Vani Hari is the revolutionary food activist behind foodbabe.com, co-founder of organic food brand Truvani, and New York Times best-selling author of The Food Babe Way and Feeding You Lies. Her latest book, Food Babe Kitchen: More than 100 Delicious, Real Food Recipes to Change Your Body and Your Life, is out now.
What you'll learn from this episode:
How Vani Hari, the daughter of Indian immigrants who regularly dined at McDonald's to "eat like Americans," became Food Babe, an O.G. in the nutrition and wellness space who advocates for the countless benefits of real food.
The challenges Vani faced trying to eat healthy foods while traveling constantly and working 60 hours a week at a corporate job during a time when the nutritional landscape had far fewer options than we enjoy today.
How a business dinner in which Vani special-ordered healthy alternatives that put the restaurant's standard fare to shame sparked her colleagues' curiosity and led her mission to educate others about what's really on their plates.
How the name "Food Babe" came about and persevered in spite of Vani's initial resistance to it, and the less catchy name it might have been if she had followed her first instincts.
How Vani made the decision to quit life in the corporate world and turn Food Babe into her full-time job, and the adjustments she made (and shared with others) in order to live within her means and still eat healthy food on a limited budget.
And so much more!
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Resources from this episode:
Feeding You Lies: How to Unravel the Food Industry's Playbook and Reclaim Your Health by Vani Hari
10 McDonald's Menu Items You Should Never Order | Eat This Not That
Your Appendix May Not Be Useless After All | Time
Conscious Eating by Gabriel Cousens, MD
11 Proven Health Benefits of Quinoa | Healthline
Breaking News: Chick-fil-A Removing Dyes, Corn Syrup and TBHQ in 2014 | Food Babe
Food Babe Investigates: Chipotle vs. Moe's | Food Babe
Scenes from the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu & Cusco Peru | Food Babe
End of World in 2012? Maya "Doomsday" Calendar Explained | National Geographic
How to Eat Organic On a Budget | Food Babe
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Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life by Max Lugavere and Paul Grewal M.D.
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