#25 Health as a Personal Responsibility with Sandy Pukel, Natural Food Leader & Founder Holistic Holiday at Sea Cruises, Miami

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Sandy Pukel is a nationally recognized world leader in natural food movement and his contribution in propagating natural foods in South Florida has been revolutionary. From being a junk food eating hippie to one of this country’s most influential advocates for healthy eating, Sandy’s journey has been a spiritual quest beyond physical transformation. Sandy has been intimately involved in the natural foods industry for over five decades. He is seen as a natural foods icon in South Florida where he taught vegetarian cooking in the early 1970s and owned and operated the landmark Oak Feed natural foods store, a one-stop destination for people interested in health and well-being.

Sandy is the founder and co-creator of America’s premier health cruise Holistic Holiday at Sea Cruises, which is an educational and gourmet vegan and natural food cruise known internationally for its unique experience that combines exploration and relaxation with plant-based lifestyle. Sandy’s efforts have been instrumental in bringing together world health leaders on a common platform for conducting natural food workshops and conferences on the cruise. The signature cruise program has been attended by thousands of participants and hascontinually featured internationally respected speakers from the natural food industry including Neal Barnard, M.D., author of Power Foods for the Brain, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D, plant-based research scientist and author of The China Study, Joel Fuhrman, M.D., nutritional medicine expert, Yogi Amrit Desai, yoga pioneer, Michio Kushi, macrobiotics pioneer and many more. The cruise has conducted classes/lectures on various alternative health practices such as diet, cooking, acupuncture, shiatsu, homeopathy, oriental medicine, massage, acupressure, Qigong, yoga, and meditation with an accentuated experience of vegan meals in an atmosphere of learning and relaxation.

Sandy has also co-authored a vegan cookbook, ‘Greens and Grains on the Deep Blue Sea’ which features recipes that can be enjoyed on his annual inspirational, educational and gourmet natural food cruise.

Visit Sandy at https://holisticholidayatsea.com/presenters/sandy-pukel/