“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin

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• Websites dedicated to education about whole food, plant-based diet and its impact on health

  • NutritionMD.org--Disease-based educational information for health care providers and consumers that includes nutrition-focused research and diet considerations, recipes, shopping lists and more. Dr. Jaster co-authored 2 editions of the Nutrition Guide for Clinicians after residency training, and this is the free online resource of that text.

  • PCRM.org--Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine. Meal plans for specific health concerns as well as tons of great resources about how a plant-based diet optimizes health and prevents, as well as often reversing, chronic disease.

  • NutritionFacts.org--A wonderfully informative site of videos that Dr. Michael Greger has compiled. Almost any health topic you could think of will have a few videos.

  • ForksOverKnives.com--Check out their plant-based primer as well as the feature film documentary with the same title. Also, the website has tons of recipes.​                            

 

• Casey’s recommended books for more information on whole food plant-based diet

  • How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger

  • Proteinaholic by Dr. Garth Davis

  • The Starch Solution by Dr. John McDougall

  • Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes by Dr. Neal Barnard

  • The Cheese Trap by Dr. Neal Barnard

  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn

  • Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by Dr. T Colin Campbell

  • The China Study by Dr. T Colin Campbell

  • The Alzheimer’s Solution by Dean & Ayesha Sherzai, MD

  • By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight and Look Phat by Tracye Lynn McQuirter, MPH

  • Ageless Vegan: The Secret To Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life by Tracye McQuirter, MPH

  • UnDo It! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases by Dr. Dean Ornish

  • The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight and Gain Health by Dr. Dean Ornish

  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT

  • The Pleasure Trap by Dr. Douglas Lisle

  • Super Immunity by Joel Fuhrman MD

  • Food Over Medicine: The Conversation That Could Save Your Life by Pamela Popper, PhD, ND and Glen Merzer

  • Power Foods for the Brain by Dr. Neal Barnard

 

•  Cookbooks

  • Veganomincon by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

  • Engine 2 Cookbook by Rip and Jane Esselstyn

  • Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow (this features recipes all made in the Instant Pot, which I highly recommend getting. The money spent will be recaptured in the time you don’t spend over the stove, and quickly!)

  • The China Study Family Cookbook

  • The Vegiterranean Diet: The New and Improved Mediterranean Eating Plan--with Deliciously Satisfying Vegan Recipes for Optimal Health by Julieanna Hever

  • The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love - Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More - Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best by Dr. John McDougall

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       "A Low-Fat, Whole Foods Plant-Based

       Diet to Prevent and Accentuate Standard

       Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes"