Farm to Pantry Program Delivers Local Organic Food to Low-Income Communities

This Farm to Food Pantry program brings fresh produce from environmentally-conscious local producers to low-income members of the Illinois community.

Food Sustainability

Farm to Fork Program Creates Lifelong Healthy Eating

Crossroads Community Food Network’s “Healthy Eating” Program encourages participants to see themselves as change agents in their local food system.

Family & Kids

6 Inflammation-Fighting Foods Plus Recipe Ideas

Incorporate these inflammation-fighting foods into your diet, and take stock of how you feel. Inflammation doesn’t have to be an inevitable burden you must learn to cope with.

Fitness

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.

Disease

An Introduction to the Whole Food, Plant-Based, SOS-Free Diet

What is the whole-plant-food, SOS-Free Diet, why TrueNorth Health Center promotes it, and the details of how to eat it.

In The Kitchen

Iodine on a Plant-Based Diet: Why Is it Important & How to Get Enough

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.

In The Kitchen

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.

In The Kitchen

Too Busy to Cook? These 3 Tips Make Plant-Based Meal Prep a Breeze!

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.

In The Kitchen

A Game-Changing Solution to One of the Most Devastating Diseases of the Brain: Stroke

Every 40 seconds, someone has a stroke in the U.S. Research participants with the highest adherence to a whole food, plant-based pattern were able to reduce their risk of stroke by as much as 30 percent.

Disease

Batch Cooking and Meal Prep Tips for a Plant-Based Kitchen

By prepping key ingredients and recipes ahead of time, you put healthy foods at your fingertips during busy weekdays. Check out these tips for meal prep, food storage, and plant-based batch cooking.

In The Kitchen

Is Sugary Fruit Healthy?

Most of the calories in fruit come from carbohydrates—specifically sugar. Should we eat fruit, be cautious, or avoid it?

Nutrition Science

Plant-Based Grocery Shopping Guide

Plant-based food shopping made easy. This guide will help you get started.

In The Kitchen

5 Tips for Storing Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

After trips to the farmers’ market or grocery store you have nutritious, colorful fruits and vegetables in your kitchen. But, are you storing produce properly?

In The Kitchen

Plant-Based Food Guide: How to Eat Well on a Budget

Shop for and prepare healthy plant-based foods while saving money. This guide breaks it all down including delicious recipes and helpful hints. Bon appétit!

In The Kitchen

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.

Family & Kids

Are Smoothies Good or Bad?

In medical school, when time was shorter than short and I lived alone, I would periodically get concerned that I wasn’t eating enough leafy greens, because I wasn’t.

Nutrition Science

Writing The China Study and Relaxing With the Big Picture

For the past several years, I have been giving more and more thought to the nature of nutrition information and discussion in America.

Nutrition Science

Continual Cleansing for Optimal Health and Vitality

Do you have difficulty waking up in the morning and find that you have low energy all day long? Are you unable to concentrate at work, feel sluggish and depressed?

In The Kitchen

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!

In The Kitchen

Bananas: The Forbidden Fruit

When Christian missionaries in the Middle Ages first encountered the banana on the North African coast, they were enthralled.

Nutrition Science