Reversing Diseases with Plant-Based Nutrition and the 22 Million Strong Project with Nicolette Richer

“The first thing to do is to support yourself before you even support us, because we need humans everywhere to be thriving, to be living free of chronic pain and to have tons of energy so they can be a service to their community and their family.” - Nicolette Richer Welcome to The Fit Vegan Podcast, I’m your host, Luckie Sigouin! This time, we have Nicolette Richer sharing her incredible journey from living a sedentary lifestyle, suffering from excruciating physical pain, to learning about metabolic nutrition and in the end, becoming a strong advocate for wellness. She talks about the dangers of undereating, overstress, and how we can build ourselves to serve better. Nicolette Richer is a Regenerative Medicine Educator, entrepreneur, author, Doctoral student and speaker. She is a savvy wellness facilitator and a renowned environmental and sustainability expert, with an insatiable desire to learn and educate. Nicolette transforms people with chronic disease or cancer into conquerors of their condition through nutrition. Nicolette speaks regularly to captivated audiences about healing cancer + chronic disease through nutrition and detoxification.  In this episode, we cover   [00:01 - 05:28] Nicolette’s Story from Sedentary Work to Metabolic Nutrition [05:29 - 13:59] The Motivation Behind 22 Million Strong on Health Awareness [14:00 - 23:27] Realizing What your Body is Capable of - the Flow State [23:28 - 26:40] Overcoming Stress and Undereating through Reverse Dieting [26:39 - 30:38] The Efficiency Concept Behind Endurance Exercises [30:39 - 35:20] The Power of Eating-Based Diet with Nutritional Micros and Macros [35:21 -37:08] Becoming at Your Best Self to Serve Better [37:09 - 40:21] Closing Segment Key Quotes   “I imagine dancers probably feel the same thing, you know, they put in the time, and then all of a sudden, your body just knows the movements, and then your brain can shut off...when you just let your brain stop judging the activity that you're doing, and you j