She Went Vegan and Her Health Improved! | Carleigh Bodrug of PlantYou

Before she had millions of followers, Carleigh Bodrug struggled with her health.
She had digestive issues that caused her to take prescription laxatives for her entire childhood. By the time Carleigh was in her early 20s, she was chronically fatigued and having constant trouble with her skin.
After Carleigh's father was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer, she decided to seek a healthier path. When she discovered a whole-food plant-based diet, all of her health challenges disappeared!
She joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast™ to share her story about how changing her diet planted the seed for a booming career. Her PlantYou Cookbook became a No. 1 bestseller before it was even released!
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[@jedmaple]

A culture that eats more plant based and doesn't feel it has to eat dead animals to celebrate holidays is a culture I want to explore. Compassion is strength.

[@RK-tf8pq]

Carleigh is so adorable that even the hardcore carnivores can’t get mad at her for she talking about eating more plants. She is a good ambassador for the plant based community.

[@lizprior140]

The plant based community never fails to support each other I swear. I’ve been seeing her everywhere today!!! Bought the book

[@robz.3225]

She is awesome and I’m buying the book, but I think the comment that there were no easy plant base recipes out there ignores the great contributions of Mary McDougall, Chef AJ, Juliana Hever, Jill Dalton, Dillon Holmes, The Krocks, Brittany Jorudi and so many more…..

[@sally8234]

I'm so thrilled to learn that 20 & 30 somethings are really open to plant based eating. Perhaps the world might actually see a time when miles of dreadful feeding lots are transformed into organic gardens and slaughter houses are shut down. Keep screaming.

[@ceolbeats7182]

Well said👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@SuperFoodParents]

She was ahead of her time posting her lifestyle on social spaces. Here she is now, in an acceptable and "normalized" world with her dad still here after the colon cancer experience 🔆

[@laurawalters1443]

I just got her book and it is amazing. I am a beginner learning how to cook vegan. The book is easy and has pictures of all the ingredients. It is by far my favorite cookbook. The minestrone and creamy mushroom pasta are amazing!

[@elzuzo]

Chuck, you're not only the "weight loss champion" you are the "interviewer champion" also. You have the right question and comment always apart form the great info you give us. I'm a big fan of The Exam Room,

[@brknnphx]

My wife surprised me with this cookbook, and the scrappy one will be here Friday. Everything looks so delicious!! I can't wait to start cooking using the recipes!!

[@NN57143]

She’s so cute! Psyched that I found her! She is natural and not “on” like so many influencers.

[@shawn5838]

This is a great interview, I went vegan for environmental and ethical reasons originally but the improvement in my health is one of the best parts, my dad had stage 0 colon cancer so he was lucky they found it early and has now greatly improved his health on a plant based diet ❤️

[@alexwurmbrand-officialmusi1460]

High 5 Chuck Carroll - You do a great job with each of these shows!!!

[@shannaredfeather]

Wow! I just seen her on TikTok this morning and gave her a follow. And found this channel the other day with a great podcast of Kate Mcgoey-Smith. I have been plant based since 2018. And this life style saved and is saving my life and those around me. Thank you for all that y’all do for a better life to live🙏🏼

[@ramadeviparamkusham5224]

In short let me say this, "Everyone, almost everyone, who became vegan, is faced at one point or another, to become your own chef! Example, ME. Being a man, and not even knowing what kitchen is like, and stuff! Fast forward just few months, making my own home made kimchi 🙌😆🌱". It's this benefit no one talks, when shifted to plant based, you will improve your cooking skills 100%. Even with no background or whatsoever.

[@gmr1241]

You make your own kimchi? Jealous...

[@ramadeviparamkusham5224]

@@gmr1241 haha 😄, initially even i thought making kimchi is a bit of professional stuff, you know, 🤣, then just took ingredients and did it, in fact 1 day has completed and just mixed it well, smells good, but i see another day after 👍. Thanks for the complement 🙏.

[@gmr1241]

@@ramadeviparamkusham5224 Sounds delicious. I need to hunt out a recipe!

[@BL-rb7jm]

as a country girl i was so healthy and skinny i moved out of home and moved to big city and got away from that lifestyle. . i was gaining weight fast even though i started going to the gym daily. back then i didn't know if it was really that bad, as everyone was doing it. i walked 4 miles a day and still was putting on the weight. my skin was not full of pimples and i was put on pills to help, and it did not help at all. I tried counting my calories it only worked for a while, then i got bad PMS because the doctors said keep away from butter, use margarine. and my blood pressure plummeted to very low and i was getting dizzy all because i was told to use no salt. we need salt to balance our electrolytes. I will not use oil in a bottle as it can be carcinogenic creates free radicals if it sits in a bottle, because air is in the bottle. best to press your own olives fresh that day.. watch sugar its terrible. on youtube watch...THE EFFECTS OF SUGAR ON A RATS BRAIN. you will never want sugar again. its related to( dementia.) diabetes of the brain.

