On today’s show, I am going to share 7 mistakes with you that you could be making. I am going to guarantee that you are making at least 3 of these mistakes. If you are making any of these, then it may be time for a change…
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7 Deadly Lifetime Mistakes
1. Don’t hold a grudge
Are you holding a grudge against somebody? If you are, I beg you to please let it go. This is not new, I have said this before. Holding a grudge is negative energy and will only make you sick. It won’t help anything or anybody. Forgive if you can and stop hating. You can remove them from your life but don’t hate or be angry. When you hold it in you have negativity, hatred, stress, and anger. Your cells change and they change for the worse. I am convinced of this. So let it go!! Do it for yourself.
2. Being in the wrong job
This is so important. If you are in a job that you don’t like, try to figure out a way to change it. Find out if you can be transferred or maybe change your job duties. Do whatever you can to enjoy your job. Even if that means taking some college or continuing education courses and redirecting what you are doing. Going into a job everyday that you don’t love, can be a very negative experience. If you really don’t like your job and there’s no way to make it better, go out and try to find another job. I know a lot of you are afraid of the unknown but if you don’t like your job make it better or find another job.
3. Being in the wrong relationship
I have talked to many of you personally and have heard that I have opened your eyes. You know you are not in a good place in your relationship and need to get out. But I wonder how many of you have taken that step. Have you done it? I am not a proponent for just leaving someone or divorcing them but I am a proponent of happiness. So if you are in a relationship that is toxic, do whatever you can to try to make it better if you really love this person and want them in your life. But, staying in a relationship that is toxic and that you know is not working out is not right! If you have tried everything you can to make it better, than it is probably time to move on. Sure it’s difficult. It is not easy. I moved on after 23 years of marriage. It was horrible. But I got through it and I am in such a good place now. I truly love every day.
4) Don’t live beyond your means
It makes no difference how much money you earn. If you make $40,000 a year and you are spending much less than that. You are able to save some and put money away. Guess what? You are doing a better than most people in the country. On the other hand, if you are making a $1,000,000 a year and are living a lavish, extravagant lifestyle and are spending $1,200,000 a year. You are in much worse shape than the person that’s making $40,000 a year. There is nothing wrong with making $20,000 or $30,000 a year as long as you are doing it honestly. There may come a time when you need to earn more to put food on the table or to pay bills. But do whatever you can to live below your means. Financial issues are one of the two primary reasons for divorce. The other is a lack of communication. Money is not the root of all evil. We need money to do the things that we do. But if you don’t use it properly than it can become the root of all evil.
5. Not preparing for retirement
You will wake up one day and you may be 50,60, or 70 and have not gotten nearly enough money saved for retirement. When you look back on your life you will say WOW I bought all these things. I had to have the best style, or look good, or have the best jewelry or fastest car. I had to live a lifestyle that was maybe a little fake. And now here I am and guess what I don’t have anything to show for it or have very little in retirement savings. Please do not be in this situation. If you are following #4, that means that you are able to put money aside for retirement. I am not a financial planner, but I have lived long enough and have enough experience to know what to do. I have made mistakes but I was able to recover from them. At this point, I have no debt and I have a good amount of money saved in my retirement plans. I feel very comfortable just because I have done the right things over the years. I am not a genius, was not born into a wealthy family, and have never had an inheritance (with the exception of about $600 that I received from a great grandparent when I was about 20). You can do it too! I am not smarter and no luckier.
6. Not loving yourself
Until I loved myself, I could not do what I wanted to do in my life. I certainly couldn’t help others. If you look in the mirror every day and are not happy with who/what you see, re-evaluate and ask yourself why not? Why don’t you love yourself? There is nothing wrong with loving yourself. It does not mean that you are a narcissist. It does not mean that you love yourself so much that you do it at the detriment of other people. I am talking about being really happy with what you see in your heart and in your soul. You’ve got to be confident. So please if you have a problem with that, send me an email or private message and I can steer you in the right direction. I have been through it and I believe I can help. You have to love yourself in order to be able to help others.
7. Not living a life that is the true YOU
What that means is that you are kinda faking it. You are doing things that are not truly you. Maybe you are holding back. For example, maybe you are a real comedian and you like to laugh and crack jokes. But for some reason you feel that you are held back and can’t do that. You feel that if you let your true personality come out then people are going to think you are crazy and weird or that they will make fun of you. Please, please, please live a live a life that is true to you. Pleasing other people is good but don’t live your life to only please other people. Live your life the way that you want to live it and if you do that, it will free up your energy and you soul so that you can help other people. If you feel confined or restricted and you are living your life the way that you think other people want you to live your life than that is a problem.
I really hope this helped. I try to come up with the best possible information and topics every week. If there is anything you ever want to hear me talk about or if you have questions please message me.
Thank you so much for being a listener. We are coming to the end of 2015 and I have got some really exciting things to help you make 2016, your absolute best year ever!
Time goes so fast so be sure to make the best of every day!
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This is the show where I help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and so much more. Today’s show is a very special episode. I love to inspire you and motivate you to live your absolute best lifestyle ever! Today, for the first time ever, I have a very special guest on the show, my dad! His name is Selvin Madow.
Dr. Dave: “Say hello to everybody.”
Mr. Madow: “Hello everybody! I have to tell you it is a great pleasure to be here on my son’s iPod (podcast) because I really love what he does and what he is. So hopefully it will be very interesting and you will come away with something from this iPod (podcast).”
Dr. Dave: “Ok thank you very much! It’s not actually an iPod, it’s a podcast but that’s ok. He’s not a real tech guy but that’s ok. He tries.”
Mr. Madow: “I try. I meant to say podcast.”
Dr. Dave: “So here’s the story. I have been doing this podcast for about two years now but I have been living this lifestyle for a lot longer, probably the last forty years. Over the past forty years, I think my mom and dad have looked at me thinking that I’m a little bit weird, a little bit out there. Dave lives this lifestyle that really nobody else lives. He tries to make everyone think they need to live the same lifestyle. And I will tell you this. Since I became plant based, I am catching a little more flack. People look at me like Dave, what are you doing with your life and why are you trying to get everybody else to do what you do? I could be totally wrong but I think my dad thinks the same thing. So this is a one on one interview, down and dirty, unrehearsed. Dad, you can say whatever you want about me, I don’t care if it’s good, bad, ugly, sweet, great. Do you like what I’m doing? Or do you think it’s just too much and I should lay back and not try to get other people to live this incredible lifestyle?”
Mr. Madow: “Ok. We have heard what David had to say. David, my oldest son, who obviously I love very very much. He does things that I don’t do. He has different beliefs than I do or my wife does, however I give David so much credit for living his life the way he wants. And believing in the things that he believes in so strongly, which I think is wonderful even if it’s not my belief. I give him credit for doing that. I have seen him get into this situation with the vegan {lifestyle}. He loves it. He does push it, there’s no doubt about that. He doesn’t try to push it in a way that would make you uncomfortable but you know how he feels and you know what he does. We have to accept him for that. I went to a vegan meal with a couple of months ago and it was actually very interesting to see people eating vegan food. And the food happened to be very good. However it’s not for me. I like too many other things to give them up at this stage of my life. And I know David understands that. I greatly admire what he is doing because his is not the mainstream. Most people don’t do what he does. They don’t! So I give him credit for doing that. That’s my take on his vegan food that he eats. And believe me when we go out to dinner, and we usually go to a vegan restaurant because David likes that and I don’t mind doing that. But I have told him before that I get this strange feeling that he is staring at me when I am eating lamb chops and he is eating his vegan food 🙂 He tells me that’s not true and that I can eat whatever I want. He is not trying to influence me but you know you get influenced by being in the presence of someone doing it. Even it you don’t want it, even if you don’t like it, it still does have a certain influence on you. So believe it or not I really do try to stay away from things he doesn’t like. Because in the whole scheme of things, believe it or not, I know it’s healthier for me and being healthier could be a good thing at my age. I am 86 years old and I really should start being healthy for once in my life. So yeah I admire David for what he is doing. He is a great guy!”
Dr. Dave: “So as my dad just said, he is 86 years old. It’s interesting what you said because you never really told me this part but when you’re in my presence, even though I don’t say to you hey you have to eat what I’m eating, you feel this energy that you should be doing what I’m doing. But you’re right I don’t give anybody dirty looks. I always say that if I tried to disassociate myself from friends or family that do not eat the way I do, then I wouldn’t have any friends or family. So I’d be crazy to do that. I totally respect everybody. I try to teach by example and lead by example. The message is out there and the message has been received very positively over the past couple years. Dad, let me asked you a question. You said something very interesting, like you almost feel that you know it’s the right thing to do at this stage of your life but you don’t do it anyway. Have you ever heard the term cognitive dissonance? If you haven’t, that’s ok.”
Mr. Madow: “I think I’ve heard of it but I am not quite sure what it means to be honest with you.”
Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance is when somebody understands on some level that something is right, but they choose to bury that because they are doing things a different way. I swear I am not trying to talk you into anything today. But maybe on some level you know that eating animal products isn’t very good for you or you know that it causes suffering, but you choose not to change. On some level you have this struggle going on inside of you, and I think a lot of people do. Do you think there is any kind of cognitive dissonance going on in your body on some level that you think plant based might be better for your health or for the environment or whatever it may be?”
Mr. Madow: “Well as I said before, I definitely know that plant based is healthier for me and possibly I would be much better off doing that. Not just because David does it but because it’s a known fact that vegetables and healthy foods are much better for you than eating red meat. However I have a very difficult situation for me because I really enjoy some of the stuff that I eat and I don’t enjoy eating some of this plant based vegan food. David does and I guess a lot of the people following him do. So it really is a meeting of the minds and what you feel is really important in your life at that stage. And everybody has different stages. The older you get, you have a different stage. You don’t worry about your health so much. You think well I like this and I am going to eat it. I don’t care what goes on. I think that possibly may be one of the stages I am in right now. I really enjoy eating the stuff that I eat, meat, ribs, all that kind of bad stuff for you. But don’t think that while I am eating this stuff, that I don’t realize that it’s not the best thing for me because I do. However I guess that’s the stage I am in and my feeling for what I want overcomes the other part of it which is not good for me. I wholeheartedly endorse what David’s doing for him and his followers but not particularly for me.
Dr. Dave: “So let me ask you a totally hypothetical question. Your 86 and we both feel that although you’re in good health it probably could be better right?”
Mr. Madow: “It could be better. But I’m still here”
Dr. Dave: “And God bless you! But let’s just say that someone came down and said Mr. Selvin Madow if you ate a lot healthier, mostly plant based and took out processed foods from your diet, I am going to tell you there is a very good chance you could live at least 10 more years to 96. And not just 10 more years but you’d feel better, you’d lose some weight, you’d be more vibrant. If someone told you that but they said the only way to really do that is to change your diet totally and start eating some more plant based and whole food. Would you do it if someone could guarantee that?”
Mr. Madow: “Probably if someone came up and they could guarantee that. I would possibly do it. But obviously it can’t be done that way. They can’t guarantee it. I like to live as healthy as possible.”
Dr. Dave: “No one is going to guarantee that because of course we are all humans. There’s no guarantee. I could go out tomorrow and God forbid have some kind of horrible accident. You just never know. So they can’t guarantee it, but if someone said the odds are stacked way in your favor living 10 more years out, being healthy, being thinner, being more vibrant; would you consider it at that point?”
Mr. Madow: “Thinking about that, what person with any kind of common sense could say no to that? If someone came up to me, which David has in his own way, and said if you eat this way you’ll live a lot longer you have to think about it. Could I do it? Sure I could. Do I do it? No. Why don’t I do it? I guess because I am stubborn. I’m too ingrown with this stuff that I am doing and the stuff that I like. But you could talk to me and say you know what Selvin if you had any sense you would change. You would go with this plant based with the opportunity to be around with your family for 10 more years. I would have to say that I would need to give it some more serious thought. Of course I want to be around. Of course I enjoy my life. So I might switch over. I might do what David says because I know it’s good for me. So anyhow that’s a good question. I really don’t have a definite answer but I would seriously think about it.”
Dr. Dave: “Well this show is all about being honest and being respectful. I appreciate that honest answer. I really do. I won’t coerce you or give you dirty looks. You did say at one point that when we were at the Indian restaurant and you were having lamb chops that I shot you dirty looks. But maybe I wasn’t shooting you dirty looks but maybe in the back of my mind subliminally I was thinking wow if my dad keeps eating food like that he is not going to have many more years to spend. But if he starts eating healthier he’ll be able to spend a lot more years. Maybe you could look at it like that instead of me trying to diss you or make fun of you for eating lamb chops.”
Mr. Madow: There could also be another aspect to that. Maybe that was my own thinking. That I was eating lamb chops and it was so far away from what David preaches.”
Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance right?”
Mr. Madow: “Right. That’s exactly right. So maybe that was me. Maybe in my own mind I was thinking I shouldn’t be doing this. I think it was more me thinking that way than David trying to make me feel that way.”
Dr. Dave: “You don’t have to kiss my butt just because we’re on this podcast. You can be totally honest. If you think I was giving you dirty looks you can say it.”
Mr. Madow: “I just explained it. And I was very honest about that. I think it was my own thought process and maybe even a guilty thought process.”
Dr. Dave: “Cognitive dissonance that’s what they call it. It catches up with everybody.”
Mr. Madow: “Anyhow it’s been very interesting doing this with David. And again as I said before, I really admire him for carrying out his feelings the way he feels he wants to do things. And the biggest thing of all is it’s paying off for him very well. He looks terrific. He feels terrific. So maybe I am the one that’s wrong.”
Dr. Dave: “Well it’s not a question of being right or wrong. It’s not right or wrong. It’s just what type of life do you want to live? Do you want to be healthier? Not only that but do you want to NOT contribute to animals suffering. I’ve got this passion as you know Dad. I live this lifestyle and it’s not just eating. But it’s exercise, it’s moving my body, it’s being happy, it’s having goals in my life and things that I want to do. A lot of people probably think I am a nutcase and that’s totally fine because I can wake up and look at myself every day in the mirror and say hey dave you are absolutely living the life that you want to live. You are having fun every day. You are doing what you want to do. You are healthy. You are contributing and helping other people. I don’t get paid a penny for this podcast but I do it because I love helping other people. I LOVE it with a passion. As I always say, if I got through to one person today and helped them even think about their life, then I did my job. And today, having you on here. I think we got through to more than one. I think we helped a lot of people. Stay with me. You are not alone. This is what The David Madow Lifestyle Show is all about. Please give us your last minute parting comments dad.”
Mr. Madow: “I really like what David is doing. He looks great, he feels great, and he has a wonderful attitude. He’s doing what he loves to do. And what could be better than that. So David I give you all the compliments in the world and I think you’re doing great. I love you! Keep on doing it! Thank you for having me on your show.”
Dr. Dave: “Dad you’re very welcome. And I will tell you in front of many people all over the plant, I love you. I’m proud to have you as my dad!”
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 280,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
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I’m recording again live in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the show where I help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, and happier.
Today, I want to tell you about something I recently did. I participated in the Las Vegas Rock N Roll Half Marathon. It was amazing! I want to share with you the reason I did it, or rather the reason I believe in doing things like this. I believe that when you sign up for an event and train for it, that keeps you very healthy. I have been doing this for a very long time. I have been running races for about 30 years and have been planning backpack trips. I do it because not only do I love doing these things, but I know when I put something on the calendar I am going to be forced to make sure I am in good enough shape to complete it. If I didn’t do this and didn’t have anything on the calendar, it’s easy to get lazy. Days can go by where you aren’t walking or running. And those days turn into weeks. And then the weeks turn into months and before you know it you have lost all of your training.
So several months ago, I saw some information online that there was going to be a Rock N Roll Half Marathon & Full Marathon the same week that I had a conference. It was perfect timing. My conference ended on Saturday and the run took place on Sunday. The race is in the evening and the route is along the strip in Las Vegas. There were about 40,000+ runners. And I signed up not knowing anything about the race. My training was fair. At least good enough to complete the race or so I thought.
The race started at 4:30pm and somewhere around 2pm, I made my way from the hotel room in West Gate and had to take the monorail to MGM. Then walk across the street. This whole trip took about an hour. I got to the start line. It was very crowded but very well organized. Shortly after they announced that there was going to be a free concert given by a surprise musical artist. And who was it other than Kid Rock?! So at about 3pm, Kid Rock started. It was phenomenal and the energy from all the people around the stage was unbelievable.
At about 4pm, everyone began to make their way to the start line. I had packed up a lot of my gear and checked it at the registration desk and I was not be able to pick it up until the end of the race. Since it was pretty warm during the day, I was only wearing my t-shirt and running shorts. At about 4:30pm it began to get a little colder and a little darker. And the wind started to pick up around that time as well. I began to look around and noticed that other runners were in the same situation that I was.
