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yEah me too 2 yrs anniversary of being vegan n same results ...JUST AMAZING N SO CRAZY m@n how people are having a really hard time around me to figure out how this shit is working // BTW im over 43 N i fill more power than when i was 20 always having very bad recovery after my work outs (various martial arts n boxing) Finally i found the missing piece = RAW FOOD / PLANT BASED DIET with a bunch of Fats (coconut/olive/avocado/cacao/carob)
HolisticVegan I'm not an athlete, but I have always tried to be as healthy as possible: eat right, exercise, drink a lot of water, etc. I used to work out 4-5 times a week (30-60 min on treadmill & only about 15 min of light weights 1-2 times a week. I ate what I thought was healthy: chicken, fish, eggs, yogurt. Yet, my stomach was never flat, and I was always struggling w/10 lbs. I started incorporating raw foods into my diet and EVERYTHING changed! I dropped 14 lbs, I started looking younger (3 people at a friends wedding asked if I had botox, haha!), I felt great, I wasn't as sore after work outs, and my stomach got super flat - AND I actually have muscle in places I never did: my back & stomach. It also helps my chronic pain from a spinal injury 8 years ago. The percentage is about: 65% raw 35% cooked - it will change lives if people actually did it.
@@JanKnoester How about a credible link that shows that a vegan diet has to lead to tooth loss. Any diet that includes sugar can do that. A vegan (or any) diet should include fruit, but with proper brushing and flossing there is no problem with eating whole fruit or even smoothies.
As a female, I never had SO much muscle definition until I started eating plant based. My brother noticed 1st - he said “are you lifting a lot”? I said “only light free weights maybe 3-4 times a month” - the look on his face was priceless! He hasn’t eaten meat in 2019 ❤️
I agree, I started eating plant based about 3 weeks ago, in conjunction with weight training, and my muscle retention and definition, plus fat loss is something I haven't seen in 15 years of traditional dieting and exercise. I don't fully understand why, but I'm not complaining :)
Fat covers up most muscle. A big part is simply uncovering the muscle that already exists but of course with strength training it can get even better. People with lower body fat percentages, as people on healthy whole plant food diets have, tend to be viewed as being stronger and having more muscle than others.
RAW FOOD PHILOSOPHY also to the different people. Some people will come to veganism for health, others for ethical reasons, others for environmental reasons, the important thing is that they are here. I came to this woe for health, but through my research, found out that there's no difference between organic, grass fed or industrial scale meat production. I learned about the damage to the environment. And I would say I am staying for all these reasons. I was looked down at for not being vegan for the right reason. Sometimes the vegan police are the ones who give veganism a bad reputation . Once you learn something you cannot unlearn it. That's what happened to me
I rented this movie on google play, I gotta say. It is an amazing movie. It tackles most of the common misconceptions about vegan diets. I only wish it can be more widely viewed, but because it is locked behind payment, it won't be as popular as other documentaries on netflix.
Vegan is badass!!! Wrestling, track, and cross country all four years of high school. I feel like vitality incarnate. Go vegan for yourself and for the world.
Let us all HOPE SO...the more people speak out about the improvements in their lives by going vegan, the more it will resonate with others, I believe. Especially those who reverse their own heart disease and/or diabetes, our biggest killers! I'm 60 and feel like I'm 20!
valnaples thank you so much for taking a stand. You are a true inspiration. Collectively we will eradicate premature death caused by disease and heal our earth and improve the lives for all living beings.
being vegan for 4 months and this is the best decision I've made in my entire life 😄 in the beginning it was hard for me bc I'm the only one in my household that went vegan... my dad kinda freaked out about it but now everything is great 🌿 I cook my own food and trying to bring new recipes to the table & I'm hoping one day I'll convince my whole family that vegan is the best choice..
Happy Vegan sustainability, eco friendly, vegan lifestyle, what a perfect society. No one needs to starve when we have an abundance of plant based food. Everyone can grow their own garden and share food or buy from markets, clean sustainable energy solar power, water powered, no more fighting for oil. Things we can do if we make that change :)
do not want to burst your bubble..but plant based diet will not end violence on this planet as long we have territorial wars ..males want rape females and people starving ..
No matter how strong the push-back is... a nice part of humanity is evolving. I am guessing that someone like Trump is POTUS, is a sign of that extreme push-back against the upcoming shift in paradigm and consciousness.
Plants - the original Super Foods for athletic performance....uh who knew 😉 Thank you for helping get the message vegan athletes have a huge voice to help people make change. Please keep finding and interviewing athletes.
I love you people! keep it up.. let's turn our world vegan. In office when I prepare my meal, almost always I hear the same thing... "Aaaw, you put sooo much effort and time for preparing and eating your meals and you know what: that just approve my opinion about veganism, it is so complicated and extrem" ...and I go like, WHAT o.O !? So, reflect! We spend, how much, 8 to10+ hours a day for work... and almost nobody has a good opinion on work and how much time we put in, we also know that working to much and living a stressfull life makes us sick, but we continue doing it and the society is okay with that. But not enough, you're considered a hero if you make a great career while putting back your needs and them of your family as back as possible, some quality time on WE must be enough! But taking time to prepare and eating your meal - which beside, everybody say aawww, i love to eat... o.O - is being considered a waste of time! ...really!? Also, we love to outsource thing and tasks to do, even things we should do by our own. So we prefer somebody cutting living beings into slices and stuff the corpse parts with salt, sugar, sauce and wait we need to get fat on that BS otherwise it won't taste like chicken, because everything has to taste like chicken... in order to feed our body with things which aren't even supposed for us as nutrition and in cause of that making us sick. Why? Just to feed our hunger as fast as possible and to spare some time, for what.. for family, for exibitions and excercising!? Nope, for quality time spent in office sitting at a desk so we can work on our career. That is what I consider extrem!!! But what is it that makes our senses ill and blind...!? People are serious about their thought that bacon or sausage, salami and ham etc. is NOT MEAT!!! telling me that they only eat one or two times a week meat, while they're biting in a slice of bred with butter, ham and cheese on it... happend only a couple days ago... and I've pointed on what he was holding in his hands asking him, are you serious that this is the only meat you're going to eat the whole week? Guess what he answered. Oohh, this is sausage and chese so, not meat... and there i go, WHAT!?... I really don't know how to call that sort of blindness, Melany Joy named the madness about meat and diary carnism, but how to call and HOW TO DEAL with this sort of blindness and ignorance!?
