What role can nutrition play in our health, fitness, and athletic performance? And how can a plant-based approach support an active lifestyle?

In this episode of the Main Street Vegan Podcast, Victoria Moran welcomes Dr. Douglas Graham, a longtime health and fitness professional, author, and coach who has worked with thousands of people to improve their health and helped some of the world's top athletes reach peak performance.

Dr. Graham is the author of The 80/10/10 Diet, a book that helped bring low-fat vegan eating to a wider audience. He also wrote Nutrition and Athletic Performance, which explores the relationship between nutrition and sporting goals.

With decades of experience and more than 10,000 stage appearances, Dr. Graham continues to share his knowledge and enthusiasm for health, fitness, and plant-based nutrition.

Join Victoria for a conversation with an influential voice in the world of raw and low-fat vegan eating.

In This Episode

• Dr. Douglas Graham's lifelong work in health and fitness
• The ideas behind The 80/10/10 Diet
• Low-fat vegan nutrition and its place in the vegan movement
• The connection between nutrition and athletic performance
• How nutrition can support training and fitness goals
• Dr. Graham's experience coaching athletes and educating audiences around the world

About Our Guest

Dr. Douglas Graham has dedicated his life to the health and fitness industry, helping thousands of people improve their health and coaching elite athletes to peak performance.

His book, The 80/10/10 Diet, helped popularise a low-fat vegan approach to eating and continues to be celebrated at fruit festivals around the world. His book Nutrition and Athletic Performance focuses on helping athletes align their nutrition with their training goals.

Dr. Graham continues to share his experience and enthusiasm through education, coaching, and speaking.

Explore Dr. Graham's work:

Website: www.FoodnSport.com

Books and projects:

• The 80/10/10 Diet
• Perpetual Health 365
• Nutrition and Athletic Performance

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Is it ever too late to transform your health? And what does it really take to stay strong, independent, and vibrant as we grow older?

In this informative conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with Brenda Davis, RD, an internationally acclaimed registered dietitian, plant-based nutrition pioneer, and award-winning author, about her book Plant-Powered Seniors and the science of healthy aging.

With more than 4 decades of experience in nutrition, Brenda has helped people around the world understand the benefits of plant-based eating. She has written or co-authored 14 books, with more than one million copies in print, and is a respected voice in the field of plant-based nutrition.

Victoria and Brenda explore why nutrition matters at every stage of life, particularly as we get older. They discuss whether changing our eating habits later in life can improve our health, and how a well-planned plant-based diet can support vitality, strength, and independence.

The conversation also tackles some of the most common questions about plant-based nutrition for older adults. From protein and muscle maintenance to bone health, omega-3 fats, and brain function, Brenda explains which nutrients deserve particular attention and how we can make informed choices.

Together, they look beyond simply living longer and explore what it means to flourish as we age, maintaining our health, independence, and purpose for as many years as possible.

In This Episode

• Why Brenda wrote Plant-Powered Seniors and why the topic matters now
• Whether it's ever too late to improve your health through nutrition
• How plant-based diets can support healthy aging
• The nutritional needs older adults should pay particular attention to
• Plant protein, muscle maintenance, and staying strong as we age
• The role of strength training in preserving independence
• Calcium, vitamin D, and other considerations for healthy bones
• Omega-3 fats, EPA and DHA, and whether supplementation may be beneficial
• How nutrition and lifestyle can support brain health and cognitive function
• Common myths about soy, carbohydrates, dietary fat, and plant-based nutrition
• Practical ways to build satisfying, nutrient-rich plant-based meals
• The difference between lifespan and healthspan
• How to flourish with vitality, independence, and purpose in later life

About Our Guest

Brenda Davis, RD, is a plant-based trailblazer, internationally acclaimed speaker, and award-winning author. She has delivered keynote presentations in 28 countries across six continents and has written or co-authored 14 books, with more than one million copies in print.

A past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Brenda was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame in 2007. She also received the Plantrician Project's Luminary Award in 2022.

Her work has helped countless people understand the science behind plant-based nutrition and put that knowledge into practice.

Her book, Plant-Powered Seniors, explores how nutrition can support healthy aging and help older adults maintain strength, vitality, and quality of life.

Learn more about Brenda's work:
https://plant-poweredseniors.com/

Follow Brenda:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendadavisrd
Instagram: @brendadavisrd

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What does it mean to live a truly magical life and how might raw veganism, spirituality, and female empowerment all fit into that picture?

In this inspiring conversation, Victoria Moran speaks with Kate Magic, a celebrated raw vegan pioneer, author, life coach, Reiki master, yoga teacher, and QHHT practitioner who has been sharing the magic of raw foods for nearly 30 years.

Kate has empowered tens of thousands of people through her books, workshops, courses, and retreats, bringing together down-to-earth lifestyle guidance with uplifting spiritual insight.

Victoria and Kate talk about female empowerment and what it means to move into your “goddess era” as an older woman, exploring why feminine empowerment is such a powerful and timely conversation.

They also explore Kate’s own journey with veganism. Having been vegan for nearly 40 years, she shares her thoughts on sustaining a vegan lifestyle over the long term and why she believes raw vegan food can take plant-based living to another level.

Together, Victoria and Kate explore the possibility that these ideas aren't separate at all that what we eat, how we care for ourselves, our spiritual lives, and the way we show up in the world can all be part of creating a life that feels more conscious, joyful, and magical.

In This Episode

• How Kate's work as a health coach led her into female empowerment
• Why female empowerment is such a powerful topic right now
• What it means to move into your “goddess era” as an older woman
• Kate's nearly 40 years of vegan living
• How to sustain a vegan lifestyle for the long term
• Why Kate is particularly passionate about raw vegan food
• Why raw foods can take plant-based living to another level
• The connection between food, spirituality, and conscious living
• Kate's work empowering women

About Our Guest

Kate Magic is celebrated for her inspiring combination of down-to-earth lifestyle guidance and uplifting spiritual insight. Through her books, workshops, and courses, she has empowered tens of thousands of people to discover and embrace their own magic.

Kate has been travelling the world and sharing the magic of raw foods for nearly 30 years. She is also a life coach, Reiki master, yoga teacher, and QHHT practitioner, and teaches courses and classes and holds retreats in the UK, Egypt, Bali, and beyond.

Her work encompasses three closely connected areas: The Empowered Woman, her work on feminine empowerment; Actually Magic, her work on living a magical life; and Raw Living, her work around the raw vegan diet.

Learn more about Kate and Raw Living: www.rawliving.co.uk
Her podcast: The Raw Living Podcast

Take a look at Kate's Egypt retreat here - https://rawmagicretreats.com/egypt-magic/

And her new book here - https://theempoweredwoman.co.uk/

Follow Kate:
Raw Living on Facebook
Instagram: @wearerawliving
Instagram: @katemagic

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