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Dr. Neal Barnard is Founder of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the author of 20 books, such as The Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know about Plant-based Eating.  

He has achieved massive reductions in the use of animals in experimentation and has worked to ensure that nutrition is an important factor in preventive medicine.

We discuss his big win for the end of animal testing on cosmetics in California, his personal story on going plant-based,  and tips to help you stick to your new year’s resolutions!

And if you don’t get enough of Dr. Barnard in this podcast, you can always get his book The Vegan Starter Kit: Everything You Need to Know about Plant-based Eating on Audible. Audible is offering a free audiobook download with a free 30-day trial to give you the opportunity to check out their service.  Try Audible for free.  To download your free audiobook today go to http://audibletrial.com/AwesomeVegans. 

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