Plant Based Briefing

"From Cheese-Loving Vegetarian with Sky-High Blood Pressure, to Whole-Food Plant-Based and Healthy" and "The Beginners' Guide to Nice Cream" at ForksOverKnives.com. Anurag Darshan shares how he used a whole-food plant-based diet to become disease-free, medication-free, and healthy, and Mary Margaret Chappell explains what Nice Cream is and how to make it. Both at Forks Over Knives. Forks Over Kniv...

Part 2 of 2 where Brigitte Gemme of Vegan Family Kitchen explains the benefits and how-to of cooking with cast iron for vegans. Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about "what's for dinner?" anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and printables on her website as we...

Brigitte Gemme of Vegan Family Kitchen explains the benefits of cooking with cast iron for vegans, how to best do it, and how to care for your cast iron. Part 1 of 2. Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about "what's for dinner?" anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templa...

Hope Bohanec of United Poultry Concerns and HumaneHoax.org explains why the term "factory farming" may be doing more harm than good.  Hope Bohanec has been involved in animal protection and environmental activism for 30 years and has published the book The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? She is the Projects Manager for the national non-profit United Poultry Concerns (UPC) and the host of t...

Ocean Robbins at FoodRevolution.org explains what phytates are, the controversy over them, and the health benefits of phytates. Ocean Robbins is CEO Food Revolution Network a non-profit organization committed to healthy, ethical, and sustainable food for all. Guided by John and Ocean Robbins, with more than 500,000 members and with the collaboration of many of the top food revolutionary leaders of...

Hugh MacDonald discusses the church's silence about horrible evils across the ages, including humankind's current cruelty to animals, at All-Creatures.org. All-Creatures is a non-profit dedicated to cruelty-free living through a vegan lifestyle according to Judeo-Christian ethics. Their website is filled with vegan resources relating to animal issues, including bible studies, how to stop cruelty i...

I used to have MS relapses every 6 months. After going plant based, I haven't relapsed in 10 years Corinne Nijjer shares how she used a whole food plant based diet to treat her MS and other chronic conditions, at ForksOverKnives.com. The world-famous documentary Forks Over Knives was released in 2011, showing people how to regain control of their health and their lives with a plant-based diet. Sin...

PlantPure Communities explains why and how to cook healthy plant-based meals with no oil. The nonprofit organization PlantPure Communities (PPC) works to build stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities through research, policy, and program activities. They collaborate with local community organizations to educate people about the health and environmental benefits of a whole food, plant...

Cutting meat production is critical to tackle climate change, and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine explains why they've petitioned the White House to update their executive order accordingly. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Neal Barnard, combining the clout and expertise of more than 12,000 physicians, dietitians, and s...

Dr. Will Tuttle at WorldPeaceDiet.com explains how we inherited our food choices as infants. A visionary speaker, educator, author, and musician, he's a former Zen monk with a Ph. D. from U.C., Berkeley, and a vegan since 1980. He has appeared in many radio, television, print, and online interviews, as well as documentary films, including Cowspiracy; Prayer for Compassion; HOPE: What You Eat Matte...

Shamiz Kachwalla describes his journey from Ulcerative Colitis to healthy, medicine-free plant-based athlete and co-founder of HighCarbHealth.com, at ForksOverKnives.com. The world-famous documentary Forks Over Knives was released in 2011, showing people how to regain control of their health and their lives with a plant-based diet. Since then Forks Over Knives released bestselling books, launched...

Learn the facts about rodeos and the inherent cruelty motivated by greed and big profits. All-Creatures is a non-profit dedicated to cruelty-free living through a vegan lifestyle according to Judeo-Christian ethics. Their website is filled with vegan resources relating to animal issues, including bible studies, how to stop cruelty in churches, blogs, quotes and poetry, and lots of great resources...

Madeline Bennett from Balanced.org discusses how westernized diets are spreading around the world, and traditional plant-rich cuisines are disappearing. Balanced is a network of public health professionals, nutrition science experts, and everyday people from around the world fighting for a healthier food system one menu at a time. Their community-led campaigns and institutional support programs ha...