So I get to the start line, and it begins to get really really windy. I look up and notice that there are dark clouds swirling around overhead. Now remember, I am in the desert and in the desert there are all kinds of extremes. Deserts are not always hot as you know. Deserts can be very very cold. So I was a little worried. Here I am in a t-shirt and shorts, no gloves or anything. Its getting colder and the skies look like they are about to open up. The race began in waves and there were groups of runners in corrals. My corral was #21 and even though the race started at 4:30pm it was almost 5pm before my group crossed the start line. So I begin running. I am running against the wind and it is getting colder and colder. At this point, I am thinking this is crazy. I was really worried that it was going to start raining. So within the first mile or two, I look down on the road and happened to notice what looked like a discarded sweatshirt. It is very common for runners to start a race with a lot of heavy gear and shed it during the race as they get warmer. Typically what happens is that crews come by and pick them up and donate them to the homeless. It’s a pretty good thing actually. So I picked up the sweatshirt and sure enough it was the right size so I put it on. And all of a sudden my body warmed up. I wore the sweatshirt on and off for the next several miles, as my body warmed up I would take it off and wrap it around my waist. I really think this sweatshirt could have saved my life.
During the run it did actually start raining. The weather was a complete mess with the wind and the rain. We then got to the point where we were running towards downtown Las Vegas. If you have never been to Las Vegas, it’s a trip! Anyhow, my body had begun to warm up and so I decided to shed my newly acquired sweatshirt. I threw it on the side of the road thinking that I would try to remember where it was since I would be coming back the same way and if I needed it I would pick it up. We head through downtown and then begin running back towards the finish line. There was about 4 mile to go in the race. As I was running south on the strip, the last 4 miles, it is just horrible. The wind was picking up, it was getting cold, my shirt was a little bit wet from sweat so it was really uncomfortable. I totally missed where I put the sweatshirt down so I didn’t see it and forgot about it. So here I am 4 miles back; shivering, cold, really uncomfortable but knowing that there were only 4 miles left and I was going to make it to the finish line. It was crazy!
So I did finish the race. I finished in a pretty slow time which was ok because I just wanted to finish. I wasn’t really highly trained for this race. I knew I hadn’t been running as much as I wanted to. I got to finish line and they were handing out the thin mylar blankets. I wrapped it around myself and began feeling a little warmer there. In order to get to where the checked bags were it was at least a half mile walk. I finally made it to the area and got my bag. I changed right then and there and put on some of my long sleeve stuff and began to feel warmer while I was there. Before that I was shivering and cold. Hypothermia can be very serious. Even in 50 to 60 degree temperatures with a cold wind and your wet, it can be very dangerous. People can die from that. It is not taken seriously enough, I think.
So I changed my clothes and had a few snacks (bananas) and began making my way back to the monorail. As I am doing that, I was feeling ok but when I got to the monorail and was getting my ticket, I felt like I was going to faint. Like I was going to drop right there. So I held on to the ticket machine and was doing everything I could not to blackout. I was able to regain my composure but it was an incredible experience.
We can’t predict the weather but we have to be prepared. And I must say, last night I was unprepared. I packed all my stuff and gave it to the bag check people with no way to get it. So here I am with nothing on in the desert. It was cold, rainy, and windy as hell and here was Dave Madow trying to run a half marathon. It was crazy. But in the end, I crossed the finish line, I got my medal, and it felt great. I went out a got a nice Chinese dinner. It was funny because at the restaurant, the Joyful House (one of my favorite places in Las Vegas), there were at least two other tables of people next to me that had done the race as well. We started talking about how bad the weather was. And even at the point, I still had a chill. I had on a couple layers, and my jacket, and I was still chilled. And then I got real hot so I took everything off. And then I got cold again. So it was very weird.
Now, the day after I am totally recovered and fine. I think one of the reasons for that is because I am trained. As I said before I wasn’t 100% trained for this race but I am still an athlete who always tries his best to stay in good shape. I am always at least half marathon ready. A marathon is a different story. A marathon requires some training.
So if you are thinking about listening to me and scheduling some type of event, look for a local 5K race and you can even walk it. Keep your calendar fairly full of these events and you’ll find your life will change because as I said you will be forced to stay in shape. Hopefully you won’t have the experience I had last night. It wasn’t horrible and I still enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun.
Today, I am having fun, relaxing, getting my work done, doing some yoga, and meditating. This is my life! I don’t take time off when I am on vacation. In other words, I don’t say to myself, “I don’t have to do my yoga” or “I don’t have to eat right”. I don’t make exceptions. I live this lifestyle every single day. Whether it is eating plant based, whether it is meditating, whether it is doing yoga, whether it is being kind to other people, whether it is being kind to other people, whether it is smiling, whether it is getting out there and running. Whatever it may be. This is the lifestyle that I live. It has helped me in enormous ways. I am not forced to do this. It is not hard to do. This is what I do all the time and it’s become a habit. When you get into these habits, they become your lifestyle. And I hope you can do it. You don’t have to do it exactly how I do. But I hope you have helped you in some small way. I hope I lead by example.
I love what I do. I love helping you! I always say if I helped just one person with the information I have today, then I am a happy guy 🙂
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 280,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
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On today’s show, I will teach you 8 magnetic ways to attract people and get them to really, really like you. I am recording today’s show in Las Vegas, Nevada. My conference was here this past weekend. So I arrived a few days early since there was a lot of preparation. I am also running the Rock N’ Roll Half Marathon on the Vegas strip later this afternoon. I haven’t been training very seriously for this race primarily due to my schedule but I think I will get through the 13.1 miles pretty easily. After that I will have a few days free. I really believe in relaxing after a hard week’s worth of work.
I am pumped up today to give you some great information. I did a similar broadcast on Periscope a few days ago and it got a lot of attention so I expanded it a bit. I originally gave 5 tips but I am giving 8 today. I think it’s going to be really good. It will help you and help your life!
These are not brand new suggestions. I did not invent these but I have been using a lot of these principles for many years and they have worked for me. So I wanted to share them with you…
Smile
When you are in a situation where you are with another human being, the best thing to do is to smile. You can never go wrong doing this (at least I don’t think so). Regardless of whether you want to attract that person into your life or not. Sometimes it seems as if we as humans have almost lost our human characteristics. So when you come across someone else 🙂 at them. It will go such as long way it’s unbelievable. When you smile at people, it may sound cliche, but your life really changes. If you get nothing else out of the show today, just try smiling at people. It’s going to make a big difference in your life. I promise.
Say Hello
Again, when you are in a situation where you encounter someone, say hello. Wherever you are, just smile and say hello. When you do that, I think good things will come into your life.
Make Eye Contact
Make eye contact with the person you are talking to. It makes a world of difference. Body language is so important. When you are having a conversation with somebody, and you are not making eye contact with them, but have the same conversation with the same person and are making eye contact with them, it will be night and day. Totally different.
Compliment/Question
Pay a compliment to someone or ask them a question. It’s not all about you, but about the other person. If they have a nice smile, or you like their shirt, or dress, or what they’re wearing, pay them a compliment. If you don’t want to necessarily pay them a compliment, you can also ask them about themselves. When the conversation is not just about you, the entire situation changes. It’s a different game. This goes for whether you are trying to find a boyfriend, girlfriend, going on a job interview, if you are at a meeting, a potluck dinner, whatever you may be doing. These skills work in any situation.
Listen
This is a skill that is not very easy and it does not come naturally. Listen to someone and let them talk. Don’t be so quick to speak. Not only should you let them say what they need to say but also listen carefully. If all you are doing is thinking about what you are going to say next then you will not be in a fully engaged conversation. That’s not good. Be interested, smile, and make eye contact when someone is talking. Don’t worry about what to say next, let them finish. Don’t worry! What you say next will come to you. Have a natural flowing conversation and don’t cut someone off. Again, it’s not an easy skill and it’s something that most of us have to work on.
Speak Slowly
I think I have been very good at this and the public speaking and podcasting definitely helps. Speak slowly and in language that everyone can understand. I am a doctor and can speak in very technical scientific words if I wanted to but very few would understand what I am saying. And that’s just not how to engage in good conversation. I have always heard that when you write or speak it should be at a sixth to seventh grade level so just about anybody can understand what you are saying. For example, like how I am speaking to you. I am not speaking on a really high level but it doesn’t sound like I am speaking to a first grader but it’s somewhere in the middle there. And not only that but I am speaking slowly. I have gotten good at this because as many of you know my wife Yoko is Japanese. English is not her first language so I have been accustomed to speaking slowly and using words everyone can understand. If you are speaking to someone whose first language is not English, be very careful about using colloquialisms and sayings that only people who grew up English would understand. The better you are at engaging, communicating, your body language, these skills will get you a lot of places in life.
Be Nice
We all think we do this but we don’t. Just be nice. Don’t be a jerk to people. Treat others the way you want to be treated yourself. Otherwise known as the “Golden Rule”. When you treat others the way you want to be treated and when you do this incredible things will happen. It’s incredible the way you will be treated, it’s incredible the way relationships will blossom, you’ll have new friends, people will like you and be attracted to you. Did I make that up? Is that deep? No it’s not! But it works. I am not trying to invent all these new crazy things that no one has ever heard of. Just be nice! It’s not difficult. If you think you might say something that isn’t very nice, just take a deep breath, re-evaluate, and ask yourself “do I really need to say that?” And often time the answer is no.
Love Yourself
There was a long time in my life that I did not love myself. Once I figured out how to love myself, my entire life changed. That doesn’t mean that I want you to be a narcissist and the only thing you care about is yourself. I am talking about being happy, content and confident with who you are. And not worrying about what other people think of you. Not being so concerned with how you look and what you are wearing. Or how much money you make and how you present yourself. Be very comfortable with who you are. When you are able to truly do that, again everything will change.
When you incorporate these 8 principles into your life, it will change your life as far as the way you meet people, the way you attract people, the way other people see you, and look at you, and like you as well. I would recommend writing the principles down and reading them regularly. Never forget any of them. If you are someone that is practicing the principles every single day, that is great! I will tell you, you are better off than most people. I meet a lot of people every single day with my work. Most people are not doing all 8. I can tell you that.
If you want to get really good at communicating and learning how to speak, try doing a podcast, or public speaking, or even some Periscope broadcast. I started my podcast over two years ago and when I look back to see how I spoke then versus how I speak now, it really helps you. Practice and watch them. Evaluate how you speak and try to get better.
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 280,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
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This is the show where I help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, and happier! Today I want to start from the beginning…
When I say beginning, I mean that I want to go way back to before I started podcasting. Close to 40 years ago! I remember sitting in physiology class. I knew nothing about exercise and health. So my professor is up in front of the room and he starts to tell the class about a “different” type of exercise called aerobic exercise. Now remember this is back in the mid-70s or so and none of us knew what aerobic exercise was yet. But this guy looked to be in thin and he told the class that he rose his bike to school every day. He said that when you get your heart rate up to a certain level for only 20 minutes a day for 3 to 4 days a week studies are starting to show that you are much less likely to have any type of heart disease in the future and you will be healthier. As a young kid, I started listening to this guy because I didn’t want to grow old, and sick, and unhealthy. Most of the kids in the class weren’t listening. They were doodling and doing other things. But I was watching and listening to this professor very seriously.
The very next day I went out for a little run around my block. I was in such bad shape, I was huffing and puffing. I was out of breath after just a few minutes of running. The next day I ran a little bit longer and I was still huffing and puffing. As I continued to exercise my heart and lungs every day, I was able to run around my block pretty easily after a short amount of time. I slowly increased that distance and ran a few blocks. Within a few months, I entered a 10K race (6.2 miles). I finished the race in a pretty good time. That was the beginning of my adventure in running. So I have been a runner now for 38 years!! And it’s probably one of the best things I have ever done.
These days I run marathons and ultra events. I am going to tell you now. I have found over many years that you don’t have to be fast. I am proud to be a very slow runner. Being a slow runner is advantageous. You don’t get injured often and you don’t get burnt out. I’m slow and I’m very proud of it. I just reached my 60th birthday this year. And I am in better shape now at 60 then I was at 30!
But it’s not only running. My feeling is when I hear someone say something and I think that person knows something that I don’t know, I listen very carefully. Another example is that someone told me that yoga was good. So I started looking into yoga, and reading up on it, and practicing it. Now I do it often and it has absolutely helped my body, my health, and my well-being. Back when I was in my 30’s and 40’s, I would get back aches all the time and neck pain. And ever since I started doing yoga on a regular basis, I don’t have pain anymore. If I over do it, I may have a little pain for a short amount of time but my pain is pretty much gone. So many people have lower back pain, it is so common.
I used to belong to a gym and paid $50-$60 per month. But I started doing things at home. I don’t have a big home gym. I utilize a lot of things like my floor. For example, I do push ups. I bought a $10 pull up bar that I put in my door way. Pull-ups are a phenomenal exercise for strengthening your arms and back muscles. I also use weights to do things like curls and shoulder presses. I do crunches to work out my abs. But again, this is all in my home gym. I am able to do the things I want to do. And one of my biggest things is walking and running outside. I backpack with weight as well. I try to cross train a lot.
Over the years I have learned that when there is something out there that could possibly help me or help my health, I listen very carefully. I don’t just say, one day I am going to get out there instead I just got out there and did it! When I found out that eating a plant based diet was the healthiest way to go for my life, I didn’t sit back and think maybe one day or start making excuses for why it’s not right.
If you go online I am sure you can find a million reasons why eating a plant based diet isn’t good for you. But guess what? I have been doing it for close to 2 years now. I was a meat eater for 58 years. I have been on both sides and I can say unequivocally that eating a plant based diet is so much better for our health, for the animals, and for the planet. For example, so many people around the world are constipated because they do not get enough fiber from plants. When you eat a plant based diet you are healthier, your cholesterol levels are normal, your blood pressure is good, your skin looks good, you feel better, you have more energy, should I go on?
The point is, let’s do things! Let’s not sit back and make excuses or find reasons why something is not good for you or why were too lazy to do something. When we hear something that is potentially good, let’s look into it. Do a little bit of research if you like and give it a try! If you don’t like it, you don’t have to do it again.
Another good example is meditation. I heard speakers at conferences say how great meditation was. So I didn’t just sit on the sideline and say maybe one day I will meditate, instead I tried it and I didn’t just try it one time. I tried it a lot. You can’t just do it once and expect immediate benefits. It will make a tremendous difference in your life. You’ll be calmer, happier, and a ton more – there are over 200 benefits to meditation. When I hear something is potentially good for me, I try it. That is how I have formed this lifestyle.
This doesn’t just go for diet, it can go for anything such as financial matters. I listen to Dave Ramsey’s financial podcast. I have been listening to it for several years now. He has taught me things and has convinced that being debt free, spending much less money than you earn, investing the rest, and giving to charity is the best thing you can possibly do. When I paid off my debt, it changed my life. No matter what happens to the economy or what happens to my income, no one can come take my house away or cars away. Nobody can take anything I own because I own it. I don’t owe money to a bank, I own it. It is such a peaceful feeling. When you know nothing can be taken away because you own it all.
This all fits into the lifestyle because I consider myself someone who does things. I am not somebody that sits on the sidelines says one day I’ll do it. No, I do them! Please don’t just sit there and contemplate doing it. Get in there and do it. Chances are it’s going to change your life! Change your life now, don’t wait!
I hope I got through to you today. This is how I did it. I am no smarter than you, I am just one that gets out and does things. I know for sure it will make you life better.
I am your coach and your teacher. You are not alone because you have me. My goal is to change the entire planet even if it takes one person at a time 🙂 Don’t give up! Ultimately if you keep doing it, you will succeed.
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Today’s show is about unhappiness, anger, and illness. I will show you exactly how to take care of this. You don’t want to miss this show!
For the second week in a row, we are recording live on Periscope! So jump on and make sure you are following me @DavidMadow. Also be sure to follow to friends of the show @LisaIllman and @HeavyLover. They both have different styles but also have great positive energy.
As you know, I do this podcast weekly each Monday. For the last two years, I have talked about a lot of stuff. Specifically, I have talked about how important it is to forgive. When you hold in anger, resentment, it’s going to make you unhappy and even worse, ill. If you are holding something inside you have a couple choices. The choices are you can hold it in and be mad at someone or you can let it go. If you hold it in, it will make you sick.
Part of the reason I am talking about this today, is that I encountered a family at my son’s wedding at few weeks ago who for some reason absolutely hate me. They are pissed off at me. This goes back 15 years. At least I think it does, I don’t have any other information. When my ex-wife and I first split 15 years ago, this family took an incredible disliking to me. I have let go of the bitterness, but for some reason this family continues to hate. I can already see signs of illness in this family. It is very very sad. I have tried to make peace with them but for some reason they don’t want to let it go. But it is affecting them in a really bad way. I have tried my best and have tried to persuade them to put it in the past. I have done everything I can to try to make amends with this family. So I realized that I have to release it.
I want to help you! If you have any anger, any hatred, any bad feelings towards anybody, you’ve got to let it go. Again the choices are, to hold in the anger. This doesn’t hurt the other person, it only hurts you. You are holding things inside and there is a decent chance that the stress is going to cause you to get ill. I don’t want to see that happen to ANY of you.
