Micaela Karlsen, PhD, is the author of A Plant-Based Life and a contributor to the New York Times best-seller Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health. She currently serves as Research Director for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Micaela holds a PhD in nutritional epidemiology from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and an MSPH in human nutrition and public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Fresh and deliciously filling, this apple-lemon breakfast bowl is beautifully flavored with dates, cinnamon, and walnuts. From A Plant-Based Life: Your Complete…
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As a child, I was a big fan of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie series, and some of my…
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The following is an excerpt from A Plant-Based Life: Your Complete Guide to Great Food, Radiant Health, Boundless Energy, and a Better…
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We know most fad diets don’t work and sustaining a diet for the long term is where the rubber meets the road for…
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While about two-thirds of Americans might use the Nutrition Facts panel at least some of the time, most people have only a…
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Eating differently from the rest of the world can feel like a challenge, but with a little strategy, it can be easy…
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The concepts of personalized medicine and personalized nutrition have really taken off. People are eating according to their blood type, their metabolic…
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Plant-based diets are still far from mainstream, and especially in the medical community. Sometimes, this can lead plant-based eaters to think, “Hmm,…
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We need you. We have never before been faced with so much overweight, chronic disease, and associated emotional and financial ill effects…
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They’re all around us — goji berries, chia seeds, maca, pomegranates, and the list goes on. Certain individual foods are labeled “superfoods”…
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