Whole Food Plant Based Foods
“It’s so hard to eat vegan (or a whole foods plant based diet) on the road!”
I’ve heard that a lot and am here to prove otherwise.
Continue reading “Traveling Vegan Kitchen”
What happens when a young, hard working dad consumes a big portion of the great American life?
Continue reading “Jimmy Drops Ninety Pounds by Eliminating Meat and Dairy. A Plant Based Diet Success Story”
Where do you get your protein? If you’re eating whole food plant based or vegan, this is a question people are genuinely concerned about. The fact is, plant foods have adequate amounts of protein for human needs. Did you know that corn, beans, potatoes, and broccoli all have protein for example?
Continue reading “The Most Common Protein Questions – Top Plant Protein FAQs You Need to Know”
Need proof that a plant based diet is superior for human health? The following list is a small sampling of current scientific evidence and research studies. The quotes summarize the baseline or overall conclusion. Links are directly under the conclusive study quote.
Last updated 1/19/2021
Continue reading “Overwhelming Evidence that Plant Based Diets Versus Omnivore Diets are Superior for Health Improvement”
There’s a science behind how we think and what influences us. Or, who influences us.
It’s called Psychology.
Humans are social creatures. Whether we’re an extrovert and want to get in the middle of the group, or an introvert and prefer to observe, we seek interaction with others. Approval is a bonus.
Continue reading “The rise of misleading diet headlines: A simple guide to avoid being scammed by the confusion profiteers.”
Did you know that an estimated 50 million Americans are lactose intolerant?* While mammals drink their mother’s milk, humans are the only mammals to switch species and consume it as adults. Food for thought?
Continue reading “Ditch Dairy For Good – Good for Health and the Planet”Happy New Year! 2020 is put to bed and it’s time to look back at what we’ve learned and figure out the best way forward. Maybe it’s time to free yourself from that yearly diet resolution and go with a lifestyle revolution that is scientifically proven to improve your health.
The three motivators for going whole food plant based, are: Health, Environment and Animal Welfare. With WFPB (or healthy vegan) diets, you solve all three. And, pandemics? Animal agriculture crowds our earth and demands more of the earth’s resources than plant proteins. A crowded earth and animals is a recipe for zoonotic transfers of bacteria and viruses.
It’s one step at a time and we can all start with inspiring ourselves first, then others.
If you were asked what entity spends the most on health care in this country, you’d be correct if you guessed our federal government. Medicare and Medicaid paid health care providers and services about one and a half trillion dollars in 2019.*
Continue reading “Follow the Money: The Case for Plant Based Diets Improving Cardiovascular and Heart Disease”
This collection of resources is a place to get started or dig deeper into the subject of whole food plant based nutrition. The information and research can be challenging to find through the overwhelming clutter of popular diet-of-the-month websites and an industry that has financial interest in keeping our health status quo.
Continue reading “The Roots of Whole Food Plant Based Lifestyles: A Convenient List”
Let’s rethink meat. Many of us were raised on hamburger for tacos, spaghetti sauces, fillings, dumplings, enchiladas….you get the picture.
Continue reading “Farro Meat Tacos – Grains are the perfect substitute for meat in any dish”