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From Junk Food to Whole Food: Video
From Junk Food to Whole Food When Charlie Fields, noted veg chef (among his many talents!) told me he was thinking about starting a new video series from his San Francisco location, I said to him to just - well, do it! There will never be a "perfect time" for new...
Lani Muelrath on CBS TV: Five Fast Ways To Plantify Your Plate (video!)
In this five minute segment, filmed live during CBS TV Good Day Sacramento earlier this week, I demonstrate five superfast ways to plantify your plate. Double click on the video image below to watch this five minute segment. Five Fast Ways to Plantify Your Plate No...
Can You Eat Plant-Based While on Safari in Africa? (pictures!) PLUS feeding baby elephant and giraffe from a bottle (video!)
Want to see the baby elephant video first? Â Scroll down the page! Can You Eat Plant-Based While on Safari in Africa? A resounding yes. Â Deliciously. confidently. While on safari in Kenya and Tanzania these past few weeks, I posted pictures and articles about the...
The Plant-Based Journey travels to Africa, orphan elephants, and being tossed like a salad by a warthog
Our driver scurried us through teeming traffic in a late-night arrival at the Nairobi airport to our lodging for the first days of our stay near Nairobi National Park. As we drove past giant billboards that had been erected days earlier to welcome President Barack...
Eat, Play, Love: Seven Tips for Traveling Plant-Based Anywhere in the World
If we've been on this journey together for any time at all, you know this about me:  I travel.  A lot. I figure someone's got to demonstrate how you can eat and live plant-based - in glorious fashion - and stay active anywhere in the world. So I volunteered for the...
How To Amp Down Your Fat Genes With Plant-Based Nutrition
Find out why a genetic predisposition to easily gain weight is not your destiny and how plant-based nutrition amps down your fat genes.
Three videos and three lessons from third world travel: back from Indonesia travel adventure
We just returned from three weeks of travel adventure in Indonesia, where we  journeyed for scuba diving, rainforest hiking, and doing what we always do on our travels - trek to wildlife sanctuaries and preserves to give support, bear witness, and bring back news...
Gene Baur, Farm Sanctuary cofounder and president on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
In case you missed it last night, Gene Baur, cofounder and president of Farm Sanctuary, was Jon Stewart's guest on The Daily Show. In precious few minutes, Gene eloquently nailed all of the reasons to go plant-based. Â And Stewart was the perfect host. Perfect...
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving, Farm Sanctuary Celebration, and the winner of the Harvest Collection is…
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving was in 1972. That was the same year that I met my husband, Dick Gregory came to campus to speak on his peace tour, I started teaching yoga, and I took up a meditation practice inspired by a sign posted at the local natty foods store,...
Safari Africa. Elephant orphanage. Life changing.
Safari Africa touches something deep inside you. Maybe it's in our DNA. Â Our limbic memory, reaching back to our ancient ancestors. Picture this At 6,500Â feet above sea level, we watch as a large family of elephants - from giant towering mothers to infants a few...
Rockie, our rescue squirrel and plant-based journey mascot – facing the challenge of her life
We're watchful - and hopeful - for what Rockie's third winter will bring.  Prepare to smile and perhaps shed a few tears as you view the latest Rockie video update. In case you’ve missed the Rockie chronicles – a series of 11 films, including the one above -  made...
Veg Summerfest rocks it! PLUS Dr. Michael Greger in the house with ‘Combating Disease’ (pics and video!)
I've just returned from Vegetarian Summerfest - and there is SO much to tell you! For starters, I was thrilled and honored to be invited to present at this by-invitation-only annual event in Johnstown, PA. Â I've heard about Veg Summerfest for years and always had my...
Armed for summer: triceps are the all stars when It comes to shaping your arms (video!)
Fit Quickies #3: Triceps Triple Play from Lani Muelrath on Vimeo. The triceps are THE muscle most responsible for the shape of your arms. As a matter of fact, the triceps are the all stars when it comes to shaping your arms. The triceps are often overlooked in...
