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episode Twelve

VegShe with Anastasia Arnestad

Rachel welcomes special guest Anastasia Arnestad, owner of VegShe fitness and nutrition, to discuss what lead her to start her own company during the middle of a pandemic and how doing so has changed her life and the lives of her many clients.

Rachel Melvin

Anastasia Arnestad

VegShe Health + Wellness

Anastasia Arnestad is the creator of VegShe, a health and wellness company that aims to improve the lives of women through nutrition and fitness. Services offered includes personal fitness, group fitness, nutrition coaching, vegan mentorship, and more. 

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Follow Anastasia on social media @veg_she

Earthlings movie

Chef Tara's Pura VITA VEGAN ITALIAN

Chef Tara's restaurant Pura Vita has two locations in the Los Angeles area and offers a plant based, Italian menu.

Literature on Nutritional health

Sheila Kelley's S FACTOR

My Endoscopy video

Each of these books offers insight into how effectively changing up your diet can lead to better health. 

Endoscopies are often performed to rule out anything serious or potentially life threatening that might be contributing to stomach and/or digestive pain. This was me after mine, before the drugs had worn off. And don't worry, everything came back normal. 

A guide to going Vegan

As mentioned in this episode, a plant based diet can help restore your health, the environment, and it's humane.  You don't have to go all in right away, but by incorporating these highly recommended meat and dairy substitutions, you might find making the switch far easier (and tastier) than you expected.

DAIRY

MEAT

Trumpet mushrooms (otherwise known as "King Oysters"- pictured) and oyster mushrooms (also pictured) make great substitutions for sea food, such as scallops. Heartier mushrooms, like Portobellos, are another great substitution for burger meat.