Beginners Guide

Food is food. What I mean by that is fake food is not food. Something that has ingredients that you don't know how to pronounce, or what exactly they are, or why they are in your meal, is usually a packaged item, often mimicking a real food that at the end of the day you may be better off eatin…

I am running on a treadmill, at 7 a.m., approaching my top speed, on an incline, when my friend leans in to announce: "I want to go plant-based! I want to do the 7 Day Beginner's Guide. How do I start?" I explain that "Actually, you can start any time.&q…

I am not typically a “diet” person: I am vegan and I eat relatively healthy and clean, but I certainly go through periods of overindulgence and heavy snacking, which is completely possible even if you're not eating animal products. If eating ...

You may be considering cutting down on meat or ditching it altogether, but just haven't found the right opportunity to pull the switch. If so, May is the perfect time to do it, as the weather gets warmer and seasonal vegetables and fruits full of antioxidants are more plentiful..…

Beets were never on my veggie radar: They are on a long list of vegetables that somehow never made it into my adult life. That list once included chickpeas, proving that there is hope for the plant-based ingredients I still have yet to love...

You may want to start eating a plant-based diet, but have no idea where to begin. With the vast number of resources on the subject, it can be daunting to figure out where your best starting point is.
Julieanna Hever, plant-based dietitian and author shares her tips for how to start your pla…

Since we started working from home, snack is a word that can be heard all day long. Next to dinner, it is absolutely the second most popular word in my household. We’ve got a lot of options, but it’s always important to me that the snacks provide some nutritional…

Conventional wisdom tells us that a diet high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds–aka a plant-based diet–is expensive and costs more than the traditional American diet of meat and dairy, fast or processed foods...

When you go through something that helps you get healthier, you want to help other people do it too. Once I found out how to make healthier food choices, the first thing I wanted to do was share what I was learning. That’s how my journey as a plant-based advocate began...

Now that you've tried a plant-based approach to your health and weight loss goals, there are so many delicious recipes and foods to add to your diet that can make it easy to keep going.
Whether you're looking to add more fruits and vegetables into your diet every day, or want to make the sw…