We’re all human beings and we’ve all had problems. We have all had issues in our lives. We’ve all had family members who were tough on us, or friends who crossed us in a bad way, or maybe a business person has taken advantage or done something really bad to us, maybe even really bad things in our lives. We’ve got to forgive and forget. Once you release the negativity and bad energy, you are at peace. I am hoping that everyone listening today and watching on Periscope has released everything. Again, you really only have two choices. Let it go or keep it in!
I have been through some really tough times in my life with business and with a really tough divorce that was very difficult. I went through some really tough times trying to find myself and figure out what I wanted in life. But once you find it, life is incredible. I am 60 years old so I have been through a lot! I don’t want to tell you that my life has been horrible, my life has been pretty good. But I have had tough times.
Periscope Question:Does this family acknowledge their misery, them versus the world?
Dr. Dave: I don’t want to say anything bad about them. I don’t hold any grudges. I don’t have any anger inside of me, I really don’t. What I will say is, I observe them very carefully. I am very perceptive. In this family, I see sadness. I see that they feel like they have to conform and be like everybody else. I see them on the dance floor going through the motions and not really wanting to be there. I see them acting for other people. I don’t see true happiness and so I can understand how people like this can hold in anger, frustration, and hate. There is not a cell in my body that hates anybody. I have learned to let it go. I meditate, I do yoga, I move my body, and I eat a plant based diet. I stopped owning their issues. There was a time when I tried to be nice and do what I could to make this family like me. Those days are gone. They can continue to hate. I will go on record as saying this right now. I am happy. I am living the life I want to live every single day. They can choose to change but I think they are stuck, they don’t know what to do, and they are confused.
I talked to someone this past weekend, whose father does not talk to his own mother. It has been like 30 to 40 years! I told my friend, can you talk to your father? Is there any way at all to just have him let it go? No matter what was done, no matter what kind of wrong was done upon him. Can you just forgive or even just let it go? And his response was that he doesn’t think he can. I felt so bad hearing that. Because there is going to come a time when it takes a toll on his body. It’s not worth it! It’s really not!
People do crazy things in life. People are going to do bad things to you, they are going to say bad things, they are going to lie, they are going to cross you the wrong way, you are going to have bad business deals, you are going to have lovers or spouses do things to you that aren’t right. We only have a certain amount of control over others. If their lives are horrible, if they are stuck in their lives and can’t forgive, if they are sad, if they are unhappy, there is only so much you can do.
Don’t be angry but if for some reason someone can’t let go of their angry feelings towards you “photoshop” them out of your life. You don’t want their negative feelings being reflected on you. Don’t worry about them, don’t be angry at them, don’t hold a grudge. Just “photoshop” them out of your life.
We are living great lives. I am living my best life ever! I deal with great people all day long. I make decent money. My life is good. And trust me it’s not all about money. If you can make decent money doing what you love then that’s fantastic.
There is nothing in life that I feel stronger about than happiness!
If I helped one person today, it made my day! Based on the interaction on today’s show, I have a feeling I have helped more than one 🙂
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Welcome to episode #106! This is the place where we help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, and happier!
Today is a special episode. We are recording live on Periscope. If you are not on Periscope yet. I am urging you and pleading with you to get the app. I have been on it for a few months now. It is owned by Twitter. It is an app where you can broadcast video. Your followers receive notifications that you are live and they can interact with you on the broadcast. They can send you hearts which is equivalent to a Facebook like. Periscope keep tracks of the number of hearts. And it sort of becomes a competition as to who can get the most hearts. I have so many Periscope friends here with me today. Hi everyone!
I am starting off the show by sharing something that I got in the mail while I was away in San Diego last week. For those of you that don’t know, my son got married in San Diego last weekend and my wife Yoko and I were there for about 8 days. A couple of weird things happened. We actually had a heckler in the audience while my wife was delivering a heartfelt speech. A woman said something completely inappropriate but all in all it was a great 8 days. Anyhow, when I got back I received this wonderful bar of soap from my friend Phyllis. Phyllis makes them and sells them. This soap is so good! This stuff smells incredible and she threw in all kinds of free samples for me. I am going to try to get her to scale her operation up so that she can begin selling to my listeners as well. I do not buy the soaps that they sell in stores because they are mostly filled with junk, chemicals, bad oils, and animal fats. Phyllis uses only all natural ingredients. Unfortunately, Phyllis is going through a rough time. She has had a few deaths in the family over the past couple months. So please join me in sending Phyllis love and hearts (if you are on Periscope).
I want to talk today about the most commonly question that vegans are asked. Which is… where do you get your protein? I used to go through a whole long speech about “You don’t need animals to get protein. I get my protein from nuts, beans, leafy greens, legumes, and fruit.” But today I have a better answer. The answer I now give is this “I get my protein from plants.” That’s all I say. Because here’s the deal, when you make things complicated people get confused. And then if someone questions me further, I say “If you eat plant based all day, you don’t have to worry about where the protein is coming from. Because if you are getting all of your nutrition from plants, you are getting enough protein.”
I have been plant based for about a year and a half now and it is by far the best thing I have ever done in my life! I have talked about it so much here on my show. Many of you listening to my show are plant based and many are not. And I still love you if you are not. I am here to lead by example and educate and then you are the one that makes the decision.
Our Periscope friend Lisa says that, “I just focus on what I can eat and not what I can’t eat.” That statement is so accurate because so many people say that it is difficult to go vegan because they are not sure what they can eat.
Periscope Question: Give 5 examples of your favorite plant based proteins.
Dr Dave: That’s a great questions! But it’s kind of like saying give 5 example of where I get my magnesium. But I will answer it in a few different ways. I get really good protein from fruit and green leafy vegetables, nuts, beans, seeds. But you don’t have to worry about that. If all you are eating is a whole food plant based diet, you don’t have to worry about where you are getting your protein. If you are eating healthy, you are getting everything you need. The exception is that I take a B12 supplement between 500 mcg and 1000 mcg per day. And a D3 supplement. You may also want to consider a fatty acid supplement but that is optional as well.
Periscope Question: What can I eat?
Dr Dave: It is really easy. You eat things that come from the ground. For example, this morning I ate a ton of fruit. Nothing processed. A lot of watermelon, kiwi, strawberries, blueberries, apple, and bananas. In addition to some oatmeal and green tea. For lunch I would have a nice big salad with greens like kale and other vegetables. I also like to add things like sunflower seeds, nuts, nutritional yeast, and avocado. If possible, use a dressing that is not oil based. I have learned that the oils that were all thought were so healthy, are not. They are empty calories. Even things like olive oil and coconut oil are processed. They are great for the skin but it is best to get your oils naturally from plants.
Periscope Questions: What about leather?
Dr Dave: As a plant based vegan, I do not use leather. I do not use anything that comes from an animal ever. I do not use silk for clothing. I do not use wool. The only exception is that I do have a car that has leather seats. I have had the car for a long time and I recently got a used car that had leather seats. I would never again buy a new car with leather seats. I would request no leather. But since my car is older and since it will not do me any good by getting rid of it, I am driving it. I do the best I can. It is very hard to be 100% all the time. For example, car tires are made with some type of animal product so if you want the ability to drive and get to your job or see your family, then you have to have tires.
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I have been running for about 35 years or so and today I am sharing a few tips on how to help make you a better runner or even walker.
My son, Evan, and I went out for a run this morning. My son is getting married today roughly 5 hours from now. So it was the last father and single son run that we will ever do together. It was really nice and memorable and we had beautiful weather here in San Diego, CA. I will never forget it for as long as I live.
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Why I Love to Run
Exercise – First, I do it for cardiovascular exercise. It is aerobic and helps to get and keep your heart in the best shape possible. Doesn’t matter if you are a slow runner. And walking is probably one of the best exercises possible.
It’s meditative – I have talked many times in the past about how important meditation is. Every day, I sit down in a quiet room, no noise, no sound. Just breathing in and out and trying to clear my mind. During your run, try clearing your mind and enjoying the scenery. With a clear mind focus on the road ahead. Try not to think about your work day or a fight that you just got in or a relationship. Focus on the road and look straight ahead and it can be extremely meditative. So if you don’t really have time to do both, you can use your run as your meditation.
Tone muscles – Runners, and even walkers, have toned muscles. Their calves look pretty good 🙂 When you are a runner, you can be very proud of your calves because they are strong and in shape.
Listen to a podcast – There are so many good podcasts out there. I hope and pray, of course, that you are listening to mine but there are a ton of them out there. One of my favorites that I like to listen to when I am running is the Dave Ramsey Show. It’s a financial podcast. A lot of time it is pretty simple and he says the same thing over and over again but by listening to this year after year it gives you a great sense of responsibility with your money. Never stop learning!
Love the outdoors – I also run because I love the outdoors. I have a treadmill in my home and I use it in very inclement weather but I love to get outside any time I can. I live in Maryland most of the year and the four seasons are just incredible. We have hot summers, a nice spring, a fall where the leaves are turning colors; and then winter of course can be unpredictable of course, it can be really icy and cold or snowy. And those are the times when I really use the treadmill. Enjoying the outdoors is a great benefit of running.
It’s FUN – It really is fun! If it weren’t fun, I wouldn’t be doing it for 35 years. You get into things and know that you have to do them because they will do your body good. But if it’s not something that’s fun, it’s hard to really keep the habit. Maybe all these reasons combined are what make it fun. Nice calves, meditative, exercise, enjoying the outdoors; it’s really a lot of fun. So again I urge to get outside and run. If you are not a runner, walking is fantastic exercise just make sure you do the Magic 4. Which is what I call four miles per day (if you can). You will see tremendous changes to your health and your body if you can get out there and do four miles at a time (at a decent pace).
No equipment needed – One of the other reasons why I love to run is that you really don’t need a lot of equipment. Besides a nice comfortable pair of shoes, there is not much else that you need.I recommend going to a running store so that they can test you and “prescribe” the best pair of running shoes for you. A good pair of shoes is really important. You will also need some comfortable seasonally appropriate clothing. That’s really all you need. You don’t need expensive equipment or a gym membership. You can walk out your front door, hit the road, and start going. That’s one of the reasons why I run. I love it and it’s easy! You can go fast or slow. I have told you many times and I am very proud to say this but I am a slow runner. I used to run faster but I was never a fast runner even when I first started running in my twenties. Go at your own pace.
It’s not competitive – You can compete if you like. But in running I am only competing against myself. I am only concerned about myself. Unless you are an athlete running a race and you are doing it to place in your category and win awards. Otherwise you are only competing with yourself.
Hills – Hills are good and bad. Hills going up and going down are great ways to train different parts of your body. Hill work can be tough depending on how steep it is. If you are a regular listener of the show, you probably know that Yoko and I recently completed the Breck Crest Half Marathon. Hills keep you in great shape. When you get to the top and look down at the hill you just conquered it’s a great feeling. Not only that but knowing that your next segment is going to be downhill, it’s truly a great feeling. As you do more and more hills, you feel like you are getting stronger, in better shape, your breathing is better, so hills, hills, hills. You have to do them. If you live in a flat area such as in Florida or in the Midwest, try a set of steps in a really tall building. They are a great substitute.
That feeling – The feeling I get at the end of a run is just phenomenal. No matter how short or long the run is, when you finish a run and are cooling down, it is an incredible feeling knowing that you have had another successful run under your belt. You just have to keep it going. I have been doing it for 35 years but I have never taken a long period of time off. Other than maybe an illness or an injury, I have been very consistent.
Longevity – If you are keep healthy and doing some of the other things I recommend, you can run practically almost until the end of your life. If you are doing everything you can to stay healthy, I truly believe you can run until you die!
It is a lifestyle! Let’s live this life together!
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This is the show where I help you live stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and so much more! Welcome to episode #104!
Before I get into today’s show, I have really been getting into Periscope lately. It is an app on iPhone or Droid. It is basically a live video broadcast. I have been sending out live inspiration every single morning. Sometimes I will do my walk or run on Periscope. And then roughly around the 9pm (EST) hour, as I am winding down I will turn on my iPhone and do a short Periscope broadcast for YOU. To get you motivated for the upcoming day. And the cool things about Periscope is that it is totally interactive. I can talk to you and you can ask questions. It’s a cool little app. Make sure that when download and install it, you follow me @davidmadow. If you follow me, you will receive notifications when I am “live”. It’s growing and I think in a year or two it will be tremendous. It’s owned by Twitter so it’s gonna be big. I believe it will be around for a while and gain popularity.
The important message I have for you today is…
“You become the people you hang around with.”
In order words, whomever you hang around with is the type of person you evolve into. It doesn’t happen overnight but it does happen. You are the average of the five closest people you hang around with. If you hang around with people who like to go to the bar and drink, chances are you are going to the bar and drinking too. If your friends are all smoking, you will probably be smoking. If they’re doing drugs, guess what? You are probably going to be doing drugs. Likewise, if you are hanging around people who are vegan, then you are more likely to be vegan. If you hang with people who like to read books, then you you’re going to be reading books. If you are with people who are very responsible with their money, then chances are you will be responsible with you money. If you are hanging around people that live just for the weekend and blow their money on the weekend, then you’ll probably be doing the same thing.
Yesterday, I pick up some dry cleaning from the local dry cleaners. Next the the dry cleaners, a few doors down, is a tremendous sports bar. So it’s a Saturday afternoon and outside by the sports bar I see a group of guys hanging out there smoking cigarettes. They were talking really loudly and cussing. Every other word is “f” this and “f” that and they were talking about the game that was on today. But here’s the deal, those people all became the same person. They all sound the same, they use the same dirty language, and all they care about is the game. And they are kinda living in the moment. I am not knocking that necessarily. But people that hang around those types of people become those types of people. As opposed to maybe if you are hanging around someone who is a runner, you’re going to probably become a runner. If you are hanging around a skier, you are probably going to become a skier. Hanging around someone who is goal oriented and is focused and writes goals down everyday and reads them. Then you’re probably going to become that type of person.
We can sort of design our lives based on the people we hang around. For example, about a year and a half ago I got involved with a group. My friend, Sharon McRae, organizes this great potluck plant based meetup dinner that she hosts once a month. When I go to these dinners, I am with very like minded people. Everyone there is personable. They are really nice, generous, and caring people. And they are plant based. It’s this large caring community of people who think the same way and feel the same way about life. You start to become friendly with the people that go to the dinner. And you start living your life the same way. There are people who attend that no nothing about the vegan community and before they know it they are immersed in it. I know it sounds a little weird, somewhat like a cult. But it’s not. It’s a very healthy way of living and eating. If you choose to hang around with people who are drinking beers, eating chicken wings and nachos, then you’re probably going to be doing that. Be very careful about who you hang around with!
This morning I did a Periscope broadcast and talked about this very topic. I received a lot of questions. One of the questions I received was “can you really control who you hang around with? Can you really control who your friends are?” The answer to that is ABSOLUTELY! You have total control over who your friends are or who you hang around with. I have actually released some friends that I really didn’t align with. I did not feel that having a relationship with these people was really doing my life any good. I don’t want to hang around someone who is only focused on money and has no other purpose in their life. To me that’s crazy and that’s not the way my life is going.
I choose to hang around a lot of people who eat really healthy plant based diets. Not all but a lot of my friends are. I have some friends who are not but I hang around people who like to get out and move their body not people who like to sit on the sofa watching college football all day. I don’t choose to hang around people who hang around bars or wineries. Going to a bar or winery is fine, but some people make that their whole life. And I just choose not to live my life that way. You can pick the people you hang around with. And also the people that are hanging around you. If you are leading by example, they’re going to become more like you. It’s kinda like a husband and wife, hopefully some of the best qualities of each of them meld together to become one really cool individual. Someone asked me “well, what about your family members? You can’t pick your family.” That’s very true and that sometimes becomes a dilemma. I have some family members, and I truly love them all, but in my opinion they are not living a healthy life. It’s very frustrating. Seeing them at family dinners and holidays, it really makes me cringe on the inside knowing that they live an unhealthy lifestyle. And then they complain about their health issues and things going on. They are overweight and I want to scream and say “if you just follow my lifestyle, you probably wouldn’t be having the medical issues you are having. But I try to keep cool and stay calm. I try to lead by example.
I went out to dinner with my dad last night and he had a helper with him since my mom was not around. She was a very nice lady named Alice who was probably in her mid-70s. She began telling me about her health problems. She has type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure among some other issues. I spoke to her about my lifestyle. I said to her, “Alice, if you would follow the same plant based diet that I do, I am almost certain, although I can’t promise, but I am almost certain that many of your health issues would go away within a few months.” She even agreed that she knew she should do that but I doubt she will make the change. It is difficult for people to change their lifestyle. If Alice spent more time with people like me, I would say there is a very good chance that she would be more prone to living a plant based lifestyle.
In the United States, where I am from and live, most people live off of the SAD diet otherwise known as the standard American diet which is full of animals products, lots of meat and cheese. It why we are all so sick. But we are all doing it. If you went to another country who did not eat like that, you would be more likely to eat differently.
