Ann and Jane Esselstyn: Plant-Based Woman Warriors

The first family of plant-based food is back!
Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn join “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll for one of the most lively interviews ever featured on The Exam Room™ Podcast.
The mother and daughter talk about what it means to be a plant-based woman warrior and the inspiration for their cookbook. Jane explains their recipe creation process while Ann talks about the amazing amount of energy she still has well into her golden years. She does more in a day than most women half her age!
Ann also talks about the evolution of the family’s diet and the surprising menu they ate the night before her wedding to Caldwell Esselstyn years before his landmark research.
Most importantly, there is a sense of empowerment, hope, and knowledge that they bring that can inspire women no matter where they are in life or with their health.
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[@deborahandrade3453]

I just received my Plant Based Woman Warrior cookbook and I love it. Thank you so much for writing this. I’ve only been plant based for 5 months and I know I will never go back to a regular American diet. Thank you ladies so much!

[@suzyq6767]

Good for you! You won’t regret it.

[@extropiantranshuman]

omg hope you like the new diet and book! I didn't buy it yet, so it'll be nice to know once others read it.

[@Mrm1985100]

Amazing having 10 plant-based Grandchildren. Well done!

[@shirleywolff3394]

Two of my most favorite people on the planet. You girls ROCK!

[@janicejacome]

l also just LOVE them and wish they were my neighbors!...2 fabulous ladies and l love the total LOVE!!!!!

[@vidyasagarkumar2650]

She is teaching us in very simple way for all aspects of women issues , so beutifully explained

[@carolpessin4006]

Thank you all. I love Anne and Jane.

[@Ruby-rb3ss]

Never mind a CUVA shirt,I want a Plant-based Woman Warrior t- shirt!!! Awesome show,empowering!!

[@kassiebyers2121]

I love their energy so much!! You ladies are awesome!

[@alwayslearning8365]

I just purchased and sent this book to my 94 year old mother. My mother knows I eat a whole food plant based diet and she is often flustered when it comes to making meals for me. Even at her age she feels she needs to have something in her house that her kids can eat. This book will give her some information on what she can prepare for me when I visit. She will also benefit from eating the recipes herself. Bonus. Thank you Esselstyn girls.

[@janetsimon2445]

This was my favorite interview! I just love watching these two ladies! ❤

[@janicejacome]

CUVA...Yes!!! l wish they were my neighbors! WONDERFUL WOMEN!

[@traceykaminski7874]

Beautiful Ladies! Thank you for all you do! 💜

[@YH7R]

👍🏾 GREAT INTERVIEW CHUCK.......TWO AWESOME QUEENS

[@kardste8114]

Best show EVER! Thank you Jane and Ann!!! Keep going with CUVA and plant based education!!

[@patriciagoulder3317]

WOW!!! These ladies are fantastic! Bravo to these great warriors!

[@deniset1005]

My first Plant Based cook book was Prevent And Reverse Heart Disease

[@jensvath254]

Mine too😊 and reversed it is❤❤

[@lynns7262]

Mine too!!

[@beatricemillar6802]

Thank you so much Jane I watch all your videos with your darling mom, I have never commented but your show has helped me so much I have been vegan plant based only for 1 &1/2 years and I am feeling wonderful at 86. Hugs Bea

[@gabrielhanson8160]

Just received my book...enjoying the interview...love these warriors...thanks for giving me hope:)

[@extropiantranshuman]

Chuck handled this like a beast - I think the woman warrior effect helped chuck take on the male warrior role for everyone to fight the good fight as all warriors!

[@kardste8114]

Go for it Jane!! All women need to know about CUVA and plant based eating too! Please present CUVA at all future “plant based” conferences, because the information helps men also!

[@donnab3183]

This mother and daughter duo are hilarious! I so enjoyed them and the “CUVA” teaching. Needed that info when I was raising my kids. 😊 How old are they? Have them on again. I would like to purchase their book. Fun & informative interview. Laughed & Learned!

[@janicejacome]

l just wish they were my neighbors! AMAZING WOMEN!! l want to know their age too! They live life with health and REAL LOVE!

[@lynns7262]

@@janicejacome 82 and 57

[@roku3216]

Ann and Jane are for me, the harbingers of a great day :)

[@kathyschwiesow6268]

Love listening to Ann and Jane

[@suepussilano1069]

😂😂😂😂😂OMGOSH……I LOVE THESE WOMEN. Reminds me of me and my mom. They are so real. I ordered the book and have been plant based for 21/2 years. I feel wonderful and thanks to these fabulous pod casts…I’m still learning. Thank you Chuck. God bless!

