Michele Wisla is a Food Educator and Certified Nutrition Coach following evidence-based nutrition principles. Helping her clients to make optimal choices. She works to empower people with the knowledge and confidence to live well through eating a plant-based diet.
Michele is a Member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a licensed "Food For Life" Instructor by The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Our Conscious Kitchen was founded by Michele and has provided hundreds of people health coaching and culinary nutrition lessons in her in-person and online programs.
This the second time that Michele has featured on the podcast and I would encourage you to also listen to her previous episode that was recorded in November of 2020. Michele helps busy 40+ year old women learn the healthy action steps for choosing and preparing foods that allow them to show up energised everyday to meet their health goals, lose weight, to feel great now and 20 years from now. We go into detail in the podcast of what this means to change habits and what are the simple and straightforward ways one can, using a step by step approach, move to a plant based diet with all of it’s amazing benefits.
5:14 I’ve always been geeky.. I follow trusted sources…
6:09 Dr Dean Ornish … showed heart disease can be reversed…
8:45 There are a lot of half truths out there…
10:15 Dr Micheal Gregor - nutritionfacts.org… a good place to go… Dr Neil Barnard, Dr Will Bulsiewicz … Book: Simon Hill - The proof is in the plants…
11:44 Science is a moving target…
14:59 I would encourage people to do their own research…
16:01 The last two years have changed the world…I do more online...I became more nerdy… Plant Based Nutrition …
18:10“Food for Life” coaching … organisation behind me - 15 courses to share…around chronic diseases… all the same root cause…
20:26 The hardest thing …is to change their behaviour… people don’t like to change…
21:07 I’m a life long learner … a test called “Strengths Finder”… gallup.com
22:02 My goal is to start imparting [knowledge] …
23:46 [Helicopter veiw] Getting [the information] out there… Plant Based Eating...
27:21[Escaping Yoyo dieting] Its all about “calorie density”… look to low calories food- whole plant foods…
31:00 It’s best to eat at home… a 12 week program… 1st week at a grocery store…11 weeks at the clients home… get in touch at https://www.ourconsciouskitchen.com
36:10 [Helping people to go plant based…]
37:45 [Plant based scrambled eggs] …
39:26 Doesn’t have to be 100% plant based … Blue Zones…
41:15 This month I am releasing a course - a 5 week program… how to start a plant based diet…
43:41 What got your here won’t get you there … I have a strong internal why…
44:23 [Client Story]Capturing your why…
46:00 Meal planning…prepping… focus on flavour…
49:09 It’s not just sugar, salt and oil… the plant kingdom is huge…
49:34 I eat over 30 plants a day … it’s quite easy to do…there are so many plants…
52:02 [Evolution] A slow evolution…
49:45 [Books]
The Cheese Trap - Dr Neal Barnard
Hooked - Michael Moss,
Keep Sharp - Sanjay Gupta
MTR Quote T Colin Campbell “ Never before have we had such a deep and broad range of evidence supporting a whole food plant based diet…..Never before...
52:10 [Key Message]
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https://www.ourconsciouskitchen.com
https://www.facebook.com/MicheleWisla/
https://plantbasedlivingwell.com/lp-how-to-stop-counting-calories-this-year/
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