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Are you looking for a boost of natural energy, less joint pain and perhaps a downsizing of your clothes? For my guest Rhonda, these all came as unexpected perks after she moved to a full whole food plant-based diet. That’s because her main goal at the time was simply to improve her rapidly declining...

What’s it like to have an autoimmune disease, resulting in borderline kidney failure and be on the verge of needing a kidney transplant? It must have been really scary to deal with. That’s what today’s guest, Rhonda Palomares, faced. She had just been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called IgA ...

Are you feeling the ‘money pinch’ as food prices slowly but surely rise? Plus, with Fall and Winter coming, produce prices will likely increase further. So how do you stay plant-powered and thriving…while still keeping your grocery bills manageable? 

There are MANY ways you can do this. Remember, pla...

Do you want to start plant-based eating but feel intimidated by all these new and different plant-based foods and ingredients? Take avocados for example – are they a fruit, vegetable or something else? Just the dark leathery skin of an avocado itself looks intimidating. So what’s actually in an avoc...

Have you ever wondered what the KEYS to good health are? If you were to ask me this, I would say it is 2 crucial things. One is to nourish our bodies with the right fuel – using nourishing whole plant-based foods. The other essential key is this: moving our bodies and staying active. 

But do only s...

Are you finally committed to eating healthier and feel ready to move into plant-based eating, but find the grocery store super overwhelming and confusing to navigate? Everywhere you look, there seem to be so many commercially processed vegan or plant-based food products calling from store shelves. S...

Are you worried that if you start plant-based eating, you’ll be packing on more calories and pounds, since plant-based foods like beans, fruits and whole grains all seem to have more calories? After all, a calorie is just a calorie, and it doesn’t matter where it’s from…right?

Not quite. If you’re lo...

It’s summer time in many parts of the world, with a bounty of fresh, juicy and sweet fruits waiting to be enjoyed – like berries. You may have heard that these are good for you and seen lots of talk surrounding them, especially about blueberries. But what’s so great about them and how can they reall...

Are you feeling excited yet unsure and anxious about your upcoming summer vacation trip? You love traveling, visiting friends, relatives and exploring new places. But how do you navigate all of this as a new plant-based eater? Maybe you’ve just started plant-based eating, or have been in diet transi...

Walk into any grocery store, especially the big ones, and you’ll likely see a plethora of vegan commercial products lining store shelves, beckoning you to buy them with shiny packages and bold words declaring they are ‘plant-based’ or ‘vegan’. These options certainly look good, but the question is, ...

Do you feel that eating a plant-based diet will be too expensive, so you’re afraid to try it? Or maybe you’ve started plant-based eating already but don’t know how to keep your grocery bill reasonable. If you want to stay plant-based eating on a budget, I’ve got you covered!

Let’s turn you into a s...

Are you plant-based eating but feel discouraged that your loved ones seem set in their meat-eating ways, with no desire to change? They have health challenges too and you wish they could experience for themselves the benefits you’ve seen with plant-based eating. So what do you do? Just resign yourse...