[@bonniebenz8792]

I am brand new. Slowly became plant based. Gave up red meat, then dairy, then poultry and now eggs and oil. I have high cholesterol and moderately high BP. Hopefully this diet helps me !

[@babycakes8434]

I lowered my cholesterol by avoiding everything you mentioned. You can too. Best of luck. The eggs were the hardest for me to give up. But eventually I got over the craving for eggs. I have had maybe 6 eggs this year so far, and I am doing well.

[@crankiemanx8423]

Consuming citrus ,fresh raw oranges,mandarins,limes etc..& lemon water will help towards lowering cholesterol levels.

[@jgrysiak6566]

@@babycakes8434 , just go through the 21 day egg withdrawal, then it will be out of iyr body & u won't miss it. Eggs will then be a memory!

[@jgrysiak6566]

@@crankiemanx8423 wow. Didn't know this!

[@jgrysiak6566]

As weight drops, cholesterol drops!

[@SeanHillofficial]

Great info! They also added some good humor too...great job!

[@KmmBev]

You're so lucky to have a mom like Anne❤

[@CheleenLaRae]

CUVA for the WIN!!! I would watch that episode with my 5-year-old granddaughter!

[@beanburrito8903]

Aww Ann is shy. Noo please do not be shy. We need this information. As a young lady I need to know this. Yay!! Jane you go girl. Encourage people to be mature about women. Your next book has to be about more women secrets.

[@janalu4067]

Exactly!

[@bills6240]

Besides Chuck sounding like he was in a tunnel this was the funniest exam room ever.

[@extropiantranshuman]

it seriously was

[@surajpoudel3215]

Esselsytn family inspiration to all of us.

[@extropiantranshuman]

this is like how my mom and I talk - but in reverse. Always getting in my grill and I'm trying to back out of it lol.

[@sonjaBiblio]

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these vibrant two women! Looking forward to the CUVA show! 😍 Greetings from Austria/Europe!

[@leonieduplessis4467]

Chuck, hope your listeners know Anne and Jane Esselstyn what a combination This Two girls are just full of lots of fun. Thanks Chuck. THANKS JANE😊😊

[@sylviatz1338]

They are really amazing!!!!!

[@YOUTRAINFITNESS]

Thank you!

[@wonderlizz]

Love these ladies!

[@pawcatsfly]

Thank you for this interview. How wonderful to have the personal stories as well as info about the book. Fun and informative. So cool. Blessings to you for your platform and many interesting guest and letting the guests speak. You're very good at letting guests tell their stories and throw in questions to make the interviews interesting. Thanks again.

[@AddieV1984]

Wow Chuck is a rockstar!! He is the best interviewer I’ve ever seen!!

[@janicejacome]

EVERYONE needs these Women Warriors in their lives!!! MUCH LOVE!

[@louiseschuler6163]

Love love these two ladies my husband and I love watching their KZbin videos 😁I’m looking forward to getting a copy of Woman Warrior cookbook!! I think it’s a great idea having Jane do a CUVA live 🌟🌟

[@cazy314]

Thumbs up for CUVA😊!!!

[@cherij7000]

You are all awesome! I have my book and am reading it now :)

[@lenalootens5625]

What a great, funky and super interesting exam room. I loved every second of it! Thank you! Greetings from Belgium!

[@belindatraviss4926]

I’ve just received my book, by the dynamic duo, I love it, it’s without doubt number one on my heaving bookshelf, thank you Ann and Jane x

[@bodegraven1978]

After being an overweight junk food vegan for close to 7 years I decided to take another chance and lose weight for good. Reading dr. McDougall's Starch Solution and watching every video with Dr. Barnard made me give up oily, fake meats, vegan cheese and beloved vegan restaurants. I am lucky to L-O-V-E whole foods. I just received the Be a Plant Based Woman Warrior cookbook and subscribed to Jane's KZbin channel. The recipes are easy to make and absolutely delicious! I admire how down to earth and knowledgeable the entire Esselstyn family is.

[@jenny-leighparmley6094]

Two amazingly beautiful and brilliant women. Thank-you for the interview ♥️♥️

[@robinsaxophone232]

I have the cookbook and it’s so beautiful, inspiring and full of delicious recipes.

