Addressing a Health Crisis with Plants
This afternoon, I stopped by a local grocery store, a chain that originates from my home state of North Carolina, and while it is not my favorite, I have often been impressed by the offering of fresh fruits and vegetables, and many organic options as well. Today was a different experience. I just moved to…
Forks Over Knives Turns 10!
The documentary Forks Over Knives is having a birthday. Ten years ago the film was released, and it caused a ripple effect of change in many people’s lives. A Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet was known to only a few, but the power of story that the film delivered touched many, and today we celebrate…
Get Fiber Fueled and Gut Healthy
When I received the notice in my email that a book I had pre-ordered, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz’s Fiber Fueled, had been downloaded to my Kindle, I started reading it before I even got out of bed. It took me a day or two to find enough time to finish it because I had to fit…
From Donuts to Potatoes-Meet Esther Lebeck Loveridge
Esther Lebeck Loveridge is the poster child for a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) lifestyle, only she’s not a child. She’s in her mid-70s. (She has a childlike love of the world and the people in it though.) She recently published her story in From Donuts to Potatoes, My 366 Day Journey on a Plant-Based Diet. …
Simplifying the Whole Food Plant-Based Menu
Just yesterday I was talking to a friend about the need to clean up our diets in light of the current Coronavirus pandemic, and she was honest with me, “There is just so much! I get overwhelmed by it all!” As I thought back to my first encounters with the WFPB way of eating, I…
When the COVID-19 Crisis is Over What Will Have Changed?
I’ve been thinking about what “The Great Pause” from the COVID-19 Pandemic is going to teach us in the end. What will be different when we re-open the country, the world? Will we just go back to our old ways, or will we restructure our lives from the lessons we have learned? I, for…
Think Eating Healthy is Too Expensive? Consider the Alternative
Note: This article is not intended for the number of people who are struggling financially or those living in food deserts, where healthy foods are simply unavailable. That is an important discussion for another article. This article is for people I have encountered who tell me, “It is too expensive to eat healthy or to…
The Whole Food Plant-Based Mindset: Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Never Diet Again!
This is the title of my new book on Kindle. It is a small, but important, book. One of the reasons that people just give up on being healthy is they get tired of failing. When going for a goal like losing weight and regaining our health, the last thing anyone wants to do is…
Adopt a Growth Mindset
This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way— in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments— everyone can change and grow through application and experience. –Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol Dweck, PhD…