Thanks so much for sharing this.....a great interview As many know, I like to share this personal story.... I am from TEXAS....land of MEAT and DAIRY....and yes, for 50 years I was a die hard everyday meat and dairy consumer. 25 years ago I was hit by a car riding my bike and it damage (broke) to my pelvic bone and clavicle and moved my lower spine over a half inch. I lived with it and the extreme daily pain for 25 years. Being an ex army ranger i was a tough guy and i suffered the pain but over time i got weaker...much much weaker and i gained weight, became a drug addict to pain killers, heroine, meth and cocaine. Then one day I went to the doctor for the men over 50 full physical and got some terrible news. Along with my pain, obesity and drug addiction i was also type 2 diabetic with DANGEROUSLY high blood pressure. Promptly my doctor put me on more meds and said I needed to make an immediate life style change or i was going to die. She said I had done irreversible damage to my once powerful body. For almost 30 years I was was lost down the dark path of drug addiction. Ive lived in the woods for 11 years (close to a meth cook)and I lived outside reality. I used meth to get up and herion to get down. I was far less than the human being I was supposed to be. I got clean every day and every night I got dirty. I lied cheated and stole (from friends) just to get my fix. I had no desire...no motivation save to score that fix... Deep down in this darkness I met my sons mother. We found a love that would last a life time and from that love came a light (our son) that would lead us back.... When I was 50 i had my first child (AN AWESOME BEAUTIFUL BOY) and I wasn't going to live long enough to see him grow into a man. About two days after I saw a video called "drug Addiction" and I saw myself (his story was so close to my own I cried) and said IT IS TIME TO CHANGE. For the next three weeks I did some intense study and got turned onto a movie called GAME CHANGERS and FORKS OVER KNIVES and by channels called PBN (plain based new) and LiveKindly and then began the WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DIET. AND CHANGE I DID...IMMEDIATELY. In just under four months time i lost 30lbs, I began feeling healthier and stronger. I quit doing all the harmful drugs and started working out. My next doctor visit was nothing short of SHOCKING to my doctor and myself. My diagnosis was amazing....My blood pressure was back to normal and i was no longer diabetic. I dropped 40lbs of weight and gained 10lbs of solid muscle mass. Now I work out 5 times a week with the dream of being a 60 year old competitor with a story to tell. Im 53 now and in my book thats one hell of a accomplishment. I have since made it my purpose in life to share this story with everyone I can in hopes of inspiring change not just in those who need it but in everyone. If i can do this, YOU CAN TOO. I will never go back to my bad lifestyle and I WILL watch my son grow up. In a world where you can be anything... Why not be Kind. ONE WORLD=ONE LOVE My personal update.... I'm now down to 173lbs and switching directions. I'm eating to gain. I started body building and focusing my diet to compete in a men's fitness at 60. that gives me 7 years to train. All this on a plant strong diet. So far ive been doing this alone. Like a cross eyed fool in the dark making my best guess all the way....but learning every day thanks to videos like this and every day knowing im getting better at this. Id love to have the advice of pros and all (and i am always open to good advice to get me closer to my goals) but all I have is me (right now) to guess my way through and so far......its been AWESOME.... I mean i feel great and so inspired to keep doing what i do while inspiring others i know. The number one person I want to inspire is my son but my biggest message is all these things ive done so far...alone...most of you can do and even MORE. I am in no way UNIQUE....
One of my friends is a teacher in one of Austria's largest schools for professional athletes and nobody is going vegan. In fact most of the personell is very outspoken in their despise of veganism. Professional athletes are following strict diet regimes and are lightyears away from going plant based. I myself, on a plant based lifestyle, I like your news report and I am looking forward to this documentary, but lets no get blindsided in our enthusiasm for what is going on in reality.
Hmmm. I disagree. At least in the U.S. There are many pro athletes going Vegan. Just do a search. This past season 10 of the Tenessee Titans went vegan (during the season). A bunch of NBA basketball players are now vegan. There are tons of examples. It may not be the norm but there is a lot of changes happening. www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/national-football-league/nfl-playoffs-postseason-tennessee-titans-vegan-parameters-schedule-a8122866.html
Feldenkrais with Alfons the important thing here is that there is a change at all and that more and more athletes are going plant based. It's a huge improvement and if they continue showing what is possible for them the message will spread eventually. I know that especially the institutions here are slow to adapt to changes but the focus lies on more and more people proving the old beliefs wrong.
Ironically, I ended up drinking bone broth which cured my chronic constipation whereas eating cauliflower and chia and even blueberries made it far worse.
Great channel fo good news and healthy choices in diet. I've been a vegetarian since early nineties, striving to become a vegan, I am a healthy and happy 75yr. old
awesome to hear. if you need any help making the transition, let us know! my tip would be 1) stick to whole foods and 2) make sure you eat enough of these as they are too easy to undereat
I am a vegan athlete and I love the results. I made the switch to a vegan diet about 18 month ago and I have to say that my performance has truly never been better, I am hitting numbers I really never thought I would and I am lighter which as a cyclist is a great benefit. I just want to add that as an athlete the biggest issue is eating enough food rather than overeating which is great. Oh, One more thing worth mentioning is that I just turned 45 and am setting personal bests, improving faster than I have in the past 9 years so I have no intent on stopping
I’m 5 days into Vegan, I’m also a cyclist but currently nursing knee injuries, you’ve just inspired me to stick at this so I can cycle again,I just want to be skinnier as well and I want to make this Vegan thing work so much so people can see its true benefits. Thanks Phil✌🏿👊🏿👍🏿
Thanks PBN. Once again a guest who is inspired and inspiring. Also, this is the second interviewer I have seen in these conversations....again, an interviewer who is knowledgeable, curious, clear headed and humble.
