Welcome to our PBNM Blog
We hope you’ll visit our blog often for information on a wide range of health and nutritional topics, and to learn more about the Whole Food Plant-Based without the use of added oil lifestyle. Over the years we’ve discovered that many of the “truths” we grew up with have virtually no basis in fact. As a result, we are all in the process of “unwinding” our perceptions about food and building a brand new fact-based understanding that can heal so much of what needs healing: our own bodies, the earth we wish to leave our children, and all the sentient creatures with whom we share our planet.
Join us on this beautiful journey. And we invite you to engage with us as we move forward toward a more sustainable and compassionate future!
There are 73 million children in the US[1]. Because they have little to no authority, autonomy, or agency, they are our most vulnerable population. This is true regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, zip code, language, and country of origin. Children are always at the mercy of the people...
Read MorePresented online with several Cooking Demonstrations, our four cooks, detailed the “HOW” of daily eating on a whole food plant-based plan, getting specific by giving participants recipes and demonstrations for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
Read MoreVictor Bradley Jr. and Mark Cervenik came to the realization of disparity in nutrition understanding and food access from totally different directions, but, like spokes to a hub, they reached many of the same conclusions.
Read MoreFor as long as I remember medicine has taught me about disease: the characteristics of disease, the effects of disease, its signs and symptoms, how to diagnose it, and how to attack it. Sadly, medicine rarely gets truly involved with the big picture of health, let alone the bigger picture...
Read MoreThe average American visits the grocery store 1.6 times a week. And every time we go, we are influenced, steered, and pushed to buy certain products. Marketers skillfully apply all they know, investing more than $1.6 Billion per year to assure that buyers are engaged, and products are flying off the...
Read MoreDr. T. Colin Campbell is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has published multiple papers in the scientific literature and has presented widely on the topic of plant-based nutrition. Dr. LeAnne Campbell is president of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies....
Read MoreSpending time working in the yard is not one of my favorite summer past times. Spending time planting and working in my garden is something I do enjoy immensely during the summer months. Gardening is an excellent way to spend time outdoors and soak up some Vitamin D, get exercise,...
Read MoreThis week, we brought on Amie Hamlin to talk about her organization's work toward changing school foods. Amie Hamlin has served as the Executive Director of the Coalition for Healthy School Food (CHSF) since its founding in 2004.
Read MoreWe invited Dr. Ashwani Garg to talk about his experiences with plant-based diets for his family, his patients, and himself. Dr. Garg is a Family Physician at Advocate Health and Clinical Associate Professor at North Central College. Inspired by works such as Forks Over Knives, he has adopted a plant-based...
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