Experts Agree: Keto and Vegan Keto Diets Should Be Avoided

You’ve heard the buzz about how you can lose weight on a keto diet, but is it safe? What about a vegan keto diet? Hear about the science from the experts.

Top 10 Plant-Based News Stories and Articles of 2019

A year in review, check out the top ten Center for Nutrition Studies news stories and articles in 2019.

New to an Oil-Free Diet? Here’s What You Need to Know

The amount of information published about oil can be overwhelming. Is it good for you? Is it bad for you? Is going oil free really even possible? We set the record straight with research fresh from the experts.

Treating Kidney Disease With Plant-Based Nutrition

Dr. Thomas Campbell and his team recently published results from a case study featuring one of their patients with type 2 diabetes, hypertension and stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD), hyperphosphataemia and borderline hyperkalaemia. Read an excerpt from the published paper, “Plant-based dietary approach to stage 3 chronic kidney disease with hyperphosphataemia.”

7 Plant-Based New Year’s Food Traditions from Around the World

A coin in the beans, 12 grapes at midnight, a hidden almond? What do they all mean? This helpful guide to foods and symbols from around the globe has you covered with plant-based New Year’s traditions to help bring you prosperity, happiness, and especially health.

Scientific Review Finds Biological Link Between Dairy Consumption and Obesity

The inclusion of dairy as a food group and the aggressive recommendation of three servings of dairy a day may be contributing to the expanding waistlines of American youth (and adults as well).

12 Plant-Based and Oil-Free Hanukkah Recipe Ideas

Food plays an important part in Jewish traditions, and Hanukkah is no exception. Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish commemoration also known as the Festival of Lights, typically involves feasting on fried foods and dishes loaded with sugar and fat. We’ve put together a list of some of our favorite whole food, plant-based and oil-free dishes in … Continued

Rewriting Family Traditions: How To Introduce Your Plant-Based Diet

Special occasions call for special foods, so your new plant-based diet can cause some agita at the family dinner table. Learn some do’s and don’ts to help foster plant-based diet acceptance.

3 Myths About Soy – Setting the Record Straight

Soy products have become quite controversial with claims that they are estrogenic, cause breast cancer, are heavily processed and genetically modified. Dr. Nagra clears up this confusion by explaining the myths around soy.

Science Dies. Eat What You Want!

Political encroachment upon the scientific enterprise is becoming more alarming and dangerous. It now involves issues such as personal health, medical care costs, and environmental problems that arises from the dominance of corporate interests. All of these issues arise from our choice of food.

How to Lower Your Cholesterol Without Statins

Statins can help lower cholesterol levels; however, they can also produce adverse effects in people. Can diet be just as effective as statins at lowering cholesterol, without the side effects?

Vaping a Sacred Nutrient? How Vitamin E Became ‘Dangerous’

In recent decades, vitamin E has been one of the trendiest of all nutrients. Long considered a miracle nutrient by many, it is now linked to illness and death thanks to certain vaping products.

When ‘Healthy Eating’ Becomes Bad for Your Mind

Eating more healthfully is a solution—not a problem, yet some people can turn the desire for optimal wellness into an obsession called orthorexia nervosa.

Whole Food, Plant-Based Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas With Full Menu

Many adopting a whole food, plant-based diet worry that their dietary choices will have them feeling left out at the Thanksgiving dinner table. Fear not: our WFPB Thanksgiving recipes prove you can stay true to yourself without sacrificing tradition or taste.

Roundup Ready® Crops, Grasshoppers, and Animal Protein Are Connected!

How did we arrive to this Brave New World, highly mechanized, organized and streamlined to increase efficiency of milk and meat production?

Finding My Plant-Based Path – The Way to Health & Longevity

We all have difficulties in our lives. Sometimes our problems may seem small in comparison to others, but ultimately, they are a large part of what defines us. Our personal story has great potential value to us if we can learn and grow from it. Sometimes it can be of value to others as well. … Continued

How to Become a Food Waste Warrior – Protect Your Budget & the Earth

7 strategies for keeping your family’s food waste to a minimum so that you can help protect the earth and your budget.

How to Eat Plant-Based in the Military

Eating a whole food, plant-based diet while sustaining a healthy lifestyle can be done from boot camp to base to deployment — anywhere in the world.

Can I Still Have Sugar on a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?

When it comes to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle, refined sugars, like high fructose corn syrup and white sugar, are off the table but there are other great options.

Finding Your Career in Plant-Based Nutrition

Many graduates of our Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program are so excited that they want to make it their life’s work. Whether you’re looking to change careers or incorporate what you’ve learned about plant-based eating into your current career, the possibilities are limitless. Here are a few ideas to get you started!

Can the Ketogenic Diet Cure Cancer? What Does the Science Say?

The ketogenic diet does not offer the benefits that fasting and plant-based diets provide for cancer patients, in terms of reducing the side-effects of medical treatment and enhancing its effectiveness. But does the keto diet help fight cancer?

Fake Meats – How Do Beyond and Impossible Burgers Stack Up From a Health Perspective?

How do Beyond and Impossible burgers stack up from a health perspective? If your goal is to stick to a whole food, plant-based diet, you might want to take a closer look before sinking your teeth into these beefless patties.

Plant-Based Running: How I Train for the NYC Marathon

Think you can’t run a marathon or ultramarathon on a whole food, plant-based diet? Think again. Read on to learn how this plant-based runner goes the EXTRA mile.

Documentary ‘The Game Changers’ Makes Compelling Case for Plant-Based Nutrition for Athletes

Athlete or not, Netflix documentary ‘The Game Changers’ is a film that everyone could benefit from watching.