[@laureneharrison8897]

Absolutely LOVE Carleigh and can’t wait to get this cook book! 😃🇨🇦👍🏻 Thanks for having her on the show

[@AzerPaul]

Super interview. I can't help but now order her book...did it.

[@suzyq6767]

This girl is adorable. I can't wait for her book to arrive. I'm so looking forward to trying her Thai recipes. Yup. Just veganize your favorites with an oil-free, plant-based twist.

[@dianeschuller]

She is so refreshing in her honesty and enthusiasm. Great discussion.

[@bettysacco9000]

Just got her book, I LOVE IT., thank you Carleigh.

[@theZMINY]

Oh my gosh so happy to see you here!!!

[@cynthiabeede7889]

Great interview! I love that you have posted this!

[@annfail-smith2918]

BLOODY AMAZEING...SHE IS AMAZEING THANKYOU. WILL BUY THIS BOOK 😁💖

[@jodystallings8833]

Getting my cookbook tomorrow, can't wait!!!

[@Expressobean]

I am just starting to go plant based, already feeling better! I still eat fish. I quit regular coffee and switched to mushroom coffee- tastes great! And yes! I dealt with constipation also, that has changed thank goodness! Just starting so can't wait for my skin to look better 🙂 thank you!

[@susanhaunch138]

Well done for making the switch to plant base food. Keep going you will never look back

[@ceolbeats7182]

Watch Fiishspiracy 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@stevenbortnick8219]

Carleigh is terrific, and the recipes on her web site look fantastic. I will definitely be buying her cookbook.

[@debwinter2517]

What a dynamo👏👏👏😎👍🏼 Plant You is an excellent cookbook, full of beautiful visuals for ingredients and meals. Really well done! Thank you, Carleigh😘

[@Music1art]

She looks very enthusiastic about the vegan diet. It's an encouragement, while there are many who find this diet so boring, possibly because they are boringly trapped into a vice and can't help themselves.

[@atomicyang6702]

Rhinoceros, elephants, giraffe, horses, moose, gorrillas are some of the largest mammals on this planet. They are all herbivores and only eat plants/fruits. Are they getting enough protein? 😆

[@Breathe618]

She is amazing!!

[@vi3472]

I bought the book Plantyou and made the chocolate nice cream. Oh my goodness, it is delicious! I added 4 dates to the recipe because I wanted it a little sweeter. So fudgy in flavor and the tiny pieces of dates in it are an added bonus. Can't wait to try more from this book! Thank you!

[@cutepiquina]

Beautiful story! Now I want to try the recipes!

[@gerrysongs4170]

It could be helpful to many people if you could do a show for people who live far from grocery stores and don’t have access to fresh produce. There are many areas in the western USA where people may only go shopping once or twice a month and therefore buy mostly canned produce.

[@amymacdonald2802]

Love Carleigh! I'm so excited to get my hands on her book tomorrow!

[@snowygirl3171]

Missed this but bought her book off Amazon this morning…Australian

[@dougupton1203]

Health is wealth

[@debradanielsonvinje9260]

What a great cookbook!! No oil!!!

[@hannah5245]

I eat wfpb mostly but if I’m eating a salad, I try not to drink a cold juice or smoothie. I also eat fruit after they have sat on the countertop to warm back up after I took them out of the fridge. Sauerkraut too has to sit out to warm up. Why? Because food requires a certain warm temperature to be digested. Too cold and there will be less digestion, rumblings and fermentation, and diarrhea, even before you have absorbed the nutrients! I eat more cooked veggies and eat them while they’re still warm. I also drink warm teas and not eat too much fibrous food especially if I have eaten a cold salad.

[@leonieduplessis4467]

what a beautiful FANTASTIC GIRL WITH SO MUSH FOR PLANTBASED LIVING, GREAT INTERVIEW CHUCK💟

[@CR-xn5cz]

Best way to eliminate food desserts is to have a safe and secure neighborhood through excellent policing. Crime is what keeps supermarkets from the area. Defunding the police and lax District Attorneys who are woke but soft on crime exacerbate the food dessert issue. Create safe neighborhoods, go after crime and drug trafficking, and those food desserts can disappear.

[@BL-rb7jm]

when I was ten my dad bought a box of cereal and he said this is the last time we buy this and he said it was because it was using BHT and BHA he was totally against all of it. When I got older the fast food industry was now picking up quickly and he thought that they would destroy peoples health. And because other kids started to love the craze, my father didnt want me to not know what it was like to have fries or junk food. so I was allowed to go once a month. even then he hated it. hard call for a father that use to have 4,000 acres of land. and born in 1906. he was against so much because he seen the changes in the industrial world. etc. can you imagine born in 1906 and then going through so many changes. lets just say i had photos of him driving a wagon train..even my friends in their 70s and 80s had fathers younger than mine. by the way i was the oops ..doctor said he was shooting blanks, haha not so 😁. I learned so much from his old fashion farming etc. At 15 i made my own clothes . canned the produce on the wood stove. raised bread and baked it on the stove. I remember dad say to me, go outside and get our lunch and supper. once a month we went to the store. so times have sure changed.

