TEDTalks:William Li - Can we eat to starve cancer? (20:02)"The obvious thing is to think about what we could remove from our diet. But I took a completely opposite approach and began asking: What could we be adding to our diet that could boost the body’s defense system? In other words, can we eat to starve cancer? The answer is, 'Yes.'” (William Li)
Dan Buettner - How to live to be 100+ (19:40)A 20-min video that discusses how some world populations have lived - and continue to live - to be over 100 years old. A primarily plant based diet is one key.
Jamie Oliver - Teach every child about food (21:53)"Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we’ve built around them.” (Jamie Oliver)
Mark Bittman - What's wrong with what we eat (20:04)"Overconsumption of animals, and of course, junk food, is the problem, along with our paltry consumption of plants... The evidence is very clear that plants promote health... You eat more plants, you eat less of the other stuff, you live longer." (Mark Bittman)
Documentaries:Forks Over Knives (1:36:01)2011 - Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering yet under-appreciated researchers, Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn.
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (1:37:22)2011 - Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead focuses on two men whose bodies have been trashed by steroids, obesity and illness, this documentary chronicles the rigorous healing path -- including a two-month diet of fruits and vegetables -- that both attempt in a bid to rescue their health.
The Future of Food (1:28:55)2007 - The Future Of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
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Books:Brazier, Brendan (2007). Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide to Optimal Performance in Sports and Life
Brazier, Brendan (2009). Thrive Fitness: The Vegan-Based Training Program for Maximum Strength, Health, and Fitness Campbell, PhD, T. Colin, & Campbell II, Thomas M. (2006). The China Study Campbell, PhD, T. Colin, & Esselstyn, Jr., MD, Caldwell B. (2011). Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health Foer, Jonathan Safran (2009). Eating Animals Cookbooks:Coscarelli, Chloe (2012). Chloe's Kitchen
Morris, Julie (2011). Superfood Cuisine: Cooking with Nature's Most Amazing Foods Patrick-Goudreau, Colleen (2009). The Vegan Table Petersan, Doron (2012). Sticky Fingers' Sweets: 100 Super-Secret Vegan Recipes Silverstone, Alicia (2009). The Kind Diet Restaurants:Great Sage - Organic, green cuisine
Mango Grove - Indian Cuisine... Light, Healthy and Delicious Sticky Fingers - Sweets & Eats! Websites:Chef Chloe - Chloe Coscarelli; award-winning vegan chef
Christina Cooks - Christina Pirello, MFN, CCN; one of America’s preeminent authorities on natural and whole foods Crazy Sexy Life - Kris Carr; New York Times best-selling author and wellness warrior Going Vegan with Ellen - Ellen DeGeneres' vegan website The Kind Life - Alicia Silverstone's vegan website Vega - Good for your body and the planet, Vega is the clean, plant-based choice to fuel your healthy, active lifestyle—without compromise. VegNews - Vegan. Eat. Think. Thrive. Miscellaneous:Cornell Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition - This three-course certificate program was designed to introduce the general public and medical professionals to the vastly underestimated ability of properly executed nutrition to maintain health and prevent disease... Together, these courses present a powerful science-based approach to nutrition that can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity and improve your quality of life.
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