Your guide on the many types of fall and winter squash. How to pick one, how to cook it, and what’s the deal with all of the speckled colors? Plus lots of healthy, oil-free, plant-based vegan recipes.
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The Ultimate Whole Foods, Plant-Based Vegan Salad Recipe Collection
No more boring salads! Here’s a collection of some of the most delicious, whole foods, plant-based salad recipes. There are some vegan versions of your favorite traditional dishes. Plus, some awesome new global flavors.
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Plant-Based Doctor James Loomis Gives Hope for the Future of Healthcare
Why would a well-established doctor close his successful medical practice in St. Louis to move to Washington D.C.? Leaving the home he had known for 30 years, Dr. James Loomis did just that. Inspired by the plant-based movement in medicine, he joined a team of vegan revolutionaries. His personal journey will inspire you to take control of your own health. His continuing work with plant-based medicine will give you hope for the future of healthcare.
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7 New Year’s Food Traditions from Around the World that you Can Celebrate with a Healthy, Plant-Based Diet
Here are 7 of the most popular New Year’s Eve food traditions. All over the world, culinary traditions include foods meant to symbolize hopes for good fortune and good health. From leafy greens to hearty lentils, many of these foods also fit a plant-based, vegan diet. Plus, some delicious, healthy recipes to cook for your New Year’s parties.
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Weekend Grace Journal: This Holiday, I Will Focus on Nourishing, Not the Food
How do we find Grace during the holidays? Can we focus on Nourishing…rather than the food? This weekend intention helps us focus on what really matters.
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How to Make the Ultimate Vegan Salad: 4 Chef’s Tips for Delicious, Healthy Oil-Free Flavor
Salads are a big part of a healthy, plant-based diet. Yet, you want to make delicious, interesting salads. Some boring lettuce and cucumber just won’t do. I’ve put together my Chef’s Tips for creating the best vegan salads. Plus, some hints on making the ultimate oil-free salad dressing. No more boring salads!
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Is 90% Good Enough? What we can learn from the Reducetarian Approach and Blue Zones about Vegan Diets
Is 90% Good Enough? Sometimes the idea of a 100% vegan diet can seem so overwhelming that it detracts us from the big picture. The all-or-nothing approach might appeal to some, especially those of us who thrive off of extremes and set boundaries. However, the totally plant-based lifestyle is foreign to our traditional Standard American
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Can We Fight Cancer with Food? Tips from Lori Bumbaco, Plant-Based Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist
Can we fight cancer with food? Some of you are saying “Duh”. And some of you aren’t so sure. The debate over the relationship between diet and cancer-prevention has been going on for decades. On one hand, you have doctors and scientists pointing to countless studies showing the correlation between poor nutrition and cancer cell
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“There’s No Turning Back”: Allyson S., 27 year-old plant-based rockstar
“I thought 25 is supposed to be the time of your life when you feel like a rock star. I didn’t.” Meet Allyson Allyson is a 27 year old woman who adopted a plant-based diet for health reasons. She didn’t have a major heart attack, wage a battle with cancer, nor receive a diagnosis of