Danny Rosenthal from Sheeps discusses his company's efforts to make tennis balls vegan and sustainable, and why it's important. Danny Rosenthal is a passionate tennis player, an animal welfare supporter and a 27-year vegan.  In 2018, he discovered that most tennis balls contain wool and many tennis sneakers (even those without leather) contain animal products. He became distressed that while deriv...

You've heard dairy may not be the best thing for you, but you're still on the fence. It may be time to detox from dairy. Hear Switch4Good explain 6 reasons why you should do it today. Switch 4 Good is an evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to rattling accepted norms around dairy and health. They're working to abolish the current system of dietary racial oppression, and promoting solutions for clima...

Exciting news! Check out Plant Based Briefing listed as one of the top 15 plant based podcasts! https://blog.feedspot.com/plant_based_food_podcasts/      Whistleblower veterinarian Dr. Jim Keen describes some of the wasteful and harmful experiments our government performs on animals, with our tax dollars. Originally published at Truthout.org, and posted at All-Creatures.org. Jim Keen, DVM, is a ve...

Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns addresses whether chickens mind seeing other chickens traumatized in their presence.  Karen Davis is the President and Founder of United Poultry Concerns, a nonprofit organization that promotes the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl including a sanctuary for chickens in Virginia. She is the author of numerous books, essays, articles and c...

Anika Nayak at The Beet interviews Dr. Micah Yu about how he used a plant based diet to heal his arthritis. The Beet is a plant-based platform offering information on food, health, news, reviews, expert advice . They cover everything from vegan restaurants to the latest food products that make it even easier to eat plant-based, to which whole foods to eat daily to get the right amount of protein,...

Sandra Nomoto shares things to consider when veganizing your business. "The Content Doctor" Sandra Nomoto is a content writer and editor for ethical and cruelty-free businesses, and copyeditor, ghostwriter, and book formatter for authors. At 25, she founded Conscious Public Relations Inc., an award-winning public relations agency that focused on telling the stories of purpose-driven businesses. Sh...

Dr. Shiri Raz discusses the "vegans' trauma", a unique form of trauma which many vegans who chose veganism for moral reasons cope with and suffer from. Published by All-Creatures. Dr Shiri Raz is a researcher in the Interdisciplinary Studies Unit, Department of Hermeneutics and Cultural Studies, The Program for Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Her research analyses...

The Tokyo Olympics start today. With 11,000 athletes competing from around the world in the Tokyo Olympics, there are more dairy-free Olympians than Switch4Good can keep track of. However, listen to learn about six of them you can follow and root for. Switch 4 Good is an evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to rattling accepted norms around dairy and health. They're working to abolish the current sy...

64 FOK How Big Food Companies Affect Nutrition Policy by Dr. Michael Greger at ForksOverKnives.com Follow the money. Learn how big food companies affect nutrition policy. An excerpt from Dr. Michael Greger's New York Times bestseller 'How Not to Die' at ForksOverKnives.com. Forks Over Knives shares stories of 7 influential individuals who transformed both their health and careers after watching th...

It's National Hot Dog Day, so listen to these three short posts to learn why you won't want to partake (unless they're vegan dogs). From the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine at PCRM.org.  The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Neal Barnard, combining the clout and expertise of more than 12,000 physicians, dietitians, and scientist...

Brigitte Gemme of Vegan Family Kitchen shares how to have healthy, delicious vegan food while camping for a long weekend, with minimal effort. Part 2 of 2. Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about "what's for dinner?" anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and pri...

Brigitte Gemme of Vegan Family Kitchen shares how to have healthy, delicious vegan food while camping for a long weekend, with minimal effort. Part 1 of 2. Brigitte offers delicious whole food plant based weekly meal plans to make meal planning and batch cooking easier! No need to worry about "what's for dinner?" anymore. You can try a one-week plan for free. She also offers free templates and pri...