loving one.

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Is Your Dinner Causing Your Demise?? Nutrition researcher and PCRM founder Dr. Neal Barnard with all the facts
MAY 13, 2026
Is Your Dinner Causing Your Demise?? Nutrition researcher and PCRM founder Dr. Neal Barnard with all the facts
⁠⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕☎️⁠⁠Book a FREE CONSULTATION CALL⁠⁠ 👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠Neal Barnard, MD, FACC, is an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Barnard Medical Center in Washington, DC. He has led numerous research studies investigating the effects of diet on diabetes, body weight, hormonal symptoms, and chronic pain, including a groundbreaking NIH-funded study that paved the way for viewing type 2 diabetes as a potentially reversible condition for many patients. His most recent book, The Power Foods Diet, shows how certain foods influence the appetite and metabolism to facilitate weight control.The Juicy Bits:Just because something is culturally normal does not mean it's healthy, a good use of time, or ethical.People ARE NOT naturally carnivores. Our closest relatives are apes and they do not eat meat.Young people eating meat won't exhibit signs of disease...YET. Science shows that a meat-based diet is strongly linked to cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, and diabetes.Plant-based diets have NO CHOLESTEROL. They get fat out of the muscles and liver cells, helping weight loss, blood sugar and blood pressure reduction, increased energy, and improved digestion.Doctors shouldn't meet patients where they're at... because it doesn't help them and there isn't a reward.Having something every once in a while reawakens desires and doesn't allow body to detox. MODERATION IS ONLY GOOD FOR GOOD THINGS. If something hurts the body, YOU DON'T WANT IT AT ALL.Traditional doctors don't know nutrition. They die of the same diseases as their patients.GLP-1 meds are there to counteract maladaptive habits at great expense... horrible side effects and increased premiums for everyone else, including medicare tax.In 1909, the average American at 3.8 pounds of cheese per year. Today, it's 40 pounds per person per year, propelling the obesity epidemic.We hand down bad habits generationally.Biggest killers are heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and Alzheimer's, and nutrition plays a role in all of them. Just because family members have these diseases doesn't mean you will. Eat plants.Cruelty is intrinsic to ALL LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS EVERYWHERE, regardless of which animal it is. Chickens only get to live 6 weeks before they're slaughtered, and Americans eat 1 MILLION CHICKENS PER HOUR!People on plant-based diets live longer, healthier, slimmer, more energetic lives.Don't know where to start? Find a book and go out to eat at an ethnic restaurant.Dr. Barnard's favorite vegan foods: jalapeno burritos and sushi (miso soup, salad, vegetable rolls)PCRM websiteBarnard Medical CenterDr. Barnard's books**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for generalinformational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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What you need to know about our FOOD SYSTEM with Food Empowerment Project founder Lauren Ornelas
APR 29, 2026
What you need to know about our FOOD SYSTEM with Food Empowerment Project founder Lauren Ornelas
☕⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee 🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠☎️⁠Book a FREE CONSULTATION CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠Lauren Ornelas is the founder and General Programs Team Member of Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice nonprofit that promotes veganism, fights for farm workers, works on lack of access to healthy foods in Black and Brown communities, and encourages people not to buy chocolate sourced from the worst forms of child labor, including slavery. She has been active in the animal rights movement since 1987, having started the first high school animal rights group in San Antonio, Texas, and then Action for Animals, a group she launched in college and that is still active in Austin. In 1999, lauren was asked by Viva!UK to start and run Viva!USA in 1999. As the leader of Viva!USA, lauren investigated factory farms and ran consumer campaigns, working with activists nationwide. In cooperation with other activists, lauren persuaded Trader Joe’s to stop selling duck meat, convinced Pier 1 Imports to stop using feathers, and was the spark that got the former CEO of Whole Foods Market to become a vegan. She also helped halt the construction of an industrial dairy operation in California. In addition, lauren served as campaign director with the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition for six years. Watch lauren’s TEDx talk on The Power of Our Food Choices.Food Empowerment Project Links:Website: foodispower.orgInstagram: @foodempowermentprojectFacebook: www.facebook.com/foodempowermentproject/Bluesky: @foodispower.bsky.socialThreads: @foodempowermentprojectLinkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/foodempowermentprojectGet Lauren's CHOCOLATE APPLauren's TEDXThe Juicy Bits:Young children have empathy toward animals, but it's pushed out of them.No matter the label, animals are transported and slaughtered in horrible conditions. If you care that much, you need to take that extra step.What does sustainable mean to you? It should mean every living being can live life fully with dignity and respect.Once you start thinking outside yourself, it opens you up to thinking of others. If we have the privilege to think about our food choices, then we have a responsibility to do better.When looking at the food system, every step of the way there are humans exploited. It is important to make informed decisions and speak out.The FOOD EMPOWERMENT PROJECT focuses on: veganism for the animals, anti-dairy efforts, farm worker justice, and lack of access to healthy foods.CHOCOLATE IS A LUXURY. Try not to support industries that enslave, abuse, and traffic people.Food is a tool for social change. There is so much power with food.Lauren's favorite foods: Thai and Mexican, popcorn, French fries**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice; all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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Granola with Global Impact: Celebrating EARTH DAY with Rooted Living founder Rachel Domb
APR 15, 2026
Granola with Global Impact: Celebrating EARTH DAY with Rooted Living founder Rachel Domb
⁠⁠If you love the show, feel free to buy me a coffee ☕👩‍🍳FREE TUTORIAL TO VEGANIZE RECIPES🎥⁠Watch the video podcast on YouTube⁠🌐Check ⁠The Flirty Vegan website⁠ 👉Follow ⁠@theflirtyvegan on Instagram⁠📣Join ⁠The Flirty Vegan Facebook Group⁠☎️⁠Book a CONNECTION CALL⁠ ⭐️Get the ⁠newsletter⁠Rachel Domb is the founder of Rooted Living, a plant-based snack company redefining the wasteful and unhealthy packaged food industry with healthy plant-based snacks packaged in 100% biodegradable packaging. A recent Northeastern University graduate in 'the Sustainable Business of Food', she’s on a mission to build a plastic-free pantry and create food that’s better for both people and the planet.The Juicy Bits:Veganism brings empowerment back to food, because our choices have impact.Veganism allows us to see problems in the food system, like sustainability.No matter what snack we buy, it's negatively impacting the planet.You can choose to live in a rooted way with veganism, exercise, blogging, and meditating.Avoid people pleasing and try things on your own, and make sure to make choices that align.Limiting beliefs are things we believe that limit our success.Time off technology is life changing and offers space to write, read, and reflect.Humans look so hard to heal their traumas with modalities, but when you get in nature, it does it for you.Systems of oppression are tangled up in everything we do and we're not taught to see it or understand it.Check out ways to support ethical causes: Rooted Living website, WISE at Northeastern University, Black Girl Environmentalist, Support & Feed OrganizationRachel's favorite foods: sweet potatoes, lentil Bolognese, Rooted Living granola with Kite Hill protein or Cocojune yogurtCheck out Rachel on 60 DAY HUSTLE ON PRIME**The information provided on this podcast does not, and is not intended to constitute legal or medical advice;all information, content, and material on this site are for general informational purposes only. This podcast contains links to other third party websites. Such links are only for the convenience and enjoyment of the user.
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71 MIN