1. Commit to the improvement of your health. Believe that you can heal yourself, feel better, overcome chronic conditions, and perhaps wean off medications.
2. Get baseline readings of your health data (blood pressure, cholesterol, weight, fasting sugar, etc.) and take a series of photos of yourself. This is all for your private use that one day you may wish to share as your success story.
Taking notes and keeping a food diary is very helpful so that you can be accountable to yourself, remember where you started, and recognize what is working well for you. 30 days from now you may not remember just how poorly you once felt, but daily diary entries will help you recall how far you’ve traveled.
3. Join a PlantPure Nation pod group for support, recipes, education, and events.
4. Join the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s 21 Day Vegan Kickstart HERE. Dr. Neal Barnard and his team offer a FREE low fat, whole food, plant-based lifestyle change plan. You’ll receive access to Kickstart and the daily e-mails starting on the first of the month. The Kickstart runs for 21 days beginning the first day of each month. After you register, you will begin receiving messages five days prior to the start of the next month. For example, if you register on Jan. 15, you will begin receiving messages on Jan. 27 to prepare for our Feb. 1 start.
Soon the PlantPure Nation 10 Day Jumpstart will be available to help you get started. Get on their newsletter to be the first to be notified.
5. Start watching food documentaries to educate yourself. HERE is a great list.
6. Find recipes online and/or purchase cookbooks from low-fat, whole food, plant-based experts and websites. Note that all vegan cookbooks and recipes are not necessary low fat or whole food in nature. Consult the following website for appropriate sources:
• Happy Herbivore cookbooks, meal planning & website recipes
• Forks Over Knives cookbooks & website recipes
• PlantPure Nation & website recipes
• Brenda Davis, RD cookbooks & website recipes
• Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn cookbook
• The Campbell Plan cookbook & website recipes
• Better Than Vegan cookbook
• The China Study Cookbook & website recipes
• Straight Up Food recipe blog
• Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine cookbook & website recipes
• Dr. John McDougall cookbook & website recipes
• Dr. Joel Kahn book
• Dr. Michael Klaper website
• Dr. Jeff Novick website
• Dr. Michael Greger website
• Dr. Pam Popper website
• The Engine 2 Diet website & cookbook
7. Sometimes it’s easier to make the transition with a little help. Look at the resources below for pre-made foods.
• Forks Over Knives – subscription meal delivery
• PlantPure Nation – Frozen Jumpstart meals coming soon!
• Engine 2 – look for these foods at Whole Foods
• Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods – look for these foods at Whole Foods
8. Consider some continuing education courses.
• Rouxbe Culinary Rx Online Cooking School
• Plant-Based Nutrition Online Education through eCornell
Please let me know in the comment section below any other helpful tips you’d like to see listed on this page. Thank you!