Building Plant-Based Community & Support in 4 Easy Steps

Living by example is a great way to plant seeds of change for those curious about going plant-based. Learn how to support others going plant-based in 4 steps.

Behavior Change is Key for a Plant-Based Lifestyle Transformation

These neurologists say that habits and behavior change are necessary for a successful transition to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle.

Restaurant Campaign Will Bring Plant-Based Options to More Menus

Who says you can’t have a plant-based, oil-free meal and eat it too? PlantPure Communities is helping to create more plant-based options in restaurants all over America and you can help!

Nutrition is a Democratic Topic in This Life Changing Writing Class

Comparing the Standard American Diet with a Plant-Based Diet serves as a model resource for learning basic argumentative skills. It also becomes life changing for many students.

PlantPure Communities Announces 5 Pod Leaders as Scholarship Recipients

PlantPure Communities announced the 5 Pod leader recipients of scholarships for the renowned Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate program offered through the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell.

Are Vegetarian Diets Linked to Depression in Men?

Should men eating a plant-based diet be concerned about increasing their risk of depression? A postnatal questionnaire takes a look at men’s diets and draws conclusions.

Are You a Mindless Eater? Change Your Relationship with Food

Mindful Eating Can Lead to Self-Love. Excerpt from The Mindful Vegan by Lani Muelrath.

Healthcare in Crisis: RN Asks What’s Food Got to Do With It?

Medical treatment plans don’t combat today’s chronic illnesses. Adult obesity rates of 36% and obesity rates for nurses at 55% indicate an overall lack of lifestyle education.

The Mindful Vegan: Happy, Healthy, Here and Now

Have you built a wall of deprivation-driven tension around food? If we are constantly on the way to a perfect-health future, are we ever going to enjoy it?

Healthy Food Choices: Average Starter or All-Pro?

Eating one kale salad does not make us healthy nor does one pizza condemn us. Take a look at the big picture when it comes to a winning diet.

How I Kicked Food & Drug Addiction, Diabetes & Depression

A 7th generation Texan lost 140 pounds on a plant-based diet. It didn’t just save his life, but gave him an entirely new one!

Millennials and A Plant-Based Diet. Better Food, Better Choices.

They aren’t interested in doing what their parents did just for the sake of tradition but making better choices for themselves, animals & the environment.

The Benefits of Social Support for Your Healthy Lifestyle

Do your friends and family support or sabotage your efforts to make healthy choices?

Emotional Eating Is a Bad Thing, Right?

The term emotional eating, may have a negative ring to it. Don’t try to fight or forget about your pleasurable food memories. Instead make new connections.

Do You Eat Your Emotions? How to Help With Binge Eating

Chef Del shares his personal story to inspire others who know a whole foods, plant-based diet is optimal yet have an unproductive relationship with food.

Diet to Fight Depression?

Whether we are “Eating our feelings,” or “feeling what we eat,” it’s all connected.

More People Want Vegan Food in Restaurants

Food culture is changing and restaurant menus are finally catching up. Most of them, that is…

Mindful Eating for Balance

5 steps to mindful eating that will take us to a deeper level of well being.

Food Lessons from the Dominican Republic

As Rural To Urban Migration Increases And Farmland Goes To Livestock, Global Roots Restores The Land, Builds A Sustainable Community & Reclaims Our Health!

5 Tips to Overcome Social Challenges

It’s funny because now I’m SO, SO proud and bold about being plant-based that you can hardly shut me up! I love being in on the early side of social change, and knowing that I overcame personal obstacles to get there makes me all the more excited about my food choices. But when I first began eating this way, I often felt like I was, ahem, a fish out of water… But here’s how I dealt with 5 of the most common social challenges that came my way:

Making Peace with Food Choices in the New Year

I used to expect a lot from January 1st. Or my birthday. Or a Monday. Fresh start. Out with the old. Bring it on: I’m up for this.

4 Ways to Increase Your Willpower

When attempting to make New Year’s Resolutions, or just adopt a new healthy habit, people naturally assume that they will need to use their “willpower.”

The Media’s Empty Promises

Most of you have heard about raspberry ketones right? Or you’ve been told that vitamins are necessary supplements for health that can make up for questionable food choices? What about taking oils to get Omega-3s or following a Paleo, South Beach, Weight Watchers, etc. diet plan? There is an abundance of information broadcast every day by various media outlets and not only is it confusing and contradictory, but it’s probably depleting your health and making you heavier in the long run.

Revisiting the Bloomberg Attempted Ban on Soda

His crusade to better the health of New York City continued last year, when Bloomberg attempted to prohibit restaurants and business from selling sodas larger than 16 ounces.