Following are a few of the resources that I find most useful personally and professionally for promoting a plant based diet:
Quick Start Guides
- The Plantrician Project Plant-Based Nutrition Quick Start Guide
- PCRM Vegetarian Starter Kit
- 21-Day Vegan Kickstart (free low fat, whole food, plant-based lifestyle change plan with meal plan, recipes, daily emails, community forum, FB page, nutrition/cooking webcasts)
- PlantPure JumpStart (A ten-day program that gives you the chance to learn about a plant-based diet, give the diet a try, and experience the benefits)
Internet Sites
- The Plantrician Project
- The Plantrician Project Ultimate Plant-Based Nutrition Resource Portal
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
- Dean Ornish
- Vegetarian Nutrition
- Brenda Davis, RD
- Plant Based Dietitian
- Vegan Health
- The Vegan RD
- The Vegetarian Resource Group
- USDA Vegetarian Nutrition
- Vegan Society
- Mayo Clinic Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- National Library of Medicine
Videos
- Nutrition Facts (Nutrition-related research in short, engaging video segments)
- Food as Medicine: Preventing and Treating the Most Dreaded Diseases with Diet
- Calculate Your Healthy Eating Score
- Forks Over Knives
- Plant Pure Nation
Books
- The Full Plate Diet
- How Not to Die
- The Happy Herbivore Guide to Plant-Based Living
- The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight
- Books by: Neal Barnard, T. Colin Campbell, Joel Fuhrman, Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish, John McDougall
Plant-based Cooking, Meal Planners, Recipes
- CulinaryRx (60-day online cooking and nutrition course designed to help you transition to a plant-based lifestyle)
- Forks Over Knives (recipes, shopping lists, tips)
- Meal Mentor (batch cooking)
- Lighter (menus, recipes, grocery lists, resources)
Diet Assessment & Tracking Tools
- The 4Leaf Survey (quick tool to assess % daily calories from plant foods)
- World’s Healthiest Foods Food Advisor
- USDA Food Composition Database
- CRON-O-Meter
- SELF Nutrition Data
- USDA SuperTracker
- My Net Diary (food log, nutrient tracker)
- MyFitnessPal (food log, nutrient analysis of recipes)
Apps
- 21-day Vegan Kickstart (recipes, resources)
- Forks Over Knives (recipes, shopping list, tips)
- Lighter (menus, recipes, grocery lists, resources)
- Wholesome (recipes, nutrient tracker)
- USDA SuperTracker
- MyFitnessPal (food log, nutrient analysis of recipes)
- My Net Diary (food log, nutrient tracker)
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