Comin’ up on 10 Months
While I was having dinner at some very dear friends’ house the other night, they asked me to recount to them how I transitioned to a whole food, plant-based diet. And as I told the story, I once...
View ArticlePitfalls of the Plant Based Diet Craze
Ok, so it’s been quite some time since I’ve updated this blog and I don’t have any really good excuses for it. I could say I’ve been too busy, but that isn’t really true, or that I’ve been distracted,...
View ArticleSo Easy ~ So Good – A Community Vegan/Vegetarian Group in Modesto
A Community Group Forms At the beginning of 2010, Kathy Haynes announced that she was forming a new group in the Modesto area that would be for Vegans, Vegetarians, and wannabe’s. They began meeting...
View ArticleFood That Kills – Worth Watching
This is a 1993 documentary presented by Dr. Michael Klaper. Excellent material and Dr. Klaper is really fun to listen to.
View ArticleSpanish Mediterranean Diet Study Shows Promise
Add Some Olive Oil and Nuts to Your Diet The results of this 5 year study are very interesting, and show that a diet that includes a small amount of olive oil and nuts every day may lead to a...
View ArticleCan a Plant-Based Diet Save Your Life?
Eating a Plant-Based Diet for Health One of the observations I have made over the last few years after moving over to a predominantly plant-based diet is that many people (including myself) often...
View ArticleIs Eating a Plant-Based Diet Better for the Environment?
A Recent Study A recent French study purports that eating a plant-based diet may have just as high of a negative impact on the environment as an animal-based one. The study analyzed the diets of...
View ArticleGreat Presentation by Dr. Greger
I really enjoyed this and hope you will too! He makes some very convincing arguments why eating a plant-based diet is just plain better for you, and he does it in a way that is both humorous,...
View ArticleDustin’s Amazing Plant-Based Odyssey
Here’s a link to my friend’s latest post. He tells of his journey to a plant-based lifestyle and beyond. A great and motivational read! A Guest Post by Dustin Rudolph, the Plant-Based Pharmacist
View ArticleLowering Bad Cholesterol on a Plant-Based Diet
Falling Off the Wagon At the end of last year I went in for a check up and had some blood work done as well. The results weren’t exactly encouraging. You see, I had relaxed my plant-based diet just...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Give Up Eating Meat – Carnitine
I read an interesting article this morning that said that fat and cholesterol aren’t the only harmful things to the heart that come from eating red meat. A recent study showed that a substance called...
View ArticleA Plant-Based Earth Celebration
Earth Day in the Park 2013 So Easy~So Good had another very successful Earth Day celebration yesterday. It was just a beautiful day in the park, although it got a bit hot in the afternoon. As in...
View ArticleLean Plant-Based Living
14 Plant-Based Principles to Live By 1. Base your dietary decisions on a long-term philosophy for improved and sustainable health, respect for other living creatures, and the environmental benefit...
View ArticlePlant-Based Certification Update
I’m in my first week of my Plant-Based Certification program now, and I am really enjoying it! We’ve been covering some great material about the research design and relevance of the China Study, and...
View ArticleA Good Read
The False Hope of Prescription Medications – A Pharmacist Tells All Dustin Rudolph talks about the problems inherent to current medical treatment paradigm and how to overcome it with a plant-based diet.
View ArticleGoing the Distance for Heart Health
A Potentially Dietary Modifying Catalyst I have been reading Dr. Esselstyn’s book, “Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease,” in the last few days, and I’d have to say that it is provocative,...
View ArticleReflections on a Plant-Based Journey
Transformation and Progress It is coming up on two years ago now that I finally decided to dump my animal-protein based way of life and embark upon my plant-based journey. I’ve had my struggles along...
View ArticleHealthcare Profitability – Changing the Model
Our Current Healthcare Model We assume that the doctors, hospitals, and all of the associated administration (health insurance, standard practices and procedures, etc.) of how we receive medical care...
View ArticleOptimum Health and Economic Equilibrium
Moods of Happiness and Unhappiness I was viewing a lecture today in the Plant-Based Certification program I’m in, and something struck me that I have contemplated off and on since embarking upon my...
View ArticlePlant-Based Transition Limbo
Dominant Change Factors We’ve all had to make changes in the way we live at various times in our lives. Perhaps, it was because we were forced to do so through some circumstance that arose, or because...
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