It's like Gary Francione says, you wouldn't say it's better if someone raped and murdered only once a week rather than five times a week. The point is it's immoral and therefore should be condemned at any level. Veganism is not as much about Harm reduction as it is about animals mattering morally and therefore should have the right to not be property. I run out of patience when I know the money that is taken from me through a form of theft called taxation is helping subsidize the animal agriculture industry. Enough is enough. Thanks for making the documentary (I can't wait to watch it) and being vegan.
Raw Rebellion Agreed. I agree with Francione's Abolitionist stance, however, not with his approach. And I thought I was the only one that thought of taxation as nothing more than legalized theft. Lol.
“Try to make a project that inspires people. You know a lot of the time, and I’m guilty of this, in the vegan world, we’re so passionate [that vegans] can come off as dogmatic and pushy and the end-all be-all, I wanted to make a project I could get through to [anyone]” Paraphrased slightly, but this quote is so relevant! So true
I’ve heard some ethical vegans say you can’t do this for health alone or you will not stay vegan. I don’t agree, especially for seniors like me. I went plant based looking for a healthy diet to help me lose weight and lower my cholesterol. Luckily, I happened onto s the right people on UA-cam. Chef AJ, Dr. McDougall and many more sensible experts. Through my research, I learned about the horrors of factory farming and the environmental impact. Old people like me don’t respond well to pressure and radical tactics in fact they will run. I went whole food plant based over two and half years ago and won’t go back. I’m in great shape now and feel better about my carbon footprint. I think by example and not being too pushy a few of my friends are looking into it. Even my husband says he wants to start eating meatless burgers, yay!
20:30 I think we need both. I, also, went cold-turkey without any "real research". I floundered, and still am, to some degree, ~9 weeks later, nevertheless, I crossed that first major gap. Now that I'm here, I am more comfortable with smaller steps. I also try to "be measured" in how I advocate to others. Little humor, little poke, big smile, and lots of energy. And mango threads hanging from my teeth while I talk.
I love that he brought up everyone can go vegan despite cultural upbringing, as a Mexican I can definitely say it is soooo incredibly easy to be vegan and cheaper, plus no sentient beings were harmed in the making of my food! 😊
I find it so much more enjoyable being vegan in Mexico - tacos with soy chorizo, nopales, bean burritos etc. On the flip side the non-veg food there is also tempting. Lol
xxpowwowbluexx totally agree. Please no music. Very distracting and annoying. Hard to concentrate and I’m a many year vegan. How will non vegans get this
The first sensible Vegan video I've ever watched. I'll never eat less meat, I'm a paleo guy and want my animal protein, however I do have many vegan friends and I've always told them that their best hopes of getting people to eat less meat or convert people all together is to tell them about the benefits, how you feel great, how you lost weight, how your blood chemistry has improved, etc, that's how you get us meat eaters to listen. When someone calls me a murderer and tells me I'm destroying the planet I simply see them as activist lunatics like the door-to-door evangelists that come to my house and tell me I need to follow their god or spend eternity in a fiery hell. I'm not moved by activist movies about animals or environmental movies, I do my own research and I listen to all sides and make the best choices I can for me and my family.
Saying Vegan and Vegetarian in the same sentence as if they are equal is something we should become more conscious of and say just Vegan. Vegetarians are equal to Animal flesh eaters, not Vegans.
It seems that vegans be categorised as vegetarians as so called "strict vegetarians" (the other forms of vegetarianism are ovo and lacto) so ybk lamar isn't that far off. I read somewhere that vegans are more ethically driven and on the other hand strict vegetarians are motivated by health and environmental reasons. But I'm not sure about the last part... ^^
Joshua Metzner The term Vegan was created in the 1940's in order to be distinguished from Vegetarian. Vegetarian diets contribute to Rape, Kidnapping, Theft, Castration, Suffocation, Mutilation, Torture, and, Murder just as Omnivore diets do. If I were a Vegetarian and knew that, I too would want to be equated with Vegans because it would ease my conscience. If I were a Vegetarian and did not know, then I would not know. To say strict Vegetarian is just as silly as saying Lacto-Vegetarian or Ovo-Vegetarian, or Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian, etc. These words were created to manipulate the masses and to further dilute the word Vegan. Just like Paleo, Keto, Blood Type, blah, blah, blah. Not sure how people manage to keep up. All of it is preposterous.
FWRD seven I don't see how a term like ovo-vegetarian can dilute the word vegan. They are both different descriptive words for different things being described. I feel that the more words we have the more precise language can be which helps communication not dilutes it.
12:04 "Veganism is not a panacea." Thank-you for stating that. It's one step, out of an endless sequence of steps, that must be taken, on the road to health, and sanity.
What a great interview & what a great guy! He is so genuine and so stoked. I loved the movie and have now watched it 4 times because I keep inviting people over to see it! Well worth the iTunes purchase 😊 I do hope it gets onto Netflix so it can reach even more people! !
I was vegetarian for a while and I switched to vegan(90% plantbased ]and no turning back from my toxic diet before.. God show me the right path of my life journey here on earth.
Great interview with Santino. Thank you for sharing. From the Ground Up is a wonderful film that I highly recommend people watch. It's never too late to make the change. It's a Win, Win, Win for the animals, the planet and your health.
I've been plant based 18 month and posting my changes has prompted at least two of my old friends and their wives and children to change to plant based. I have other friends posting pictures of their improved food health options which is a start. It's true about "coming round" I was the same, I went cold turkey, I did it for health reasons but my care for the animals is changing fast.
We need many more movies, videos, documentaries on Vegan life. We also need more outspoken Vegans. Vegans have been to nice, it’s time the meat heads get the message. REAL MEN DON’T EAT MEAT. The meat industry is every minute pushing dead animal flesh on us. It’s time we push back.
just went to the Pro Show today- 1 vegan protein powder and 1 vegan protein cookie in the entire expo in 2019. Come on!!!! I know some of the competitors had to be vegan.
