#86 Weight Loss & Plant Based Nutrition w/Justin Root - a podcast by Ani Kapanadze

In this episode of Intuitively Rich Ani talked to Justin about his wellness and weight loss journey, supplements, health tips and tools and more.

You could say, Justin Root is a bon vivant growing roots in wellness.

After graduating from the University of Florida’s Journalism College, Justin landed his dream job. He was tasked with convincing journalists to love New Orleans’ best restaurants and bars. In other words, he was paid to eat and drink around the clock. He loved the long hours and weekend work. His health, on the other hand, did not.

At his first annual physical, he weighed 260 pounds. His doctor tried to prescribe medication for high blood pressure. He didn’t want a lifetime of medication, so his doctor told him to lose weight. Turns out, that’s much easier said than done. He dove into research, but all the conflicting information was overwhelming.

Justin hoped living around healthy people would reveal their skinny secrets.  He moved to San Diego to help a new company market a line of nutrition bars. On a business trip to Cleveland, he was introduced to Dr. Todd J. Pesek. Dr. Pesek gifted him his book, “Eat Yourself Super.” Growing up meat was at the center of every plate. Justin wasn’t jazzed about eating all plants, but he was running out of options. He read the book on his flight home – and everything changed.

With the help of plant-based eating and intermittent fasting, he lost more than 50 pounds, normalized his blood pressure and feels better in his 30s than I did in his 20s. Along the way, Justin became certified in Permaculture Design, Exercise Nutrition, Plant-Based Nutrition and Plant-Based Medicine.  

In 2014, he left a fast-growing technology startup to help Dr. Todd Pesek launch a plant-based wellness company: Nutritional Roots.

 

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Website: https://justinroot.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/positiveparentingdebbie/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jusroot

Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinroot

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1pBLHukldXMgI-AiJ3kipg

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/positiveparenting/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wellthmgmt?

Ani Rich is a Life Coach, an Embodiment Yoga Teacher, a Mother, a Podcast Host, and a Life Coach.

 

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