by Lani Muelrath | Dec 30, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
February 2012 fast approaches, and with it the long anticipated ‘conversation’ between Drs. John McDougall and Joel Fuhrman. And that’s not all! 😉 Look at the list of speakers and headliners. Scroll further down to video clips and slide show...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 14, 2010 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
What do you get when you pile a whole tangle of world class nutrition experts, researchers, and physicians on one big platter, like a big heap o’ brown rice? Lively debate (they don’t agree on everything). Spirited discussion (everyone kept their sense of...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 12, 2010 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Another AMAZING day here at the Advanced Study Weekend in Santa Rosa. Since yesterday’s check in, I already have about 5 more stories to tell. And it’s so late I really should just turn out the light and catch some zzzs but there’s such a full agenda...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 29, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
This just in! A video vignette of the February McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you, and this 7 minutes of video clips gives you a tantalizing...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 13, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
45 notebook pages and 3 days later I’m back from the long drive to the McDougall Health and Medical Center Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend. 45 pages? I kid you not. I took my promise to report in to you quite seriously, and knowing there will be eager ears on...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 7, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Oh yeah, baby! Here’s what I’ll be doing come Friday, attending the sold-out: Advanced Study Weekend Schedule* McDougall Health and Medical Center September 9 to 11, 2011 Friday, September 9, 2011 5:00 – 6:00 PM – John McDougall, MD – Welcome and What’s...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2014 | All Setup, Plant-Based Journey
I flew out of my author’s nest last week to be a guest at February’s McDougall Advanced Study Weekend. An unprecedented affair, the headliners was a fleet of all-stars – one after another. And catching up with plant-based buddies from all over the...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 14, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
It may be too late to snag a seat at the upcoming McDougall Advanced Study Weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a ringside cyber-seat at the long-anticipated great debate between these 2 plant-based diet heavyweights: Should You Eat Vegetables (Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 16, 2014 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes, Reviews
Holy healthy head of the table. My breakfast companions at the recent McDougall Advanced Nutrition Studies weekend were Ann and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn. This means I not only found out that Dr. Esselstyn prefers oatmeal and wheat biscuits to potatoes at breakfast (me...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The long awaited plant-based diet doctors debate has come and gone. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you. Dr. McDougall arrived for the event dapper and distinguished in suit and tie, while Dr. Fuhrman looked ready to...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 19, 2011
Vegan Mainstream has added a new expert to the team! Plant-strong fitness expert Lani Muelrath specializes in helping people who struggle with their weight and energy transform their bodies, without hunger or exercising like a maniac. She is a woman of many hats,...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2011
Looking for a specific post? You’ve come to the right place. Browse the archives bytopic, or use the search box in the sidebar. Alphabetical By Category Below are the key categories from the article archives. Below each description is a list of key posts from...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 12, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
What did early humans eat? And what about the answer to that question should we pay attention to when it comes to designing our own, modern, personal diets? Two of the most popular – and two of my own personal favorite – presentations at last weekends...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 15, 2017 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey, Reviews
Imagine my delight when the team working on John Mackey’s new book The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity contacted me, eager for a meeting to discuss including references to The Plant-Based Journey in the book. Here is the message I...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 6, 2017 | All Posts, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
It is with great sadness that I recall a strategy I used on more than one occasion to help ‘inspire’ myself to get some weight off. I would tack a photograph of myself on the fridge at whatever the present ‘undesirable’ weight happened to be....
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 26, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Have you signed up for the free Teleclass I am hosting with Dr. McDougall yet? I’m excited to announce that the next guest on my Teleclass series is none other than plant-based nutrition pioneer Dr. John McDougall. You’ve heard me report in on Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 26, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Daily – no, several times a day actually – I receive email questions about how to get started on eating for plant-based health and fitness. People see the changes that I have gone through and note my unbridled enthusiasm for a whole-foods, low fat,...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 18, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Honored and privileged to serve you again as Coach for Dr. Neal Barnard and the Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) 21- Day Vegan Kickstart, we launch again January 2, 2012 and I’d love to have you along for the ride. Here’s the...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 30, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Craving carbs? Eat them! OK, have I got your attention? Today on the phone with my client Sandra (not her real name), the subject again reared its ugly (and hungry) head. Fear of carbs. Otherwise known as carbophobia. I bring this up today because Sandra is not...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 22, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
What does ‘vegan’ mean, anyway? And what does a vegan eat? The answer may seem obvious to readers at the Plant-Strong Fitness Blog, yet it’s one of those questions that is never too silly to ask and begs a specific spot for an answer and an easy...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 13, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Transformations
Sure, we all want to look good. Yet when you’ve experienced debilitating, life-changing pain that hijacks your attention, finding relief from that pain becomes paramount. This is what happened to Phyllis. At the relatively young age of 46, she was becoming...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 29, 2010 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
[fb-like] [divider] [/divider] Plans, projects and inspirations for the new year ahead have already been spiraling through my consciousness for several weeks. You? I’ve decided to crack open my brain and spill some bits and pieces just for you. My...
