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How ToSee articleWhen Your Partner Isn’t on Board with a Plant-Based Diet
Perhaps you saw something. Maybe it was Forks Over Knives. Perhaps you read something. Maybe a book by one of the growing number of plant-based doctors or influencers piqued your interest. Either way, you feel ready to embrace a plant-based lifestyle. But you are not the only person in your house. You have a partner—a husband, […] -
WellnessSee article10 Kid-Friendly Snacks You Can Make in 5 Minutes
As busy parents, it’s easy to always feel like we’re in a rush. Children are also growing fast and can seem hungry all the time. For both adults and children, it’s easier to make bad choices when we’re hungry, so keeping healthy, quick, and easy snacks nearby is important. Make sure you have a few […] -
WellnessSee article10 Tips From a Pediatrician: How to Feed Your Plant-Based Family Without Losing Your Mind
Increasingly, people are realizing that what we put on our plates can have more of an impact on our health than most pills or procedures. For some, making personal changes around food is daunting in and of itself. Add to that the job of feeding an entire family, and it may feel downright impossible. Between […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow My Daughter Got off ADHD Meds, Reversed Prediabetes, and Started Thriving on a WFPB Diet
Since she was very young, we taught our daughter Kira to eat fruit instead of candy and that soda was poisonous. I thought I was doing right by her with that food mentality, but in reality, the majority of what we ate was far from healthy. What I learned when she turned 7 would change […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFather-Daughter Team: Living Examples of Plant-Fueled Fitness and Success
Keera Clarke is a high school scholar-athlete who is preparing for one of the biggest decisions of her life, which is where to go after she graduates from high school. Her father, Kappel Leroy Clarke, a fitness expert who holds a kettle bell world record, has been there with her every step of the way. […] -
Success StoriesSee articleHow I Got Rid of 100 Pounds, My Chronic Pain, and Helped My Whole Family Get Healthier
About 2½ years ago, when I found myself in excruciating, chronic pain, I couldn’t lie to myself any longer about my health and weight. With a BMI of 36.7, I was not just overweight but troublingly obese (a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese). I read Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to Live and made […] -
WellnessSee articleHealthy Lunchbox Tips, Tricks, and Ideas for Back-to-School
These tips and ideas will arm you with so many ideas for healthy lunches, and hopefully shake up any lunchbox ruts. Readers ask me all the time, “What do you give your girls for school lunches?” Now, you have the answers! Set a Lunch-Packing Routine Once you establish a routine complete with simple recipes and […] -
Success StoriesSee articleFrom Hefty to HEALTHY: How Our Seven Year Old Went Veggie and Changed Our Lives!
Our family’s journey started about eight years ago, when my youngest daughter asked me at age seven if she could be a vegetarian. Growing up in cattle country where a meal just wasn’t square unless it had a big portion of meat in it, I was certain it was a phase. My next thought, as […] -
WellnessSee articleFed Up: Let’s Really Move Big Food Out of School Lunches
Sugar isn’t the only villain in our surging obesity epidemic. Katie Couric’s new documentary Fed Up is an eye-opening experience for most Americans. As the film shows, it’s nearly impossible to exercise your way out of eating pepperoni pizza, greasy fries, and a glass of low-fat chocolate milk—typical fare in K-12 school lunch rooms and […] -
WellnessSee articleDiet, Children, and the Future
Once weaned, children are just like small adults when it comes to nutrition. Starches (potatoes, corn, rice, sweet potatoes, beans, etc.) must provide the bulk of their calories in order for them to thrive. Meat and dairy products, along with oils and simple sugars, make them fat and sick. You never need to worry about […] -
WellnessSee articleWhy Parents Should Want Vegan Children
The vegan diet based in whole-foods has been proven to prevent death from heart disease, reduce “bad” cholesterol levels, and lower blood pressure. It’s also associated with lower body weight, lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Sounds like the solution to most of America’s health problems, doesn’t it? While the science is […] -
WellnessSee articleMore than Weight: Obese Teens Struggle with Diabetes
Obesity levels are on the rise, especially in adolescents. A new study released on Sunday shows another side to the obesity epidemic in American youth: the rise of diabetes and youth’s inadequate self-care of this disease. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and published by New England Journal of Medicine, tested several […]