Plant-Strong Success Tip #9: Become an Expert

Let's face it, eating healthy can be a bit challenging at first if your taste buds are accustomed to the standard American diet. Every d...

How to Experience Body Euphoria

Have you ever heard of the condition "body dysmorphia"? Wikipedia describes it like this: "Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), so...

Tips from Teri The Vitamix Lady, Part I, Fresh Fruit Smoothies

Are you a regular smoothie maker? Do you own a VitaMix or other high speed blender? My friends and I were fortunate enough to be invited ove...

Dr. Neal Barnard Comes to Cleveland, Part II and a Chef A.j. Inspired Quinoa Salad

Here I am at work today, enjoying my variation on Chef A.j.'s Quinoa Salad with Pistachios and Currants, for BREAKFAST. Not my usual far...

Dr. Neal Barnard is Adorable, I Mean, Comes to Cleveland, Part I

Last night I had the privilege of attending a lecture at John Carroll University. Sponsored by Whole Foods Markets, the speaker was Dr. Neal...

Vegan Myths Debunked . . . Enjoy!

This puts a BIG smile on my face. Hope you enjoy it too! And in more news from the plant based diet front, the UN is now saying that humans ...

Gary Taubes, Mark Bittman and The New York Times Really Have a lot to Teach Us About Food

Just a few diddies to keep your healthy eating inspiration level high . . . For those of you who haven't caught wind on the stir that Th...

Thoughts on Pigging Out at Dante, a Trendy (not Vegan) Restaurant

 Last night I went out for a lavish dinner for my brother-in-law's 40th birthday (Happy Birthday Rob!). I'd been looking forward to...

Addicted to Food Premiers on OWN on April 5th

Did you hear that on the new Oprah Winfrey television network there is going to be a show about food addiction? Thanks to my friend Lisa M, ...

High Fiber Follow-Up

 Great responses to my post the other day about eating enough fiber to keep you healthy . I thought I might respond to some of the question...

Fart or Be Fat

The following is a guest blog posting that I did for  the PeerTrainer blog . Thank you for the opportunity PeerTrainer! In case you didn...

Got the Facts on Milk? The Documentary

I can't sleep. My son fell out of his bed at 3:30 am and now I'm up. But I don't mind, I've got so much to do! Like read e-m...

I Could Never Give up McDonalds and Follow a Plant Based Diet!

Did I get your attention? Okay, now please go here and read this blog posting from Disease Proof . You'll be glad you did!

Making Food Choices from a Place of Love and Awareness

The theme of my life this week seems to be awareness. First, I was asked to write a guest blog posting for a friend's spirituality blog,...

Pure, White and Deadly, Part II

ON THE FREQUENCY OF DESSERT INDULGENCE, THE QUESTION OF HEALTHY SWEETENERS AND THE RAW/VEGAN BAKING CRAZE I just want to say that this subje...

Pure, White and Deadly, Part I

THE REALITIES OF SUGAR AND THE HEALTHY VEGAN BAKING CRAZE Sorry that I've been in communicado for the past 5 days. I've missed you a...

Get Real, Get Right with Yourself

On of my favorite television shows of all time is the makeover show  TLC's What Not to Wear  with Stacy London and Clinton Kelly. I actu...

Dr. Fuhrman Segment on FOX5 News and GOMBS

This really isn't worth me talking about until you have seen the segment, so here it is: Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Cancer-Prevention Diet: ...

Here for the Fight

Banana Walnut Softserve. Even better than the original with the addition of walnuts. I'm sensing that there is a little bit of mispercep...