In this episode of the Plant-Based Support Podcast, Dr. Niki Davis speaks with Dr. Alona Pulde about the importance of connection in healthcare, the integration of traditional and modern medicine, and the impact of chronic stress on health. Dr. Polde shares her journey into medicine, her experiences with nutrition and lifestyle medicine, and how she empowers patients to reconnect with their core needs for better health outcomes. The conversation emphasizes a holistic approach to healthcare that considers the whole person, their relationships, and their emotional well-being.

This episode is essential for anyone struggling with weight loss, burnout, diabetes, heart disease, or feeling stuck despite doing everything right.

🔑 Key Topics Covered

Whole food plant based diet and cholesterol

Chronic stress and inflammation

Weight loss resistance and cortisol

Emotional eating and survival mode

Women’s health and burnout

Connection as medicine

Lifestyle medicine and disease reversal

Chapters

00:00 The Journey to Plant-Based Healing

01:49 The Healing Power of Connection

05:42 Integrating Eastern and Western Medicine

10:25 The Impact of Chronic Stress

14:23 Reconnecting with Core Needs

19:38 Empowerment Through Understanding

21:47 Personalized Coaching and Holistic Health

26:58 The Importance of Community and Support

🌱 ABOUT OUR PODCAST

The Plant Based Support Podcast features conversations with clinicians, members, researchers, and leaders in the plant-based movement. Our mission:

Support. Educate. Empower.

Together, As One.

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What if the way we eat is directly shaping the future of humanity?

In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of the Plant Based Support Podcast, Dr. Niki Davis sits down with Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, to explore a bold idea: that veganism is not just about food, but about consciousness, compassion, and cultural transformation.

Dr. Tuttle shares his journey from a meat-eating childhood to becoming a Zen monk and global advocate for plant-based living. He challenges modern food culture, discusses the spiritual roots of veganism, and explains why real change begins within.

Topics discussed include

• The spiritual foundation of veganism

• Why modern veganism may be losing its nutritional high ground

• The three stages of becoming vegan

• Deep veganism vs angry veganism

• Grassroots change vs corporate plant-based trends

• How food systems shape culture, health, and peace

This conversation goes beyond nutrition. It questions power, systems, and the normalization of violence in our food supply.

If you care about plant-based health, sustainability, animal welfare, climate change, and conscious living, this episode will expand your perspective.

Join the Plant Based Support community for evidence-based education, support groups, and live events at plantbasedsupport.org

Tell us in the comments:

Is veganism just a diet, or is it a movement for something much bigger?

🌱 ABOUT OUR PODCAST

The Plant Based Support Podcast features conversations with clinicians, members, researchers, and leaders in the plant-based movement. Our mission:

Support. Educate. Empower.

Together, As One.

🔗 Learn More / Join the Community / Donate

Website: https://plantbasedsupport.org

Instagram: @pbnsg

Facebook: Plant Based Support

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We are living at a crossroads. Modern medicine can perform miracles, yet chronic disease continues to rise. Millions live with conditions like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and autoimmune disorders that steal energy and hope. The Plant Based Support Podcast exists to change that.

Hosted by physician and former aerospace engineer Dr. Niki Davis, this podcast explores how food, lifestyle, and community can prevent, treat, and even reverse many of today’s most common chronic diseases. Each episode blends credible science with real-life stories—from world-class experts in lifestyle medicine to everyday people reclaiming their health through whole-food, plant-based nutrition.

Here, food is more than calories, it’s communication. Every bite sends a message to your body, telling it to heal or to harm. Dr. Davis and her guests translate the latest research into practical, doable steps: what to cook, how to make change stick, and how to thrive in a world designed for shortcuts.

You’ll learn:

🌿 How plant-based eating supports heart, metabolic, and immune health

💚 Why lifestyle medicine is the future of true healthcare

🥦 Practical ways to shop, cook, and eat for long-term vitality

👥 The importance of community and accountability in sustaining change

This isn’t about perfection or trends. It’s about progress, compassion, and evidence-guided transformation. Every episode reminds you that support is essential.

Whether you’re a patient, parent, clinician, or simply curious about a healthier path, you’ll find understanding, capability, and belonging here. Together, we’re redefining what healing can look like.

Subscribe today on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen, and become part of a global movement toward better health, stronger lives, and brighter futures.

Plant Based Support — Turning Science into Steps and Community into Consistency.

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