Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition: Getting Started with Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition

Acknowledgements and Notes

Acknowledgements:

This blog is based mainly on the work of Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. Colin Campbell, and others promoting nutrition from plant based, whole, unprocessed food, oil free, without added sugar, and with minimal salt.

For more, please see the books at the foot of this blog and the "Essy's Favorites and Videos" page as well as in other posts below. (Note: this is a PAGE and NOT a POST!)

Special thanks to Carol D'Anca who shares her deep nutritional knowledge and extraordinary culinary expertise to inspire me and so many others to see our daily meals as continuing sources of good health and joy.

And many thanks as well to Ariane Glazer whose knowledge of raw vegan foods is encyclopedic and exceeded only by her generosity of sharing information and good food! While some of her recipes use oil, they are valuable and easy to modify when needed.

This Blog is NOT intended to replace medical advice!

This blog is intended to give general information and food preparation ideas. For medical advice please consult your qualified health care practitioner.

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Monday, September 20, 2010

Getting Started with Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition

I started this blog while rounding the home stretch in a six week certificate program in Plant Based Nutrition sponsored jointly by the T. Colin Campbell Foundation and eCornell, Cornell University's distance learning facility. Dr. Campbell is an emeritus professor at Cornell in the field of nutritional biochemistry. He has authored or co-authored not only hundreds of scientific papers and books, but also of The China Study, a best selling book that explores the links between animal-based foods and illness.

My classmates are from all over the United States and the world. Some are health care professionals, some work with clients in variety of ways to help them achieve their wellness goals, some are from the corporate world, and some, like me individuals interested in learning more about the role of nutrition in health and disseminating that information to the public.

This blog is intended as a platform to discuss related interests and issues. It is not intended to offer medical advice of any kind. Anyone reading this blog should consult their own health care provider if they wish to pursue anything discussed here.

UPDATE: August 2016. After a long hiatus I am returning to this blog. I have been fairly closely following a whole food, plant based nutrition program in my own life and so far it has served me well.

We now know so much more about this and I am looking forward to documenting my own journey as well as sharing some of the interesting things I am learning from time to time.