You are who you hang around with. Choose those people very very carefully because you will become them. I guarantee it!
My son is getting married in San Diego, CA next weekend! I am going to try to record episode #105 from there. So stay tuned for next week’s podcast and if for some reason I can’t record it, it will be up as soon as possible so please be sure to check back. I will also try to continue my daily “scopes” on Periscope.
We can change the world, even if it’s one person at a time!
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 275,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
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I have an extremely powerful message today! Please listen to this from start to finish!
I have a very special guest with me today. Her name is Karen Davis and she was speaking ahead of me at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Fest. I thought her message was so incredibly powerful that I asked her to record a podcast with me right there on the spot. It was awesome and I think it will be one of the most powerful messages that I have ever had on my show in the past two years and 103 episodes!
I hope today’s message will be life changing for you. Please feel free to share it with family, friends, people you love, or everyone you know.
Interview with Karen Davis
I just met an amazing woman. Her name is Karen Davis and she is with United Poultry Concerns. She just spoke before me at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival in Charlottesville, VA and gave one of the best talks I have ever seen!
Dr. Dave: “Tell me a little bit about what you do at United Poultry Concerns.”
Karen: “I started United Poultry Concerns in 1990, about 25 years ago. After learning about that fact that chickens are the largest number of land animals slaughtered for human consumption every single year, exceeded only by a number of fish. I happened to have a life long affinity for birds but I didn’t know chickens growing up. As I was learning about chickens and turkeys and how badly they were treated in the 1980’s, I decided I wanted to start an organization that would advocate for these birds that would focus on their plight and, as I have learned, their delight. So in 1990 I started United Poultry Concerns at a time when people were saying to me “you’re gonna have a hard time keeping an organization like that going because it’s hard enough to advocate for whales. How are we ever going to have enough people that support and care about an organization who is focusing on the plight and all of the terrible things that are done to chickens and turkeys in the name of food production?” Of course, I did not listen to those negative voices.
I started United Poultry Concerns and I can explain some of the things that we do. First of all, we are located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia which is one of the highest chicken production areas in the country. The Delmarva peninsula comprises all of Delaware and the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia. At any given time in the Delmarva peninsula, which is a very small strip of land 150 miles long and 50 miles across, over a half a billion chickens are locked up in factory farms which are basically concentration camps on the Eastern Shore. These are the chickens that are raised by companies like Purdue, Tyson, and Mountaire. These chickens are slaughtered as six week old babies for the chicken industry. The kinds of chickens where you see three breasts in a cellophane package at the supermarket or you see this great big chicken on a rotisserie spit at a Boston Market. The story behind these images is a horrific story of extreme cruelty involving genetics and the terrible way that these birds are forced to live. Genetically, the chickens that are raised for the chicken meat industry, have been bred, inbred, and cross bred over and over and continue to be bred in these horrible artificial ways so that they will turn into basically a huge mass of breast muscle tissue. Because the birds are forced to grow so large in such a short amount of time, a baby bird at six weeks would weigh typically weigh less than a pound but chickens bred for the chicken meat industry are huge even though they are still babies. What’s happening inside the body of these abnormally bred birds are many things. All of them terrible for the bird. First of all, because they are bred to grow so quickly, their organs are not properly “organized” in their bodies. In other words, their bodies are disproportioned. These birds have very weak hearts and very weak lungs. Their heart and lung system cannot provide the amount of oxygenated blood that their abnormally large bodies is demanding. Consequently, these types of birds have heart attacks in their infancy. For every bird that you see in the supermarket in the form of a breast or chicken legs or wings or whatever, many millions of birds at the age of one or two or three days old. Because these birds grow so fast and so large in such a short amount of time, their skeletal systems cannot support their body weight. Consequently they are in extreme orthopedic pain. Just like people who are overweight and suffer from diabetes and other conditions and people who are extremely overweight can suffer from a condition known as osteo-arthritis. People with this condition suffer from terrible hip joint pain because the bones and the joint can’t support their body. These baby birds are suffering from basically the same disease. By the time they go to slaughter at about five and a half to six weeks of age, they are basically crippled. They are also very crowded in the chicken houses. The chicken houses contain anywhere from twenty or thirty thousand baby birds living basically on top of each other for the six weeks of life that they are in these houses. The houses are about five hundred to six hundred feet long. For as far as the eye can see stretches this haze of toxic pollution in which these birds live and breath through the entire lives. People who are under the impression that chicken is a health food could not be more poorly informed. None of that is true. These chickens go to slaughter sick. Many of them go to slaughter blind or partially blind with a burning eye disease called keratoconjunctivitis. Their eyes have been burned from the toxic ammonia fumes that they are forced to breathe for their entire life. Where do these ammonia fumes come from? Chicken droppings have a nitrogen component. The droppings are very small and when they are dropped on the forest floor, as in nature, the nitrogen is actually beneficial to the soil and to the health of the plant life of the forest. But when chickens are grown to that huge size, their droppings consequently very large. The chickens are fed a horrible diet which also affects their droppings. And then they are completely confined in these polluted houses. As all of this excrement is being decomposed by bacteria the result is a release of toxic fumes known as ammonia.
If you peak into a chicken house that has been empty for a few days, before the next flock is installed there, if you open the door just a crack as I have, immediately your eyes and throat are going to be assaulted by burning ammonia. When you breathe it, you are going to feel it in your respiratory system and in your throat. You’re gonna feel the burning in your eyes. And people that they are eating a piece of flash, even though they have been conditioned to believe they are eating a healthy food. They are eating a piece of flesh or an egg into which these ammonia fumes have penetrated. They are eating the flesh or an egg of a bird whose eyes burned for her entire life and who went to slaughter with what’s called chronic respiratory infection. The birds are almost always wheezing with the respiratory crud that is in their throats.
So this is the poultry industry. In the case of birds that are bred for meat, they have a series of processes that are used to disguise the condition of the bird. They have bleaches, chlorine dips, they will cut of all the diseased parts (which are then fed to your pets in pet food). The lowest and the worst of all of it is that they will gather it up and they will put back into the poultry and livestock feed. What that means is that when you eat these birds you are eating all of this terrible refuse.
They have had this horrible diet forced upon them. One of the things they do to the birds to force them to keep eating unnaturally and turn them into a big mass of meat is to give them something in their diet that causes them to feel empty even though they are full. The cruelty of the poultry industry could not be exaggerated. There is every kind of manipulation of the bird’s genes, their genitals, they are living in filth and in darkness. They want them to be immobilized. When you look back into traditional farming practices, the idea of immobilizing animals who were being raised for meat came during slaughter time. They forced the animals to be sedentary because when you are sedentary the muscle tissues does not develop normally. Muscles that are used are tough from activity. They want their muscles to not develop and remain soft and kinda mushy.
A reporter with the Guardian in the UK was investigating the chicken industry and described a chicken house as “a sea of stationary grey objects”. Anyone who follows the news will know that we are constantly hearing of salmonella outbreaks. This is because when you force any animal to live in overcrowded filthy buildings without air or sunshine it causes stresses. These birds immune systems cannot cope with the load. They cannot cope with billions and billions of pathogens assaulting their body all the time. It is a fact of life. Millions of people around the world come down with what most commonly called stomach flu – cramps, diarrhea, and other abdominal stress. This is almost always a result of eating a poultry product, either chickens, turkeys, or eggs. These diseases are ubiquitous throughout the world are are known to be considered “diseases of production” otherwise known as man made diseases. These disease are related are known in the poultry industry because you cannot raise animals under these conditions and not have diseases. And the industry will concede. These chickens are sitting in their own excrement, breathing toxic gases, on crippled legs. They are assaulted by every type of micro-organism that is making them sick. Many of these organisms get passed on to the handlers or to the people consuming the chicken who then become sick. And now we are finding that bacteria are becoming immune to these antibiotics, many of which are needed to treat humans of the diseases they got from eating poultry products.”
Dr. Dave: “I’ve got a question for you. You’ve given a tremendous amount of information. And I don’t want to date this but we are coming up on Thanksgiving and Christmas, holidays where it is typical to serve things like turkey, chicken, and eggs. Why should my listeners/viewers not go out to the store to buy poultry this season?”
Karen: “This should be your first real Thanksgiving. And you are contributing to the first real Thanksgiving for the turkeys and the chickens that you aren’t going to eat anymore. Your good fortune should not be based on their bad fortune. And that is a reason in itself to enjoy a delicious vegan Thanksgiving. Turkeys and chickens love to be outdoors in the wide open. we have had many of them at our animal sanctuary in Machipongo, Virginia. We tell people that when you are eating these animals you are eating misery. There are just so many reasons not to eat turkey. We have the capacity, and the culinary genius, as human beings to create products that are healthy for people, that don’t have the cruelty, don’t have the contamination, don’t have the cholesterol, and taste really good. We can be pioneers in the kitchen. We urge people to be pioneers in the kitchen. Let this be the first real Thanksgiving. No one wants to give thanks over something whose life was frightful.”
Dr. Dave: “For the people who will respond that they only purchase free range organic poultry and that they have had a great life, how do you respond to them?”
Karen: “The answer is that even under the best circumstances, they are still not good circumstances for animals that are raised for food. They are manipulated, the birds are usually debeaked, the turkeys are almost always artificially milked and inseminated. What we have discovered in our recent investigation of Whole Foods is that basically Whole Foods isn’t telling the public the truth. They are charging consumers inflated prices for birds who they are telling the consumer were raised humanely. But when the suppliers were investigated, it was discovered that these birds are raised in the same horrible stench filled polluted factory farm conditions as the so called regular commercial birds. So Whole Foods is really a scam when it comes to their animal products.”
Dr. Dave: “Finally someone tells us the truth. Karen, I really appreciate your time. Can you tell my listeners/viewers a little more about your sanctuary and how they can reach you?”
Karen: “United Poultry Concerns is based in Machipongo, VA. We moved there in 1998 to accommodate our chicken sanctuary. We have an outdoor aviary for our chicken. And each year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day, we invite people to come from 2pm-5pm to our all vegan potluck Thanksgiving celebration. We ask that everyone bring a vegan dish that could serve about four people. We tell people that if you cannot bring a dish, to come anyway. If you are not yet a vegetarian or vegan, it is wonderful to come to an event like this to discover the wealth of animal free foods.”
Dr. Dave: “Do you have a website or other contact?”
Karen: “Yes, our website is www.upc-online.org.”
Dr. Dave: “Karen thank you so much. Don’t be surprised if you see a bus pull from Maryland pull up with a bunch of vegans on it.”
Karen: “Sure, as long as you’re on it!”
Dr. Dave: (laughing) “I might be driving it”.
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 275,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
—>My website: Website: https://davidmadow.com
Check out the podcasts, recipes, blog posts, and more!
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This, of course, is the show where I help you live longer, stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and a lot more! We have a lot of stuff jam packed into today’s episode!
We are recording outside today. I wanted to take advantage of my outdoor studio because before too long it will be cold and I am going to be forced to do this indoors again, which is totally fine.
I am really excited! I am leaving in a couple hours to drive down to Charlottesville, Virginia. I am going to be speaking tomorrow afternoon at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Festival. I hope I am going to have a packed room because I have a great message to deliver. The name of my talk is “How Anyone Can Thrive on a Plant Based Diet”. I am thinking about “scoping” it but by the time you hear this, it will have already taken place. However be sure to follow me on Periscope. It’s a great app! I am using it a lot! It is available on both iPhone and on Android. It is a way that you can be connected to me in between my weekly podcast episodes. We can do some really cool stuff. It’s interactive and you can ask questions. I honestly believe it is where we are headed. It is the future of podcasting, broadcasting, and social media coming all together. It is free. And follow me at @DavidMadow.
I wanted to talk a little bit today about how far we’ve come. Even over the past year to year and a half. Because I am going to bet you right now that one year ago there just was not as much talk about plant based. You probably didn’t hear the word vegan. Of course, the word vegan has been around for a long time. It’s nothing new but in the past year, it’s getting much more attention. I have noticed that in restaurants it is becoming easier to find vegan options on the menu. More people are talking about it and more people are trying to immerse themselves in this culture. It is just incredible! And I am glad you’re with me! It doesn’t go without a lot of hard work. We have to spread the word!
When I started my podcast two years ago, I was still eating meat. Not a lot of it but I was still eating some meat. I even talked about that on my show. It was definitely a dilemma for me. As much as I loved animals and didn’t think it was right to kill animals, I still felt that we needed some meat in our diet. How wrong that turned out to be! It’s been about a year and a half now that I have been 100% vegan. When I first started talking about it on my podcast and on my Facebook page, I received a decent amount of backlash. A lot of people were very argumentative. For about a half a second I considered stopping what I was doing. No way! I am determined to move forward and to spread the word. Because when I can help other people with not only their health but also protect and save animals from suffering and all kinds of horrible things they go through, and help to save the environment, then I feel that I am contributing. I have made new friends and have had people agree with my message. Now that doesn’t mean that it’s not at a bit of a cost because I have also had a decent number of people send me hate mail, hateful messages on Facebook, or try to troll or spam my Facebook page. For some reason I can’t understand why. If I am trying to spread a message of health, loving animals, and things like that, then I don’t see why it would upset somebody. I am not telling anyone that they have to do this. I would never come out and say “you have to be vegan”. But would I say that I believe it’s a better lifestyle? Do I believe it’s healthier? Do I believe it’s better for the planet? Absolutely! I have been on both sides and I can tell you with 100% certainty, the side where you are not consuming animal products or using animals for entertainment, or clothing, or anything, is so much better for so many reasons. Nothing is 100% percent but if you have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, or even cancer, there is a pretty good chance that going plant based could help these things and help prevent things in the future.
Why are people so upset about that message? Well guess what? They are! And I think it actually comes down to something I learned a little bit about. I am certainly no expert on this at all. But it actually comes down to something that psychologists call cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is if you are used to or are living your life doing some type of behavior. For example, if you have been eating animal products your entire life, a steak is normal, a hamburger is normal. But then you start to see this little buzz and hear that animal products can make you prone to more diseases. And it’s causing animals to suffer. And when you start to find out the truth, that’s when cognitive dissonance comes into play. On the one hand, you’re used to doing something that you think is right and you don’t want to stop. On the other hand, there’s this undercurrent of people saying that it’s not right. It’s killing you, it’s killing animals and hurting the Earth. So what happens is that you become very confused. You might be resentful or lash out at people but subconsciously you know that maybe something is wrong. In other words, your brain is being challenged. So if you are currently consuming animal products you could possibly be undergoing some cognitive dissonance.
Several months ago very few people had heard of the movie Cowspiracy but now it’s going more mainstream because Netflix is picking it up. I have been recommending the movie to my friends and followers for a little while now. If you haven’t seen it, please watch it. It will open your eyes to a lot of things that maybe you have been turning your head to, don’t want to hear about, or have been ignoring. This stuff is becoming more and more mainstream. More and more people are talking about it. It’s not going to go away. It’s going to get bigger and bigger and bigger. I don’t know if I will ever see it in my lifetime but I believe that in the next generation it will be commonplace to live a vegan lifestyle. We are finding out that consuming animal products is not good for your health. There is evidence out there. Chances are you will live a healthier life with no medication and live to a longer age if you are plant based. You also won’t be contributing to animal suffering.
Where am I going with this? In the past year the world has undergone so much change and I am noticing more and more of a buzz. I am getting more and more messages in my inbox saying that they are listening to my message and trying to do their best, they’re changing, they’re meat free, or they’re vegan. What is the next year going to hold? I think it’s going to be fantastic! I am positive that more and more people will be going in this direction. So I just want to thank you for being a friend, being a follower, and listening to my message. And I just realized that I have noticed that the actual amount of hate mail or people saying bad things about my posts. They are now few and far between whereas when I first started this they were pretty common. And I don’t know if that’s because there are more of us and it’s more acceptable now. I don’t know the answer to that but I do know that I feel so much positivity. I feel like we are absolutely going in the right direction. It’s not happening overnight. But I am seeing a curve starting and it’s going up. We are gathering a lot of momentum. I am excited! I have never felt better!
If I change one life in the room it’s worth it for me. If I change more than that, then so much the better. I would like to share a story with you. My friend, Ira Goldberg, wrote in for my 100th show. At about age 48, he was very obese. He looked and felt horrible. He even said he was “only one buffet away from dying”. He made it a point to totally change his life. He took animal products out of his diet. He went totally plant based. No processed foods. He started moving his body. He started walking, and before he knew it was running and biking. At the two year anniversary of changing his life, he completed an Ironman triathlon. You would not believe the difference! This man saved his entire life! YOU have the power to change it!
If you have not come on board yet, I urge you to at least consider a plant based diet. Unprocessed whole foods with very little salt, oil, or sugar. When you do that you will see your entire life turn around. You won’t believe it.
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 275,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
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I am filming today’s show on location outside. It’s a beautiful September day and we have a lot to talk about today so join us!
