Health & Nutrition
Chris Moore on Transitioning to Vegan Fitness as a New Father and Nurse | Ep 006 | SoFlo Vegans Podcast
Fitness enthusiast, registered nurse, and new father Chris Moore joins Sean to talk about how going vegan resolved years of chronic anxiety and stomach problems, what a bodybuilding-focused plant-based diet actually looks like, and his experience raising his son vegan.
Topics Covered
- Going vegetarian for a month, then fully vegan starting in May 2017, after watching documentaries including What the Health and Earthlings
- Discovering that cutting out cheese and dairy -- more than any other change -- ended years of daily anxiety attacks and morning stomach pain
- His approximate macro split (roughly 75% carbs / 15% protein / 10% fat) and why he considers macro-counting less important than eating enough whole-food calories
- A push-pull-legs bodybuilding split and the difference between training for volume versus training for max weight
- Raising his son on a vegan diet from infancy, and handling other parents' unsolicited criticism
- Comparing vegan food access across Sacramento/California (abundant), rural Louisiana (scarce -- four grocery stores just to find tempeh), and South Florida (booming, with 15+ new vegan restaurants since SoFlo Vegans launched in 2017)
- His nursing background and how it shaped his view of diet-related chronic disease
About the Guest
Chris Moore is a registered nurse, vegan fitness enthusiast, and father based between Sacramento, California and Louisiana.