Resources

Cooking + Recipes

• FREE! Food as Medicine Jumpstart: a Guide to Help You Begin Your Journey Into Whole Food Plant-Based Eating by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine

• Plant Based on a Budget: Delicious Vegan Recipes for under $30 a Week in Less than 30 Minutes a Meal, by Toni Okamoto Books

• Afro-Vegan: Farm Fresh African, Caribbean and Southern flavors Remixed by Bryant Terry

• Cuisinicity - recipes and cooking skills

• Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine - recipes, resources and articles on plant based food and health topics

• Ardmore Institute of Health Full Plate Living - a simple and sustainable approach to healthy eating

• Swich- develop cooking skills tailored to your individual health goals, skill level, and food preferences

  Reading

• Your Body in Balance: The New Science of Food, Hormones and Health by Neal Barnard, MD

• Paving the Path to Wellness Workbook: a Guide to Thriving with a Healthy Body, Peaceful Mind and Joyful Heart by Beth Frates, MD, Michelle Tollefson, MD, Amy Comander, MD

• Undo it: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Disease by Dean Ornish, MD and Anne Ornish

• Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only Program Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery by Dean Ornish, MD 

  Websites + Apps

• Nutritionfacts.org - entertaining and scientific information on food and nutrition in a short video format.

• Daily Dozen by Nutritionfacts.org - app to help track consumption of healthful foods with links to video and information.

  Documentaries

• Forks Over Knives - free documentary taking a deep dive into a plant-based diet and how simple changes can stave off chronic disease.

• Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones - documentary on Netflix about five communities around the world where people live long and vibrant lives.

• Hasfit- home workouts for any level with a broad range of offerings, including for seniors

• Myfitnesspal app - helps track food and fitness

• The Body Keeps the Score; Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, MD

• Judson Brewer, MD, PhD - information on habit change made simple, including anxiety, smoking, stress eating.

• Calm - app designed to release anxiety, stress and more.

• Insight Timer - app with a robust offering of guided meditation, classes in meditation, yoga courses, music for sleep and more.

• Why We Sleep - Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker, PhD

• Insight Timer - app with a robust offering of guided meditation, classes in meditation, yoga courses, music for sleep and more.

• Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World by Vivek H. Murthy, MD

• Meet Up - app that promotes social connection by area of interest.

• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Mate, MD

Women’s Bodies Women’s Wisdom: the Complete Guide to Women’s Health and Wellbeing by Christiane Northrup, MD

• Under the Skin: the Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation by Linda Villarosa

• By Any Greens Necessary: a Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat by Tracye McQuirter, MPH

• Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• Black Earth Wisdom - Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists by Leah Penniman