We celebrated our 100th show just last week. When I first started the show, I never imagined I would get this far. When I first started off, the show was called Slice Your Age in Half, then it was Slice Your Age, and now it is The David Madow Lifestyle Show. I think that The David Madow Lifestyle Show sort of tells the whole story. It’s all about lifestyle and I am doing it. I am trying to help you do it too!
Looking back on last week’s show, the 100th birthday party, I am not sure I expressed my feelings of gratitude towards you and towards what I am doing. And I wanted to take just a few seconds to thank YOU so much from the bottom of my heart for being a friend of mine. Even if you have never met me personally, I consider you a friend. I feel your energy, you’re here with me, and we’re changing the world one person at a time. When I first started, I had a few listeners. But over the past two years and 101 podcasts, people from all over the world have been watching the videos and listening to the audio podcasts and I am just so humbled. Thank you! I always say if I can change just one life of someone watching or listening to this; then that makes my day. And it’s evident that I have changed so many more. I read a lot of your stories last episode. I have two or three more that came in late and I don’t want to miss them entirely. So I wanted to give them a chance to express how they feel.
Michael Cowgill – “Good Morning Dave! I must say much more of my life has changed because of you. I look at myself and the world differently now, not just what I eat, but other things too. I am into conservation and meditation now. And due to a lower back injury, I will begin yoga to repair lower back muscles. I drink purified water. I exercise more than ever. I am hiking. I use a step machine. I even recycle as a way to help our planet. I guess turning 60 really opened my eyes as to what direction I needed to go in. I don’t preach but if asked I will tell others what I do and believe is a healthy way of life. I have just changed a few people’s way of eating and lifestyle and it feels great! I wish more people would just realize how changing a few things could change their lives for the better to become healthier and happier. I have lost 72 lbs. at this point. And it’s interesting because I know what I need to eat to maintain my body weight. I think I will lose another 20 lbs. and be right where I feel comfortable.”
Congratulations! That’s very cool! It’s very interesting when you start eating and living a healthy lifestyle, you know what and what not to put in your body. You know if you eat something in particular it will cause you to gain weight and become less healthy. If you eat healthy plant based whole foods, non-processed, with minimal salt, sugar, and oil, it is very easy to maintain your weight. Thanks so much Michael!
Jay U. – “Good Morning Dr. David & Yoko from Australia! Thank you for sharing your world with us. I am so thankful you’ve entered my life through your podcasts and guiding me through some of the toughest times in my life. Sharing your thoughts, experiences, and your views which have tied a lot of puzzles in my life.”
Wow Jay! That’s so cool! I am glad we are able to help you all the way in Australia. And if you have never heard of Jay, Jay has been a listener for a long time. Jay actually came to the U.S this past May to run the Bay 2 Breakers race 12K with us. And we hung out and did a meet up and had a really cool dinner. It was great meeting up with you in San Francisco and let’s do it again sometime soon Jay! I am so glad that your life is really good now!
Millie Slater Thompson – “Your enthusiasm and passion for all you do has always inspired me to push to be the best I can be.”
Millie, I am so glad to hear that!
It’s not too late, if you want to write in to me and ask a question or send a comment about how I have changed your life, I will feature you on the show. It’s greatly appreciated!
I also want to talk to you guys today about something that Yoko and I did about three weeks ago while in Colorado. We did a podcast after a we ran a half marathon that had an elevation over 12,500 feet. A half marathon is typically about 13.1 miles so it’s not easy to begin with but when you are running a half marathon over 12,500 feet it’s definitely not easy. Actually someone wrote in to me and said it’s one of the world. I am not sure if it is but it is really tough. We did have a great time doing it. A week after the half marathon, Yoko and I set out to hike two 14,000 foot mountains (otherwise known as a fourteener). Our plan was to hike one which was Mt. Democrat. It was a 45 minute drive from where we were staying in Breckenridge. Part of the difficulty in the hike is just getting there. One you may your way to the town of Alma, CO and head towards Kite Lake the road is extremely difficult to navigate. The road is in poor condition, with bumps, potholes, and all kinds of irregularities like grooves and ditches. And if you don’t have a good four wheel drive vehicle you probably won’t make it up that road. It was a crazy drive. I was really worried that we were going to get a flat tire or break down in the middle of nowhere. We finally made it up the road to Kite Lake and it’s still dark because we left very early. We put our head-lamps on and get our packs and start the hike up to Mt Democrat. It starts out on a level path which isn’t too bad but it very quickly begins to go uphill. It was a lot of slow walking and climbing over large rocks. The altitude was difficult but what made it really scary was that the rocks are a bit wet and slippery in the morning. As I am climbing up these slippery rocks, I begin thinking that this is really dangerous. I had my pack and my hiking poles. I knew if I took one fall that could really be a serious situation. My even bigger concern was going downhill. We met some amazing people during the hike. Including a young woman who was carrying her 35 lb. mountain bike up to the summit which is something I have never seen before. I could not have done it, it was unbelievable! We all made it to the top and spent some time taking photos and talking to other hikers. Luckily on the way down, it has warmed up enough to dry the rocks and the descent was not too difficult. It was much easier and faster than the ascent. We made it to the saddle between Mt. Democrat and Mt. Cameron and now we have a decision to make. We could go back down to the car or as Yoko suggested we could climb another fourteener today. Of course, I am thinking, Yoko are you crazy? We just did one fourteener and a half marathon the week before, let’s cool it for a bit. But she said no it’s right there, let’s go up another 14,000 foot mountain. I agreed and we began hiking the next mountain which was Mt. Cameron. It was a little easier than Mt. Democrat. There was a more defined trail instead of the rock scrambling we did on Mt. Democrat. It took us about 2 hours 15 minutes to reach the summit of Mt. Democrat and probably about an hour or so to summit Mt. Cameron from the saddle. It was a great day! It was difficult but I felt a serious sense of accomplishment after summiting TWO 14,000 foot mountains in Colorado.
So where am I going with this? I have found that over the years mixing up my training is a great way to stay in shape. Doing the same exercise every day is good; at least you are moving. But don’t be afraid to mix it up. Do something fun! Do something you have to train for such as a half marathon or 5k. Get out and do something different!
I also want to share some exciting news! My son, Evan, and his lovely fiancé and getting married next month in San Diego. So Yoko and I will be heading out there. It’s going to be a great family event with tons of friends. This is what life is about! These great moments!
Thanks so much for being with me and being a friend. Please feel free to share my show with your family and friends.
Also see me on Periscope. I am having daily broadcasts sharing tips and advice. Periscope is an app that you can download on your smartphone to watch live video broadcasts. Follow me on Periscope @DavidMadow.
Come see me on Saturday, September 26th at the Charlottesville Vegetarian Fest at 2pm. I will be speaking about plant based living. Hope to see you there!
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 275,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
—>My website: Website: https://davidmadow.com
Check out the podcasts, recipes, blog posts, and more!
—> Share the show with a friend: Do you have a friend that needs to hear this show and live a better life? Share this show with them and send them to https://www.davidmadow.com
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It’s the 100th episode and I’ve got something special for you today. Stay tuned!
When we first started this, about two years ago, I had an idea to get on the computer and start a podcast to teach other people how to become a better person, how to live healthier, how to enjoy what you’re doing; or just like I start the show how to be stronger, thinner, healthier, happier, and a lot more! When I first started, the website was actually called Slice Your Age in Half and not long after changed the name to Slice Your Age. The website and podcast were under that name for about a year and a half. Several months ago, I decided to change the name of the show to make it more simple and since people knew me and I am the personality of the show, the name was changed to The David Madow Lifestyle Show. And there is no turning back. I love doing this! I don’t get paid to do this show and I do it totally on my own time. Just to help you live a much better life and I think I have resonated with a lot of you.
I have been through a lot of phases. When we first started the show, I was eating meat and other animal products. I always talked about how I had a dilemma and how much I loved animals. I tried to go to local farms and only buy organic.
There have been lots of changes in the two years. We’ve had ups and downs. There have been times when we’ve had so many listeners and viewers and times when the numbers weren’t really good. We are currently on a really big upswing. I also want to thank anyone that has shared my show online at anytime. I really appreciate it and please continue to do so. I also want to really thank Victoria Fedden who wrote a really cool blog article a week or two ago called The 10 Best Podcasts to Help you Change your Life. In that article, I was listed along some really big names and I am not sure I deserve to be listed with some of the big name that were in there but it was really appreciated and from that article I got some spikes in viewers and people following me.
I have been experimenting lately with a new app called Periscope. It’s really cool. You download it to your phone and talk into it and people all over the world can see a video that I broadcast. Right now I only have about 100 followers on that but I have only been on it about two weeks and I can just tell it will be an awesome platform. If you would be so kind, please download the app on your smartphone and follow me @DavidMadow. Anytime I do a broadcast you will receive a notification and we will be doing some really cool things there. Be sure to share that! It’s a very cool up and coming platform that I think is going to get really big. You’ve heard it from me first 😉
One of the biggest things that has happened to me in the last fifteen years, is that I was able to settle on an agreement in a financial matter that was very difficult for me. It had to do with an alimony settlement. It’s been settled. I had to pay dearly for it but by getting something like that in your life settled and out of the way, it clears the air and allows me to move forward with my life. It took a tremendous amount of stress away from me. I feel so much better! So it’s not just enough to eat well and exercise. As I have said since day 1 of the show, you need to live a really well rounded life. If there is anything that is stressing you, a relationship problem, a job problem; you have to fix that! Everything is connected! I was doing everything in my power to do things that best I could, eat really well and exercise. This one financial thing was plaguing me every single day. I focused and came up with a goal to get this out of me life and fix it.
I really hope I have helped you live your best life possible! I had a lot of people write in wanting to be mentioned on today’s show. I will get to as many of them as possible. I got so many responses from people who had really nice things to say about The David Madow Lifestyle Show. Your comments are greatly appreciated! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to come into your life!
Let’s Start the Party!
Brian Block – “Hi Dave! I began my vegan plant based diet one year ago. At that time I was literally one chinese buffet away from a stroke or heart attack. I was 54 years old weighing 365 pounds. Had super high blood pressure and was on two medications to control my blood pressure. I had severe sciatica to the point where I couldn’t walk more than a few feet before the pain started. My skin was awful. I had sleep apnea and depression. And I knew I would die if I didn’t do something soon. I knew it had to be a permanent change, not just a quick fix. I was fascinated about going plant based but didn’t think I could give up cheese. I am also an animal lover and I felt hypocritical eating them when I loved them. So I decided to go “cold turkey”. I gave up all animal products and took it one day at a time. I was turned on to your podcast. You’re a huge inspiration for me. Your love for life, love for animals, and commitment to eating a vegan diet is truly inspiring. I have listened to many of your previous podcasts and look forward to your weekly ones. I took your advice about exercise specifically walking. I took it slow only being able to walk a quarter of a block before my sciatica started. I lost 16 pounds my first week of eating a plant based vegan diet! It gave me the boost that I needed to keep going. I wasn’t hungry and was starting to feel better every day. And best of all I didn’t miss cheese or any other animal products. I was hooked! Fast forward to today, I have lost a total of 173 pounds so far. I am off all medications and have been for months. My blood pressure is normal. My sleep apnea is gone. All my blood work numbers have improved significantly. I haven’t been sick at all since I started and my sciatica is a non issue now. I began walking further every day eventually getting up to six miles daily. I decided to kick it up a notch and start running. In May, I ran a 10K with my son in under an hour. I am currently training for a half marathon in October. I am 55 years old and doing all the things I missed out on when I was a mess. Thank you for all your inspiration. You helped save my life!”
That is such a touching message. It is incredible. I am so glad that you took it upon yourself. I may have given you the inspiration but you are the one that changed your entire life. Kudos for that!! For everyone listening, I think we should give Brian a round of applause.
Nomi Waters – “You have definitely changed my life. Gave me confidence with your support. And inspired me to take the leap and start to my blog. Without you there would be no Nomi Waters.”
That’s really cool. By the way, check Nomi out at www.nomiwaters.com. She is a really cool person with tons of inspiration and potential.
Terry Chaney – “You offered your friendship and guidance. It’s meant the world to me!”
David G. – “You’ve helped give me confidence to continue rather than just give up.”
Anne Marie G. – “You have inspired me to love nature a little bit more.”
Tony Y. – “You have inspired me to eat healthier, train harder, and to compete in the Kayak Surf Ski Races. At age 62, I can still try to keep up with those young bucks!”
William Newton – “Every time we run into each other it seems to take on the characteristics of excitement. It makes me check my own feelings and distill them a bit to simply those important things – friends, family, and mortality. My peace gets revalidated.”
Betty Cummins – “For one, off the top of my head, you taught me to always take the high road.”
Rob & Lisa Rosenberg – “I am not vegan yet but I have given up a lot of crappy foods.”
Claudia L. – “You inspire me to stay on track even when it’s hard or inconvenient. You also have such positive energy :)”
Emily – “I keeping thinking vegan pho every time I eat pho now.”
Margolyn – “Thanks for the inspiring program. While I am not quite on the plan, I am always getting closer with your counseling. Keep up the good work, you are inspiring many.”
Melissa Lynn Miller – “Bucket list happening here in Moose Jaw, Canada. I will update you on Friday.”
Melissa had a lot of cool things she is doing to make her life better. A lot of things on her bucket list that are going to be amazing. And I can’t wait to see what she is doing!
Lori A. Hogan – “You’ve inspired me to be a better vegan.”
Mark Walsh – “Huge thank you from me! I am currently listening to every podcast and enjoying the debate. Since I discovered Slice Your Age (our former name), I’ve doubled my exercise, lost 9 pounds, and enjoy a green shake and fruit to start every single day. During work times I start my day with 15 minutes of meditation. And this helps me cope with the dark miserable days of the UK winter. It all started with a will to change and luckily I stumbled on your site. I dramatically cut out my meat consumption to organic meat once a week and hope to go fully vegetarian in the near future.”
Scott Westermeyer – “Your posts have become a little nagging voice in my head about how I eat. A plant based diet is something I know I should subscribe to. My wife, daughter, and I have recently listened to the China Study and now there are more voices, dammit! So we are about 10 days into a better way of eating. I feel great!”
Sandy P – “You have inspired me to give up the junk food and cut sugar out of my diet. I am down 20 pounds since March. You made me aware of what I was eating. It wasn’t good. I feel great now, tons of energy. 🙂 🙂 “
Lisa S. – “Very inspiring. Thank you!”
Angela Wong – “Thank you 🙂 “
Lisa Miles – “You certainly have inspired me again. Thank you, you rock!!”
Buddy Asher – “David I don’t know if I have ever been on your page until now. I decided to take a peak and happened to see this. So I will thank you here for your encouragement and kind words since starting my weight loss regimen. I am on day 5, so far so great! Thanks again!”
Michael Rudnick – “I will let you know that one of the best pieces of advice that you ever gave me was to take baby steps in order to reach my long and short term goals. Very good advice!”
Linda B. – “I’ve followed this for a few days and though that your biggest inspiration to me is that you can change and get better at any age. Your enthusiasm is contagious in a good way. And your zest for sharing knowledge is wonderful. I love your podcast and have started many new things after they played at The Seed. I think your sharing is honest and you practice what you preach. You truly love what you do and it shows!”
Sharon McRae – “Dave, you’ve helped me realize that you don’t have to run the whole time to stay in the race. Metaphorically speaking as well as literally.”
Sharon runs a really cool pot luck plant based dinner in Columbia, MD. It is held once a month usually on Sunday evening. If you are anywhere near the area and want to experience a very cool healthy pot luck dinner with a great group of people, check it out at http://www.meetup.com/Columbia-MD-Forks-Over-Knives-Meetup/.
Michael C. – “Good Morning David! Many of your videos and postings have been interesting to me and I have adopted many of the things you talk about in my life. It’s a motivation for sure!”
Kelly Lynch – “David you have been, and are continuing to be, one of the key people in my life that have me moving forward and not lingering with past faults. Your passion is infectious and I thank you for that.”
Ira Goldberg – “I was thinking about you yesterday. I did a 30K (roughly 18-19 miles). I was getting killed by the hills. I looked at my Garmin afterward and it was 984 feet of elevation. I thought to myself, come on stop your bitching. Dave Madow just climbed twelve thousand feet.”
If I didn’t get to share your message please know that I read it and it resonated with me. You have no idea how much I appreciate it!!
When I first started, I had no idea how this was going to go. I didn’t know f I would have one listener, no listeners, or a small handful of listeners. Over the period of 2 years, at least 275,000 of you have downloaded episodes. It’s growing and growing. The word is getting out there.
I want you to stick with me! This is only episode #100. We have a long way to go and we are going to change the world! Be with me on that. Make sure that as you are not only changing your life, you are also helping others change their lives because it’s one of the most powerful things we can do.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making The David Madow Lifestyle Show the success that is has been! I appreciate you listening, joining in, hanging with me on Facebook, sending me emails, sending me messages. When I hear from you I know I am helping. I know that I am making a difference and nothing could be better for me than to get feedback from you! I am changing the world one person at a time!