[@nancyaureli6547]

Best interview ever! More CUVA please

[@janalu4067]

More 'below the belt' stuff 👍 I need to know what a plant based diet can do for my pelvic floor. I have recently been studying this and I have to tell you, a lot of the treatments being used for pelvic floor dysfunctions are positively medieval! Please, we need more on this topic 🙏💗💞

[@extropiantranshuman]

I know on vegan linked there was a doctor name Joel Kahn who wrote the book on it.

[@lindapesnell5723]

❤️Very Informative Thank You❤️

[@gracejimenez1370]

Love this exam room, the best!!!

[@tonicarter5518]

Awesome ❤️

[@sharinaross1865]

Enjoy the podcast. I listen to while cooking plant based meals and Intermittent Fasting for 2. It really it easy to cook for one.

[@gafanisagood]

Kale cake sounds interesting. I shall check out their channel. Thank you for another awesome video ☺👍.

[@I-have-enough]

Loved this talk

[@kimberlydeprey]

Jane, next book CUVA. I can see it coming now! Lol

[@Scor-ah]

Great Cookbook.... I have had it for a month and have made almost every recipe in it. The desserts are really good even non WFPB people gobble them up. On the subject of this book being for women, well they still do most of the cooking AND there is enough research about men's bodies but nobody seems to know much about women's bodies. I think men should read this just for the info about cuva....lol

[@Laineyslife]

This book has become my bible. I love it.

[@bohditony]

Greatest interview!!! CUVA ! I want one for my wife

[@pixiegardner8094]

That was great!

[@prettygirlsmom9567]

CUVA!! Woot! Woot! 😀

[@cindy7702]

Just got My book... Love it ..

[@suzyq6767]

Mind is blown thx

[@monicasong427]

On a side note, it is not necessary to trim, cut down bushes, and mow plants down to a few inches. As long as we do our duty to care for by ensuring the abundance of native biodiversity---wildlife will take care of them. Additionally, it will only benefit us by challenging our intolerance by exercising more tolerance of other life forms to be and exist as they are.

[@chiyerano]

When they mention people eating road kill and cow's tongue, this reminds me of nose to tail eating which is something I would rather not deal with and a major reason why I went vegan and now whole food vegan.

[@extropiantranshuman]

even though I'm a female that has difficulties too speaking about all this - I think it's important to talk about - especially on the animal's behalves - for what happens to them. If we're able to explain our body parts and what we don't like, then we can better communicate what likely an animal doesn't like - male or female - if the body parts are very similar.

[@extropiantranshuman]

39:51 that happened to my friends and I

[@extropiantranshuman]

43:30 I went vegan because I hit rock bottom too. That's why I am doing my best to make veganism in the public eye and accepted as part of everyday life. If it becomes a part of identity of everyone - then it's not as hard. Right now there's a separation of veganism from those who aren't - to get past that is to give people the thought that they can be plant-based in their life.

[@robinsaxophone232]

It’s so true that when I get a craving for desert and make a healthy brownie or cookie, I love the taste but don’t eat the whole batch. It just doesn’t trigger the gorging for me.

[@eileenkast4982]

Go CUVA!

[@extropiantranshuman]

I think I'm going to wait for the CUVA book to come out - where maybe it relates to animal health that carnists disrupt. To me, it's seems so difficult to understand the depth and complexity of intrusion to animals - to be able to discuss everything more openly and freely with a better ear is great for me! Then we will have a deeper connection to what's going on for ourselves and then animals. I just think the reproductive intrusions in an animal's life is the most disruptive to nature of everything we do to animals - and that's what to me props up the animal ag industry. To me, if we really get at the core of all this - we can split off animal living from human interference to avoid animal agriculture. It doesn't make sense the levels of money we give to prop up animals that're an artificial variation of their species to what they were in nature. How much money should we give to getting in the way of animal reproductive autonomy to keep artificial species going?

[@lindalinda0316]

I want a CUVA t-shirt and I'm not seeing them on Jane's website...?

[@extropiantranshuman]

I bet chuck was thinking - "I didn't sign up for this" and then realizing he did.

[@MsPants1632]

You go Ann!! Plug those WHOLE PLANTS FOODS !!!! The vegan junk food sure tastes good, but it is NOT good for your health!!! 🌱

[@hayleevmealone]

I am very concerned about the comment of having bacteria left over in your urethra that causes UTIs after you eat chicken. I have reoccurring UTIs and I used to eat chicken before going vegan. PLEASE is there any way to get rid of this bacteria? I need to know more?

