Take The Whole Food Plant Based Journey to Long Term Health and Vitality
Drowning in Plastic I follow a whole-food plant based (WFPB) diet because I believe the preponderance of the experimental, observational and clinical evidence strongly suggests that by following such a diet, I give myself the best chance to avoid common chronic ... READ MORE...
The Big Picture, Avoiding Death Approach to Treating Type II Diabetes A recent blog from Dr. Greger is a good reminder about the importance of looking at the “big picture” when adopting a diet to treat type II diabetes. Type II diabetics would be better served by ... READ MORE...
The Reductionist Nutritionist vs. The Wholistic Nutritionist Can you recommend some non-dairy sources of significant amounts of calcium for my 11-year-old daughter to eat? This is a question I received from a concerned dad. It’s not an unusual question because the ... READ MORE...
Handling Social Booby Traps I recently spoke with a colleague who appears ready to try a 21 – day whole food plant based (WFPB) diet challenge. One of her biggest concerns is how she will handle the negative reactions she expects from some friends and relatives. This ... READ MORE...
A Thriving Human Carnivore’s Thoughts on Nutrition Research Joe Rogan has a very popular podcast and Jordan Peterson is a controversial Canadian professor/writer. In this 28-minute segment of a 3 hour interview, Peterson shares both his and his daughter’s amazing ... READ MORE...
Got Summit Fatigue? Focus on Healthy Habits. Many of you probably receive constant invitations to participate in on-line plant based summits or symposiums that include presentations from numerous experts. For a short time period, you have access to some free ... READ MORE...
Even Calorically-Concentrated Whole Plant Foods Have A Place for Most of Us. When counseling someone who struggles with weight issues, I make a concerted effort to warn him/her to limit calorically concentrated foods – even whole plants like nuts, seeds and avocadoes. ... READ MORE...
Vivera Steaks and Such Are Not Whole Food Plant-Based. The Plant Based News web site recently proclaimed; “Almost 40,000 Vegan Steaks Sold at Tescos ‘Within Days’”. Tesco is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer. Vivera is the Dutch ... READ MORE...
The WellStart Health Program In this Plant Yourself Podcast, Howard Jacobson converses with his partners in a new start up business called WellStart Health. WellStart Health is an intensive lifestyle change program led by highly-qualified physicians, dietitians and ... READ MORE...
Missing Microbes May Explain Limited Responses to Transitioning to a Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) Diet Lifestyle medical doctors, such as Ron Weiss and Zach Bush, strongly promote WFPB diets to their patients and often see amazing results. However they and other ... READ MORE...
Help people discover that the achievement of long term health, vitality and happiness is under their control Beliefs (Why does Plantastic Life exist?) We believe that achieving long term health and vitality is under the control of the individual, NOT the individual’s doctor. We believe that ... READ MORE...
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