8 Whole Food, Plant-Based Holiday Cookie Recipes

A collection of tried and true plant-based cookie recipes that will add a sweet and delicious bite to your holiday season.

Plant-Based Nutrition Graduate Spotlight: Tig Notaro

Internationally-recognized comedian shares her plant-based journey, and her passion for helping others along the path toward better health.

12 Satisfying Plant-Based Soup & Stew Recipe Ideas

When the days shorten and the fireplaces begin to crackle, there’s something special about sharing a big pot of soup or stew with loved ones.

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

Never underestimate the power of planting the seeds of change in others. Let yourself be a good example and a resource for transformation.

Study Finds Dairy Sugars Elevate Cancer Risk

Most experts agree that added sugars are unhealthy, but what about the natural sugars found in dairy products? Cancer researchers weigh in.

Married Couple Find Renewed Health & Lose a Combined 200 lbs With a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet

There’s no such thing as “too late.” Choosing health can have a profound effect on your life, and enrich the lives of those around you.

What Is a Processed Food vs a Whole Food?

There’s a lot of talk about “processed” foods, but what does the distinction mean, and is it the most helpful way to think about your food choices?

Center for Nutrition Studies Staff Picks for Best Plant-Based Restaurants

Eating out on a WFPB diet might sound hard, but it’s not impossible. Read about some of our staff’s favorite restaurants, both at home and abroad!

Whole Food, Plant-Based Thanksgiving Sample Menu & 7 Ways To Express Gratitude

Looking for creative ways to make this Thanksgiving both more delicious and personally fulfilling? It’s a special time to treat yourself, but also to connect with what’s important.

6 Wild Foods That Taste, Smell, or Feel Like Candy

Satiating your sweet tooth doesn't have to come at the expense of your health. Lots of artificial sweet treats and their flavors, textures, and feel are inspired by nature.

Plant-Based Diet for Diabetes: What About Carbs?

Carbohydrates are often criticized in very simplistic terms, especially when it comes to diabetes, but does that tell the whole story?

How a Nurse Practitioner Saved Her Health With a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet

The health journey isn’t always easy. It requires not just expert information, but also implementing what we learn in a way that sticks.

Book Excerpt: From Plant to Planet: Nudge your way towards healthier, more sustainable food habits

In this excerpt, authors of From Plant to Planet identify and address the most common barriers that prevent dietary lifestyle change.

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

Science has found a way to turn plants into something impressively meat-like; do these mock meats have a time and place in a whole food, plant-based diet?

Karen Washington: How Food Shapes Our Communities

Colleen Alexander sat down with Karen Washington to hear her perspective on how food shapes neighborhoods and communities, either for the better or worse.

Never Too Late: Reversing My Heart Disease on a WFPB Diet at 80

Al Schmidt shows you’re never too old to make changes to reverse heart disease. Although it was a bumpy road getting there, Al has found he loves eating plant-based — for the results and the taste of it!

9 Whole Food, Plant-Based Pumpkin Recipes for Fall

Pumpkins pair perfectly with the fall holidays. From breakfast to dinner and dessert, we’ve got a delicious selection of recipes to please your palate.

Cancer, Heart Disease, & Weight Loss: A Plant-Based Diet Rescued My Health

Although modern medicine’s first inclination is to fight disease, Bryan Jackson, cancer and heart attack survivor, suggests a friendlier approach- one that not only helps slow or reverse disease but helps the whole person.

Regenerative Grazing: Not As Sustainable As We Think

Regenerative grazing might sound like an upgrade from conventional agriculture, but is it sustainable? Do its benefits outweigh the concerns?

Mycotoxins in Food: Should Plant-Based Eaters Worry?

What if the foods we’re eating to keep us healthy are actually harming us? We explain what mycotoxins are, how they can affect us, and outline ways to avoid them.

3 Trees With Edible and Nutritious Leaves

Most people think of spinach and kale when they think of “leafy greens.” Joshua Wayne, our favorite forager, is here to point us toward another source of edible leafy greens: the trees. Some of these edible tree leaves may even be in your backyard.

Recovery From Eating Disorders – My Plant-Based Journey

This article contains material regarding eating disorders that may be triggering for some readers. According to the American Psychiatric Association, eating disorders are illnesses in which people experience severe disturbances in their eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. People with eating disorders typically become preoccupied with food and with their body weight. An eating … Continued

Could Keeping a Food Journal Be the Missing Link to Finally Losing Weight?

Food journaling is often a dreaded task for those trying to lose weight, but for Sharme it was key to her success.

WFPB Success: Changing My Life in 20 Days

Many people rationalize not switching to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, even if their heart and their gut tells them to. Beverly, a winner of Chef Del’s Diet Daze 20-Day Challenge, tells us what finally made her prioritize the switch to a healthier way of life.