My father is in his 60's and I want him to follow a healthy and fit lifestyle ahead. I also want him to stop consuming non vegan things. I wanted to show this documentary to him , if it would be in Hindi he would have got influenced better!! Now if I would translate also to him, it won't make real impact on him. There should be subtitles in Hindi if possible:(
Great interview and hope the movie does well. BUT..can we please find new music for all of these trailers? It may be the same for James Cameron's new film trailer and seems to be used just about anywhere and everywhere. :)
I know this is probably a stupid question, but how much protein does one need if starting to workout with weights and new at wfpb. I know we can get our protein from food, but is their something we have to eat everyday to get the right amount of calories. I have a coach (not wfpb) keeps saying I need to eat 1400 calories (I can rarely eat that much because I am eating whole foods) and she says I need to eat 105g of protein a day to lose fat and build muscle)
This the way i try to spread veganism around me NOT SAYING people you have to go from now n from scratch 100% vegan regardless of your background, habits or activities ...its gonna takes time n experimenting with failures but eventually you'll find your own path ...try to be at least 80/90% vegan ...try to eat at least 60/70% raw foods // its gonna make a huge difference since you will be able that way to sustain your great endeavors 4 the human future on this planet Earth
Most atheletes would be very open to change their diet to vegan, if it would help them win Ironman Hawaii/ NBA MVP/Climbing World Cup or what not. But by now, it does not. So most athletes don't change their diet to vegan and you guys have to continue to find those 10 athletes who won anything of significance on a vegan diet, and do your very best to make it look like those 10 victories amongst tens of thousands of competitions won by non-vegans prove the superiority of a vegan diet. This is also an ethical choice on the turf of honesty. Just saying, since political correctness-whiteknight talks so much about ethical choices, in order to quell disagreement.
At the core of every living being, (that includes plants) is energy. Plants respond to touch, love and sound. There is still termination of life involved with eating a plant based diet. Plants are raised to produce edible substance and some plantings are terminated after each growing season to make way for the next. So if it is an "energy" choice, then you are starting at the same line. I am not on one side or the other. I am just saying that ALL facts need to be considered. Eat what you choose. God Bless!
"why are so many PEOPLE going VEGAN?" cause in the face of unnecessary violence and destruction people want to be better :) its simply evolution and betterment of our species in the works :). all it takes is some self reflection. beautiful video!
Climate has been changing since as long as we've been recording info. The sun has cycles and the grand solar minimum is what's affecting our climate. I'm all for a whole food plant based diet. I've lost 82lbs personally but plz check out the grand solar minimum. We need to start growing our own food because our climate is only going to get colder and weirder
Talk to me in 2024 when the weather anomalies are absolutely insain. They will multiply in intensity every yr till then. I guess tho we could pay millions and millions of dollars to maybe change the temp by half of a degree.
Thank you to Santino for taking the time to speak to us. You can WATCH the film here fromthegroundupfilm.com
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Please check your local platforms, is it not on there?
tombo same here, not available in Switzerland ;/
Also not available in Belgium, please help! :(
Seems to only be available in the US? Would like to watch it from Germany as well.
awesome video ( again ) guys!! Just a heads up, you have a spelling error in the video title, it should be Santino not Santio... xx
Been vegan for about 8 months now, and I’m never going back, baby.
good work
Right on! 💪
6 month in for myself and sharing your point of view!
BasedDisciple you will
Well done awesome I'm vegan too
Been Vegan for 10 months and now I’m plant based Health Coach. I’m a late bloomer, love my new lifestyle!🥑
It is never too late. I started a few months ago. I am 41 now 🌱🐽
I've just started at 51 but its hard because no one else in my house is on board.
@@dorothythompson2553 Stay the course. I'm the only vegan in my household.
How's it going? I'm vegan and working at a pizzeria.
VEGAN ATHLETE HERE! 2 years plant based! never been fitter and stronger.
not as sore after work outs, have more energy and love it!
yEah me too 2 yrs anniversary of being vegan n same results ...JUST AMAZING N SO CRAZY m@n how people are having a really hard time around me to figure out how this shit is working // BTW im over 43 N i fill more power than when i was 20 always having very bad recovery after my work outs (various martial arts n boxing) Finally i found the missing piece = RAW FOOD / PLANT BASED DIET with a bunch of Fats (coconut/olive/avocado/cacao/carob)
You are female, and lying about that
HolisticVegan I'm not an athlete, but I have always tried to be as healthy as possible: eat right, exercise, drink a lot of water, etc. I used to work out 4-5 times a week (30-60 min on treadmill & only about 15 min of light weights 1-2 times a week. I ate what I thought was healthy: chicken, fish, eggs, yogurt. Yet, my stomach was never flat, and I was always struggling w/10 lbs. I started incorporating raw foods into my diet and EVERYTHING changed! I dropped 14 lbs, I started looking younger (3 people at a friends wedding asked if I had botox, haha!), I felt great, I wasn't as sore after work outs, and my stomach got super flat - AND I actually have muscle in places I never did: my back & stomach. It also helps my chronic pain from a spinal injury 8 years ago. The percentage is about: 65% raw 35% cooked - it will change lives if people actually did it.
Watch out your teeth falling out soon.
@@JanKnoester How about a credible link that shows that a vegan diet has to lead to tooth loss. Any diet that includes sugar can do that. A vegan (or any) diet should include fruit, but with proper brushing and flossing there is no problem with eating whole fruit or even smoothies.
As a female, I never had SO much muscle definition until I started eating plant based. My brother noticed 1st - he said “are you lifting a lot”? I said “only light free weights maybe 3-4 times a month” - the look on his face was priceless! He hasn’t eaten meat in 2019 ❤️
I agree, I started eating plant based about 3 weeks ago, in conjunction with weight training, and my muscle retention and definition, plus fat loss is something I haven't seen in 15 years of traditional dieting and exercise. I don't fully understand why, but I'm not complaining :)
Beyond Blessed & Highly Favored ALL plants have protein & ALL protein begins w/plants 🌱 Animal meat is 2nd hand protein
Fat covers up most muscle. A big part is simply uncovering the muscle that already exists but of course with strength training it can get even better. People with lower body fat percentages, as people on healthy whole plant food diets have, tend to be viewed as being stronger and having more muscle than others.
I like when he said tailor the message to the audience. Some people need to take baby steps on their journey towards 100% plant based.
