Switch4good

35 - Being a Plant-Powered Olympian, Nutritionist, and Mom with Kara Lang Romero

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During the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Switch4Good aired a commercial featuring dairy-free Olympians to fight the dairy industry’s propaganda that that says milk is the key to performance.    One of the world-class athletes featured in the commercial was Kara Lang Romero.    Kara is the youngest woman to have represented Canada on their National Women’s Team. She competed in two FIFA World Cups, at the Beijing Olympics, and is now a Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee.    She has also been vegan since her teens.   Today the plant-based foodie is a certified holistic nutritionist specializing in plant-based health and pre- and post-natal care.    Kara joins Alexandra and Dotsie in this episode to share her journey and the realities of being a plant-powered mom.    She digs into how motherhood expands your empathy for mothers of other species, how she got through two vegan pregnancies and is raising two plant-based boys, and how she navigates relationships with family members who have jobs in the dairy industr