How To Get Your Vitamin D from Mushrooms

By Josh Wayne, MSW, MPH

July 24, 2021 Updated by CNS on August 1st, 2024

…D3, and D4? There does not seem to be a convincing consensus as to which is best. While a meta-analysis comparing D2 to D3 found that D3 from cholesterol (cholecalciferol)…

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Chef Del’s Plant-Based Secret Ingredients

By Chef Del Sroufe

August 30, 2021

…prevent heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and cancer. They can also provide immune system support and reduce inflammation.”[1] Further research on the extent to which garlic, and by…

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I Reversed My Type 2 Diabetes With a Plant-Based Diet & Help From My Mom

By Jeff Darden

September 3, 2021 Updated August 17th, 2023

…immediately. When I told my mom that I was planning to follow the doctor’s prescribed treatment, she really got my attention by commenting on my high cholesterol and triglyceride levels….

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WFPB Success: Changing My Life in 20 Days

By Beverly Valley

September 4, 2021

…slender years, but I stillI had high cholesterol and high blood pressure (that I wouldn’t take medication for). Throughout all of this, I wanted to be that whole food, plant-based…

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Protein Isolates: Do They Have a Place in a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?

By Theresa “Sam” Houghton

October 27, 2021 Updated February 23rd, 2023

…ingredients, they qualify as ultra-processed foods. However, they’re also free of cholesterol and the harmful inputs that are standard in raising and processing factory-farmed meat. Does that mean they are…

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Mel’s Plant-Based Journey From Heart Disease to Health

By Sherry Shrallow, LCSW

December 10, 2021

…in to check Mel’s heart, they saw how great Mel’s numbers were (total cholesterol at 157, LDL at 71). “I don’t know what you’re doing,” the doctor said, “but whatever…

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Weight Loss With Plants Episode 3 – Al Schmidt

By Sharme Ridley, MEd, EdS

March 25, 2022 Updated August 17th, 2023

…would listen (and some who wouldn’t) about the amazing healing effects of a WFPB lifestyle, which helped him to overcome heart disease, high cholesterol, poor kidney function, and he even…

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Steps to Go from Meat Eating to Whole Food, Plant-Based

By Elizabeth Hubbell

March 10, 2022

…in nutrition circles from “amazing packets of protein” to “guarantees of high cholesterol.” What should I believe? And why do so many of us find cheese so impossible to pass…

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15 Easy and Delicious Chickpea Recipes

By Evelisse Capó, PharmD, DipACLM

March 23, 2022

…helps to lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, and help you feel full and satisfied, and protein from clean, plant-based foods is critical for growth and repair. Chickpeas are also a…

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