Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

The Sonya Looney Show


Hey everybody! My name is Sonya Looney and welcome to my podcast. For those of you who don’t have any context on me, I’m a plant-based World Champion ultra endurance mountain biker. I travel the world and have met some incredible people with world class attitudes and ways of living that motivate me daily, and I want to share their paths of mastery with you. This is a podcast interviewing inspiring leaders across the categories of wellness, endurance fitness, plant-based nutrition, mindset, and entrepreneurship to help you unlock the best and healthiest version of yourself.

Aug 30, 2017

When it comes to food and all the different views on what is healthy, how do you know what to believe? Overwhelmed with confusion and decision fatigue, most people simply just give up and I can see why! With so many different opposing views on what you should eat and what it means to be healthy, it’s often hard to know where to turn, who to trust, or what to do when it comes to our diet. I’ve personally felt frustrated with an overflow of conflicting information and rebuttles. The key is learning how to do your own research and how to know if a study is actually true. I personally eat my diet based on evidence-based nutrition with articles published in peer-reviewed journals. A huge resource for me has been NutritionFacts.org. Let’s talk more about that.

Nutritionfacts.org was founded by Dr. Michael Greger.  He is medical doctor, a New York Times Best-Selling Author, and internationally acclaimed speaker. As a little boy, his grandmother was diagnosed with end stage heart disease and had many bypass surgeries. She was confined to a wheelchair and the doctors said her life was basically over at age 65. Lifestyle medicine pioneer, Dr. Pritikin treated Michael’s grandma, Frances Greger with diet. Within weeks being treated with a whole foods plant-based diet, she was out of the wheelchair and able to walk many miles per day. Not only that, she was able to live another 31 years until age 96. Her incredible recovery inspired Dr. Greger to dedicate his life to medicine and he has made it his life’s work to comb through thousands of nutrition science articles and created nutritionfacts.org as a public service.

Nutritionfacts.org is a non-profit site about the latest research in nutrition. Dr. Greger presents informative evidence-based videos stemming from the latest peer reviewed journals. The website is run through donation only with no sponsorships whatsoever, and Dr. Greger does not receive any financial compensation. The purpose is to maintain integrity since so many studies and foundations are tainted by the persuasion of dollars. If you’d like to read any of the studies, there is a “studies cited” button next to all the videos.  

He recently published a blog post about how to decipher a study and whether you should believe it is valid or not.  Check it out here.

Dr. Greger is also a speaker and is constantly on the go talking about the power of plants. His book, How Not to Die is a powerful read and reference describing the top 15 killers of humans how to prevent them. 100% of his proceeds from his speaking and his book go to his 501(c)3 nonprofit NutritionFacts.org.

Topics Discussed in the podcast 

  • how to decipher a scientific study - how to know what to believe
  • where to get good resources for nutrition science
  • what plant-based foods to add to your diet
  • how food leads to diseases and how to prevent diseases like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and cancer
  • Dr Greger's personal story and his book, How Not to Die

Show Notes:

How Not to Die Keynote 

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU[/embed]

Support the Show

If you like my show, I’m aiming to make it an ad-free zone using crowdfunding to support it.  All donations will go directly to the production of the show. I’m raising money using Patreon.   A lot of podcasts sell ads to cover the production costs of the show, which can be quite high. I am not a fan of ads when I listen to podcasts so my goal is make this podcast an ad-free zone. The currently production of this free show is primarily supported out of my own pocket and a small portion is covered through the donations on Patreon. With my Patreon page, you can donate directly to the show which will help me cover the costs each week. If you find value and enjoy this show, you can donate any amount 200 dollars per month to as little as one dollar per episode (which is only 4 dollars a month!) I really appreciate your support!

Crowdfunding on Patreon - thank you!

Shop my products! 

Leave a review or share on social media

Don’t forget to subscribe!