What if one simple change could save you from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? For decades, that question has fascinated a small circle of impassioned doctors and researchers—and now, their life-changing research is making headlines in the hit documentary Forks Over Knives. Their answer? Eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet—it could save your life. It may […]
Grapefruit Fruit Salad
One ancestor of the grapefruit was the Jamaican sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), itself an ancient hybrid of Asian origin; the other was the Indonesian pomelo (C. maxima). One story of the fruit’s origins is that a certain “Captain Shaddock” brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit. Serves 4, 210 calories per serving. […]
Strawberry Banana Sorbet
Given their amazing combination of phytonutrients—including anthocyanins, ellagitannins, flavonols, terpenoids, and phenolic acids—it’s not surprising to find increasing research interest in the anti-inflammatory properties of strawberries. But it’s still exciting to see this remarkable fruit lowering levels of inflammatory markers like C-reactive protein (CRP). Serves 4, 320 calories per serving. Ingredients: 2 cups frozen strawberries […]
Vegan Chicken With Spinach Salad
Spinach salad is a salad which has spinach as its foremost ingredient. Common additional ingredients include tomatoes, meats, cheese, slivered almonds and/or fresh or dried berries, such as cranberry or strawberry. Serves one, 255 calories per portion. Ingredients: 1 skinless vegan chicken (i.e. Beyond Meat brand) 1/4 cup reduced vegan chicken broth chopped lemon thyme […]