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9 Plant-Based Store-Bought Foods with Hidden Oils

If you joined the revolution to eat a plant-based diet you may have found differing opinions on whether it’s OK to eat processed oils. It’s pretty obvious that plant-based foods are made of plants that include fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds….

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5 Tips for Successful New Year’s Plant-Based Diet Resolutions

There’s no better time than the start of the New Year to think about goals and resolutions related to healthy whole food plant-based eating. What do we want to do differently? How do we want to support our plant-based diet? How do we form…

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Just Say No: How to Quickly and Easily Stop Eating Junk Foods

One of the toughest things about transitioning to a whole food plant-based diet is resisting the temptation of unhealthy but tasty and at least temporarily-satisfying foods. These are typically salty, sweet and fatty foods that you’ve grown accustomed to over the years and have…

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The Science of Plant-Based Athletic Advantage

Have you noticed? Plant-based eating is a red-hot trend these days for elite professional athletes. From tennis pro Venus Williams to Olympic skating medalist Meaghan Duhamel, ultramarathoner Scot Jurek and numerous NFL players, the list of plant-based athletes grows longer by the day. Is…

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5 Tips for Happy, Healthy Plant-Based Kids (and Parents!)

If you’re loving your plant-based diet, you’re probably wanting to share it with your kids. Of course, you want to have them be as enthusiastic about this healthy lifestyle as you are!   When we see the benefits of eating this way, we naturally…

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Five Ways to Improve Weight Loss on a Plant-Based Diet

Considering a plant-based diet for weight loss? While there are lots of reasons people are attracted to a whole food plant-based vegan diet – such as animal welfare and the environment – a desire to lose weight for overall wellness or to overcome conditions…

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Why a Daily Weight Tracker is Your Waistline’s Best Friend

Who doesn’t want to look and feel their best? Have you noticed that life is just better all-around when we’re at the best weight for our height and body type? We feel lighter, more graceful and more “at home” in our bodies. Our clothes…

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Is Depression Holding Back Your Plant-Based Lifestyle?

Are you feeling dissatisfied with the progress you’re making on your plant-based diet? You may or may not realize it, but depression may be playing a role in keeping you from the healthy lifestyle you’re looking for. Making the switch to a plant-based diet…

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Two Healthy Natural Sweeteners You Need to Know About

Date Sugar and Blackstrap Molasses (This is the fourth in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the third article, “The Truth About Fruit Sugar on a Plant-Based Diet.”) By now we’ve all heard of refined…

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12 Tips for Avoiding Added Sugar On A Plant-Based Vegan Diet

(This is the first in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the second article, “Fighting Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition”).  One of the hardest things for many people to give up on a plant-based diet…

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7 Tips for Sticking with a Plant-Based Diet

No matter where you are on your plant-based journey – whether you’ve been eating plant-based vegan for years or you’re just making the switch – there can be challenges and temptations to avoid all along the way. I know, because I’ve been there. To…

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Tools, Tips and Freebies

 Beginners Quick-Start Guide On this page, you’ll find links to articles that will help you quickly start your journey on a plant-based diet including FREEBIES. Scroll down to see links that have a printable FREEBIE included in the post. Success is our aim. I’ve distilled the ideas down so they’re easy…

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Candy Central: 5 Holiday Healthy Eating Tips

It’s not easy eating clean – especially around the holidays. It seems that everywhere we look at holiday time there’s food temptations staring us in the face! Rather it candy bowls filled to the brim in offices and lobbies, boxes of chocolates from our…

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Health Tips Roundup

This is a quickie Health Tips roundup of articles here on the website that you might find helpful. You can also find useful information on the Tools, Tips, and Freebies page and peruse through all of the articles on the Health Tips link. Maybe…

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Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent Fasting for Optimum Health

With 2017 just hitting, you might feel that you overindulged during the holidays. Consider, to the rescue, intermittent fasting for optimum health! It just might jumpstart your health while contributing to anti-aging. A few years back, I started a program of intermittent fasting. I’ve heard…

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