Adventures in Whole-Food, Plant-Based Eating
There’s a new player in the cholesterol game, called Apolipoprotein-B. Of course, you will not hear the story in this way from your doctor. Around the time that I was bornScientists began to warnOf a molecule calledCholesterol The body makes it in the liverSo that organ can deliverAll that’s necessaryFor...
Tofu Scramble and Hash Browns Tofu Scramble adapted from “Mexican Scramble” in Everyday Happy Herbivore by Lindsay S. Nixon. Hash Browns Biscuits and Gravy Biscuits adapted from “whole-wheat drop biscuits” in Happy Herbivore Light & Lean by Lindsay S. Nixon Gravy adapted from “Golden gravy” in The Real Food Daily...
Eat with tofu-based, ranch-style dip and barbecue sauce.
Hypothetically, if you saw a headline reading Bowlers need to stop exaggerating the health benefits of their sport, would your reaction be: to wonder which benefits bowlers exaggerate, and eagerly read the article for details to skip the article, but mentally note that bowlers make false health claims to skim...
Answered Mostly with Questions I hate tofu and sprouts. Where do you get protein? What’s the best meat substitute? What do you do when you eat out? What supplements do you need? What about fish? What about honey? Where do you get iron (or most other nutrients)? How can I...
Salad dressing is my most requested recipe. It is an all-purpose condiment that I like on Brussels sprouts and baked potatoes, or as a dip for crusty whole-grain sourdough bread, as well as on salads. Chia seeds soak up nine times their weight in water, making a gelatinous basis that...
Salad is something you really don’t need a recipe for, but people have asked me what I put in it. Salads can be very simple, but I like mine to contain lots of colors and contrasting textures. Besides pleasing my aesthetics, they are healthier that way. Unfortunately, restaurant salads these...
One of the most persistent myths about nutrition is that we put on weight by consuming more calories than we burn. Were this true, it would follow that the only healthy way to lose weight is some combination of eating fewer calories and exercising more. While this approach certainly works...
It’s October 2010, and I have been eating whole food, plant-based for almost one year. I’m spending a weekend at the Healthy Lifestyle Expo, which is held at the Warner Center Marriott. It is my first time there and I am glad to meet some people who eat healthy like...
Experiment with your cooking. See how far a recipe can evolve through many generations of trial-and-error and small, incremental changes. Kathryn and I have pancakes for breakfast on Sunday mornings, while we watch Dr. Greger’s latest videos from the past week. We started with the recipe for “Larry’s Sunday Buckwheat...
