What do I eat?

It's pretty simple: whole, unrefined, plant-based foods. That's it.

Why?

The benefits of a healthy lifestyle are enormous. When you adopt a whole food, plant-based lifestyle you can increase the odds that you will:

Go for green, use orange sparingly and stay away from red.

Lindsay S. Nixon, best-selling author of the Happy Herbivore series of cookbooks helps us get started on our whole food, plant-based journey.

A well-stocked pantry can be a huge help in successfully maintaining a whole foods plant-based lifestyle. Creating a supply of wholesome, long-lasting foods can enable you to put together a healthy meal in all kinds of circumstances.

Your refrigerator can be the starting point for a world of color and flavor with fresh fruits, vegetables, and healthful condiments to take your meals to the next level.

Stock your freezer with a few go-to ingredients, and learn our strategies for using your freezer to save money and create faster, plant-based meals.

Lindsay explains several replacements to use when adopting a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.

Lewis Freedman, RD discusses why carbohydrates are important for our health and clears up confusion regarding the health benefits of complex carbohydrates vs refined carbohydrates.

Pediatrician Jackie Busse, MD discusses the significant impact childhood nutrition has on lifelong health. Many of the chronic diseases of adulthood have their beginnings in childhood and if we're serious about preventing them, we need to focus on whole food, plant-based nutrition for kids.

Avoiding oil is an important part of a whole foods plant-based lifestyle. You can learn more about why in our article, “New to an Oil-Free Diet...” In this video, CNS Director of Culinary and Spanish Content Evelisse Capó, PharmD, shares how easy it is to cook delicious meals without using oil. Before long, you'll wonder why you ever needed it in the first place!

Dr. Capó and her daughter Sheriza share some of their favorite immune boosting tips. For more delicious, healthy plant-based recipes, download our free Immune Boosting Recipes eBook.

There's nothing better than healthy, delicious meals that don't take hours to prepare, especially when you're transitioning. Check out the following quick and easy recipe videos. For more recipe ideas, explore nutritionstudies.org/recipes.