The wrong food choices can lead to the wrong type of bacteria flourishing in your gut, resulting in a wide range of health problems. A whole food, plant-based diet can turn your gut health around, which can have dramatic, positive effects on the health of all your other systems.

While essential to human health, iodine can often be in short supply for people following a low-sodium, whole food, plant-based diet. On the other hand, consuming too much iodine can be just as bad. In this article, we’ll look at why iodine matters and discuss some easy ways to make sure you’re meeting your daily requirement without overdoing it.

Fiber is essential for digestive wellness and performs other health-promoting functions. Switching from a low-fiber, standard American diet to a plant-based diet naturally high in fiber can cause some uncomfortable problems. Minimize those problems with these simple steps.

Discussions in the continuing debate over dietary lectins often lack details regarding what these proteins are and how they work. Taking a closer look at lectins will shed some light on what purpose they serve in the human body.

Are you losing too much weight on a vegan diet? Or would you like to gain weight? Here are simple strategies for gaining weight on a whole food, plant-based diet.

Switching to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle usually means cooking most of your own meals, but it doesn’t require spending half your life in the kitchen. This is one of the biggest myths about healthy diets.

Lectins are all the rage—or are they? Brought to the public’s attention by Dr. Gundry’s book, The Plant Paradox, and subsequently demonized by dieters and promoters of lectin-free health regimens, lectins represent the latest point of contention in the ongoing healthy food debate.

If you respond to stress by eating, you’re not alone. Chronic stress has become an epidemic in the U.S. Learn more about the dangers of stress eating and how to avoid it using these three tips.

Weight loss is touted as one of the biggest benefits of switching to a plant-based diet. But what if you’re already at a healthy weight and find the pounds dropping off?