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It's Not the Food. It's What You Do With It.
How many delicious foods disappear from our tables because someone in the household has decided they don't like them? It doesn't have to be that way. It's time to put your food detective hat on.
Oct 87 min read


Soy Foods: Perfectly Good Source of Protein Caught in Misinformation
It's time to stop being frightened by a word and a bean.
Estrogen and phytoestrogen are not interchangeable. And soybeans are not estrogen pills. I'd hate to see an extraordinarily useful, nutritious and ancient food pushed off our plates because we confused the two.
Oct 34 min read


Eat This, Never Eat That, Live Forever. Really?
After decades of nutritional whiplash, perhaps there's something reassuring about how unexciting much of the broad dietary advice actually is.
Eat a variety of vegetables and fruits. Eat legumes, whole grains and nuts. Favor foods that aren't heavily processed. Diet that we can actually live with and thrive on can't be reduced to a single food.
Oct 25 min read


Overcoming Barriers to Diet Change for a Successful WFPB Lifestyle
This post explores five common barriers to diet change, originally outlined by UT MD Anderson, and applies them specifically to adopting a WFPB lifestyle. You will find practical tips and examples to help you navigate these hurdles and build lasting habits that support your health and well-being.
Aug 56 min read


When "Processed" Isn't the Whole Story: Taking a Second Look at Plant-Based Proteins
It's everywhere you look now. "Processed" has become almost synonymous with "unhealthy." Yet nearly everything we eat has been processed in some way. The real question isn't whether a food has been processed.
The question is: What was done to it, and what is the overall nutritional result?
Aug 34 min read


MAHA: Healthism and the mythology of 'clean eating'
As writer, Michael Pollan said, in the so-called Western diet, food has been replaced by nutrients, and common sense by confusion. It's the American paradox: The more we worry about nutrition, the less healthy we seem to become
Jun 57 min read


The Best Cookbooks for Learning to Cook Vegan IMHO
Today, the vegan kitchen is one of the most exciting, creative, and nourishing places to cook, and there are so many great cookbooks to guide you. Here, I offer just a few that, IMHO, are great starting points.
Nov 30, 20257 min read


Why I Became a Whole-Food Vegan: My Journey to Health, Sustainability, and Compassion
I never imagined I’d be writing this post, reflecting on how my diet and lifestyle have evolved over the years. But life has a funny way...
Oct 23, 202412 min read


One diet resolution to rule them all
What if you could make just one change that could help you lose weight, reverse disease, help the planet, eliminate animal cruelty and...
Jan 8, 20227 min read
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