Plant Proof - Plant Based Nutrition & Inspirational Stories

In Episode #175, environmental scientist Nicholas Carter returns to give us an update on the health of our planet, explain what COP26 is, and suggest what we may actually need to consider if we are going to create a brighter future for humanity. He poses the question, what if tackling the world’s biggest problem – climate change – is not actually the world’s biggest problem? What if solving happiness is? And what if we could create a healthier planet by restoring happiness?   For more from Nicholas Carter, see Episodes #104, #111, #116, #136, and #230. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.  Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MS

In Episode #174, a condensed throwback to Episode #119, we hear from climate scientist Dr Jonathan Foley on the current state of climate change and what we can do to help the planet heal. We discussed where we are headed if we don’t address climate change, what we can actually do about it, and the biggest areas of focus for immediate change. The episode also covers topics such as how climate change science is becoming accepted by the majority of society, climate change solutions affecting people’s careers, the current status of the world’s carbon emissions, and much more. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and fa

In Episode #173, I sat down with Danny Lennon to discuss the effects of coffee on our health. If you’re curious about the relationship between coffee and blood lipids, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, anxiety, depression, IBS, and the microbiome, listen to this episode.   We discussed what coffee actually is, what its interesting components are, how it affects our metabolism, and how decaffeinated coffee compares to caffeinated coffee. And of course, Danny shared his recommendations for coffee consumption. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of t

In Episode #172, a condensed throwback to Episode #95, we hear from Whitney English on navigating nutrition during pregnancy and infancy. Whitney is a registered dietitian, the co-founder of Plant-Based Juniors, and co-author of The Plant-Based Baby & Toddler. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Pe

In Episode #171, I sat down with Aviva Romm, MD, to chat about her new book, Hormone Intelligence, and an evidence-based diet for optimising fertility. Listen to find out what infertility, sub-fertility, and sterility are and whether infertility rates are rising. Aviva also shares her insights into animal-based foods and fertility (dairy, organ meats, bone broth, fish, eggs, etc.), plant-based diets and fertility, important nutrients, and prenatal supplements. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The P

In Episode #170, a throwback to Episode #77, we hear from Rip Esselstyn, author of The Engine 2 Diet and founder of PLANTSTRONG, about his work empowering firefighters to take control of their health.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

In Episode #169, I sat down with Paul Shapiro, author of Clean Meat and the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., to chat about the future of food. We discussed the problems with our existing food system that need addressing, what clean meat is, the various names used to describe clean meat, and the current status of the industry. And if you’re curious about precision fermentation and mycoprotein, you’ll also find out all about them in this episode. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and hos

In Episode #168, a condensed throwback to Episode #94, we hear from Robby Barbaro and Cyrus Khambatta – New York Times bestselling authors of Mastering Diabetes. What are the underlying mechanisms that cause insulin resistance? Are fruit and fructose bad? How should we eat to improve blood sugar control? Listen to find out.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe boo

In Episode #167, I sat down with Stanford Professor Christopher Gardner to chat about his recent SWAP-MEAT trial that compared plant-based meat to animal-based meat.   If you’re wondering how healthy plant-based burgers and sausages are relative to their organic animal-based counterparts (yes, he compared against organic animal products), then I am sure you will find this episode interesting and thought-provoking. We also touched on another recent study that compared the nutrient makeup of plant-based meat to animal-based meat.   For more from Christopher Gardner, check out Episode #145, #191, and #228. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.   Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite ep

In Episode #166, a Wednesday Wisdoms throwback to Episode #92, we hear from crowd favourite James Stanton Cooke, or ‘Jimmy Halfcut’, on regeneration and saving the remaining parts of the Daintree Rainforest. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

In Episode #165, I sat down with Ocean Robbins, co-founder of the Food Revolution Network. Ocean is the son of John Robbins, who authored Diet for a New America, and the grandson of Irv Robbins, who co-founded Baskin Robbins in 1945 with Burt Baskin.   This is a great conversation about our health, the food system, taking action to live better for longer, and looking after the environment. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter,

In Episode #164, a throwback to Episode #88, we hear Seb Alex’s thoughts on the ethics of eating animal-based foods. As you know, I usually like to keep the topics of nutrition and ethics separate, but at the same time I think it’s important for us to be aware of the impact our food choices have on the world around us, including the non-human animals we share the planet with.   I hope you enjoy the episode. Be sure to keep an eye out for Seb’s new podcast launching soon. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Auth

In Episode #163, I sat down with Light Watkins to talk about his new book Knowing Where to Look, living with ‘less’, meditation, the still small voice, and much more.   My hope is that Light provides you with inspiration to find the time to do exactly that – to quieten the mind so you can learn more about who you are and what you want to do with your life. I’ve been doing this imperfectly for a long time now and it’s been enormously beneficial. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the P

In Episode #162, a condensed throwback to Episode #114, we hear from Emily Manoogian, PhD, on working with our circadian rhythms rather than against them.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

In Episode #161, I sat down with Frank Lipman, MD, to talk about why we should take sleep more seriously and how to improve it. We discussed what sleep is, the different phases of sleep, different reasons for sleep abnormalities, and sleep quantity (hours slept) versus sleep quality. We also covered various sleep-related topics including wearables, the microbiome, light exposure, meal timing, supplements, and alcohol.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Face

In Episode #160, a throwback to Episode #120, we hear from Hannah Ritchie, PhD. Hannah is a wonderfully well-researched geoscientist who works with Our World in Data to bring complex environmental science to mainstream audiences.   How do our food choices affect the world around us? Is palm oil sustainable? Can cows help solve climate change? What’s more important – what we eat or where our food comes from? Find out by listening to this 24-minute, information-packed distillation of our earlier episode together.   Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the e

In Episode #159, I sat down with nutrition scientist Alan Flanagan to take a deep dive into the history of the diet-heart hypothesis, with emphasis on the work of Ancel Keys. We discussed the context for researching heart disease after World War II and the motivation for Ancel Keys’s 1958 Seven Countries Study – the world’s first multi-country nutritional epidemiological study. We also covered the North Karelia Project (a Finland-based, long-term project that aimed to reduce cardiovascular risk through lifestyle changes) and more recent evidence of the causal effect of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the development and progression of heart disease.   This is one of my favourite conversations to date. Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death globally. In fact, in the US, someone dies of cardiovascular disease every thirty-six seconds, which is mind-blowing given there is so much scientific evidence showing how we can reduce this risk through lifestyle changes. It’s probably a little

In Episode #158, a Wednesday Wisdoms episode, we hear from my good friend Drew Harrisberg on why being diagnosed with chronic disease in his early 20s turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Drew is authentic, uplifting, and super inspiring – I hope you enjoy the episode.   This is a condensed audio clip taken from Episode #62.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recip

In Episode #157, I sat down with Canadian professional footballer John Rush to chat about his career and dietary lifestyle.   In this episode, we covered John’s path to becoming a professional footballer; when and why he decided to change his approach to nutrition; how his dietary changes affected his performance; how his dietary changes were received by his coach, teammates, and family members; the typical foods he eats in a day; and much more.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on

In Episode #156, a Wednesday Wisdoms throwback to Episode #20, Australian TV icon Osher Günsberg opens up about his struggles with psychosis, anxiety, addiction, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. For more insights and reflections, visit The Proof website for the full show notes.    Enjoy, friends.   Simon Want to support the show?  The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. Simon Hill, MSc, BSc (Hons)  Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill  Author of The Proof is in the Plants  Watch the episodes on YouTube or listen on Apple/Spotify  Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook  Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book