Thrive on Plants

The Thrive on Plants podcast, hosted by Dr. Daphne, empowers women to navigate menopause and midlife with confidence through expert insights on plant-based nutrition, weight loss, hormones, and mindset. Each episode blends education, inspiration, and real-life success stories to help listeners thrive on a plant-based lifestyle. https://www.youtube.com/@drdaphnebascom

Thrive on Plants is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Thrive on Plants, a arts show with 64 episodes published.

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  Episode #64

  #64 - From Rowing Coach to Vegan Leader: The Remarkable Life of Anne Dinshah

  Sep 23, 202659 min

  She was born vegan. Her mother had been vegan for nine years before Anne arrived. Her father founded the American Vegan Society the year John F. Kennedy was elected president. And now, at 56, Anne Dinshah is the CEO of that same organization, taking up springboard diving for the first time since high school, rowing fifteen miles at a stretch on the Schuylkill River, and building bridges between people who think differently and a philosophy she has lived every single day of her life. This is not a conversation about protein. It is a conversation about ahimsa: the Sanskrit word for non-harming that Anne's father translated as dynamic harmlessness. Doing the least harm and the most good, every day, with whatever options you have available. In this episode, Anne and I explore what that framework offers people navigating midlife. We talk about what her father understood about behavior change that the modern wellness world has still not figured out. We talk about why so many people who go vegan eventually step back, and what community has to do with staying the course. And we talk about what it means to keep saying yes to life at every age, whether that means returning to a sport you loved, leading an organization your father built, or simply getting out of bed and doing five minutes of movement before the day begins. One line from her father has stayed with her for decades, something she may have read rather than heard him say directly: "I can only do what I can do. But I can do it every day." That is what this episode is about. Contact Anne Dinshah American Vegan Society: americanvegan.org Instagram: @AmericanVegans Additional resources to help you thrive on plants: Access the free Plant-Powered Body course : Access Here Take the free health assessment for women 40+: Start Here Watch every episode on YouTube ⭐️ If you loved this episode, please leave a review! ⭐️ Here’s how to do it on Apple Podcasts : Go to the Thrive on Plants Podcast page: Click here Scroll down to the ‘ Ratings & Reviews ’ section. Tap ‘ Write a Review ’ ( you may be prompted to log in with your Apple ID ). Thank you for your support!

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  Episode #62

  #62 - Eat More, Exercise Less: Rethinking Fitness After 50

  Aug 26, 20261h 14m

  Most women over 50 are doing everything they were told to do. Eating less. Exercising more. And getting nowhere. In this episode of Thrive on Plants, Dr. Daphne Bascom sits down with Debra Atkinson, an exercise physiologist, former Iowa State kinesiology lecturer, and founder of Flipping 50, to discuss why the old fitness rules stop working in midlife and what actually builds a strong, capable body for the long haul. Debra spent more than thirty years in the fitness industry before realizing that almost everything women had been taught about exercise was built on research done on young men. So she built what was missing: a science-based, hormone-smart approach to training, nutrition, and recovery for women navigating menopause and beyond. This is a practical, myth-busting conversation about strength, sleep, stress, and what it really means to age on your own terms. What we cover: Why "eat less, exercise more" backfires in midlife, and what to do instead The two at-home tests (grip strength and the sit-to-stand) that tell you more than your scale Why body composition matters far more than the number you weigh The sleep research showing better-rested women lost more fat and kept more muscle Why your ability to recover, not your ability to work hard, becomes the key to aging well The one strength move Debra would keep above all others Building a legacy of health that ripples out to the people who are watching you Whether you are 40, 50, 60 or 80 years young, this conversation will change how you think about aging racefully Debra Atkinson, MS, CSCS Founder of Flipping 50, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author of You Still Got It, Girl! and Hot, Not Bothered. Website: https://www.flippingfifty.com Instagram: @flipping50tv Podcast: The Flipping 50 Show #DebraAtkinson #FitnessAfter50 #Flipping50 #MenopauseFitness #WomenOver50 #StrengthTraining #MidlifeHealth #Menopause #HealthyAging #Longevity #WomensHealth #BodyComposition #PlantBased #ThriveOnPlants This episode is for educational purposes and is not a substitute for personalized medical advice. Always consult your own clinician. Additional resources to help you thrive on plants: Access the free Plant-Powered Body course : Access Here Take the free health assessment for women 40+: Start Here Watch every episode on YouTube ⭐️ If you loved this episode, please leave a review! ⭐️ Here’s how to do it on Apple Podcasts : Go to the Thrive on Plants Podcast page: Click here Scroll down to the ‘ Ratings & Reviews ’ section. Tap ‘ Write a Review ’ ( you may be prompted to log in with your Apple ID ). Thank you for your support!

