011: Award-winning BBQ Pit Master Chooses Health Over Meat

“I’d Rather Die Than Give Up BBQ!” These were the word of Brian Rodgers when he was considering bariatric surgery due to being morbidly obese. At 300 pounds, he was not willing to give up his love of BBQ.

When the surgeon told him he would likely lose his desire for the taste of BBQ, he walked out of the surgeons office.

Knowing he needed to get his health under control, like virtually any undertaking of this magnitude, Brian threw himself into figuring out the solution to losing weight while enjoying the flavor of good ole’, down-home BBQ.

Enter plant based eating and Fool’s Gold BBQ.

Over the last 20 months, Brian’s life went from one of disease and frustration to one of vitality, energy and freedom.

Fast forward from August 1, 2018 to today. Here are some of the obvious results.

The following are all gone...

140 pounds.
Liver disease
Hypertension
Sleep Apnea
Dyslipidemia.
Morbid Obesity
Buffalo Hump
Chronic Bronchitis
IBS