About Ryan

Hello! I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ryan and I’m 13 years old. I’m a teenager now, and growing up comes with responsibility. Responsibility to myself and to others. So, I have decided to make this year all about giving back. I’m passionate about animal welfare, good nutrition, and the environment. So, I decided that my project is going to be all about Plant Power. I’ll explain to you what that means and why I chose this as my focus.

I am a vegetarian because I deeply care about animals. I think our society should evolve and we don’t need to kill animals to remain healthy. And anyway, I don’t know why we would choose one earthly being over another!

In fact, animal agriculture harms our environment and leads to the release of high amounts of greenhouse gases. Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation. Greenland lost on average 286,000,000,000 tons of ice per year between 1993 and 2016. It’s not all necessary! I think humans are incredibly innovative and we can come up with smarter ways to thrive.

I’ve also learned that there are many studies that show eating fewer animal products actually improves overall health and reduces the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease, which is also a big problem in our world today. So, it makes sense that if we want to protect our world and our health, we should all eat less animal products.

So I'm on a mission to inspire everyone to eat less animals and more nutrient-rich plants. My goal is to get 2021 people by the end of 2021 to join my mission!

Click around my website and find out how YOU can participate. We all live on this planet and we're all in this together. Please join me. Take action to help our planet and human health.

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THE TEAM

Meet Jody

JODY BRESGI, CNP, CCRC, MBA

Aside from being Ryan's loving and devoted mom, Jody Bresgi is also a Certified Nutritional Practitioner in Toronto, and graduated as valedictorian of her class in Applied Holistic Nutrition at the Institute of Holistic Nutrition (IHN). She holds a masters degree in business from the University of Western Ontario. Jody was co-founder of Canadian Men’s Clinic (CMC is a medical institution in Toronto dedicated to the treatment of sexual difficulties in men). She is a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) and has experience running phase 3 and phase 4 clinical studies with multinational sponsor organizations. As such, she has an insider's perspective on how clinical studies are conducted, and this helps her to form opinions, understand potential bias, and better navigate the literature and clinical data overall. Jody believes in an evidence-based approach to wellness and is passionate about showing people how to prevent disease, achieve optimal wellness and improve sexual health through plant-strong nutrition. In association with CMC, Jody is also an official Vitamix ® dealer and loves teaching people how to use a powerful Vitamix blender to simplify meals and achieve more energy, vitality and overall health.
Jody is a devoted mother of two spirited boys, a former competitive gymnast, an exercise enthusiast, and an advocate for a mindful, active, plant-strong, whole foods lifestyle.

Follow her at:
F: fb.me/JodysHealthyKitchen
I: Instagram.com/JodysHealthyKitchen
E: jodyshealthykitchen@gmail.com

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Meet Sara

Sara Gould is a college student studying in the field of Nutrition. In her free time, she enjoys practicing her culinary skills, modifying recipes, reading and writing, dancing, strength training, and taking long nature walks with her dogs and family. She’s always had a passion for food but started to develop unhealthy eating patterns at a young age.

As a child, Sara faced health conditions due to improper nutrition and being overweight, influencing her decision to cut calories at 14 years old thinking it was the best way to “be healthy”. Throughout the few years of chronic dieting, Sara wasn’t only losing weight, but she was also losing her energy and motivation to do the things that usually brought her joy. She noticed a change in her mood, relationships, and mental health, and realized restricting calories was negatively impacting her overall well-being. From that point on, Sara started to self-educate herself on the importance of proper nutrition and found more enjoyment fueling herself with delicious whole-foods rather than counting calories.

Some time later, Sara started gaining an interest in going plant-based as she became aware of the benefits. She started making small changes and realized how easy and beneficial it was, making a big difference to both her health and the environment. Ryan’s Plant-Powered Mission sparked an immediate interest for Sara, and she enthusiastically joined their team to promote plant-based eating.

As of today, Sara is passionate about promoting a whole-foods diet to fuel the body, balanced with some flexibility to enjoy “less nutritious” foods in moderation. She finds joy in modifying recipes in a way that provides nourishment and emotional satisfaction as she believes both play an important role in overall health. She trusts that paying attention to how food makes you feel is the key to having a happy mind, body, and soul. Along with promoting plant-based eating with the rest of Ryan’s team, she plans to continue her studies, learning more about the impacts of food on both ourselves and the world around us.

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Meet Carina

Carina Chan is a university student studying Environmental Engineering. In her free time, she enjoys walking through local forests, playing flute and badminton, and writing fantasy stories. Since childhood, Carina has been interested in nature; it started with cute animals and expanded to plants. Her passion for protecting the environment was sparked upon learning about the various environmental issues that the world is currently facing.

Prior to hearing of Ryan’s amazing mission, Carina had little knowledge of the vast positive impacts whole food plant-based diets had on many aspects of society. Upon joining this mission, she was intrigued by this seemingly novel approach to help the environment. As a part of Ryan’s team, Carina is learning a lot and hopes to help others realize this amazing opportunity to improve both their own health and that of the environment.

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Meet Brittany

Brittany Buckley, RECE

Brittany Buckley is a graduating student from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. She has been studying holistic nutrition for 2 years. As well, she is a Registered Early Childhood Educator and has been working with children for over 12 years. Brittany is the founder of Heal + Thrive, a nutritional consulting practice that focuses on helping children and adults of all ages heal their digestive problems to live their best life.

Brittany’s health journey started about 10 years ago, when she was experiencing digestive distress and was unable to get any answers or relief from multiple doctors. After seeing a Naturopathic doctor, she discovered how eating whole foods benefits the body in many ways, by providing nutrients, energy and nourishment to heal her body. She is a strong believer that plant based and whole food diets provide the body with adequate amounts of nutrients and act as medicine to heal the body rather than using pharmaceuticals.

Brittany is a vibrant, dynamic nutritional professional who loves creating new simple recipes and dishes using whole food ingredients.
When Brittany is not working with clients, she enjoys spending time with family, creating delicious recipes, hiking and working out.

Brittany is so inspired and intrigued by Ryan’s Mission and his goal to educate and inspire others to commit to plant powered eating at least once a week. Brittany is looking forward to help bring this vision alive and help others heal their bodies using plant- based food.

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Meet Donna

At the age of 28, on the cusp of beginning a dietetic internship, Donna
suddenly became ill with a condition no medical doctor could reliably
diagnose. She spent the next couple of decades researching and
experimenting with various treatments, and in time found considerable relief through a whole food plant-based diet, herbs, homeopathy, and Bach Flower Remedies. Since regaining her health, Donna decided to resume her studies in nutrition, and recently graduated with First Class Honours from the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in Vancouver, and holds a Diploma in Applied Nutrition.

She also earned a Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University (2018), continued her studies in plant-based nutrition with Dr. John McDougall’s Dietary Therapy Course, and is currently enrolled in Dr. Michael Klaper’s Master Class in Plant-Based Clinical Nutrition (2020). Donna became involved in Ryan’s Plant Powered World project because she believes plant- based nutrition is an important and missing element in the school curriculum and that for optimal lifelong health, the plant-based lifestyle should begin at an early age. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and science- based knowledge about nutrition is essential to achieve optimal health and help prevent chronic diseases from manifesting throughout one’s entire life.

For more information or to book a private consultation with Donna, please contact her at WellAgainNutrition@gmail.com or go to www.WellAgain.ca.