Plant Based Eating Made Easy | Simple Strategies & Clear Nutrition Guidance to Transform Your Health | Dietitian, Plant-Based Diet

It’s the Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere, and there’s no better time to get started with plant-based eating. Not only is it warm and sunny, there’s an abundance of colorful summer fruits and vegetables you can now enjoy, all around you – in grocery stores, at farmers markets, and even in your own backyard.    But sometimes starting can sound easier than actually putting it into action.   Th...

Will eating plant-based give enough protein? This is one of the most common questions I get from those considering a plant-based diet. And for those who have started a plant-based diet, protein adequacy can still be a constant worry and concern as well. In fact, I get this concern not just from men exploring plant-based eating, but from women in my Community, and from clients too!   So if this is...

Do you have this common problem faced by many making the transition to a plant-based diet? It’s consistency. Why is it that after a few weeks or months into plant-based eating, some end up returning to their old habits and a regular diet, and wonder in discouragement why they weren’t able to reach their health and weight goals? If you’re facing this challenge too, this episode is for you!   In thi...

Do you have high cholesterol and struggle with anxiety about getting heart attacks or other forms of heart disease, or of being put on medication? Is your health limiting what you can do physically and taking the joy out of your life? Well, things don’t have to stay this way.   Tune in to part 2 of the Interview I had with Sandra Y., whose real-life experience of health transformation amazed even...

Do you feel weighed down and burdened by constant medications and anxiety around your medical diagnoses? Are you wondering if there is any natural holistic way to drop your blood sugar levels to normal, lift your depression, help you drop pounds, as well as improve your energy levels and mood?   Yes, there IS a way and it is simpler than you think – by focusing on eating high quality nourishing na...

If you have been used to a ‘meat and potatoes’ diet for almost all your life, it can be daunting to even think about the possibility of moving to a plant-based diet lifestyle. In fact, it may feel almost impossible to move away from decades of eating steaks, fried chicken, fries, ultra-processed foods and limited veggies. You may fear having to give up meat and all that you love in your current wa...

It’s May and your calendar is likely already booked with an upcoming family or personal vacation. In fact, you may have more  than one trip planned over the Summer. And why not? The grandkids will be out of school, and there’s no better time for a family reunion and some warm sunny weather together.   But if you’ve just started plant-based eating you may be wondering – how can I stay plant-powered...

Are you ready to better your health with a diet change, but don't know how? There just seems to be so much information around. And the more you've researched, the more you feel confused and overwhelmed. If that's how you're feeling, I understand. Well, if plant-based eating seems like a huge mountain to climb right now, I want to help. I want to take away some of that overwhelm and show you an eas...

Do you go grocery shopping and intentionally steer clear of the organic produce section? Maybe you’re retired and money is tight, so you feel you can’t afford to buy anything organic. After all, the organic product option is definitely going to be more expensive…right?   Not quite. Let’s save some money together. In this episode, we’ll talk about buying fruits and vegetables organic. Let’s see if...

Tired. Stressed. Anxious. Busy. Frazzled. Worn Out….Do any of these words describe you? If so, I want to talk to you today. I want to tell you something important… to celebrate YOU and to honor YOU. Whether you are a mother, a grandma, a great grandma, or a caregiver to a loved one, this is for you.   In this episode, I want to address a common issue I see many women face when they are in nurturin...

Do you have a loved one in your family who had breast cancer or is currently fighting it? Maybe you’ve just received a breast cancer diagnosis yourself, or it’s a challenge you’ve been going through for a while now.   The question is – is it all just genetics? Just because your mother or grandmother had it, does it mean you will definitely get it too? Or can our risk be lowered through changes in...

Do you hate throwing away food? I certainly do. Yet, sometimes it’s really not our fault. The food may be edible but we just don’t know how to best use it. And then we end up throwing it away, along with our grocery dollars into the trash.   Well, let’s change this and put some money back in your pocket. In this episode, I’ll share with you 5 easy ways you can make good use of those broccoli stems...

