People commonly fret about protein in a plant-based diet, but they should be asking about fiber. 97% of Americans do not get the recommended daily amount of fiber.
That bears rephrasing: nearly every American’s diet is deficient in fiber. Read more
More than two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, conditions associated with a number of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. That’s an astonishing figure. Ours is an unhealthy nation.
Even modest weight loss—5% decrease in body weight—has been shown to lower the risk of chronic disease. Achieving weight loss, a common resolution as we head into a new year, usually focuses on counting calories.
But the whole food plant-based diet doesn’t count calories. So why does it work? Read more
The holiday season can present challenges for those of us who eat plant-based. Those challenges come from two directions.
First, there’s the food. Traditional foods—turkey, eggnog, cheese trays, cookies, giblet gravy, dairy-based pumpkin pie—are off our menus. That’s actually the easier of the two challenges to solve, and below I’ll share my ideas for a plant-based holiday meal. Read more