RAW FOOD PHILOSOPHY also to the different people. Some people will come to veganism for health, others for ethical reasons, others for environmental reasons, the important thing is that they are here. I came to this woe for health, but through my research, found out that there's no difference between organic, grass fed or industrial scale meat production. I learned about the damage to the environment. And I would say I am staying for all these reasons. I was looked down at for not being vegan for the right reason. Sometimes the vegan police are the ones who give veganism a bad reputation . Once you learn something you cannot unlearn it. That's what happened to me
Exactly
Dude you are without a doubt. The most reliable and interesting news channel i know.
Thanks for watching dude! We appreciate the support! - Robbie & Klaus & the PBN Team
10 years plant based here. At 65, I'm in better shape than most 30 year olds. Got to see this film. Thanks for the interview.
Veganism, what a wonderful world. Go plant based!
I rented this movie on google play, I gotta say. It is an amazing movie. It tackles most of the common misconceptions about vegan diets. I only wish it can be more widely viewed, but because it is locked behind payment, it won't be as popular as other documentaries on netflix.
Links in the pinned comment
PLANT BASED NEWS Thanks!
Perhaps it will eventually be on Netflix. :)
As a vegan male, this is so relevant, I can’t wait to watch! Looking forward to the discussion on athleticism, masculinity, and all the rest!
Vegan is badass!!! Wrestling, track, and cross country all four years of high school. I feel like vitality incarnate. Go vegan for yourself and for the world.
Information is power. Plant based is going to lead the health revolution.
Let us all HOPE SO...the more people speak out about the improvements in their lives by going vegan, the more it will resonate with others, I believe. Especially those who reverse their own heart disease and/or diabetes, our biggest killers! I'm 60 and feel like I'm 20!
valnaples thank you so much for taking a stand. You are a true inspiration. Collectively we will eradicate premature death caused by disease and heal our earth and improve the lives for all living beings.
being vegan for 4 months and this is the best decision I've made in my entire life 😄 in the beginning it was hard for me bc I'm the only one in my household that went vegan... my dad kinda freaked out about it but now everything is great 🌿 I cook my own food and trying to bring new recipes to the table & I'm hoping one day I'll convince my whole family that vegan is the best choice..
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A VEGAN world will be complete bliss.
AHIMSA. ❤❤❤❤🙋♀️🙇♀️🏋️♀️🌿🍃
ღڪےღڰۣ✿´´`•.¸⁀°★ ´´`•.¸⁀°★ღڪےღڰۣ✿ Vegan is pure love...Love for the animals, love for life & love for yourself!
A vegan world is coming. Non violence will win in the end.
Thanks PBN for interviews with great people like this.
Peace
Happy Vegan sustainability, eco friendly, vegan lifestyle, what a perfect society. No one needs to starve when we have an abundance of plant based food. Everyone can grow their own garden and share food or buy from markets, clean sustainable energy solar power, water powered, no more fighting for oil. Things we can do if we make that change :)
Dream on
T Brown "Dream until your dreams come true . . ."
do not want to burst your bubble..but plant based diet will not end violence on this planet as long we have territorial wars ..males want rape females and people starving ..
No matter how strong the push-back is... a nice part of humanity is evolving. I am guessing that someone like Trump is POTUS, is a sign of that extreme push-back against the upcoming shift in paradigm and consciousness.
Excited to watch the documentary. Thanks for the interview! :)
Plants - the original Super Foods for athletic performance....uh who knew 😉 Thank you for helping get the message vegan athletes have a huge voice to help people make change. Please keep finding and interviewing athletes.
I love you people! keep it up.. let's turn our world vegan.
In office when I prepare my meal, almost always I hear the same thing... "Aaaw, you put sooo much effort and time for preparing and eating your meals and you know what: that just approve my opinion about veganism, it is so complicated and extrem" ...and I go like, WHAT o.O !? So, reflect! We spend, how much, 8 to10+ hours a day for work... and almost nobody has a good opinion on work and how much time we put in, we also know that working to much and living a stressfull life makes us sick, but we continue doing it and the society is okay with that. But not enough, you're considered a hero if you make a great career while putting back your needs and them of your family as back as possible, some quality time on WE must be enough!
But taking time to prepare and eating your meal - which beside, everybody say aawww, i love to eat... o.O - is being considered a waste of time! ...really!? Also, we love to outsource thing and tasks to do, even things we should do by our own. So we prefer somebody cutting living beings into slices and stuff the corpse parts with salt, sugar, sauce and wait we need to get fat on that BS otherwise it won't taste like chicken, because everything has to taste like chicken... in order to feed our body with things which aren't even supposed for us as nutrition and in cause of that making us sick. Why? Just to feed our hunger as fast as possible and to spare some time, for what.. for family, for exibitions and excercising!? Nope, for quality time spent in office sitting at a desk so we can work on our career. That is what I consider extrem!!!
But what is it that makes our senses ill and blind...!? People are serious about their thought that bacon or sausage, salami and ham etc. is NOT MEAT!!! telling me that they only eat one or two times a week meat, while they're biting in a slice of bred with butter, ham and cheese on it... happend only a couple days ago... and I've pointed on what he was holding in his hands asking him, are you serious that this is the only meat you're going to eat the whole week? Guess what he answered. Oohh, this is sausage and chese so, not meat... and there i go, WHAT!?... I really don't know how to call that sort of blindness, Melany Joy named the madness about meat and diary carnism, but how to call and HOW TO DEAL with this sort of blindness and ignorance!?
You can feel his passion. Gave me goosebumps. Loved the monologue Robbie, that was fascinating!
What an intelligent and inspiring person. So enthusiastic. Eager to watch the movie.
I love you PBN. Thanks for making the world a better place!!!
Thanks for tuning in! ❤️💪🏽🌽
Thanks so much for sharing this.....a great interview
As many know, I like to share this personal story....
I am from TEXAS....land of MEAT and DAIRY....and yes, for 50 years I was a die hard everyday meat and dairy consumer.
25 years ago I was hit by a car riding my bike and it damage (broke) to my pelvic bone and clavicle and moved my lower spine over a half inch. I lived with it and the extreme daily pain for 25 years. Being an ex army ranger i was a tough guy and i suffered the pain but over time i got weaker...much much weaker and i gained weight, became a drug addict to pain killers, heroine, meth and cocaine. Then one day I went to the doctor for the men over 50 full physical and got some terrible news. Along with my pain, obesity and drug addiction i was also type 2 diabetic with DANGEROUSLY high blood pressure.
