Dr. Denis Burkitt: A Wide Angle View of the Proverbial Elephant
I don’t know about you, but I am still feeling rather sad about the untimely passing of Dr. McDougall. I guess I had been counting on him being around for another couple of decades. Before his passing, I’d seen only a couple interviews and had never read his books. So it felt appropriate and consoling … Continued
Fiber Fueled – The Key to a Strong Immune System
The power that our gut microbes wield to induce disease or protect us from it can be intimidating, but we are not helpless victims. We have the power of science on our side, which has shown us that we can use diet and lifestyle to rebalance our gut microbes.
What Are FODMAPs in Foods? If You Suffer From Bloating or IBS You May Be Sensitive to FODMAPs
Eating a whole food, plant-based diet is a healthy choice, but what if it causes pain, bloating, and other unpleasant symptoms? You may have a FODMAP sensitivity. This doesn’t automatically mean you can’t enjoy plant-based foods, though; it may just mean you need to navigate the whole food, plant-based lifestyle a little differently.
Why Your Microbiome May Be to Blame for Your Bloating – 5 Tips for Gut Balance
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.
The Fiber Dilemma – Eating Plant-Based Without Tummy Trouble
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.
Go From Underweight to Healthy Weight With These Plant-Based Tips
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.
Plants Have All the Power We Need
Marco Borges, author of The Greenprint, works with many athletes, entertainers, and avid exercisers who have switched to a plant-based diet for all the health and athletic performance benefits it provides.
What Is Diverticular Disease and How to Treat It
Learn all about diverticulitis and diverticulosis, plus how to treat these conditions, how to prevent them, and the importance of fiber in one’s diet.
Defining Food Groups in Plant-Based Nutrition
More people are choosing to adopt a plant-based lifestyle. But what are you supposed to eat? To help make things easier, we have defined the three food groups.
Does Your Colon Need a Tune-Up? A Simple Solution for Better Gut Health
Americans make 104 million visits to the doctor yearly due to poor digestion. When your gut isn’t working right, it is hard to ignore the turmoil!
How Do I Avoid Gas and Bloating on a Plant-Based Diet?
People often ask about uncomfortable effects, such as gas and bloating, from eating fibrous foods.
Eat Your Vegetables! Getting Young Children to Eat Healthy
Dr. Spock explains how to encourage infants, toddlers, and children on the path to good nutrition through his tips on eating a variety of vegetables.
What Are Pulses and Why Are They Important?
Highly nutritious pulses, or dried legumes, are honored by the United Nations as an essential part of the human diet.
How to Build Muscle & Be Your Plant-Based Personal Best
Body building champion and plant-based athlete Robert Cheeke challenges us to get back to the basics of nutrition and discover your best self.
How Sweet is a Sweet Potato? Pretty Sweet!
Sweet potatoes are a super food that I have only recently come to appreciate. While preparing a lecture on heart disease epidemiology, I found reports of several traditional cultures known for avoiding heart disease that subsist largely on this delicious tuber. In fact, a 1978 paper[1] cited a dietary survey finding that sweet potatoes supplied … Continued
Whole grain foods support good health. Eating whole grain foods reduces the risk of digestive disorders, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity and certain cancers.
Whether the latest diet debate centers around gluten-free, Atkins or Paleo, carbs are a hot topic these days.
Crispy, crunchy, colorful, and curiously delicious — all are words that describe a wide variety of vegetable, fruit, and whole-grain dishes.
Popcorn Is Healthier than Vegetables?
With all of the mounting excitement over nutrition and its possibilities in the media, the volume of health messages are increasing and many people are drowning in a sea of confusing and sometimes contradictory information.
Eating Plants to Address the Inflammatory State
C-reactive protein is a molecule produced in the body that is used as a non-specific marker of inflammation. This molecule can be measured in the blood and, although it doesn’t identify the source of inflammation, be it from an infection, injury or virus, its levels rise in response to inflammation in the body.
Why eating healthfully is so difficult. Today, most people acknowledge that drugs, including nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and cocaine, are addictive.
Your Transition to Healthful Eating
Well-planned vegetarian diets can provide us with all of the protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and calories we need!
“Whole Food Supplements” Are Not Whole Foods
You need to know the science on how Juice Plus is a supplement that is misleading consumers in their search for healthy, whole food nutrition.
