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Welcome to the Raw Food Health Empowerment Podcast, where we delve into the powerful benefits of a holistic high raw vegan lifestyle for achieving optimal health, brain function, and overall well-being. But it's not just about personal health - we're also passionate about community development and creating a culture of health through business and collaboration. Join us as we explore the intersection of raw food, holistic health, and community building to empower ourselves and others to live our best lives.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · June 2026
A practical, advocacy-minded guide for listeners making raw and plant-forward eating livable day to day.
The Raw Food Health Empowerment Podcast belongs in Health & Fitness, with a clear advocacy bent around raw, vegan, and plant-based eating. Samantha Salmon, identified on air as a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, hosts live guest conversations about kitchen…
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A fruit-forward nutrition thesis about mood that leans on evidence and fat quality.
The episode asks whether an 80-10-10 diet can support mood, and it starts with depression rates before making its case for fruit-heavy eating. Fruit gets the stronger emphasis here, especially as a way to get enough calories and keep the body fueled.
A practical, compassionate look at emotional eating, with concrete ways to spot the pattern and respond.
Samantha Salmon frames this episode around a blunt question: are health-conscious vegans truly hungry, or reaching for something else? From there, she links emotional eating to cognitive function, brain fog, mood swings, inflammation, and long-term metabolic dysfunction, then…
A grounded look at why healthy eating can be harder than it sounds.
This episode stays close to fear, grief, and the daily work of changing how people eat. Chef AJ opens with a memory of losing her grandmother to type 2 diabetes in 2004, and that gives the conversation its edge.
A blunt warning about processed snacks, with concrete swaps and a clear anti-trans-fat message.
The episode treats trans fats in processed foods as a clear hazard, opening with microwave popcorn before widening to cookies, cakes, and frozen pizza.
Practical blood pressure advice with concrete food swaps, even if the bundle pitch lingers a bit too long.
The piece keeps its focus on one practical claim: small diet changes can help lower blood pressure, and it works best when it gets concrete about what that looks like on a plate.
A practical nudge toward whole food eating and better daily defaults.
This episode keeps its focus on the ordinary problem of eating better without turning every meal into a project. Amanda Sick brings a plant based angle, and the advice stays practical: cut the soda, rebuild familiar foods like pizza in a healthier way, make a few meals you…
A food-first conversation about cystic acne, raw plant-based eating, and skin health.
Karen Rancy gives the episode its spine. The conversation stays grounded in skin health, a decades-long health journey, and a move toward raw, plant-based living.
Practical raw-food coaching built around simple temperature tricks, recipe ideas, and a forgiving tone.
The episode frames raw eating as something more practical than purist, with small kitchen adjustments carrying most of the weight. Chris Kendall and the host talk through warming a stew with hot water, using a dehydrator for added warmth, blending a sauce longer, and freezing…
Shawn Stevenson interviews researchers and coaches on nutrition, sleep, hormones, and fitness.
Supplement labels, decoded with conviction.
Practical health conversations for reducing overwhelm.
Samantha Salmon, host of The Raw Food Health Empowerment Podcast, argues that microwave popcorn can still expose listeners to trans fats through processed-food loopholes and serving-size tricks.
This podcast segment explores whether starch is bad for health, discussing its role in human adaptation, digestion via amylase enzyme, and relevance to diets like raw vegan and metabolic conditions.
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Chef AJ interviews health coach Samantha Salmon about her course on beating stress eating, the 2025 vegan health bundle, and the three fears she says block consistency.
Host Samantha Salmon, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, discusses the business and regulatory landscape of health coaching, drawing from her 10 years of experience.
Karen Ranzi says her 25 years of cystic acne changed after she cut dairy in 1989 and later went fully raw vegan in 1994, with major skin healing in about three months.
Samantha Salmon, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, frames this Raw Food Health Empowerment Podcast episode around the question “is this really hunger or something else?” She lists 10 signs of emotional eating, including eating when full of feelings, secret eating, nighttime eating, and eating while distracted, then pairs each sign with practical tools like hunger journaling, HALT, and interoceptive awareness.
Samantha Salmon opens by tying obesity to brain health.
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The host walks through the trends she thinks are shaping raw veganism and wellness.
Host Samantha Salmon addresses a common problem in healthy eating—feeling constantly hungry and bloated—and reveals her number one food-swapping trick: incorporating seasonal root vegetables like squash and plantain.
Cindy Stanford of ACEs Matter discusses how 60% of Americans experienced childhood trauma, which directly increases disease risk (5X diabetes likelihood with 4+ ACEs).
Health coach Samantha Salmon presents seven counterintuitive truths about diabetes, challenging keto diet advice by arguing fruit isn't the enemy, explaining how normal-weight people can develop type 2 diabetes, and emphasizing holistic factors like stress, exercise, and environmental toxins.
Host Samantha Salmon explores how high salt intake affects digestive health, detailing its impact on the gut microbiome, inflammation, and conditions like bloating and acid reflux, while providing recommendations for a raw vegan lifestyle.
This episode discusses the risks of PFAS chemicals in drinking water, linking them to higher cancer rates and other health issues like thyroid dysfunction and obesity.
The show opens on Diabetes Awareness Week.
The episode opens by naming how hard it can be to stick with a raw diet.
The host pushes back on the idea that healthy eating means saying goodbye to dessert.
Host Samantha Salmon discusses foods that impact mood and depression, starting with a critique of salmon and other fish, linking diet to mental health, cognitive function, and community well-being.
Host Samantha Salmon discusses the rising issue of young onset dementia, linking it to metabolic health and lifestyle factors, with a focus on prevention through holistic raw food practices and community education.
The host opens by asking whether an 80-10-10 diet can lift mood.
Health expert interview featuring Dr.
Amanda Sick, a plant-based recipe creator, discusses the addictive engineering of ultra-processed foods and how to transition to whole-food plant-based eating.
The Raw Food Health Empowerment Podcast episode defines metabolic syndrome as a cluster of warning signs, including waist fat, high blood pressure, high blood sugar or insulin resistance, high triglycerides, and low HDL cholesterol.
The host discusses triggers of burnout and how it affects the brain, promoting a raw vegan lifestyle for recovery.
This episode explores how waistline measurements and metabolic markers can predict non-alcoholic fatty liver disease risk, emphasizing the role of diet and lifestyle.
Samantha Salmon discusses how inflammation affects memory and recommends raw foods and removing added sugars to combat it.
Host Samantha Salmon discusses three raw food hacks to control cravings and achieve effortless weight loss.
The host shares three meal prep hacks for busy people to eat healthy, starting with a story about frugality from the FIRE community.
Samantha Salmon discusses how she overcame cravings for processed foods by adopting a raw vegan lifestyle and explains the dangers of ultra-processed foods.
Samantha Salmon discusses entrepreneurship, emotional intelligence, and managing anger from a raw food health perspective.
Samantha Salmon discusses strategies for thriving as a high raw vegan in a toxic food environment, including overcoming cravings and her coaching program.
Host Samantha Salmon interviews vegan psychologist Claire Mann about the emotional challenges of veganism and strategies for empowerment.
This episode features an interview with a raw food chef and health coach discussing cultural influences on food choices.