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 275,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
—>My website: Website: https://davidmadow.com
Check out the podcasts, recipes, blog posts, and more!
—> Share the show with a friend: Do you have a friend that needs to hear this show and live a better life? Share this show with them and send them to https://www.davidmadow.com
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On today’s show, Dr. Dave and his wife Yoko are talking about the Breck Crest Half Marathon. If you are a runner, you won’t want to miss today’s show!
How We Got Involved
A few months ago, Yoko approached me and asked if I would like to run a half marathon. Since we normally run marathons, I figured that it would be easy and I would have no problem. When she told me it would be in Breckenridge, Colorado, I knew there would be some mountain elevations but I figured it would be no problem so I said yeah, let’s do it!
Why We Got Involved & Why We Are Talking About It to YOU
We love Breckenridge and frequently ski there. A lot of our Breckenridge friends have always encouraged us to come back when the weather is warmer. And so two years ago or so, we did. And it was beautiful! So this race was a great reason to visit again during the summer months.
The town of Breckenridge itself sits 9600 feet above seal level which is almost two miles. When you start ascending the mountains in Breckenridge, obviously it’s even higher. I believe the highest peak in Breckenridge is about 13,000 feet or so. Running on a mountain trail is completely different than training at home or on flat pavement. Locally, at home, we trained at a place called Oregon Ridge Nature Center which actually has some really nice trails with a lot of ups and downs but it is still so much different.
We are talking about this marathon today because, for a long time now, I have been recommending cross training. Doing many different things. We really believe in walking. Walking is great exercise. Running is also great exercise. But when you take your walking or running to a trail, it is a whole different ball game.
Race Day
The day of the race we started at 7:30am. We quickly noticed that almost all of the other runner were locals of the area which means that they are all acclimated to the altitude and we were not. We got in about a week in advance to prepare for the race and did a decent amount of hiking on some pretty high mountains to get acclimated. See a photo from one of our “easy” hikes below.
When the starting gun went off, we ran a little through the street and directly to the Burro Trail. At this point, I realized that this race was not going to be simple because many of the locals were already well ahead of us. The race was about 13.4 miles whereas a typical half marathon is usually about 13.1 miles. The first half of the race, or about 6.5 miles were all on uphill trails. We did a combination of running and walking up the trails at first.
Dr. Dave: “What difference did you find between walking/running on a trail versus walking/running on the street? What did you have to do differently”
Yoko: “Well, we have to watch our steps because on paved roads you can look back and forth and be ok. But actually I fell [on the trail].”
Dr. Dave: “So we really have to watch our step. There are not only stones, rocks, tree branches, and uneven terrain. It goes from very wide to very narrow where there is basically only a thin single track. All kinds of branches can hit you. There are a million obstacles!”
Yoko: “I watch steps. I am flexible and kinda good at stone hopping over streams but it was a race I probably pushed more than I should have. I almost fell a few times. Something was telling me I needed to slow down a bit. I was lucky because I didn’t get any major injuries.”
The interesting thing is that going up for the first 6.5 miles, I am ok with admitting that I walked. I can walk at a really fast pace. And I can save energy by walking the first half.
The first leg of the Burro Trail had a decent uphill. There were a lot of people but at times it thinned out. Once we made the left, the trail got a little easier. Since the race is in the mountains we had to carry a lot of nutrition with us because the aid stations are pretty far apart. I had a Camelbak backpack for water and also carried electrolyte tablets. I use Endurolytes by Hammer Nutrition and Yoko uses electrolyte tablets by Nuun. You lose a lot of electrolytes during a marathon especially in places like the mountains. Since it’s not as humid you do not sweat nearly as much and you don’t realize how much your body is losing. I also bring food as well. 13.5 miles takes a lot out of you and you have to be eating.
Dr. Dave: “Yoko, share some of the things you brought with you to snack on.”
Yoko: “I brought baby food.”
Dr. Dave: “This is the coolest thing. We usually buy Earth’s Best or other organic baby food. There are basically no additives but it has a good combination of fruits and vegetables in an easy to use pouch. There are tons of different flavors. What else did you bring Yoko?”
Yoko: “I brought…”
Dr. Dave: “Oh, it’s a gel. It costs about $1.50 each at a place like REI or another outdoor running store. Yoko and I are plant based, we are vegan. This is vegan but we also try to eat whole foods as much as possible. Baby food is a whole food. It’s basically fruits and vegetables pureed together. Nothing added to this. It’s really really healthy. We are trying to get away from the gels. What else did you bring there?”
Yoko: “Well it’s not vegan but they give these out at the race. This is actually a very good one if you are not vegan.”
Dr. Dave: “For those not watching on video, this is a honey stinger gel. It is an organic energy gel made mostly from honey. I personally, as a vegan, would not consume this. But if you are not vegan, then this is ok for you. I also made two almond butter and jelly sandwiches on ciabatta bread. I like ciabatta bread because it maintains it’s shape and doesn’t get squished in a backpack. I also brought some dates and mixed nuts and other stuff. Needless to say we bring a lot a food with us.”
We get past the first aid station, which was 4.5 miles uphill, although not extremely horrible. It was a gradual steady incline. After we make a sharp right at about the 5 mile point. At which point we were getting close to the timber line. At some point, that high in the mountains, vegetation will no longer grow. So we had the beautiful expansive view. But way out in the distance I saw this hill that went up, up, up and I saw a whole line of runners. My first thought was there must be another race going on that day because they were way out there. It looked so far away. This trail went up very steep up a mountain side almost to the point where we were at the summit of the mountain. You can see all the snow that’s still there from last winter. I wasn’t really worried about the time. I was going to get up that hill. It was tough as hell. People around me were struggling. By the way, there was a guy that was 76 years old that passed me on that hill. We finally made it up the hill and flattened out at the summit of the mountain. About a quarter of a mile later we made it to aid station number two. At that point we had gone up 12, 533 feet! That’s pretty high. higher than Mt. Fuji!!
The station was so welcoming. They had water available, electrolyte drinks, some of the honey stinger gel (that I would not take). They had some really great volunteers. We hung around and talked to them for a minute or two then we took off.
The rest of the race was downhill. Downhill is not necessarily easy either. There’s a lot of pounding. You have to be looking for the root because it is a trail through the mountain. You have to make sure you follow the signs or you will get lost. You just have to be very careful. Yoko finished the race a bit before I did. I finished too! It was an incredible experience. I am ready to do it again. It was so amazing and exhilarating.
One of my favorite parts of the race was after we had finished and everyone was standing around at the finish line, they announced that 76 year old had finished the race. He finished 15 minutes after I did. Everyone was clapping. We went up to meet him. He was a veterinarian from Lone Tree, Colorado. When I went to shake his hand, he had one of the firmest, strongest handshakes I ever felt. So there were people from all different walks of life.
If you want to do something really cool?! Join us next year, in Colorado for the Breck Crest Half Marathon. It would be such an experience to have our friends, listeners, and followers to do this with us!
I learned a lot from this race. One of the things I learned, is that when you are running a race or doing an ultra distance in the mountains on a trail it pays to walk. Don’t try to run. You will tire so quickly it will take your breath away.
Get out and do something! Try new experiences in your life!
Next episode is 100! It will be very special. It’s not too late. If you have anything to say about how I have inspired you, message me on Facebook.
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On today’s show, Dr. Dave will teach you how to become a better person in just 10 steps!
Today, I am broadcasting live from Breckenridge, CO. And I will be teaching you 10 things that will make your life better and make you a happier human being.
On a side note, tomorrow morning (8/29) I will be running in the Breckenridge Crest Mountain Marathon. The race goes all through the mountain trails in the back-country and goes up as high as 12,000+ feet. Hopefully by the time you are listening to this I will have finished the race. I like to challenge myself. I talk about the Magic 4, getting out there and walking four miles and doing other healthy things. And it’s great stuff don’t get me wrong but I really like to challenge myself. Here in Colorado or even locally back home in Maryland, I like to do things that challenge this body. And hopefully I stay in shape, I am healthy, and I love what I do.
Don’t forget! We are getting close to my 100th podcast! I am collecting your comments on how I have changed your life. Send your comments to me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/davidmadow. You may send them through private message post your comments directly to my wall. I would love to hear from you!
My suggestions for becoming a better person are all very simple. And just to let you know, I am not perfect. In the past, I have probably messed up on all of these. You can learn the lifestyle. Try your best to be as good as you can on all of these. Once you master them, then you are probably a great human being. You are probably a great human being right now but this will put you in an even higher class of human being.
How to Become a Better Person
#1 Be nice to others
Do I really have to elaborate on this? Treat others as you would want them to treat you, otherwise known as the “Golden Rule”. I try to be nice to whomever I come in contact with. It doesn’t matter if it’s a homeless person somewhere on the downtown streets or the President of a multi-million dollar corporation or anybody in between. It doesn’t matter who they are, I don’t judge anybody. I try to be nice to every single human being.
#2 Forgive People
If you are a long time listener of The David Madow Lifestyle Show, you know this already. But it is so important. If you are in any kind of a fight or argument, if you’re holding a grudge, or if you are holding hatred in towards anybody, I beg you right now to let it go. The only person you are hurting is you. I have learned that if you learn to forgive it takes you to a totally different level of peace. Again, when you hold a grudge it is only hurting you and your health. It is stressing you out on some level, let it go.
#3 Always Be Honest
Whether it’s a business relationship or someone in your family, there is no reason to lie, tell a fib, to “pull the wool” over someone’s eyes, or cheat somebody. Just always be honest. Some people think that you can’t be 100% honest because they don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings. For example, if someone says to me “How do I look today?” and I think they look god awful. How do I answer that? Do I say you look god awful and tell the truth? I am being a 100% honest but hurt their feelings. Or do I sugar coat it? That to me is a judgement call. I think if you are being honest and want to sugar coat your words a bit I don’t think that’s going to hurt anyone. You do have to be careful about certain things. When I say to be honest, I think you know exactly what I mean.
#4 Give to Others
Give to charity. If you don’t have the means to give to charity, I want you to give your time. I want you to help others in some way. I have a list of probably seven or eight different charities I give to. It doesn’t matter how much you give as long as you give something. My charities are based primarily on animals. I love animals and love to help them. I want to keep animals free of suffering and pain. Since I love hiking and backpacking, I also give to organizations that maintain trails and things like that. You can also give to your church, mosque, synagogue, or whatever religious persuasion you may be. You may be thinking that times are tough right now and I don’t have the money to do that. But even a little bit, a tiny percentage of what you have really does help. And believe it or not, I have found that when you give somehow the universe decides to “pay” you back either monetarily or with time. When you give you not only help others but you get in return.
#5 Teach
I think I was put on this planet to teach. I love teaching and helping other people. Nothing gets me more satisfied and fulfilled then when someone writes to me and messages me on Facebook and thanks me for teaching them or says that they have learned something from me or have been inspired by me. It makes my day! If I’ve helped one person, I call that a success. If I have helped you, please write to me and tell me how I have changed your life today. When you teach someone, again, it is very fulfilling. You are helping someone else and it gives you a great sense of pride and accomplishment.
#6 Compromise
I was always guilty of this in the past. I always thought I was very strong in my convictions and feelings in the past. And I always thought it was either my way or the highway. Do it the way I say or don’t do it at all. And that’s really not fair. Of course I believe I am right when I am teaching something but I have to realize that everyone is different. Everyone has their own point of view and not everyone is going to do it exactly my way. And that’s totally fine. In business, relationships, teaching anything, you have to compromise. If it’s always my way or the highway then you’re not going to have any friends and no one is going to respect you. I like to teach by example, do things the right way, have people see me, see what I am doing, and see the results I am getting. And then they will decide for themselves if what I am teaching is valuable. They’ll see. And if it is, they’ll do it the way that I do it. Compromise is really powerful!
#7 Don’t Take Advantage of Others
Don’t take advantage of a human being or an animal. When I say “advantage”, I’m talking about physically, mentally, or financially. Don’t use your power over someone else that may not have as much power or that are in a tough situation. Think before you act!
#8 Don’t Show Off
Don’t brag. Don’t keep score by money or material possessions. I have run into many people that feel that the more money they have or the more possessions that they accumulate, that they are on a higher level or are better than everyone else. That is so wrong on so many levels. First, you never know truly what someone has. Some people prefer not to be ostentatious and instead are frugal because they are happy with what they have. They don’t have to show off. It’s not that I am jealous of these people. I’m not. I live a certain way because I want to live that way. If you think I am ever showing off, please write to me and let me know. In my mind, it’s an inferiority complex.
#9 Respect all Life
I probably go overboard with this one even though I don’t think I do. Even if I find a bug in my house, I usually go out of my way to free it and release it outdoors. I truly respect all life. That goes for all animals, all plants, all trees. etc. Of course, I eat plants. I do believe plants were put on this planet for us to eat. They are sustainable and we can keep growing more of them. If we didn’t eat plants, we wouldn’t be living.
#10 Eliminate Animal Products
Love all animals. Don’t kill them, don’t eat them, don’t wear them, and don’t use them for entertainment. If we all stop going to zoos, circuses, and places like Seaworld, these places will go out of business and the animals will not be held captive. Love animals. Treat them with respect. Keep them free and happy. Animals have feelings. I have spent a lot of time at animal sanctuaries and you would not believe the love, the fear, the jealousy, even the laughter. It’s time to stop thinking that we are the superior species. We don’t need animals in our diet either. You are “looking” at someone now who does not consume any animals. I am 60 years old and I am running a half marathon in the mountains tomorrow. Do I look deprived in any way? Do I look hungry? Do I look week? No! We can be healthier if we remove animal products.
Before I close out the show, I wanted to mention that last week’s episode (Episode #97 How To Meditate), has been my most popular episode so far this year! So many of you have downloaded and listened to it. I hope you are meditating and trying it. Meditation is a true life changer.
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On this episode, Dr. Dave teaches you exactly how to meditate!
We are quickly approaching episode #100 of the David Madow Lifestyle Show. On my 100th episode, I would like to share your stories of how I have helped you with my other listeners and viewers. If I have inspired you or helped you in some way, please let me know. I want to hear from you! Send your stories to me by private message on Facebook or simply post a comment on my wall. I appreciate your help in advance!
Today, I am recording this episode from one of my favorite cities in North America, San Francisco. I just finished running on Lombard Street which, if you have been to San Francisco before, you know is extremely hilly and steep. I did five repeats running from the base of the hill to the top. I was tired doing it but after I finished I felt fantastic! My lifestyle never stops. No matter where I am, I am emphatic about living this lifestyle and nothing gets in my way – no food, no lack of exercise – I always make sure I stick with my program. I don’t make excuses, exceptions, or having things in moderation.
Before I get into today’s show, I would like to share a quick tip. I always travel with healthy foods. Today I have with me brazil nuts. Brazil nuts are packed with selenium. Brazil nuts are a great way to get the selenium your body needs naturally. I believe in getting as many nutrients from natural whole foods as possible and this is one way I do that.
I promised that I would teach you from start to finish how to meditate and I want you to promise me that after you learn how to do this, you will at least try. You can’t just try it once and then say it didn’t work for me. It is nothing magical but if you start practicing it every day or many times per week over a period of time, you start to feel more at peace, less anxious, calmer, a lot of great things will happen to you if you meditate on a regular basis.
My Step by Step Process
Today we are going to follow my six-minute model. I use a great app on my iPhone to track my meditation sessions called Insight Timer.
1) Find a quiet place or a quiet room. I don’t typically use music although many people do. My background music is the perfect example of music that is good to play while meditating.
2) Sit down on the floor (or in a chair). You may cross your legs if you like. I typically sit on a bolster which are commonly used in Yoga practice. It is a thick hard pillow. I find it difficult to sit cross legged for any length of time unless I am elevated. However if you are really flexible you can probably sit cross legged on the floor with no problem.
3) I set the timer on my Insight Timer app (mentioned above) for six minutes and press the start button. I have programed the app to make a gong sound when the meditation begins.
4) With my eyes closed, I take a nice long deep breath in and then exhale slowly. When I take that deep breath in, I am quietly saying the word “in” to myself. As I breath out, I say the word “out”. I do this to keep my mind from straying and thinking about things like problems, worries, and relationships. You can do this breathing at your own pace. You can also use a mantra. Instead of “in” and “out”, you can use the words “sat” (pronounced sa-ht) and “nom” (pronounced n-ohm). Use a mantra that frees your mind and prevents you from focusing on stray thoughts.
5) Repeat step number 4 for six minutes to start.
I prefer to do it in the morning before the day begins. If you do not have six minutes in the morning to take of your health, then please somehow find it. If you need to, wake up six minutes earlier, which will not change your life. But you will find meditating will change your life!
If stray thoughts enter your mind, you just do your best to release it. We’re human and it is very difficult to empty our minds completely. There is no right or wrong to meditating.
Meditation is different for everyone. Try to start doing it every day. You will see that things just seem to work better after you have meditated and even your relationships will work better.
