Resources for a Plant Strong Way of Life

Every thing you need to know about going VEGAN can be found on https://nutriciously.com/

Excellent Documentaries and Shorter Videos on the Impacts of eating Animal- V Plant-based foods on the destruction of the planet & of people

Eating Our Way To Extinction One of the most important films explaining how the foods we eat are destroying our planet 1:21:27, YouTube (free)

Cowspiracy Explores the impact of animal agriculture on the environment and examines how it contributes to climate change, water use, deforestation, ocean dead zones, 1:30:51, Netflix

Seaspiracy 2021 documentary film about the environmental impact of fishing–Learn what a trawler is and how it impacts our oceans. Learn about farmed fish, and much more. 1:30:00, Netflix

Veganism Could Save the Planet You will learn so much about the impact of animal agriculture on climate change in this 10 min video that your brain will want to explode with facts! 10:42, YouTube (free)

The Game Changers Documentary explores the impact of a meat- V plant-based diet on physical/athletic performance, and heart disease 1:23:16, Netflix

Forks Over Knives Follows several people suffering from diabetes, cancer and heart disease and how they lessen or reverse their diseases by changing their diet. Very empowering film re: health impacts of animal- V plant-based foods, 1:36:01, Forks Over Knives website (free)

Dairy Is Unhealthy? Convince Me Dr Neal Barnard, Committee for Responsible Medicine, Dr. Neal Barnard responds to a viewer who is adamant that dairy is an essential part of the diet. Learn the impacts of dairy in your diet on your health. Appreciate the power of repeated advertising message to make the public believe what just isn’t true. Milk–it actually does NOT build strong bones! 35:49:00, YouTube

What the Health, 2017 documentary exposes the contribution of animal-based foods for getting diabetes, heart disease, AND the unbelievable power & control of the Meat, Dairy, Egg industries in keeping this information from the public. The inability to get the truth is shocking. 1:39:00, Netflix

Plant-Strong & Healthy Living Rip Esselstyn’s quick TedX Talk about about the nutrients in different meats, and dairy products and how they contribute to chronic disease. Describes experiment at a fire station in Austin, Tx to eat Plant Strong and how it changed the fire fighters lives. 17:58, YouTube (free)

Plant Pure Nation Explains how the impacts of diet on health were discovered through the China Study, by researchers in the 1980’s. Even after sharing the irrefutable evidence, how impossible it is to promote change through legislation. 1:39:00, YouTube (free)

POD CASTS

There are plenty of great pod casts out there for those who enjoy a listen. Take a peak at the selection shared here for suggestions. Forks Over Knives, No Meat Athlete, Plant Proof, The Plant Yourself Podcast, Eat for the Planet, The Exam Room by PCRM

recipe websites

Websites to help you cook tasty whole food plant based no oil food

Forks Over Knives https://www.forksoverknives.com

A Healthy Hunger http://ahealthyhunger.com

Brand New Vegan https://www.brandnewvegan.com

Plant Strong https://plantstrong.com

The Vegan 8 https://thevegan8.com

Pick Up Limes https://www.pickuplimes.com/recipe/

Whole Food Plant Based Cooking Show https://plantbasedcookingshow.com/

Monkey and Me Kitchen Adventures https://monkeyandmekitchenadventures.com/

meal planner websites

So many recipes! Don't know where to start? Want it quick, easy, and whole food plant based oil free? Try the meal planners below:

Meal Mentor

Run by Lindsay S. Nixon from Happy Herbivore. Meal Mentor is a meal plan for individuals and families. Sample week menu option available to test out.

NUTMEG NOTEBOOK

Tami shares whole food, plant-based recipes, as well as batch cooking, weight loss, and time saving tips. The recipes are oil-free and mostly gluten-free.

Clean Food Dirty Girl

Delicious recipes with batch cooking. Sample meal plan is available for a week to download for free.

Plant Meal Planner

You can adjust serving sizes and arrange your meal plans from listed items. Grocery list will be generated.

Websites to Guide You

DrMcdougall.com

Dr. McDougall provides video and written resources on almost every health topic, all for free. He has dietary guidelines for disease reversal along with a 10 day meal plan and grocery list. Dr. McDougall had a stroke at age 18 and no doctor could tell him why. He feels everyone should have access to the information to keep themselves healthy.

Nutritionfacts.org

Want to know about all the latest research on nutrition? You can search by topic on the website so it caters to your interests. The website is the passion project of Dr. Michael Greger and free to use. As a child he witnessed his grandmother reverse her heart disease with a plant based diet, which has guided his career.

plantbaseddietitian.com

Julieanna Hever, M.S., R.D., C.P.T. , also known as The Plant-Based Dietitian, is a passionate advocate of the miracles associated with following a whole food, plant-based diet-the established effects of which provide positive healthful benefits.

Cronometer.com

Can't figure out why you’re not losing weight, or you feel sluggish and think you're doing everything right? Sometimes we are just not aware of what we put into our mouths. This website lets you enter in everything you eat and gives you the nutritional breakdown. Sometimes we don't eat enough when switching over.

* we are not being paid to promote any resources listed, they are personal suggestions only.