Promptly my doctor put me on more meds and said I needed to make an immediate life style change or i was going to die. She said I had done irreversible damage to my once powerful body.
For almost 30 years I was was lost down the dark path of drug addiction. Ive lived in the woods for 11 years (close to a meth cook)and I lived outside reality. I used meth to get up and herion to get down. I was far less than the human being I was supposed to be. I got clean every day and every night I got dirty. I lied cheated and stole (from friends) just to get my fix. I had no desire...no motivation save to score that fix...
Deep down in this darkness I met my sons mother. We found a love that would last a life time and from that love came a light (our son) that would lead us back....
When I was 50 i had my first child (AN AWESOME BEAUTIFUL BOY) and I wasn't going to live long enough to see him grow into a man.
About two days after I saw a video called "drug Addiction" and I saw myself (his story was so close to my own I cried) and said IT IS TIME TO CHANGE.
For the next three weeks I did some intense study and got turned onto a movie called GAME CHANGERS and FORKS OVER KNIVES and by channels called PBN (plain based new) and LiveKindly and then began the WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED DIET.
AND CHANGE I DID...IMMEDIATELY.
In just under four months time i lost 30lbs, I began feeling healthier and stronger. I quit doing all the harmful drugs and started working out. My next doctor visit was nothing short of SHOCKING to my doctor and myself.
My diagnosis was amazing....My blood pressure was back to normal and i was no longer diabetic. I dropped 40lbs of weight and gained 10lbs of solid muscle mass.
Now I work out 5 times a week with the dream of being a 60 year old competitor with a story to tell. Im 53 now and in my book thats one hell of a accomplishment.
I have since made it my purpose in life to share this story with everyone I can in hopes of inspiring change not just in those who need it but in everyone.
If i can do this, YOU CAN TOO.
I will never go back to my bad lifestyle and I WILL watch my son grow up.
In a world where you can be anything...
Why not be Kind.
ONE WORLD=ONE LOVE
My personal update....
I'm now down to 173lbs and switching directions. I'm eating to gain. I started body building and focusing my diet to compete in a men's fitness at 60. that gives me 7 years to train. All this on a plant strong diet. So far ive been doing this alone. Like a cross eyed fool in the dark making my best guess all the way....but learning every day thanks to videos like this and every day knowing im getting better at this. Id love to have the advice of pros and all (and i am always open to good advice to get me closer to my goals) but all I have is me (right now) to guess my way through and so far......its been AWESOME.... I mean i feel great and so inspired to keep doing what i do while inspiring others i know. The number one person I want to inspire is my son but my biggest message is all these things ive done so far...alone...most of you can do and even MORE. I am in no way UNIQUE....
That is a awesome story well done!! What a amazing turn around 😊🌈🌍
I've been waiting for a film like this, looking forward to watching it!
I can't get enough of these films :) I watched this on Amazon (UK so not sure why it's not listed in the links?) and thought it was great!
Looking forward to watching!👍
I’m a new vegan and proud of it!!!!!!
See you back in animal world very soon
Music to my ears!
One of my friends is a teacher in one of Austria's largest schools for professional athletes and nobody is going vegan. In fact most of the personell is very outspoken in their despise of veganism. Professional athletes are following strict diet regimes and are lightyears away from going plant based. I myself, on a plant based lifestyle, I like your news report and I am looking forward to this documentary, but lets no get blindsided in our enthusiasm for what is going on in reality.
Hmmm. I disagree. At least in the U.S. There are many pro athletes going Vegan. Just do a search. This past season 10 of the Tenessee Titans went vegan (during the season). A bunch of NBA basketball players are now vegan. There are tons of examples. It may not be the norm but there is a lot of changes happening. www.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport/national-football-league/nfl-playoffs-postseason-tennessee-titans-vegan-parameters-schedule-a8122866.html
Feldenkrais with Alfons www.gamechangersmovie.com
Eric Boller, I totally believe you. I'm just reporting what is going on here in Austria/EU.
Feldenkrais with Alfons
Follow the MONEY. I'll bet the school is supplemented by the meat and dairy industry.
Feldenkrais with Alfons the important thing here is that there is a change at all and that more and more athletes are going plant based. It's a huge improvement and if they continue showing what is possible for them the message will spread eventually. I know that especially the institutions here are slow to adapt to changes but the focus lies on more and more people proving the old beliefs wrong.
Why? Cause recovery is so critical to proper training.
Yes! I'm so happy I'm not the only person with these feelings. I've been vegan for three months now and it was the best thing I've EVER done!
Ever since I began to have a plant based diet:
GURD gone.
Joint pain gone.
Immune system stronger.
More energy.
Mentally clearer.
Stronger.
*Earth* 🌎rearranged *is HEART* ♥️
BF TE
Thanks for sharing. :)
1 year vegan! and never felt better, more energy, not constipation, feel happier it works for me, never going back ! 😊
Ironically, I ended up drinking bone broth which cured my chronic constipation whereas eating cauliflower and chia and even blueberries made it far worse.
Great channel fo good news and healthy choices in diet. I've been a vegetarian since early nineties, striving to become a vegan, I am a healthy and happy 75yr. old
awesome to hear. if you need any help making the transition, let us know! my tip would be 1) stick to whole foods and 2) make sure you eat enough of these as they are too easy to undereat
I am a vegan athlete and I love the results. I made the switch to a vegan diet about 18 month ago and I have to say that my performance has truly never been better, I am hitting numbers I really never thought I would and I am lighter which as a cyclist is a great benefit. I just want to add that as an athlete the biggest issue is eating enough food rather than overeating which is great. Oh, One more thing worth mentioning is that I just turned 45 and am setting personal bests, improving faster than I have in the past 9 years so I have no intent on stopping
I’m 5 days into Vegan, I’m also a cyclist but currently nursing knee injuries, you’ve just inspired me to stick at this so I can cycle again,I just want to be skinnier as well and I want to make this Vegan thing work so much so people can see its true benefits.
Thanks Phil✌🏿👊🏿👍🏿
Thanks PBN.