[@RonsHere123]

Maybe it's Because She Smiles~!!!

[@annwilliams6438]

Thank for another fantastic interview and for introducing Carleigh to us

[@kymber1365]

I’ve been living a plant based lifestyle for about 4 years now! And I always run to KZbin to your channel! I absolutely love your recipes you’re such an inspiring young woman! My son got me your book “ plant you” for Christmas!! Best gift ever! Keep up the great work !!

[@veronicarobilliard8538]

Veronica from Australia, got your book fabulous, your hot sauce ,what is in it

[@NayNay-zm5ln]

Am I the only person in the world that does not like oatmeal……..

[@sprout001]

Same here. Found a chocolate sea salt I can eat, otherwise yuk.

[@annwilliams6438]

Cannot eat oats so breakfasts are always an issue.

[@m.taylor]

Oatmeal does not like me...I am allergic to it.

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Another awesome interview and great to hear Carleigh's story and that she's now healthier on a vegan Wfpb diet. Love 💕❤Carleigh and all those on the PCRM and the Exam Room.

[@carlajilek8310]

I am 70 yrs

[@melindalachapell4478]

I LOVE this Asian salad that my mom makes. The dressing has a lot of oil in it. Is there a way to make this salad oil free and still have good flavor?

[@ceolbeats7182]

Utube vegan no oil dressings🤷🏽‍♀️ also Chef AJ a SOS vegan chef, NO salt oil or sugar recipes

[@mycrazyfamilyid]

I've learned to make oil-free dressings by blending toasted seeds with water. One is toasted sesame seeds, water, lime juice, garlic, ginger, and dates. Another is hemp seeds, dates, apple cider vinegar, and water.

[@bonniehelms6798]

Oh don’t discount baby boomers from following PlantYou! I am ordering her book tomorrow.

[@Durablacks]

Wow I’d appreciate if you could please share the tips on going plant based “I’m in a serious trouble” constipation has now dominated my entire me please health🙏🏾

[@caroakinyi8918]

Just consume lots of green leafy veges particularly kales & spinach and drink lots of water btwn 2-3 ltrs a day and say goodbye to constipation. It helped me.

[@sally8234]

Cooked brown rice will help with constipation. I added it to my dogs food to keep things moving.

[@melissacostello3000]

You might have to experiment to find what works best for you. Kiwi and sweet potatoes can be good choices.

[@Durablacks]

@@caroakinyi8918 Oh dear thank you for tip God bless you Caro

[@Durablacks]

@@sally8234 Amen Amen & Amen

[@janeschade7875]

I hart nutritional yeast. What can I do to make a cheesy taste for a cheese sauce?

[@robertalynch5433]

Great interview!

[@BL-rb7jm]

in the 60s i was raised with gardens and no sprays no chemicals. we had fish from the ocean and dad added seaweed and wood ashes to our gardens. then we moved inland and we still had our wood stove and chemical free gardens. this time he added wood ashes only. when we had meat the supplier grew the animals without the hormones, and his feed was grass fed. our apple orchard and cherry trees were never sprayed, but rather he would use a old farmers trick that has been around for years, and that is to do with smoking the trees out with dry leaves in a wheel barrel. we had a neighbour who would give us free honey in exchange for boxes of windfalls. his bees would pollinate our trees. so since the world is so polluted as it is now, even organic meat has a problem. and our vegetables have a problem ..we are destroying our world. but no fret. God will soon step in and fix things. he says he will bring to ruin those ruining the earth. and under his government only righteousness will prevail. Psalms 37; 9, 10,11, 29 .. revelation 21; 3,4 no more sickness. Daniel 2;, 44 one world government as Jesus told us to pray for in his pray. yes no more crime no more sickness death. etc. that's what i hang on to and live to see.

[@BL-rb7jm]

grow your own food off the balcony if you live in the city and have no land. I grow tomatoes peppers lettuce all greens, beans. as long as it has good light. experiment. but never use plastic because even though it says food safe. because as the plastic heats it leaks poisons. make sure your balcony is safe and wont fall on people below, ask the landlord. .

[@atomicyang6702]

Wonderful smile ☺. She looks like a model. So vibrant. Its like she consumes alot of beta-carotene 🥕.

[@carmenbailey1560]

👍❤️😊

[@MsCookie275]

Keto vegan

[@jjmoyles]

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