Recipes – How To’s

Ornish Lifestyle Medicine by Dean Ornish, MD and Anne Ornish

• Book: Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
  • Fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, weight gain, and even the aging process itself with one simple, scientifically proven plan to reverse disease—as well as prevent and reduce symptoms—from the world-renowned pioneer of lifestyle medicine.
• Dr. Ornish’s 37 years of research has scientifically proven that the integrative lifestyle changes he recommends can:
  • Improve chronic conditions – such as heart disease, diabetes and prostate cancer
    
  • Change gene expression, turning on health-promoting genes & turning off disease-promoting genes.
    
  • Lengthen telomeres — the ends of chromosomes — which begins to reverse aging on a cellular level.
• When you make comprehensive lifestyle choices, most people find that they feel so much better, so quickly, it re-frames the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living.
• Dr. Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease is the first program scientifically proven to “undo” (reverse) heart disease by making comprehensive lifestyle changes.
• Must Watch: Rich Roll Podcast : Dr. Dean & Anne Ornish: The Power of Lifestyle Medicine To Undo Disease & Live Better (alternate on YouTube)

Getting Started

• Why Choose Vegan? The Top Reasons Explained
• Why Be Vegan? The Hard Truth: Gary Yourofsky’s Conversion Story by Bite Size Vegan
• Watch documentaries to gain insight.
• Use the HappyCow App to find vegan/vegetarian restaurants and markets near your current location.
  • HappyCow for Android (Free)
  • HappyCow for Apple iOS ($3.99, the free version is not available on iOS)
• Mya’s Vegan Transition Guide: Mya shares the lifestyle tips and information that has helped her combat depression, anxiety, fluctuating weight, stress, fatigue, skin breakouts, mental fog, and even self doubt.
• Vegan Starter Kit
• How to Make Disease Disappear by Dr. Rangan Chatterjee
  • A much-needed accessible plan to prevent and reverse disease, and discover a path to sustainable, long-term health from an acclaimed international doctor and star of the BBC program Doctor in the House.
  • Listen to: Rangan Chatterjee, MD on How to Make Disease Disappear (Interiew with Rich Roll)
  • 10 Takeaways from Dr. Rangan Chatterjee’s Interview for Broken Brain
  • Rangan Chatterjee: How to Make Diseases Disappear at TEDxLiverpool (Transcript)
  • Doctor In The House | Only Human (EP01, S01)
• How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease
  • “The Book That Saved My Life” – Eric Adams
    Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, uses How Not to Die as a guide to help reverse type 2 diabetes and improve his health.
  • On the NY Times Best Seller list, Dec. 2016
  • Available from Amazon.com
• African American Vegan Starter Guide (free hardcopies and PDF)
• 40+ vegan resources to jumpstart your veg lifestyle (CadrysKitchen.com)
• Ten Vegan Meals You Already Know How to Make (CadrysKitchen.com)
• The Beginner’s Guide to Going Vegan Without Going Crazy (The Dr. Oz Show 2017-01-26)
• How Do I Go Vegan?
• Complete Guide To Vegan Food by The Vegan Activist
• Vegetarian Times Magazine
• 101 Reasons to Go Vegan by James Wildman (arff.org – Animal Rights Foundation of Florida)
• Idiot Proofing Veganism by Sam Harris – TheVeganAtheist
• The Ultimate Vegan Guide: Compassionate Living Without Sacrifice by Vegan.com
• 7 films that will explain to everyone why people go vegan
• 10 Must-See Veggie Movies
• Ordinary Vegan by Nancy Montuori:
  • Getting Started on a Vegan Diet: Podcast #1
• How to Go Vegan and Still Get All Your Nutrients: Yes, it is possible to get everything you need with a purely plant-based diet.
• This Is Why You Should Never Be Ashamed About Being Vegan (chooseveg.com)
• Shopping Guide to the Best Vegan Food, Clothing, Body Care and Cosmetics [Adaptt.org]
• This Pediatrician Shows You How to Raise Children Vegan
• 101 Leading Sites for Healthy Vegan Eating
• Resources for Plant-Based Nutrition: Learn about a whole food, plant-based dietary lifestyle. Best-in-class tools and resources.
• This is my advice to vegans by Earthling Ed (Ed Winters)

Testimony

Eric Adams

• Healthy at Last: A Plant-Based Approach to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses by Eric Adams
• Eric Adams had diabetes so severe, he was losing his eyesight as well as the feeling in his legs. Adams learned about and adopted a whole-food, plant-based diet—and soon afterwards, his condition and all accompanying symptoms were completely reversed. He has now made it his mission to promote plant-based eating as a powerful way to improve health and well-being throughout his community.
• “The Book That Saved My Life” – Eric Adams
• Watch how Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams turned his health around after a devastating diagnosis.
• ERIC ADAMS: first African-American Brooklyn Borough President, vegan activist & educator. OG Talk

More…

• Vegan: Everyday Stories is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread – they’re all vegan.
  • Take the next step
• Moby on Veganism at Little Pine (The Vegan Zombie)
  • Why I’m A Vegan | Moby | TEDxVeniceBeach
• Why I’m a Vegan (Mayim Bialik)
• Venus Williams Opens Up About Going Vegan to Fight Her Autoimmune Disease
• SabrinaSith Q&A: Sabrina has been vegan for over 10 years, and answers questions about her vegan journey, sent to her via Instagram & Facebook.
• Plant Powered Sistas‘ mission is to educate, support and inspire women of color to adopt and maintain plant based lifestyles for improved health. In addition, to encourage and support compassion for animals and protecting the planet.
• Dr. Rajiv Misquitta relates his personal story of experiencing a heart attack, which inspired him to change his diet and lifestyle. He describes why he adopted a low fat, plant-based diet to reduce heart disease, lose weight, and preserve the environment.
  • Health Benefits of Plant Based Eating | FOX40: Mellisa Paul talks with Dr. Rajiv Misquitta to learn how a plant-based diet can help reduce the risk of heart disease.
  • Benefits of a plant-based diet | ABC10: Mellisa Paul talks with Dr. Rajiv Misquitta to learn how a plant-based diet can help reduce the risk of heart disease.
  • Healthy Heart, Healthy Planet
• How I Overcame Crippling Arthritis and Returned to Elite-Level Fitness By Jon Hinds
• Russell Simmons shows Al Roker the perks of a vegan lifestyle
• Real men don’t eat meat by Robert Atcheson
• Jamaica’s natural food movement by Annie Daly

MeetUps, Communities, Events

• NYC Vegans of Color
• The New York City Vegetarian & Vegan Meetup
• NYC Vegan EatUP
• Vegan Beginners 101 on Facebook
• Everything Vegan on Facebook
• Philosophical Vegan Forum: Vegans vegetarians veg-curious and meat eaters are invited for rational debate & discussion on veganism health ecology animal ethics & philosophy.
• Vegan Street Fair
• Vegandale Festival – Where major musical artists, interactive art, hundreds of vendors, and thousands of people come together to realize a world without animal exploitation.

Vegan Parenting

• Guide to Vegan Parenting | World of Vegan
• Feeding Vegan Kids: Parenting Resources | PETA Kids
• 10 Valuable Tips on Vegan Parenting – happycow.net
• r/veganparenting – A subreddit dedicated to parents who raise & nourish their children as vegans.
• Ethical & Pro-Science Vegan Parenting at Discord.com

Advocacy

• Stop Mocking Vegans: They’re right about ethics and the environment. If you won’t join them, at least respect their effort to build a sustainable future. (NY Times)