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The Benefits of Plant-Based Protein as You Age May 20, 2023

Besides wanting to be healthier with less chronic disease, for those who are aging and reaching the ‘golden years’ and beyond, there are often two other key concerns – preventing muscle loss and reducing falls. So, can a diet high in plant-based protein help you or your loved...

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4-Ingredient Vegan Soy Cream May 13, 2023

When you start a whole food plant-based diet, one of the things you may wonder about is how to modify foods to be dairy-free, especially in baking. What do you use in your recipes now that you want to move away from cow’s milk, butter, cream cheese, whipped cream and sour cream? Well, there...

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How To Get Started With Whole Grains Apr 23, 2023

You may have heard that a whole food plant-based diet is one that centers around unprocessed or minimally processed whole plant-based foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, and mushrooms. But how exactly does one get started with whole grains? This article suggests...

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How Plant-Based Diets Can Help Reduce Cancer Risk Apr 09, 2023

Have you, a loved one or a close friend been affected by that ‘C’ word…cancer? Chances are, you have. This article looks at how important diet and lifestyle are in regard to cancer development and what recent research is telling us about the impact of plant-based diets on...

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Fruits and Vegetables: Why We Need to Eat Them Mar 27, 2023

What’s your relationship to fruits and vegetables? Perhaps you grew up loving them, or maybe you developed a hatred for them because your parents always forced you to eat them. Yet, curiously enough, every national dietary guideline embraces and promotes them. You have probably also heard...

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How To Choose a Dairy-Free Milk Option for Teas and Coffees Mar 19, 2023

When you first start a plant-based diet, everything feels overwhelming – there are so many meals and drinks that you used to have with meat, dairy or eggs in them! So how do you make substitutions, and what can you use instead? One area of concern is how to substitute the cow’s milk...

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