Eating plant-based can be really confusing at times, especially if this is a completely new eating pattern for you. And sometimes manufacturers don’t help. They tend to make the plant-based diet world even more overwhelming and confusing by the products they market to you. So how do you be smart on your grocery shop and what do you need to look out for?   Let’s talk about this today. In this episo...

Do you have a meat-loving spouse or family, and wonder if and when they will ever come on board eating plant-based? I’m sure you would love to see your husband, wife or children make positive changes to their eating too, but…right now they seem pretty set in their ways.   But what if things turned out differently? What if a family diet change IS possible for your loved ones and might be quicker th...

My client Zohreh struggled for a number of years without sustained success in losing weight. She also was dealing with health issues like high cholesterol and has a strong family history of diabetes and heart attacks. On top of that, she juggles a full-time job with long commutes.   Yet, Zohreh wanted to make a shift - a REAL one - in her weight and health. So she did. She reached out to me and we...

Have you ever tried to lose weight…then got frustrated when the results didn’t stick? That was certainly the case for my client Zohreh. She had tried different diets in the past, but none seemed to give her the sustained results she desired. Until she came to plant-based eating.   Coming from many years of eating a pescatarian diet, Zohreh thought making this transition would (and should) be easy....

Supplements, supplements, supplements…it seems that everywhere we turn – on social media, in our email inbox, radio ads, on TV and in stores, we’re coming across ads trying to persuade us to buy this or that new dietary supplement as a nutrition boost. But which ones are REALLY necessary for our health and which ones are just … ‘hype’?   Let’s look at one of these nutrients today – vitamin D. In t...

Do you have a loved one suffering from dementia, and have you started noticing a few worrying signs of it in yourself? Maybe it’s not you, but others around you who have noticed…and that’s concerning you more than you want to admit.   Either way, you know you want to stay as mentally sharp and alert as you can, for as long as possible. So do we just sit and wait, hoping that our minds won’t fail t...

Want your family or grandkids to eat more plant-powered...but don't know how? They just don’t seem as interested in improving their health, and some days it’s a challenge even getting them to try a new vegetable dish at the dinner table. So how do you get them to like other plant-based foods, like more whole grains?   Join me inside this episode, and let’s find out. I’ll give you a top tip for coo...

Has anyone ever said to you that grains and fruit are bad because they have too much carbs? Or have you thought this yourself? Maybe you have diabetes or want to prevent it, and heard that plant-based eating can help. But you’re afraid to try this way of eating because of what it might do to your weight or your blood sugars.   If that’s you, I want to help. In this episode, let’s look to see if a...

Have you seen the new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and wondered if you should follow them? You may have seen talk about them on the news and social media, and don’t know quite what to believe. The slogan of eating more ‘real foods’ sounds good though, and the New Pyramid diagram seems to show that all foods - including butter, steak, whole milk and cheese – would be fine to eat and t...

The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released on January 7, 2026 and already they have created quite a stir. Perhaps you’ve seen the Guidelines and wonder what to make of them too. For one, there’s a featured image of an inverted pyramid comprising foods like butter, steak, whole milk and cheese. Then when you get onto the realfood.gov website, you are immediately shown three im...

Are you ready to begin plant-based eating but worry how this diet transition can fit into your packed schedule? You’re already busy running around taking care of others and the home. Maybe you’ve tried to make an online vegan recipe in the past, but it was complicated and took way longer than you thought it would. So now you’re thinking it’ll take too much to time and effort make this diet transit...

Do you want to move away from a meat-heavy diet but worry that eating plant-based will take too much time in the kitchen? Maybe you have time but you KNOW you won’t have the energy or ability to be standing for hours prepping, chopping and cooking vegetables, grains and beans. After all, doesn’t it take way more effort and time to make plant-based meals than regular meals? Not necessarily – if you...

Feeling tight on time and looking for ways to make plant-based cooking faster? Maybe you’ve been in transition for a few weeks now and wonder whether there are ways to cut time in the kitchen and make things more sustainable. I get you. I have a busy life too and don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen either…   Well let me tell you this: you don’t have to. Not if you follow me and learn the tips...