Achieve Weight Loss, Health, and Longevity with a Plant-Based Diet
Whether you’re a committed vegan or just looking to reduce your meat consumption, knowing which plant-based proteins provide the highest protein content and the required quantities can help you meet your nutritional goals. Plant-based diets are different in that most plant-based foods contain a certain amount of protein. We will talk about the concentrated sources later, but this is an…
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I recommend 9 of the best plant-based meal delivery services to effortlessly eat more plants and save time on meal planning. These services now go far beyond sad frozen veggie burgers. You’ll find chef-crafted meal kits, fully prepared dinners, and grocery-and-recipe hybrids, all built around vegetables, whole grains, and plant proteins. I’ve spent years testing, reviewing, and recommending plant-based meal…
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The plant predominant diet is 90-95% plant-based with the optional addition of non-plant derived foods or products. The main players in a vegan or plant-based diet include nutrient dense foods such as vegetables, fruit, seeds, nuts, legumes, lentils, tubers, sea vegetables and whole grains. Ideally, this type of diet focuses on whole foods while excluding processed foods such as vegetable…
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Wondering whether plant-based collagen actually works for healthier skin, hair, and nails — or if it’s just another wellness trend? As a nutritionist, I dug through the claims and the actual research so you don’t have to — and the honest answer sits between the extremes. Your body can build its own collagen from the right plant-based nutrients, herbal blends…
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It’s holiday season again and there’s plenty of time to prepare so you can avoid holiday weight gain. If you are like me, you don’t want to make your New Year’s resolution centered around dieting (again)! Holidays are a celebration of family and friends and having good times with those we care about. They don’t necessarily need to be centered around…
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There are several healthy food swaps that will make a big difference in moving the needle on your health and your weight. You don’t need to try all of them at once, but just one change will bring you one step closer to your health goals. Start with the healthy food swap that seems the easiest and work your way…
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As a nutritionist, I need you to know the truth about artificial sweeteners and why I cannot recommend them. Artificial sweeteners are synthetic sugar substitutes known as non-nutritive sweeteners since they do not provide nutrition or calories. There are five non-nutritive sweeteners approved by the FDA: They have also approved two natural non-nutritive sweeteners: Monk Fruit and Stevia. Most people…
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It’s difficult enough looking at an entire wall of multivitamins in the store but being able to pick out the best high-quality multivitamin involves a little bit of detective work. A daily multivitamin mineral (MVM) supplement is designed to prevent nutritional deficiencies and bridge the gap in your diet. While a healthy whole foods diet should provide what your body…
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