Once again a guest who is inspired and inspiring.
Also, this is the second interviewer I have seen in these conversations....again, an interviewer who is knowledgeable, curious, clear headed and humble.
Really enjoyed this chat, thanks Robbie for interviewing Santio and look forward to watching the movie ✌️
So powerful💖💖💖 I rented the movie, can't wait to watch it!!
It's like Gary Francione says, you wouldn't say it's better if someone raped and murdered only once a week rather than five times a week. The point is it's immoral and therefore should be condemned at any level. Veganism is not as much about Harm reduction as it is about animals mattering morally and therefore should have the right to not be property. I run out of patience when I know the money that is taken from me through a form of theft called taxation is helping subsidize the animal agriculture industry. Enough is enough. Thanks for making the documentary (I can't wait to watch it) and being vegan.
Raw Rebellion
Agreed. I agree with Francione's Abolitionist stance, however, not with his approach.
And I thought I was the only one that thought of taxation as nothing more than legalized theft. Lol.
Veinous tell that to the person who got raped that one time that week by the person who will rape another person the following week.
Veinous my point is there is no need for any rape or violence of any kind so aspiring for reducing it rather than eliminating it is pathetic.
Veinous I believe so. I would only tolerate reducitarian if it would be reduced to 0 in a fairly short timeframe.
Ajit Varsani and what are you doing in order to achieve this?
“Try to make a project that inspires people. You know a lot of the time, and I’m guilty of this, in the vegan world, we’re so passionate [that vegans] can come off as dogmatic and pushy and the end-all be-all, I wanted to make a project I could get through to [anyone]”
Paraphrased slightly, but this quote is so relevant! So true
I’ve heard some ethical vegans say you can’t do this for health alone or you will not stay vegan. I don’t agree, especially for seniors like me. I went plant based looking for a healthy diet to help me lose weight and lower my cholesterol. Luckily, I happened onto s the right people on UA-cam. Chef AJ, Dr. McDougall and many more sensible experts. Through my research, I learned about the horrors of factory farming and the environmental impact. Old people like me don’t respond well to pressure and radical tactics in fact they will run. I went whole food plant based over two and half years ago and won’t go back. I’m in great shape now and feel better about my carbon footprint. I think by example and not being too pushy a few of my friends are looking into it. Even my husband says he wants to start eating meatless burgers, yay!
I"m in it for my health. It's the only reason I even tried a whole food-plant based diet.
Because its the most Natural Choice ...💚
20:30 I think we need both. I, also, went cold-turkey without any "real research". I floundered, and still am, to some degree, ~9 weeks later, nevertheless, I crossed that first major gap. Now that I'm here, I am more comfortable with smaller steps. I also try to "be measured" in how I advocate to others. Little humor, little poke, big smile, and lots of energy. And mango threads hanging from my teeth while I talk.
I love that he brought up everyone can go vegan despite cultural upbringing, as a Mexican I can definitely say it is soooo incredibly easy to be vegan and cheaper, plus no sentient beings were harmed in the making of my food! 😊
I find it so much more enjoyable being vegan in Mexico - tacos with soy chorizo, nopales, bean burritos etc. On the flip side the non-veg food there is also tempting. Lol
The dramatic background music in this interview was distracting.
xxpowwowbluexx totally agree. Please no music. Very distracting and annoying. Hard to concentrate and I’m a many year vegan. How will non vegans get this
The first sensible Vegan video I've ever watched. I'll never eat less meat, I'm a paleo guy and want my animal protein, however I do have many vegan friends and I've always told them that their best hopes of getting people to eat less meat or convert people all together is to tell them about the benefits, how you feel great, how you lost weight, how your blood chemistry has improved, etc, that's how you get us meat eaters to listen. When someone calls me a murderer and tells me I'm destroying the planet I simply see them as activist lunatics like the door-to-door evangelists that come to my house and tell me I need to follow their god or spend eternity in a fiery hell. I'm not moved by activist movies about animals or environmental movies, I do my own research and I listen to all sides and make the best choices I can for me and my family.
SanDiegoJoey keep doing that research brother. You are a long way off doing what’s best for you and your family.
Santino did such a fantastic job making this great doc! Thank you for the interview!
Congrats to Santino. I am looking forward to watching his movie.
Saying Vegan and Vegetarian in the same sentence as if they are equal is something we should become more conscious of and say just Vegan. Vegetarians are equal to Animal flesh eaters, not Vegans.
ybk lamar
Not sure where you're getting your definitions from. But, Vegan and Vegetarian are two different things.
ybk lamar
Again, as I stated previously, I am not sure where you are getting your definitions from. Vegan and Vegetarian are two different things.
It seems that vegans be categorised as vegetarians as so called "strict vegetarians" (the other forms of vegetarianism are ovo and lacto) so ybk lamar isn't that far off. I read somewhere that vegans are more ethically driven and on the other hand strict vegetarians are motivated by health and environmental reasons. But I'm not sure about the last part... ^^
Joshua Metzner
The term Vegan was created in the 1940's in order to be distinguished from Vegetarian. Vegetarian diets contribute to Rape, Kidnapping, Theft, Castration, Suffocation, Mutilation, Torture, and, Murder just as Omnivore diets do. If I were a Vegetarian and knew that, I too would want to be equated with Vegans because it would ease my conscience. If I were a Vegetarian and did not know, then I would not know. To say strict Vegetarian is just as silly as saying Lacto-Vegetarian or Ovo-Vegetarian, or Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian, etc. These words were created to manipulate the masses and to further dilute the word Vegan. Just like Paleo, Keto, Blood Type, blah, blah, blah. Not sure how people manage to keep up. All of it is preposterous.
FWRD seven I don't see how a term like ovo-vegetarian can dilute the word vegan. They are both different descriptive words for different things being described. I feel that the more words we have the more precise language can be which helps communication not dilutes it.
Dude, you exude a lot of joy when you speak. You are smart, interesting and you have your shit together. Well done. I will watch your film tonight.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse... I like that
My son, who was in Roots and Shoots at the time, and I, met Jane Goodall years ago in Santa Fe; he's right, she is very inspirational.