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  Episode #61

  #61 - The Cellular Secret to Better Aging

  Aug 12, 20261h 5m

  Everyone worries about losing muscle as they age. Almost everyone is worried about the wrong thing . Dr. Brad Currier has spent his career studying what actually keeps us strong and functional into our 70s, 80s, and 90s. He earned his PhD under Professor Stuart Phillips, helped write the latest ACSM resistance training guidelines, and now leads clinical research at Timeline in Switzerland. In this episode of Thrive on Plants, Dr. Daphne Bascom asks him the questions most people never think to ask. The answers reframe how you should think about aging, from your muscles all the way down to the power plants inside your cells. No hype. No overpromising. Just a clear-eyed look at what the science supports, what it doesn't yet, and what you can do about it starting this week. Here's what you'll learn: Why the number on your DEXA scan may be lying to you about how well you'll age The difference between muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle power, and why the last one decides whether you catch yourself when you trip A strength test you can run in under a minute, no lab required What mitochondria actually do, beyond the line you memorized in high school biology Mitophagy: the cellular cleanup crew you lose with age, and why it may matter more than any supplement The pomegranate problem: why loading up on the "right" foods may not give you what you think The truth about urolithin A, including where the evidence is strong and where it's still an open question The single longevity metric Dr. Currier calls unreliable and clinically useless About Dr. Brad Currier: Dr. Currier leads clinical research at Timeline, a Switzerland-based company studying cellular and mitochondrial health. His background is in muscle physiology, aging, and nutrition. Website: https://www.timeline.com/ Blog: https://www.timeline.com/blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradcurrier.phd/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-currier Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SxVmAooAAAAJ&hl=en Additional resources to help you thrive on plants: Access the free Plant-Powered Body course : Access Here Take the free health assessment for women 40+: Start Here Watch every episode on YouTube ⭐️ If you loved this episode, please leave a review! ⭐️ Here’s how to do it on Apple Podcasts : Go to the Thrive on Plants Podcast page: Click here Scroll down to the ‘ Ratings & Reviews ’ section. Tap ‘ Write a Review ’ ( you may be prompted to log in with your Apple ID ). Thank you for your support!