I hope you do try it!
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Today, Dr. Dave shares something that another user posted on his Facebook profile. Stay right here to hear all about it!
I was in the studio getting ready to do a totally different episode and this came through on my newsfeed. I want to share it with you because this is what is going on out there. This post is a meme. A meme is generally a picture that with a caption that is added to be funny or sarcastic. So in the meme that was shared on my profile, there is a picture of bacon strips and the caption on the photo says “I like my bacon marinated in vegan tears. It tastes so much better that way”. In all fairness, this meme was actually posted by someone I know and he is a good guy. He sincerely meant it as a joke. This person does know how passionate I am about healthy eating and how much I care about animals and their pain and suffering.
I have done a lot of stand up comedy in my life and I still do some stand up bits when I speaking to dental audiences or even lifestyle audiences. I always try to incorporate comedy it keeps people engaged and awake. So comedy is a good thing. And you can almost make fun of anything if you do it tastefully. Sometimes if it’s not done properly, you can really piss some people off!
Do you have pets? Have you ever had a pet in your life? Chances are you have had a pet before or at least admire animals by doing things like visiting the zoo. What if somebody tried to do to your pet what is done to any animal you eat? For example, the pigs who are raised for bacon on a factory farm, they are standing, sitting, and sleeping in horrible filth and feces. Horrible conditions with no room to move around and that’s their whole life. That’s all they know. And it’s not much better on the free range farms no matter what Whole Foods or anyone else tells you. They are given antibiotics for infections that come about from the horrible conditions. Unfortunately, the day they are slaughtered is probably the best day of their life since they know and feel and see no more pain and suffering. It’s really really sad.
It’s absolutely one of the reasons I do not eat, or wear, or use any animals products. I do not believe that we need to kill animals for our pleasure. And it is for our pleasure because we do not need to eat meat. Humans are not naturally born carnivores. It has been scientifically proven that we can live a better life if we do not consume animal products. There are animals that are carnivores but they only kill an animal when it’s absolutely necessary like if they are hungry. That is the way nature intended it.
Getting back to the Facebook post, I let this gentleman know that I did not find it funny. I said it in a nice way. I know he meant it as a joke and I know he is a good guy. I did not find the suffering of another animal funny. To me if you want to make jokes about vegans and things like where do they get their protein, that’s totally fine. I don’t mind that. I think people need to be sensitive and caring.
I went back and asked the gentleman that posted this meme on my page if he would actually go out in the field, capture a pig, stab it, kick it, whatever it takes to kill it with his own two hands. Then skin it, separate the meat, then put it on the stove and cook it, would he do it? And very quickly he responded; “no, no way. I don’t do that. I don’t hunt. As a matter of fact I love taking care of animals.” It’s not an exact quote, but it is very close. So my thought process is, you like taking care of some animals but have no problem going to a grocery store and looking at package of a dead animal because someone did the killing for you?! His response was that it was his choice and I had no right to tell him what to do. That’s true! I don’t have a right to tell someone what to do and nor do I. If you’ve been a listener a viewer, a friend, a follower for as long as I’ve had the show or even before, I think you would agree that I never tell you what you have to do. I teach by example, I tell you what I do, I tell you what I recommend. But I never ever make fun of anybody, call you out, call you a bad person, or call you a loser if you are not doing exactly what I am doing. Never. Never do I do that nor will I ever do that. Because it’s a process. You might be eating meat or other animal products now, and that’s ok. Believe me, I still love you. If you are watching me, following me, trying to get advice from me, I love you from the bottom of my heart and I honestly mean that. I would never bully you, make fun of you, or call you out. The only thing I ask is that you do the best you can. Do what you think is best for you! I hope that when I lead by example and when I show you that truly taking animal products out of your life can make you feel and look great. This generation now and future generations is looking and feeling better than ever.
I do believe, not in my lifetime, but I do believe that the planet will be vegan in a period of time. I am not sure how long but it has to happen. Not only for our health but the planet can no longer sustain the farming, not only for animals but for crops to live and grow. The planet cannot continue the way it’s going if we continue to be greedy just to eat bacon.
I have been on both sides. I used to eat bacon, steak, chicken, fish. I used to think I ate it responsibly but I don’t think that’s possible now. I always ate small portions. Now, with all the information out there I know it’s not the healthiest way to be. And it’s not good for the environment!
This all started from a Facebook post but it is so much deeper than Facebook. When I first started this show almost two years ago, Yoko and I were still eating meat and it was a dilemma for us. We love animals and could not stand the thought that dead animals were on our plate. Once we made the change, our lives began to change. I cannot count the number of people that have been following me and listening to the show that have written messages on Facebook, in public, have texted me, or gotten to me another way and said that they have gone plant based because of me. I cannot begin to tell you how that makes me feel. When I first made the change, you would not believe the number of messages that I got saying “you are not going to change the world” and “do your thing but don’t try to convince anyone else. No one is going to change their ways.” That could not be further from the truth. It’s unbelievable! Maybe I have even help you to change. Multiply you by the thousands and thousands of people out there hearing this message. We are changing the world! We are doing it one person at a time. If just one person from the planet hears this show today and makes a change in their life, then guess what?! I have done it! I have succeeded. My license plate is GO VEG. I have a feeling when I drive around, someone is going to see my license plate and begin thinking about being vegan or even begin researching it. If you are one of those people out there that told me that I could not change anyone, I’m sorry to say I am changing people and I LOVE it! Thank you so much! I am a regular person and have worked very hard to amass a following. It’s not hundreds of thousands of people a week (yet) but it is thousands. I’m reaching them and I am reaching you. We are getting things done!
I have talked about many things on the show, even topics that are not necessarily health related. I have talked about financial matters and how you need to get out of debt and live a life that’s below your means. First, financial matters are the number one cause of stress and relationship problems causing more break ups than anything else. Those that are getting married this year, please listen to me. Live responsibly, pay off your debt, live below your means, and give to charity. If you do that, there is no more peaceful feeling that you can experience. Remember I won’t tell you what to do but this is my recommendation. I have been in debt and out of debt. Use my example!
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 250,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
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On today’s show we are answering all of your fantastic questions!
I am back with Victoria Moran in New York City. Victoria has been very busy writing over the past several years. She has published twelve books including Main Street Vegan, Younger By the Day, and her most recent The Good Karma Diet.
We’ve got some great questions from our social media fans! Victoria will be helping me answer them on today’s show!
1. What supplements do I need to take as a vegan? – Jennifer, Minneapolis, MN
Victoria: “One for sure is vitamin B12 and interestingly enough , according to the Academy of Medicine it is recommended that anyone over age 50 take vitamin B12 regardless of their diet since B12 is very hard to get from food. It grows on bacteria and since plants are cleaner than animal foods so they don’t have B12. Some people would say “well then that means it not natural to be vegan” but as my wonderful dietician friend, Jenny Messina, would say if it’s not natural to be vegan because you need B12 than it’s not natural to be over 50 because you need B12. Most humans also need vitamin D these days. You can get your level checked by your doctor. The indication these days is that 1000 international units (iu) per day is recommended particularly is you live in the north, have dark skin and therefore absorb a lot, or have light skin but protect yourself from the sun a lot. Some vegans may also want to take an algae based omega 3 supplement which is DHA/EPA. These are the major ones. Some dieticians will also recommend zinc two to three times per week. Zinc is also hard to get in any diet unless you are eating lots of oysters and most people aren’t doing that. Zinc is especially important if you find that you tend to catch colds in the winter. Your calcium levels should be find as long as you are drinking fortified milks such as almond, soy, or rice. You can get calcium from dark leafy greens but you really need to eat a lot of them, at least four cups per day to get your recommended allowance. I do not take a multivitamin. Studies show that people who take a multivitamin typically die sooner than those who do not. For men, consuming additional iron is linked to prostate cancer and heart issues. Which is why men’s formulas and over 50 formulas do not typically include iron. Additionally, folic acid (synthetic form of folate) appears to play a role in breast cancer. There are large differences between naturally occurring folate and synthetically made folic acid. I recommend everyone do the research since you are the ultimate authority on your body. See what’s out there and be smart about it!”
Dr. Dave: “Well I am definitely taking the major three that you mentioned. I am also taking a vegan multivitamin but maybe I need to look into stopping that since it may not be necessary.”
Victoria: “Well certainly if you talk to someone like Dr. T. Colin Campbell, he would tell you that beyond B12 nothing is necessary and there are a lot of physicians who believe that if you really are eating a whole foods plant based diet everything is there. And it is a funny thing I believe everything is there probably if you’re making really good choices, and getting organic produce, and eating everything fresh. But there are some problems that people run into regardless of what diet they are on. In the 40s and 50s people find that their hair tends to thin and their nails get brittle and start to break. There is B vitamin called biotin that has shown in studies that is can strengthen hair and nails. So you could consider taking that if that was something you were deficient in. Its an alternative to going into the pharmaceutical world and as an ethical vegan you want to avoid pharmaceuticals as much as possible due to animal testing.
2) Isn’t it just normal to be on medication such as blood pressure medication or cholesterol medication after age 60? – Tom, Jacksonville, FL
Victoria: “That is a perfect question. I was riding the train back from Vegetarian Summerfest in Johnstown, PA last week. I was with a lovely woman named Roseanne who is from New Jersey. She is the tea lady. She got really famous back in the 80s as a teacher for collecting one million tea tags to teach her kids what one million looked like. She is a woman of a certain age and has nothing wrong with her. She is on no medication because nothing is out of whack. She went to a dermatologist for a skin issue and the dermatologist had read her chart and hadn’t even seen the patient yet and said a woman of your age ought to be on medication! And Roseanne said For what?! So just because you are over 60 doesn’t mean that you have to have those things.”
Dr. Dave: “I am on no medication and I am assuming since you just said those things you aren’t on medication also.”
Victoria: “I am on no pharmaceuticals at all.”
Dr. Dave: “When I saw this question come through, it really bothered me. I did some research a few months ago. The average American over 60 is on at least four prescription medications. I know and you know if we just eat right, plant based diet, no processed foods, salt, sugar, or oils these problems will take care of themselves. The nutrition will take care of everything instead of the pharmaceuticals”
Victoria: “Yeah a lot of them will. And if something doesn’t there are things things between here and pharmaceutical land – such as acupuncture or herbs. There is a whole other world out there before we run to drug companies in my opinion.”
Dr. Dave: “I agree.”
3) I have trouble sleeping. Even if I have had a hard day I have trouble getting to sleep or I don’t sleep well. I’ve tried everything. What should I do? – Mercedes, Lima, Peru
Victoria: “I am certainly no expert in that area but as I mentioned last week I love ayurvedic medicine and I read and study a lot about ayurveda. They believe sleep disturbance is a vata disturbance. I know we don’t have a lot of time so I won’t go into a lot of detail but the idea is that there are three basic body types, most people have a predominance of two. One of these types of vata tends to be flighty, and happy, vivacious, and enthusiastic. But when vata is out of balance it is very hard to be grounded and very hard to sleep or stay steady. It is very easy for this type of person to have sleep disturbances, if the temperature is not right, it’s too cold or you’re under a wind, or if you have been traveling a lot. All of these things are upsetting to that part of your constitution that needs to be grounded and needs to be calmer. You may want to look for an ayurvedic doctor and I am sure there are some in Peru. Or you may want to read Deepak Chopra’s book Perfect Health which I have read many times. It is an elementary introduction to ayurveda but it is not so basic that you won’t learn something from it each time you read it. You also may want to do a sleep assessment of your bedroom. Do you have shades to block out light? If not you may want to get a sleep mask. Is the room quiet? Turn the TV off one hour before going to bed. In ayurveda, if you can get to bed early by about 10pm without a full stomach (dinner should be eaten two to three hours prior) and wake up early by about 6am; you will be influenced by the energies of nature or wake up energies. They will help you get started early in the morning and keep you feeling good all day.”
Dr. Dave: “Is going to bed at ten o’clock early? Did I hear that right?”
Victoria: “For a lot of people it is.”
Dr. Dave: “These days ten o’clock is considered late for me. I try to be in bed somewhere between nine and nine thirty. But I am more of a morning person. I love your suggestion about having dinner a few hours before bed. But what do you think about something like chamomile tea before you go to bed. Does that help?”
Victoria: “It’s supposed to. Chamomile tea or anything warm with calcium in it such as almond milk or soy milk would work the same way.”
Dr. Dave: “Mercedes is kind of asking the wrong person. I am one that as soon as my head hits the pillow, I am out. But I sleep so easily. But I will tell you this Mercedes. If there is anything going on in your life. If there is stress at work or something like that, it can also affect your sleep. I went through something about a month or so ago that I was trying to get worked out and it was very stressful for me. And I found myself not being able to sleep well at all and waking up throughout the night. So if there is something at work, a relationship, or whatever it may be make sure you have that in check to because it can affect your sleep as well.”
4) Have you come across any medical reason that would make it necessary for someone to actually need meat? – Lori, United Kingdom
Victoria: “I have never read or heard about such a thing.”
Dr. Dave: “That was quick! Neither have I! I don’t know of any kind of medical condition that requires you to eat bacon. I don’t think there is anything out there.”
Victoria: “In the old days they would say things like eat liver for iron deficiency (anemia) but we know now that we can get iron from plant foods. And also if you need to supplement you can supplement. Young women for example, about the same number who are vegan and are omnivore, tend to have iron deficiency. It’s just something that some people are more prone to get than others. But you don’t need liver.”
5) What are your thoughts on GMOs and how can we avoid them? – Mitchell, Vancouver, WA
Victoria: “My thought is, I don’t know. My feeling is, they’re incredibly creepy! What I have read is that we absolutely want to avoid them. The classic book on GMOs, Seeds of Deception, really tells the story. I think some of the doctors will say well have you ever known anyone to die from GMOs? Well no personally I have not but the people that work in fields where these crops are grown, there are documented cases of illness and problems. So I certainly don’t want to be eating them. What we can do is to avoid the big ones, the foods that we know for sure that if you don’t get them organically will probably be grown GMO. Those crops would be corn, soy, cotton seeds, canola, some Hawaiian papaya, and some squashes. Also take political action. I don’t like the idea that Monsanto wants to rule the world. And certainly as a vegan the idea that animal genes can be put into plant foods, I don’t like it all. And I think you are wise to be concerned!”
Dr. Dave: “Also I think when somebody says have you ever known anyone to die or get sick from GMOs, what kind of question is that anyway?! The answer is we don’t know. It’s not like your body is going to come out and say I’m sick and it’s from GMOs. There are all kinds of issues that people have and how do you know that some type of allergy, or autism or anything is not caused by GMOs. That doesn’t make sense to me.”
6) How can we get our kids to eat healthy without being critical of their weight or appearance? – Charlotte, Orlando, FL
Victoria: “That is such a perfect question for me Charlotte because I was once an overweight kid. My dad was a diet doctor and my mom worked in a “reducing salon” which was sort of the precursor to today’s health clubs. So I know what it’s like to be a kid who is criticized for stuff like that. Whenever someone would speak about my weight it always just made me want to go have another cookie. It’s very counterproductive. The best thing to do is to celebrate healthy food. When you wake up on a Saturday morning make a big deal about going to the farmer’s market. When the first strawberries come out on the spring and the first pumpkins are ready in the fall, teach your kids that they are not just for jack o’ lanterns. You can make soup from them too. There are orchards where you can go to pick your own fruits or vegetables. Don’t forget to get kids involved in cooking the food too. There is a great book by The American Vegan Society called Apples, Bean Dip, & Carrot Cake. It is a wonderful kid’s cookbook because everything is really easy, really healthy, and they photograph actual kids making the recipes. Whenever you can teach children to make something healthy and present it to the family they have stock in that.”
Dr. Dave: “Great answers. I appreciate that! Before we leave, I want to thank everyone very much for being a listener/viewer. Make sure to check out my website at www.davidmadow.com. There is lots of stuff happening there. We have show notes for each episode and you can watch each podcast there. I am also hanging out on Facebook all the time at www.facebook.com/davidmadow. Victoria was kind enough to give me a stack of her newest book, The Good Karma Diet. We are going to have some giveaways on my Facebook page. Stay tuned because you may win one of these for free! And if you don’t, make sure to go to your local book store and pick one up. It’s a great book! Thanks again Victoria for being a guest. I appreciate you inviting me into your apartment to do these podcasts. Let’s make sure all of the listeners and viewers know how to get in touch with you.”
Victoria: “www.mainstreetvegan.net. From there you can find out the academy, my books, weekly radio show, the blog and everything else going on at Main Street Vegan.”
Dr. Dave: Thanks Victoria. Good luck with all your traveling! And your academy! She has a lot going on, make sure you check her out!
Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 31 years and is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss for all this time. She’s the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the plant-based weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches.
Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women’s conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups.
Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes. To keep in touch, please:
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Do you know what karma is? Find out on today’s show!
