EPISODE 94
Kris Buchanan: From Olympic Athlete to Serious Illness to Whole Food Restaurant
Even athletes who achieve their greatest goal of competing in the Olympics can fall hard healthwise after their careers end due to a lifetime of unhealthy eating habits.
Former Olympian Kris Buchanan shares her story from rise and fall to recovery and opening her GOODONYA Organic restaurant in Encinitas, Calif., in this foodie Living 4D conversation.
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SHOW NOTES
- Kris thanks Sean Croxton for saving her life from a health crash. (7:44)
- Choosing organic foods is just a starting point. (17:11)
- How elite athletes were taught food is fuel: Eight McDonaldâs pop-up restaurants fed some 10,000 athletes during the 1996 Olympics. (30:58)
- Did you know stevia was banned by the FDA until major food companies created their own versions? (45:09)
- âIâm dogmatic about not following a dogmatic diet. Weâve been yelled at every day by vegans for 20 years, and Iâm over it.â (1:09:33)
- The myths about canola oil. (1:12:38)
- Electrolyte drinks: A symbol of everything thatâs wrong with processed foods in one bottle. (1:34:32)
- The number one question Kris gets asked as a nutritionist: Can you got to the grocery store with me? (1:46:59)
- Is eating organic/biodynamic foods really cheaper and affordable in the long run? (1:53:35)
- The nocebo effect. (2:09:27)
- âEducation is the only way you can learn how to live.â (2:17:11)
- Krisâ Coca-Cola tattoo on her ankle is a constant reminder about her journey to better health. (2:22:30)
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
- weet Misery: A Poisoned World
- The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
- The Soil Association
- Paulâs Living 4D conversation with Michael Judd
- Beating The Food Giants by Paul Stitt
- Your Bodyâs Many Cries for Water by Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
- The Living Soil and the Haughley Experiment by Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour
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