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  Episode #60

  #60 - The Adaptive Fuel: How Exogenous Ketones Support Healthspan

  Jul 29, 20261h 5m

  Beta-hydroxybutyrate, the primary ketone your body produces, is turning out to be one of the most compelling molecules in longevity and healthspan science. It fuels your brain when glucose falls short. It influences gene expression. It signals your cells to burn fat more efficiently. And a single dose has been shown to improve cardiac output, ejection fraction, and stroke volume in patients with heart failure. Dr. Latt Mansor grew up in Malaysia surrounded by chronic disease. His father died of a stroke when he was 17. His half-brother died of a heart attack at 43. His mother's side of the family carries decades of obesity and diabetes. That personal history took him from Oxford, where he studied the diabetic heart under low-oxygen conditions, to leading a $6 million Department of Defense contract on exogenous ketones and elite military performance. Now he has come full circle, using what peak-performance science has revealed to help build the case for prevention. Dr. Mansor holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford and serves as Research Director at H.V.M.N., the company behind Ketone IQ. In this conversation, we cover: What exogenous ketones actually are and how they differ from the endogenous ketones your body already makes How beta-hydroxybutyrate acts as a signaling molecule that binds directly to DNA and why a recent transcriptomics analysis showed it affected up to 300 genes The brain energy implications for women navigating perimenopause and menopause Exogenous ketones and GLP-1 receptor agonists: can they work together to protect lean mass and reduce brain fog during weight loss New unpublished appetite suppression data showing Ketone IQ's direct effects on GLP-1, ghrelin, and leptin Why Dr. Mansor calls it "the adaptive fuel" and what that means for how you use it The research on exogenous ketones is still catching up to the biology. The long-term human data is incomplete. But the mechanistic rationale is compelling, the early clinical signals are hard to ignore, and this conversation will give you the scientific foundation to decide whether any of it belongs in your longevity supplement stack. Connect with Dr. Latt Mansor: Social media: @lattmansor Website: ketoneiq.com Thrive on Plants: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thrive-on-plants/id1793550910 YouTube: youtube.com/@drdaphnebascom Instagram: @WingmanDaphne Linktree: https://linktr.ee/DaphneBascom This episode is not sponsored. Additional resources to help you thrive on plants: Access the free Plant-Powered Body course : Access Here Take the free health assessment for women 40+: Start Here Watch every episode on YouTube ⭐️ If you loved this episode, please leave a review! ⭐️ Here’s how to do it on Apple Podcasts : Go to the Thrive on Plants Podcast page: Click here Scroll down to the ‘ Ratings & Reviews ’ section. Tap ‘ Write a Review ’ ( you may be prompted to log in with your Apple ID ). Thank you for your support!

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  Episode #58

  #58 - Could Yeast Replace Whey? The Science and the Story Behind Spacemilk

  Jul 1, 20261h 22m

  What if the cleanest, most complete protein you could eat wasn't made from animals, plants, or soil at all? In this episode, Dr. Daphne sits down with Walter Ross, founder and CEO of Spacemilk, to explore a category of protein most people have never heard of: single-cell yeast protein, grown in a closed-loop tank of water, free of heavy metals, pesticides, allergens, and the resource footprint of conventional agriculture. Walter is not a food scientist. He studied economics, went to law school, and grew up watching his father pioneer hydroponic heirloom tomatoes in South Florida. The through-line? A relentless drive to find a better way. That instinct led him to baker's yeast, one of the oldest organisms in human food history, and to building what he believes is the cleanest protein powder on the market today. We cover a lot of ground in this conversation: How yeast protein is actually made, from a molasses-fed fermentation tank to a finished isolate, and why that process naturally removes purines, histamines, and heavy metals that accumulate in soil-grown proteins. Why Walter named the company Spacemilk, and the moment at a space conference that reframed everything he was building. The randomized controlled trial data comparing yeast protein to whey for lean muscle mass, and what the research actually shows. The environmental math: 40% less water and land use than soy, 97% less than beef, and a certified upcycled supply chain where nothing goes to waste. Why he third-party tests every single batch for heavy metals, 77 pesticides, molds, mycotoxins, and allergens, and why he thinks most companies simply do not. The formulation decisions behind every ingredient, from monk fruit and thaumatin to acacia fiber and algae-based omegas, and what is changing in the next product version. What living with purpose means to him, and why he believes the root of all meaning is in giving back more than you take. This is one of those conversations that quietly shifts how you think about where your food comes from. Spacemilk: https://spacemilk.com Spacemilk third-party testing: https://spacemilk.com/pages/testing-1 Try Spacemilk for yourself at spacemilk.com and use code SPACE50 for 50% off your first subscription from July 2 - July 5, 2026, only! Additional resources to help you thrive on plants: 🌱 Access the free Plant-Powered Body course : Access Here 🌱 Take the free health assessment for women 40+: Start Here 🌱 Watch every episode on YouTube ⭐️ If you loved this episode, please leave a review! ⭐️ Here’s how to do it on Apple Podcasts : Go to the Thrive on Plants Podcast page: Click here Scroll down to the ‘ Ratings & Reviews ’ section. Tap ‘ Write a Review ’ ( you may be prompted to log in with your Apple ID ). Thank you for your support!

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