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Eating More Veggies
Bottom line is that eating more ultra-processed foods than whole foods is a very risky proposition.
Before we decide that the only way to fill up is to pile meat and potatoes on the plate, let’s make sure we understand how to make the most of the filling potential of veggies.
We break down one of the most impactful tips and tricks to eating more veggies for better health
Love the lifestyle bowl from Chipotle or the Chipotle Veggie Bowl and want more chipotle vegetarian options at home? Try this diy recipe for a Chipotle Vegan Bowl
Check nutrition facts on the Chipotle Salad Bowl
For all of January, we’ve talked about how you can embody that new year, new you vibe. How do you maintain progress toward your New Year resolutions in 2021, especially with all that’s going on in the world?
Forget the labels. You don’t have to be a Vegan or Vegetarian to eat more plants…
Food fuels all the good we do for the world, our families and our chosen communities…
Shifting your barriers to healthy eating is all about context…
Health Equity
See the resources we referenced in Share & Savor: A Plant-Based Experience
With Black History Month right around the corner, we've pulled together some journal articles pertinent to Black folks’ wellness and resilience for you to hang on your bulletin board.
We’re still squarely in our “New Year New You” mindset where we ambitiously set dietary resolutions for 2021. Shoot, alliteration be darned, I’m personally on that “New Year New Me” vibe all month (even if it feels like only a few weeks ago that we all celebrated “happy new year 2020)!
Let’s answer questions like, “what is a processed food?”, “what are ultraprocessed foods?, and even “what is processing?” . Don’t forget to work your way through the refrigerator inventory to see some examples of ultraprocessed foods.
See the resources Dr. Wuse referenced in the ‘Healing From Racism’ Ethel’s Club Workshop Series. These cover eating, sleeping and staying active to reduce anti-inflammatory burden and chronic disease risk.
We dig deep into a few Black farmers’ markets and CSAs that bring Black-owned farm products to city-dwellers’ neighborhoods. We cover a Raleigh farmers market, a Durham farmers market, a Chicago farmers market, a DC farmers market, an Oakland farmers market and two Atlanta farmers markets.
Building anti-inflammatory habits could counteract the increased disease risk caused by racism
See the resources we referenced in Share & Savor: A Plant-Based Experience
You’ve probably heard about food deserts…
Food fuels all the good we do for the world, our families and our chosen communities…
Remember that [cough] imaginary time you ate a dozen doughnuts by yourself? How on earth did you get here? More importantly how do you leave and NEVER come back?
Goal-Setting Hacks
“We need to give ourselves grace”
If you’ve been looking for inspo on gratitude journal prompts, read this.
The 8 recipes in our Share & Savor course can be mixed and matched in so many ways to build a well-balanced Holiday meals
Our inner child’s relationship to movement can teach us how to stay consistent with working out.
Setting and re-setting goals we never seem to reach can be downright demoralizing, especially when we can’t figure out WHY we’re not making progress.
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Recipes
Try this low-sugar fruit and yogurt breakfast parfait
Fight heart disease w antioxidants in these brussels sprouts recipes.
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See the resources we referenced in Share & Savor: A Plant-Based Experience