» Rickey Minor discusses his book, which takes an inspirational look at how you can go the extra mile and includes stories from his work on American Idol.

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Rickey Minor, There's No Traffic on the Extra Mile, Podcast

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 I was thinking about food this morning...and what to blog about, when, by divine intervention, the idea was handed to me in the form of a Sunday morning magazine program.

 A friend called me, screaming, "Turn on the T.V. There's a vegan firefighter!!!!" Ah, I thought to myself, more press for the brilliant Rip Esselstyn, former athlete turned firefighter who changed the lives and health of his fellow firefighters at their engine house in Austin, TX. When he saw the declining health of these true heroes, he knew he had to do something, so he developed a 28-day plan designed to melt fat, lower cholesterol and prevent many of the lifestyle illnesses that plague so many Americans. His plan was so effective for his fellow firefighters, that he developed the ‘Engine 2 Diet' cookbook.