The Plant-Based Journey:

Plant-Based Health and Nutrition Books

• The Plant-Based Journey
• Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition, T. Colin Campbell and Howard Jacobson, BenBella, 2013
• The China Study, T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II, BenBella Books, 2006
• Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., Avery Trade, 2008
• The Blue Zones
• Becoming Vegan
• The Starch Solution, John McDougall, Rodale, 2013
• The Pleasure Trap
• Breaking the Food Seduction
• The End of Overeating
• Food Choice and Sustainability
• The Food Revolution, John Robbins, Conari Press, 2010
• Healthy Eating Healthy World, J.Morris Hicks, Benbella, 2011
• Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows
• Forks Over Knives, edited by Gene Stone , The Experiment, 2011
• Skinny Bitch
• Power Foods for the Brain
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition
• Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes, Neal Barnard, M.D., Rodale Books, 2008
• The Low-Carb Fraud, by T. Colin Campbell with Howard Jacobson, BenBella, 2014
• The Vegiterranean Diet, Julieanna Hever, 2014
• The Empty Medicine Cabinet, Dustin Rudolph PharmD., Pursue A Healthy You, LLC, 2014
• 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart, Neal Barnard, MD, Grand Central Life and Style, 2013
• Fit Quickies: Five Minute Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts, Lani Muelrath, Penguin/Alpha 2013
• Building Bone Vitality, Amy Lanou and Michael Castleman, McGraw-Hill, 2009
• Breaking the Food Seduction, by Neal D. Barnard and Joanne Stepaniak, St. Martin’s Griffin, 2004
• Salt, Sugar, Fat, by Michael Moss, Random House, 2014
• The End of Overeating, David A. Kessler, Rodale, 2009
• The Pleasure Trap, Douglas J. Lisle and Alan Goldhamer, Book Publishing Company, 2006
  

  Environment and Beyond

• Food Choice and Sustainability, Dr. Richard A. Oppenlander, Langdon Street Press, 2013
• Mad Cowboy, Howard Lyman, Scribner, 2001
• Diet for a New America, by John Robbins, HJ Kramer/New World Library, 2012
• Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer, Back Bay Books, 2010
• Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows, by Melanie Joy, Conari Press, 2011
• Farm Sanctuary, Gene Baur, Touchstone, 2008
• Veganomics, Nick Cooney

Plant-Based Cookbooks

• Plant Pure Nation
• Plant-Powered Families, Dreena Burton, Benbella, 2015
• The Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook, Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn, Avery Trade, 2014
• The China Study Cookbook, LeAnn Campell, Benbella, 2014
• Forks Over Knives: A Year of Meals
• Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan
• Let Them Eat Vegan
• Unprocessed, Chef Aj and Glenn Merzer, CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2011
• The Vegan Table
• How It All Vegan
• Veganomicon
• Quick-Fix Vegan
• 1000 Vegan Recipes
• Blissful Bites
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vegan Cooking
• Happy Herbivore Abroad, Lindsay S. Nixon, Benbella, 2012
• The New Fast Food, Jill Nussinow, The Veggie Queen, 2011
• Artisan Vegan Cheese, Miyoko Schinner, Book Publishing Company, 2012
• The Homemade Vegan Pantry, Miyoko Schinner, Ten Speed Press, 2015
• Kitchen Divided, Ellen Jaffe Jones, Book Publishing Company, 2013

Websites:

• Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
• PCRM 21-Day Kickstart
• NutritionFacts.org (Dr. Michael Greger)
• Plant-Based Research: plantbasedresearch.org
• PubMed.gov (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health)
• Complete Health Improvement Project: chiphealth.com
• Plant Yourself
• T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
• Joel Kahn, M.D.
• T. Colin Campbell
• Plant-Based Nutrition Support Group
• Dr. John McDougal Health and Medical Center
• Forks Over Knives
• John Robbins
• VegNews Magazine
• Farm Sanctuary
• Compassionate Cooks
• Straight Up Food
• FatFree Vegan Kitchen
• Plant-Based Dietitian
• Plant-Based Pharmacist 
• Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
• Mercy for Animals

Films

• Forks Over Knives
• Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
• Cowspiracy

Stuck Along the Way?

Rest assured that success is never found at the end of an unwinding path.  There are always twists and turns along the way.  And remember that it is the cracks in the wall that let the light in.  In Testimonials, become inspired by the experiences of others who have struggled and found success.

Here are some articles right here that may be just the thing to get you moving forward again:

• 6 reasons you might have gained when you were trying to lose weight on a plant-based diet
• How to stop stopping yourself & become unstoppable in 2 simple steps
• 1 step forward, 2 steps back: How to keep your diet & fitness progress from being hijacked by your inner slacker
• Do you have to win every battle to win the war? 3 steps to getting back on track
• High octane fuel for the plant-based journey
• Reader’s respond to Plant Yourself podcast: micro changes, staying focused, and food addiction
• 7 critical points checklist: Before you start that new diet
• My McDougall Diet Failureand a lot more….

These Key Articles are Perfect for Sharing Some Plant-Based Basics

If you’ve been on the journey for awhile, you are well aware that some questions and comments that seem to present themselves over and over again.  Such as “Where do you get your protein?” and “Where do you get your calcium?” and “I could never give up my comfort foods!”, and “Where do you get your protein?” (again).

As a matter of fact, you may start to feel like you need to be a dietitian, nutritionist, doctor, and gourmet chef all at once!  And being presented with these questions over and over again can seem annoying.

If so, then I suggest you shift your position to one of “happy to share”.  Some people will ask questions about your food plan in combative fashion.  While this can create instant discomfort on your part, realize that simply by making a different, healthier choice, some people feel uncomfortable and defensive about their own choices.  It really has nothing to do with you.  And these can be opportunities to share information and plant seeds.  As long as you remain somewhat detached from the outcomes, and share in the true spirit of sharing, you can have completely different outcomes.

While you don’t need to be the doctor or dietitian, it is good to be armed with a few basic facts about plant-based nutrition.  But beyond that, simply be prepared to share resources so that the truly curious can investigate for themselves.

Share these helpful articles to help inform others on the answers to the common questions.

• The calcium without the cow: 3 reasons to ditch dairy and dig into your greens

• Where do you get your protein? The plant-based diet answer

• When friends ask: Where do you get your protein?

• 2 reasons comfort foods are essential for your weight loss plan

Discover Simple Recipes

In addition to the recipe templates and easy food prep ideas in The Plant-Based Journey, you’ll find several of my favorite recipes right here on the blog along with:

• Easy access to a free ebook with  over fifty plant-based recipes
• Pressure cooking tips
• 500 McDougall-friendly recipes mcdougall recipes.