Plant Prescription Podcast

Sam Marra discusses healing Crohn’s Disease with plant-based diet and his acting career

June 10, 2020 Season 1 Episode 4
Plant Prescription Podcast
Sam Marra discusses healing Crohn’s Disease with plant-based diet and his acting career
Show Notes

In this episode we welcome Sam Marra to the podcast. Sam is an actor and model based in Los Angeles who is currently pursuing a Masters in Social Work with a focus on psychotherapy. He is also an online fitness coach training clients around the world with customized workout programs they can do anytime anywhere. Poor health led him to pursue a whole food, plant-based diet and later on he was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Now he has been vegan for over 6 years and can speak to the tremendous impact and benefits of a plant-based diet. 

In this conversation, we cover: 

  • His acting journey 
  • Fitness coaching, his approach to working out, and thoughts on intermittent fasting 
  • How he personally struggled with his health and was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis 
  • Experimenting with different diets 
  • Finding health and disease remission with a whole food, plant-based diet 
  • Research supporting plant-based diets for Crohn’s disease 
  • Reflecting on how far the world has come in terms of plant-based options 

If you would like to connect with Sam, you can find him on his IG @sammyjmarra and his IMDb profile. And if you’d like to train with him, check out his website: https://www.resourcefultrainer.com 

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Music credit: Scott Holmes.