The 3 things you must have for health, weight loss, and fitness success (video)
For everyone who wrote asking if I could please provide a transcript of the "3 Things" video that plays in the welcome banner at the top of the page, your wish is my command. The 3 things you must have for health, weight loss, and fitness success Hi, I'm...
Official Fit Quickies Book Trailer premiere & book giveaway contest
We have a winner! The winner of the Fit Quickies Book Trailer Premiere, with four out of four right and luck on the drawing out of the hat is Dr. Connie Sanchez, N.D. 1) Exercises in the video? 4 2) Yeson faceook follow 3) Yes on twitter follow 4) Yes on Pinterest!...
Plant-based fitness adventuress river ambling & cliff crawling on the Appalachian Trail (video)
Our morning river walk in Harper's Ferry, W. VA., where the Potomac meets the Shenandoah... Early September found us on plant-based fitness adventure in Virginia, Maryland, and even scrambling all over the nation's capitol for a 7 hour junket on a hot, sticky Sunday....
How to do the Plank exercise for a stronger core (video)
"Upper Body SOS", Fit Quickies #11, includes Planks and Push-ups form and practice instruction. Image: Fit Quickies: 5 Minute Targeted Body-Shaping WorkoutsLet's get one thing straight. The Plank should be a part of everyone's conditioning and body-shaping program...
How do you know how much to eat to stay in your skinny jeans? (video!)
How do you know how much to eat to stay in your skinny jeans? What would it be like if you could eat to satisfaction every day, at every meal, and not have it shadowed by worrying about your weight? If you have never had a weight problem, then you are probably baffled...
Vegan myths debunked song(Video!)
This short rap was just too adorable for me not to share with you right away. Calcium, protein, zinc, vitmin B12 -it's all in there. Thanks to Jonathan Mann and Ivory King for this charming little song that's got a powerful message debunking vegan myths wrapped in...
Green smoothie with Plant-Based Dietitian, Julieanna Hever (video!)
Should you drink smoothies when trying to lose weight?  Go to  To smoothie or not to smoothie? The skinny on blending your fruits and greens for more food for thought. As if on cue from my "greens, go in and get moving" expose, this charming and deelish video landed...
How to use a FitBall at your desk: I’ve got your back (video)
You sit down to your ‘puter to put in some productive time and start with all the best of intentions when it comes to good posture.
You know, seated upright, upper body in lift, all systems GO.
Yet before you know it – maybe this happens for you, too – you get this little collapse. Your chest sinks down. Your shoulders roll forward. And – seemingly all of a sudden – at or below the belt, your back starts to squeeze and tighten, and you just sit it out (guilty!) or squirm in discomfort.
Guess what’s happened? You have created a fatal situation in your back.
My instant body-shaping-expert strategy (video!)
Before we detail my instant body-shaping expert strategy, let me start by asking you 3 questions: 1)Â Have you ever felt like you are not getting the body-shaping results you should from all the time you are putting into your workouts? 2)Â Does it sometimes seem as if...
How to eat bread on a slimming diet: My tips and tricks (video)
Are you consumed by carbophobia and afraid that bread is fattening? Do you love sandwiches but feel you have to swear them off so that you can lose weight? Relax! I have for you: 2 examples of excellent quality bread that support your body-shaping goals plus...
My simple soup trick to up your veggie count and get your skinny on (video)
Finding it tough to get your veggies in?
You know it’s at the top of the list of tips for staying trim and energetic, right? Talk about tricks for switching off your fat genes!
Though you know it’s important to keep you vegetable count high, many women struggle with doing just that. For me, after years of veg eating, it’s a piece of cake. So I figure I can help you with what’s now second nature to me. Thus this short video that I just made for you on my super-simple-standby soup recipe.
Toning shoes: Will they really give you a better body?
[fb-like] "Chisel your butt and legs!" "Burns more calories!" "Makes the gym obsolete!" Hang on sistah, let's not get carried away with what the "toning" shoes can do. Do they really give you a better body? Have they replaced other workout routines for women as a...