BEAUTIFUL!!! :D
12:04 "Veganism is not a panacea." Thank-you for stating that. It's one step, out of an endless sequence of steps, that must be taken, on the road to health, and sanity.
What a great interview & what a great guy! He is so genuine and so stoked. I loved the movie and have now watched it 4 times because I keep inviting people over to see it! Well worth the iTunes purchase 😊 I do hope it gets onto Netflix so it can reach even more people! !
The trailer for this movie is so moving and compelling. I bet it's a really good film.
I was vegetarian for a while and I switched to vegan(90% plantbased ]and no turning back from my toxic diet before.. God show me the right path of my life journey here on earth.
Will this movie be available in DVD form or only streaming? I'd love to purchase a DVD!!🌱☀️❤️
Great interview with Santino. Thank you for sharing. From the Ground Up is a wonderful film that I highly recommend people watch. It's never too late to make the change. It's a Win, Win, Win for the animals, the planet and your health.
Thank you so much for making these videos! God bless you!!🙏🏻🌱
Another great video💚💚💚
Thanks so much for watching!
went vegan 3 years ago and got into the best shape I have ever been
Santinos enthusiasm is infectious! Ive just bought the film due to this interview.
I've been plant based 18 month and posting my changes has prompted at least two of my old friends and their wives and children to change to plant based. I have other friends posting pictures of their improved food health options which is a start. It's true about "coming round" I was the same, I went cold turkey, I did it for health reasons but my care for the animals is changing fast.
This was a great addition to the plant based film repertoire
We need many more movies, videos, documentaries on Vegan life. We also need more outspoken Vegans. Vegans have been to nice, it’s time the meat heads get the message. REAL MEN DON’T EAT MEAT. The meat industry is every minute pushing dead animal flesh on us. It’s time we push back.
Bravo!!
I thought this was really good. I'd bet the documentary 'From The Ground Up' will be fantastic.
just went to the Pro Show today- 1 vegan protein powder and 1 vegan protein cookie in the entire expo in 2019. Come on!!!! I know some of the competitors had to be vegan.
When I think "vegan athlete" I think kind and strong.
Inspiring!!❤🌳
My father is in his 60's and I want him to follow a healthy and fit lifestyle ahead. I also want him to stop consuming non vegan things. I wanted to show this documentary to him , if it would be in Hindi he would have got influenced better!! Now if I would translate also to him, it won't make real impact on him. There should be subtitles in Hindi if possible:(
Great interview and hope the movie does well. BUT..can we please find new music for all of these trailers? It may be the same for James Cameron's new film trailer and seems to be used just about anywhere and everywhere. :)
GO GRIFF WHALEN!-Dolphins fan.
OMG!! I LOVE Santino Panico..I just want to have dinner with him...and take in all this info..He's amazing!!
2 months VEGAN! I am in!
I know this is probably a stupid question, but how much protein does one need if starting to workout with weights and new at wfpb. I know we can get our protein from food, but is their something we have to eat everyday to get the right amount of calories. I have a coach (not wfpb) keeps saying I need to eat 1400 calories (I can rarely eat that much because I am eating whole foods) and she says I need to eat 105g of protein a day to lose fat and build muscle)
Love this video! Greatful for all the efforts you made by making this documentary!😊👌
very comprehensive and realistic perspective
great interview. brilliant points made from 2 super intelligent guys. thank you I learnt to be more understanding and to be more effective
"so many athletes" is an overstatement. It's really not that many.
7 years plantbased best thing I ever did the energy level is unreal
This the way i try to spread veganism around me NOT SAYING people you have to go from now n from scratch 100% vegan regardless of your background, habits or activities ...its gonna takes time n experimenting with failures but eventually you'll find your own path ...try to be at least 80/90% vegan ...try to eat at least 60/70% raw foods // its gonna make a huge difference since you will be able that way to sustain your great endeavors 4 the human future on this planet Earth
Been a vegan for one month lost 9lbs , startdoing calisthenics I feel great and each week im improving
owwww yeah
Booyeah!
Great content, as always 🦋
Vegan and raw vegan diet is so full of excitement. Its not a boring diet
What an amazing fella
Can u recommend a diet plan for body builders
Being vegan for 4 years and practicing judi and bjj, I concur - it works! No protein deficiency, no iron deficiency.
What a wonderful interview I truly enjoyed this
Most atheletes would be very open to change their diet to vegan, if it would help them win Ironman Hawaii/ NBA MVP/Climbing World Cup or what not. But by now, it does not. So most athletes don't change their diet to vegan and you guys have to continue to find those 10 athletes who won anything of significance on a vegan diet, and do your very best to make it look like those 10 victories amongst tens of thousands of competitions won by non-vegans prove the superiority of a vegan diet.
This is also an ethical choice on the turf of honesty.
Just saying, since political correctness-whiteknight talks so much about ethical choices, in order to quell disagreement.
I think anyone who enjoyed the Game Changers documentary would also enjoy From the Ground Up. Highly recommended!
When is it available outside the US? (esp. in germany)
At the core of every living being, (that includes plants) is energy. Plants respond to touch, love and sound. There is still termination of life involved with eating a plant based diet. Plants are raised to produce edible substance and some plantings are terminated after each growing season to make way for the next. So if it is an "energy" choice, then you are starting at the same line. I am not on one side or the other. I am just saying that ALL facts need to be considered. Eat what you choose. God Bless!
Food is an integral part of his culture. 🤔 mine too!!!
"why are so many PEOPLE going VEGAN?" cause in the face of unnecessary violence and destruction people want to be better :) its simply evolution and betterment of our species in the works :). all it takes is some self reflection. beautiful video!
6.25 good point ... We have been made to think that eating meat is masculine just like alcohol ... None of these things make a man masculine
Climate has been changing since as long as we've been recording info. The sun has cycles and the grand solar minimum is what's affecting our climate. I'm all for a whole food plant based diet. I've lost 82lbs personally but plz check out the grand solar minimum. We need to start growing our own food because our climate is only going to get colder and weirder
Talk to me in 2024 when the weather anomalies are absolutely insain. They will multiply in intensity every yr till then. I guess tho we could pay millions and millions of dollars to maybe change the temp by half of a degree.
I agree both would be pointless.