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Youtube – Clarence Kennedy : Proving it’s possible to have massive strength gains while vegan. He might not be strict whole food-plant based but he’s vegan. He eats a huge amount of food compared to me and expends far more energy than I do as a full time strength trainer.
Clarence Kennedy is shown here dead-lifting 750 pounds!!! I’m not kidding myself I’ll ever lift this much at my age, but there’s no handicap eating only plant foods. Isn’t this lift impressive? Just afterward, he does 4 reps of 661 pounds!!! Of course, the disease related health benefits of the diet are most impressive but I need motivation such as this to keep on the right path of the strength program.
Youtube – Dr. John Mcdougall : I am on his program called the Starch Solution. Free PDF description of the program: to save you some time, the plan is basically no meat/dairy/oils/refined grains/processed foods/eggs, but also only a measured amount of nuts if weight gain isn’t a problem. If so, no nuts. Processed foods are defined basically as anything with key parts removed (like done in white bread), or with sugar, salt or oil added. It’s a traffic light system, and the satiating foods are starches, such as potatoes, rice, beans, corn, grains and many others.
His channel has many highlight videos, testimonials but very important are his interviews of the great minds in the area of lifestyle medicine, including Nathan Pritikin.
Dr. Kim Williams, former president of the American College of Cardiology, provides proof through unbiased, well constructed scientific studies to prove great benefit of the whole food-plant based diet.
To Add:
- Dr. Neil Barnard
- Dr. T. Colin Campbell
- Dr. Michael Greger
- Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Mic the Vegan is a student advocate of the whole food-plant based diet, but also covers the ecological benefits and the animal welfare aspect of veganism. A sample video is below covering a recent study of sustained weight loss without calorie restriction on a whole food-plant based diet.
Other notable doctors and personalities promoting the diet on Youtube and other resources
Ellsworth Wareham was an excellent example of a long lived and healthy whole food-plant based advocate. He was also a cardiologist.
Douglas Lisle, PhD
Youtube – Irmine Van Dyken MD : A surgeon who has given presentations at the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii.
Dr. Shintani, Harvard-trained nutritionist and medical doctor
Ted Barnett, MD
Motivation and Testimonials for a Whole Food-Plant Based Diet 