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What We Eat in a Day

Posted by Kristen Ostermiller on

So, you’re using the downtime to go plant-based, experience with new cooking, prioritize your health to stay strong and protect your immunity against the scary reality that lies outside our doors.  However, you don’t really know how to start. When you think of the words “plant-based”, even though our earlier...

5 Plant-Based ways to Quarantine

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In these scary times, we all need a little bit of help getting through the cabin-fever, the anxiety of worrying about loved ones, and the wishing that things would change (for the better) rapidly.  Quarantining is tougher than we think – and most of us are going on two, three...

Spudtacular Taters: Potatoes Pack a Punch of Nutrients

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Now when I say potato, you say potahto – but when I say healthy potato, you may say sweet potato – and you’d be wrong about that. I'm talking about all 200 varieties of potatoes – not just sweet potatoes. That’s right, I even mean the under-appreciated russet! There are seven categories of potatoes that all have notable health benefits when eaten whole: russet, red, white, yellow, blue/purple, fingerling and petite. By the end of this starchy YA•YE Organics read, you’ll be asking yourself why they aren’t part of your daily routine. 

Thinking of Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet? The Plant-Based MD Answers Your FAQs

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This week, we speak with a plant-based nutrition expert to debunk commonly shared misinformation about only eating plants and explore some of the most frequently asked questions people have when adopting a plant-based diet. Last week's overview of what you can eat on a plant-based diet may have brought up some questions about how to live healthfully – such as where you’ll get key nutrients from like B12 and protein – if and when you stop consuming animal products, or even take steps to consume less of them. Below, Dr. Judy Brangman, MD, answers some of the most common questions people have when transitioning to a plant-based diet.

You Are what You Eat (YA•YE) – So, what do we eat? Fundamentals of a Plant-Based ‘Diet’

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When you hear the word ‘diet’, what automatically comes to mind?  Usually, it’s one of two things: 

  1. Diet - noun : The kinds of food that a person, animal or community habitually eats. 
  2. Diet - verb: To restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight. 

According to the Boston Medical Center, around 45 million or more Americans diet every year. Americans have become obsessed with dieting and have slowly started to ignore the fact that food is the best form of medicine for us. Instead, the word diet is centered around consumption restrictions, or, what we CAN’T eat.