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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.64,0:00:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.52,0:00:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as he said I am Josh.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.98,0:00:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up in a family\Nof meat and potatoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.30,0:00:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a gourmet chef grandmother,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.22,0:00:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deli daycare where\NI would be dropped off everyday
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.13,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating amazing food.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.14,0:00:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you take a look\Nat my family background,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.75,0:00:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not really surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.01,0:00:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on my mom's side,\Nthey grew up in Argentina,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.88,0:00:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the place where you have\Na lot of dairy farmers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.16,0:00:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.84,0:00:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You add to that my dad's\Nside of the family,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.58,0:00:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fort Worth Texas born and raised,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.36,0:00:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.77,0:00:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a place where\Nyou literally still have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.31,0:00:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cattle drives through the middle of town.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.79,0:00:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you put those two together\Nand what do you get?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.48,0:00:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not surprisingly,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.83,0:00:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty much every meal that\NI ate was a giant pile of meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.98,0:00:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point in my life\NI really would literally brag,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.67,0:00:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I ate steak, every day,\Nfor forty days.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.24,0:00:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought that\Nit was an accomplishment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.97,0:01:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it all changed,\Non a very fateful trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.94,0:01:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like going up to lake Tahoe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.45,0:01:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my favorite things to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.65,0:01:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a trip that normally\Ntakes 4 or 5 hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.30,0:01:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got stuck in a really bad snowstorm,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.61,0:01:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so about 10 hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.08,0:01:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into what should be a 4-5 hour trip.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.23,0:01:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all really stir crazy in the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.35,0:01:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are having lots\Nof crazy conversations.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.32,0:01:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point we were making animal noises
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.31,0:01:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep ourselves entertained.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.62,0:01:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got the car turned off,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.88,0:01:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone was basically\Nsleeping in their car.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.36,0:01:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got on the subject of nutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.70,0:01:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a very good friend of mine up in\Nthe back of the audience, Brian Robin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.03,0:01:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was really the man with a plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.16,0:01:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He started talking about\Na plant-based diet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.33,0:01:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had a car full of\Nextremely skeptical people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.52,0:01:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself included,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.07,0:01:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had you know, four other people\Nin the car besides Brian,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.89,0:01:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are peppering him with questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.64,0:01:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying there's no way this is possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.63,0:01:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no way you can be healthy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.68,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know coming from my perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.50,0:01:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know all I really knew,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.18,0:01:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned a lot about cooking\Nfrom my grandmother
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.52,0:01:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I really enjoyed cooking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.03,0:01:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I enjoyed cooking for my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.56,0:02:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the foundation of everything\Nthat I would cook was really meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.79,0:02:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I may make a side dish,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.50,0:02:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a side dish\Nit's a second thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.61,0:02:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you know after this long\Nconversation with Brian,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.76,0:02:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think he did a very good job\Nof inspiring the rest of the group.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.81,0:02:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So those four others of us in the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.58,0:02:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all decided to go seven days,\Nno meat whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.84,0:02:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we were all a little bit of a\Nsupport group in each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.57,0:02:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,challenging each other\Nto try seven days no meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.02,0:02:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think if you were to ask\Nthose who knew me at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.49,0:02:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would say: "Josh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.44,0:02:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going seven days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.07,0:02:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no meat?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.16,0:02:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only no meat, but no\Nanimal products whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.83,0:02:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'd have told you that\Nit's absolutely impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.54,0:02:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so after the seven days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day eight,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.80,0:02:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first thing I did
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.52,0:02:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A - I ate a giant pile of pulled pork,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.44,0:02:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then B - I sort of reflected,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.61,0:02:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was actually very easy for me\Nto go seven days with no meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.36,0:02:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no animal products whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.21,0:02:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I took a look at\Nmy own family history.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.49,0:02:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two grandfathers who\Nhad quadruple heart bypasses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.100,0:02:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not very surprising given
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.36,0:03:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I have been talking\Nabout my family history.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.33,0:03:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a grandmother who\Npassed away from diabetes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.90,0:03:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have lots of cancer in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.68,0:03:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so all these things together,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.99,0:03:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really said well maybe\NI can try thirty days,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.75,0:03:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so thirty days quickly turned\Ninto more than a year and a half,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.61,0:03:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a purely plant based diet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.63,0:03:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I didn't go into it lightly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.10,0:03:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I took a look at my own situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.94,0:03:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent 10 or 12 years\Nreally bulding my body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.91,0:03:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really enjoyed physical fitness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.97,0:03:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really enjoyed bodybuilding,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.92,0:03:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a major concern\Nthat I would waste away,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.34,0:03:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be skinny and sickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.76,0:03:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all this work that I put in\Nwould just completely disappear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.69,0:03:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So after more than\Ntwo and a half years now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.08,0:03:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of doing not only plant-based\Nbut then maybe mostly vegeterian,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally a non issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.30,0:03:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually found that not only\Nwas I able to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.66,0:03:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increasing my strength\Nand my performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.49,0:03:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also saw massive gains\Nin endurance as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.92,0:03:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the other big concern,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.76,0:03:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my favorite things to do is to eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.16,0:03:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of my favorite ways\Nto interact socially.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.11,0:03:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I was concerned that you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.88,0:04:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is going to be a very\Ndifficult thing for me to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.75,0:04:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going be a battle, day and\Nday out resisting things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.52,0:04:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me it was much less\Nabout what I was giving up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.31,0:04:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much more about what\NI was actually coming to learn.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.80,0:04:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So rather than feeling\NI got missing out on foods,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.75,0:04:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really felt,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.58,0:04:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I was opening my mind\Nto so many different things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.21,0:04:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I would have never put on my plate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.18,0:04:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't been focused still\Non that giant pile of meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.44,0:04:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The results,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.35,0:04:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know unfortunately\NI didn't get younger or taller
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.72,0:04:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of this experiment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.42,0:04:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did precipitously drop my cholesterol,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.89,0:04:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is a level that\Nmaybe some people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.74,0:04:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't say that was extremely dangerous,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.62,0:04:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but pretty high level cholesterol,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.48,0:04:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cholesterol drop\Nhappened extremely quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.42,0:04:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as did the weight drop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.75,0:04:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't think I had 35 pounds to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.29,0:04:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I lost 35 pounds, I dropped\Nmy cholesterol precipitously,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,noticed massive improvements in:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.95,0:04:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my performance, my ability to function
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.85,0:04:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my work and in my job.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.68,0:04:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some mental improvements,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.98,0:04:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as physical improvements.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.30,0:04:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think this all really\Nstarted with my friend Brian
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.16,0:04:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of literature that I read,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.12,0:05:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my own family history inspiring me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.10,0:05:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take about, you know, 30 days
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.71,0:05:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make this change.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.09,0:05:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully, my inspiration,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.96,0:05:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things that inspired me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.18,0:05:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can also be an inspiration for you,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.62,0:05:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe that this is \Npossible for you as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.84,0:05:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.83,0:05:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)