I am recording today from the New York home of guest, Victoria Moran. Victoria Moran is an author, speaker motivator, inspiration, and my good friend. She has written several amazing books including Main Street Vegan and her most popular Creating A Charmed Life. My friend and Yoga instructor, Sandy, who is also vegan, recommended that we read Victoria’s book Main Street Vegan. My wife and I credit this inspiring book with helping us make the transition to completely plant based eating.
Victoria Moran Interview
Dr. Dave: “How do you wake up every morning with all this energy and motivation? What get’s you out of bed every single morning?”
Victoria: “I have a very spiritual life. To me that’s the most important thing. It’s the exciting thing and it’s the only thing that doesn’t get old. So before my feet touch the floor in the morning, I am doing my gratitudes. That’s what gets me up because I don’t necessarily feel fabulous every morning as I am just lying there thinking oh there’s a day ahead. But once I start churning those gratitudes I have to get up because…”
“I have one of the top 5000 lives on the planet! “
Dr. Dave: *chuckles* “How do you get one of those lives? What exactly does that mean?”
Victoria: *laughs* “When the occupy people were doing their thing and talking about the 1% it got me thinking. I believe there’s probably a 1% of happiness. And certainly it takes a base level of a certain amount of health and prosperity and things to just get by. But I have also met a lot of people who are extremely happy who don’t have anything. At one point I was working with Tibetan refugees in Nepal and Northern India. These people lived a much simpler life than you and I do. And they certainly had grief in their life. I remember one family whose little girl died and we asked how she had died. And the father said oh she didn’t die of anything, she just died. And he just had this incredible acceptance that sometimes things happen. So to think of all the things I have to be grateful for and not want to bound out of bed and get on to the day would be really ungrateful.”
Dr. Dave: “So this wasn’t on the script but I got to ask. Tell me some of the things you are grateful for.”
Victoria: “Oh wow!” *laughs*
Dr. Dave: “Just a few. Maybe even your top several. Maybe even number one.”
Victoria: “They change day by day. It’s dangerous to come up with number one because then someone else is always number 2. Well my dog, Forbes is such a happy maker. I’ve had cats my whole life and they have been amazing. And I never really thought I was a dog person. We did adopt a dog when my daughter was a little girl. The dog was absolutely wonderful but it took my current dog Forbes to teach me an incredible kind of unconditional love with another being. So I am very grateful for Forbes. I am grateful to live in New York City because not only is it Disneyland for vegans but it is urban intensified and I am a very urban person. So often people think that because I have been a vegetarian for over 40 years that I must like growing vegetables or going to the country and I really don’t. I am uncomfortable in those atmospheres. I really like concrete and tall buildings. *laughs* It suits me! So I have there here. And I am also really grateful for what’s going on in my life right now because at 65 years of age, when a lot of people are thinking about leaving their life of activity and going on to another phase, I have never been so immersed in my life of activities. I am still writing books and just finished my 12th book, traveling to speak, directing Main Street Vegan Academy a training program where we teach vegan lifestyle coaches. We do that four times a year which is miraculous! So there’s a lot of great stuff going on.”
Dr. Dave: “So that was a beautiful segue into being in your 60s now. I just turned 60. When I was 30 and even 40, I always thought that when you’re 60, it is pretty close to the end of your life. You’re not productive anymore, you have aches and pains, you can’t really get around, and I didn’t really want to be 60. Now I’m 60 and I tell you I’m loving it! I am feeling kinda like you. I have more things going than ever and I feel great! I would normally never ask a woman her age, but since you mentioned it – although I don’t believe it – how do you feel? How do you feel everyday? Do you wish you could go back to 40 ever?”
Victoria: “Not really. 50 was the hard year for me. It always seemed like to me 50 was half century mark and the start of antiquity. I remember when I turned 50, certain changes happen with women. And around 50 I went to bed one night with a nice flat stomach and a round bottom and I woke up one morning with a round stomach and a flat bottom. And I said wait a minute is this invasion of the body snatchers? I mean what happened to me?! *giggling* I actually kind of panicked. And I wanted to turn things around. And so you have the book over there that came out when I was 53. It’s called Younger By the Day. Because I really needed techniques, and tips, and procedures that could make this thing go backwards instead of forwards. But now at 65 I see it differently. And I actually loved turning 60. I think I was glad to get out of my 50s because I had such a bad attitude about them! *giggling* But I started getting happier in my 50s and by the time I turned 60 I just felt really solidly rooted in my life, grounded in who I am and what I am about. But another interesting thing happened around 60 for me. I developed a very strong vegan community here in the New York area. I moved to New york at 50 and I had a very supportive group of people back in Kansas City. When I left that it took me a while to build another one. I know all these articles and the studies about longevity talk about how important community is. I think it’s more important than most of the things we focus on.”
Dr. Dave: “Very interesting!. Now how do you feel about getting to 70? What do you think is going to happen when you are 70 years old?”
Victoria: *laughing* “I don’t know!”
Dr. Dave: “Is this something you think about?”
Victoria: “No because I am very much in the one day at a time thing. I have been schooled for many years in this idea of living in what Maxwell Maltz called ‘day tight compartments’. Twenty four hours at a time. The Native Americans said that was the only span of time there is. So anything longer than a day, we can’t figure. So I don’t think about future, but I do believe if we are able to live this day well; it doesn’t matter what the chronology is or what’s going on, we gonna live another day well with a different chronology and other things going on.”
Dr. Dave: So how would you say the 65 year old Victoria compares to the 30 year old? Do you feel better? The reason I’m asking you is because the 60 year old David feel better than the 30 year old David. I wouldn’t want to go back to 30 right now”
Victoria: “Yeah. It is and it isn’t. When I was 30, I could stay up all night and I could do it for a few days. You would not want to be around me if I stayed up all night. So there are some things that I have to acknowledge and honor the body and what it needs more than I did then. But I understand the body and it’s needs more than I did then so I can treat myself better.”
Dr. Dave: “I have your new book here, The Good Karma Diet. How long has it been out?”
Victoria: “It has been out since May, so two months.”
Dr. Dave: “So it’s really new”. I wanted to ask you, tell me about karma. What is karma? I kinda know what it is but I want to hear it from you”
Victoria: “Yeah ok. Theologically, karma comes from it’s Ayurvedic roots and then it translated into Buddhism and all the Eastern religions. The idea is that every thought, word, and deed comes back to us in kind. But it’s not just an eastern idea. It’s in every religion, every philosophy. Jesus spoke about reaping what you sow. It’s everywhere and I think we see it. People in the west tend to discount it sometimes because we don’t see it immediately. We’ll see someone who might not be a nice person amass a lot of wealth and we’ll say yeah right karma! But in the east, because they believe in reincarnation there’s a lot longer time for all this karma to play out. Either way when you are talking how you are treating your body and how you’re treating the people around you, that kind of karma will absolutely shows up right now in this lifetime. If you’ve been are feeding your body well, thinking some good thoughts, exercising, getting enough rest, doing some meditation, you are going to have a very difference body at 50, 60, and 65 then if you have been treating yourself poorly. The interesting thing about The Good Karma Diet approach is that it’s not just about eating organic food, and drinking fresh pressed juice, and thinking aren’t I cool? It’s I am not harming others. My very first priority in my diet as an ethical vegan is to do no harm and the second priority is to feed myself the very best food that I can find in a given circumstance. Usually those are perfectly in harmony and I can do both at the same time and it’s no problem. There are times that I have been at a truck stop or an appointment and the only non animal food available isn’t the healthiest food in the world. But that’s alright once or twice here and there as needed. For me it’s more important thing is to do no harm than to pick the healthiest thing if it happens to not be vegan.”
Dr. Dave: “Your subtitle is gently feel amazing and age in slow motion. Which I love! I’m trying to age in slow motion. So tell me about some of the recommendations you make here.”
Victoria: “Sure. Well age in slow motion is kind of what I learned between Younger by the Day and now. We’re not going to go backwards, that would be creepy. To age in slow motion, in today’s society, really means to age normally. What happens is that through the way that we live, all the stress, not treating ourselves well, not knowing ourselves well enough to treat ourselves well. I am very interested ayurveda. Ayurveda is an ancient healing tradition of India where you come to know the kinds of foods and the kinds of things that you need for your own individual self. So you honor the person that you are not just some person on some chart. So treat yourself well and the aging process doesn’t accelerate the way it often does in this culture. So in terms of tips I have some called the M.E.N.D. program. M.E.N.D. stands for meditation, exercise, nourishment, and detoxification. You get those four together and you have got it going on!”
Dr. Dave: “Please talk briefly about each of these things. Especially meditation. We both love meditation.”
Victoria: “Sure.
Meditation
“Meditation is simply quiet time. The studies that say such wonderful things as that people who have meditated for 5 years or more are 12 years younger physiologically than people who don’t meditate, are typically only looking at people who do a formal kind of mantra meditation 20 minutes twice a day. But you know what? It works if you just go with it. Whether it be journal writing, the rosary, prayers, scripture reading, it doesn’t matter. If it takes you inside and connects you to your highest self and to the higher power that you perceive him. Than you got it. It just has to be regular to make you younger or it’s not going to make you younger. If it’s every now and then or oh my gosh something terrible happened, I better go pray about it. No! Every day!”
Exercise
“The more I come to study ayurveda the more I come to see that not everybody needs a huge amount of exercise necessarily. But you have got to move the body. And because we live in the first time in history that you can be completely sedentary and still have a reasonably interesting life. That’s absolutely frightening. So just things like standing more than you sit and moving more than you stand as well as whatever exercise really speaks to you. And it really took me until recently for me to find an exercise that I love. I have liked weight training and I have liked different kinds of things here and there but I love aerial yoga.”
Dr. Dave: “Aerial yoga? I am not so sure we ever talked about that on the show. What is aerial yoga?”
Victoria: “I just discovered it. Fabrics are hung from rigging points in the ceiling. And you do standard yoga positions using the fabrics so you are suspended. You spend a lot of time upside down. It’s not very high. I love it. It’s an exercise that I really want to do. I will also do some weights and some cardio but I do that because I need to. The aerial yoga I do because I love.”
Nourishment
“Nourishment is more than just food. You really want to nourish yourself in every possible way. With your environment, with the colors, with the conversations you have, with the books you read, and the movies you go to. But you also want to nourish yourself really well with food. Food that’s whole, food that’s fresh, and food that suits you. A food might have a lot of nutrients on the nutrient list but if you can’t digest it or tolerate it then it’s not all that nutritious for you. So you come to know yourself and you want to get up from every meal feeling like your body is thanking you for the nourishment.”
Detoxification
“Detoxification is a little but of the same. First it means that you don’t want to toxify yourself. So many of us get so many poisons that we don’t even think about it. Most people have a toxic waste dump under their sink just with the products that we clean our houses with. When instead you get all natural products, which are also not tested on animals, or use things like vinegar, baking soda, and club soda. And you want to put the most natural products on your skin. Many people think, but that is just on the outside! But these things go into your skin and into your body. Things like sweating, dry skin brushing, and oil massage are wonderful, sweet little things you can do to make your body love you.”
Dr. Dave: “Great stuff! Now I am assuming this is available in book stores all over right?”
Victoria: “All over.”
Dr. Dave: “If anyone wants to get in touch with you personally to take one of your courses what is the best way to get in touch with you?”
Victoria: On my website at www.mainstreetvegan.net. You can find all of the information there. All of the phone numbers and emails for getting in touch are there as well.”
Dr. Dave: “Victoria thank so much for being a guest and allowing me to be in your home studio. This has been fantastic! I got a question for you. I’ve got some more that I would love to talk about and I might be here for a while. Is it possible we can come back next week and maybe even answer some questions some of my listeners have had? I think you might be the perfect person to help me answer some of these questions.”
Victoria: “I’d be honored! Wow!
Dr. Dave: “Let’s do it! Thanks again and until next week!”
Victoria: “Thank you David!”
Victoria Moran has been a Main Street Vegan® for 31 years and is an obesity survivor, maintaining a 60+-pound weight loss for all this time. She’s the bestselling author of twelve books, including Creating a Charmed Life (in 30 languages around the world) and the plant-based weight loss classic, The Love-Powered Diet, and the iconic Main Street Vegan. Her latest book is The Good Karma Diet: Eat Gently, Feel Amazing, Age in Slow Motion. Her college thesis became Compassion the Ultimate Ethic: An Exploration of Veganism, originally published in 1985 and the first work on vegan philosophy and practice to come from a major publisher. Victoria is also an inspirational speaker, corporate spokesperson, certified holistic health counselor (HHC, AADP), graduate of the T. Colin Campbell Foundation/eCornell program in plant-based nutrition, host of the Main Street Vegan radio show/podcast, and founder and director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training and certifying vegan lifestyle coaches.
Cited by VegNews among the Top 10 Contemporary Vegetarian Authors, Victoria appeared twice on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s one of the celebrity coaches for PCRM’s 21-Day Vegan Kickstart. Her articles have appeared in Yoga Journal, Mothering, Natural Health, Woman’s Day, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, VegNews, and Vegetarian Times. Her work has been noted in USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Self, Elle, Glamour, Allure, and O, the Oprah Magazine. She was named Vegan of the Year 2012, sharing that honor with male counterpart Michael Greger, MD, and she speaks extensively for vegetarian/vegan festivals, health events, women’s conferences, associations, corporations, and religious groups.
Moran lives with her husband, writer and musician, William Melton, in a LEED-certified green condominium in New York City’s thriving Harlem neighborhood. They’re co-writers of the feature film in pre-production, Miss Liberty, and co-humans to a rescue-dog, Forbes. To keep in touch, please:
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If you are struggling with weight loss, we are talking about it again on today’s episode!
Welcome to The David Maow Lifestyle Show! A new podcast is released every Monday both on iTunes and here at www.davidmadow.com. The video version of each podcast is then released 1 1/2 weeks later, on the following Wednesday, at www.facebook.com/davidmadow.
On the last episode (Episode #92), I took a question from listener, Barb in Dayton, OH. She is 50 and is vegan. She is always hungry and her vegan diet is not working out well for her. She is struggling with weight loss. Even though she exercises quite a bit, always tries to get in 10,000 steps and she also weight trains 2-3 days per week. I gave several great weight loss tips in last week’s episode and I have a few more for you this week!
As stated last week (and many times before), I highly recommend a whole food plant based diet. Nothing processed, no (or at least very minimal) sugar, oil, or salt. In addition to that, here are a few other suggestions:
Juicing
I recommend making juice from fresh fruits and vegetables in your own home. I do it frequently, which also means that I am always at the grocery store just about every day. I have a Breville Juicer and LOVE it! I start with some type of greens, like collard green, chard, or spinach. Then I add things like celery, beets (small amount), carrots, apple, and ginger. However you can add almost anything that you like. When you drink a glass of this every day, it is pure health. Some people feel that you should be eating the vegetables and fruit instead of drinking them but in my diet I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables so I always get the nutrients I need. Since I’ve began juicing, I have noticed that I feel healthier and my skin is more vibrant.
What to Put in A Salad
People think that salads don’t fill you up. If you are watching the video, you can see the example of my salad. It is a pretty good size salad. What’s in it? It is loaded with organic spinach, celery, carrots, tomatoes, pecans, nutritional yeast and flax seed. Some things I do not have on my salad today but will also help to fill you up are tofu and beans. I can eat very large portions of these because the food is not processed, there is no sugar, salt, and minimal oil, although I do sometimes add a little vegan dressing.
I am not on the “window diet”! Do you know what the “window diet” is? The “window diet” is when you drive up to a window, roll the window down, and they hand you a bag of food through your window. Never! That will kill you! If you are on the window diet even once a week, please quit!
I was doing some research recently and found that whether it’s bad food that you’re eating, lack of sleep, or lack of exercise, they all do the same thing to your body. If you are eating a lousy diet full of processed foods and fats, getting very little sleep, or not moving your body, it’s funny how the same thing happens. You will gain weight, your blood pressure goes up, your cholesterol goes up, your blood sugar goes up, you are more prone to diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. If you abuse your body in any way, your body will react in bad ways. The human body talks to you when you abuse it. You may go for years with underlying medical issues that get worse over time and can cause serious problems including death. When you are eating healthy you don’t have the issues. You will like looking at yourself in the mirror. I am proud of my 60-year-old body. And you can be proud of yours too!
Need additional inspiration? Read about centenarian marathon runner, Fauja Singh.
CONNECT WITH ME AND SHARE “Thank you very much for listening! The show is literally downloaded by the thousands each week now. In fact, we have passed the 250,000+ downloads mark! Wow! I so appreciate you listening and sharing this show with your family and friends. I love to help people live a healthier life! It is so great that we have listeners from all over the world from the United States to the UK to Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia. I love hearing from people all over the world on Facebook, Twitter, Email, and our phone hotline too!” says Dr. Dave.
Did you enjoy today’s show? Do you have any questions for me? Do you have any comments or feedback? You are not alone! We want to help you live better, stronger, happier, thinner lives!
—>My website: Website: https://davidmadow.com
Check out the podcasts, recipes, blog posts, and more!
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