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Chia: Small Seeds With Big Nutrition

Whether it’s kale, kombucha or cauliflower, these days the term “superfood” seems to be just about everywhere you look! But because of their uniquely gelatinous culinary properties and remarkable nutritional profile, I want to give a special shout out to chia seeds. A flowering…

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Whole Grains

Four Gluten-Free Alternative Superstars for Your Health

Whole grains are a huge part of a whole food plant-based diet and for good reason. Not only are they delicious and filling but by regularly eating them, they’re able to lower “bad” cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure and are ower the risk of…

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Should Vegans Be Taking Supplements? And Which Ones?

Plant-Based Cooking spoke with sports nutritionist Susan Levin, director of nutrition education for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Founded by plant-based pioneer Dr. Neal Barnard, PCRM is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization focused on preventive medicine and promotion of a plant-based diet….

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The Trusted Plantricious Certified Seal

If you’re confused about what to eat on a whole food plant-based diet because there seem to be so many different takes on it, look for the Plantricious label to help clear things up. Find Recipes on Plantbasedcooking.com You can easily find Plantricious recipes…

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Should You Eat Packaged Foods on a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet?

Let’s face it – even though we know that a completely unprocessed whole food plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat, for many of us it’s unrealistic to avoid ALL processed and packaged foods. We want to be successful with our plant-based lifestyle,…

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Whole Foods vs Meat

Is Red and Processed Meat Really OK? Debunking the Latest Hype

If you follow the news even a bit, you’ve probably caught wind of the latest uproar about the health impacts of eating red and processed meats. One after another news outlet, from the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times…

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Recipe Roundup: Jumpstart Your Fall with Healthy Warming Spices

Fall happens to be one of my favorite seasons. All the seasons all special, but what’s not to love about beautiful fall colors, heart-warming holidays and delicious warming fall foods such as soups, stews, squashes, Brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, apples, and pears? And, that…

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Oats

Oatly Oat Milk: What’s All the Buzz About?

Well, as they say, there are exceptions to every rule! In my March article, “Three Great Reason to Make Your Own Almond and Other Plant-Based Milk,” we learned that most brands of store-bought plant milk are highly processed beverages made with fillers and stabilizers…

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Leafy Greens

Get Your Leafy Greens On! (Part 2)

As promised, in this second part of “Get Your Leafy Greens On!” we’re going to take a closer look at the nutrition and health benefits of the top four green superfoods according to plant-based pioneer Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s Aggregate Nutrient Density Index (ANDI). Kale,…

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Sauteed Greens

Get Your Leafy Greens On (Part 1)

If you’re following a whole food plant-based diet – and if you’re anything like me – you’re probably eating your fair share of tossed green salads. Perhaps you’ve tried different types of lettuces, such as romaine, red leaf, and butterhead, and maybe you’ve tried…

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Kid Shopping for Veggies

Can You Raise Healthy Kids on a Plant-Based Diet?

Whether you’re new to a whole food plant-based diet or have been whole food plant-based for a long time, you may have some questions and concerns when it comes to raising plant-based kids. After all, the dietary wisdom we’ve inherited as a culture –…

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Anti-Inflammatory Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

The science keeps getting louder and stronger all the time – chronic inflammation in your body is never a good thing and can only cause problems. The good news is that there is something you can do about that. In addition to exercise and…

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Evaporated Cane Sugar

Coconut Sugar and Evaporated Cane Juice: Health Foods or Hype?

In our last Plant-Based Cooking “sugar” article, “Two Healthy Sweeteners You Need to Know About,” (fourth in my series on sweeteners), we discovered that two relatively uncommon natural sweeteners, date sugar and blackstrap molasses, are the only sweeteners with any kind of significant nutritional…

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Sugar

Fight Sugar Cravings with Plant-Based Nutrition

Sugar Cravings Can Be a Sign of Mineral Deficiencies (This is the second in a series of articles on the perils of added sugar. Be sure to check out the first article, “12 Tips for Avoiding Added Sugar On A Plant-Based Vegan Diet.”) If…

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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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