[@SnowWhite1352]

Even Ophra couldn’t say vagina.

[@laurenkated]

Funny show!

[@m.taylor]

This is proof that one does not lose all their hair on a plant based diet.

[@LeeAnnahsCreations]

What's up with Chuck's sound on his mic?

[@biggregg5]

Serious question. I'm a vegan going on about a year now. No negatives. Not going back, significant needed weight loss. Feeling great with more energy. I keep reading comments, however, about people that were vegan have gone away from it due to declining health. I see no research supporting a reason if they were eating vegan in a responsible, healthy way. Reasons that might make sense are.... 1. They're lying. People with an agenda aren't above this. 2. Possibl food allergies. 3. Eating like these women are alluding to..... Not doing their due diligence in eating a complete, healthy vegan diets. Could there be any other reason. Anyone, please chime in.

[@MSchipper]

I think you've got most of them. Not seeing a proper doctor for whatever health problems they have is also a common pattern, Instead "doing their own research", or expecting miracles from unmonitored extended fasts / piss drinking, etc.

[@chiyerano]

I guess economic factors like inflation could play a role as junk food does tend to be increasingly cheaper and more accessible.

[@biggregg5]

@@chiyerano Maybe, but as a vegan I spend less than ever.

[@monicasong427]

If I may, it is not popular to be a vegan. It can be hard on the individual to constantly having to reasonably justify why one does not want to participate in such cruelty by needlessly exploiting fellow animals. It is also not convenient to be mindful and kind toward fellow animals. As their lives are so heavily subsidized by tax payer money--- consuming their body parts are ever more cheaper and readily available everywhere. Lastly, evidence based nutrition is not taught to most health professionals and the public. Therefore, many vegans find themselves learning about evidence based nutrition on their own. There are 3 main nutrients that everybody should be aware of and may need supplementation. 1. Vitamin D---based on ones geographic latitude the sun may not shine enough for us to receive the hormone. 2. Vitamin B12---humanity has so harshly destroyed the soil and the waterways it is no longer safe to rely on the environment for the bacteria. 3. Iodine---another consequence of us destroying the soil the mineral may not be enough growing into the plants. Unless one is regularly consuming sea veggies such as 2 sheets of nori, it would be the safest to take a supplement of 150mcg/day. Especially, since iodized salt is just more salt. Frankly, the sun and the soil provides everything we need. But we have so disrespected the environment supplementation such as the bacteria B12 is now our safest source. It is not that the plant and fungi kingdom is insufficient---it is us that are consuming them insufficiently.

[@lynns7262]

@@monicasong427 good comment.

[@extropiantranshuman]

warrior is like being impervious to issues. Like popeye with spinach. I feel that going vegan keeps you from having health issues that're too embarrassing to talk about - and because they're embarrassing - you end up avoiding treatment. When you go plant-based, you don't have to get into situations that're hard to get out of. 38:10

[@extropiantranshuman]

36:13 this is why I'm glad to not eat animals - because the level of grossness is too high. There's definitely many animal products I wouldn't go back to - like liverwurst, ham, salisbury steak, scrapple, offal, gizzards, cud, etc. I bet if I wasn't vegan - I'd have a lot of peer pressure to eat really gross foods that I'm glad I don't have to deal with now.

[@CaroAbebe]

What a weird idea to cook a meal or bake a cake you don’t want more of 😅 I’d rather control my weight by any other means. Well, not any: animal products are out of the question, I cook at home from scratch, I hardly use sugar or white flour. I do use healthy oils (unsaturated fats), however, because the science is very clear on them: unless you’re overdoing it, they’re definitely healthy, as are unprocessed nuts, seeds etc.

[@extropiantranshuman]

44:32 I think we should get veganism out of the 'boulevard of broken dreams' stage where the vegans see others around them fail from health issues until they're walking by themselves to being able to be like a warrior and gather the army to fight against animal products head-on while people are still alive - instead of dying from animal products.

[@juanitasanchez1809]

I can listen to many other plant-based chefs that do not have an agenda.

[@lavondahawkins]

Lolololol

[@juanitasanchez1809]

What does nonbianary have to do with a cookbook? I’m so disappointed….Eating plant based…???

[@chiyerano]

I am a bit disappointed that this is all you got from the show. You are right, this is not for you and there are plenty of other shows to watch.

[@monicasong427]

If I may, it was a way of including every individual.