Society Plant-Based Articles - Center for Nutrition Studies https://nutritionstudies.org/t/society/ Food. Science. Health. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:13:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 New Dietary Guidelines Require Radical Change https://nutritionstudies.org/new-dietary-guidelines-require-radical-change/ Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:00:51 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=56870 In a recent article, we discussed some of the key features of the newest edition of the dietary guidelines (2025–2030), including its recommendations for protein, full-fat dairy, processed foods, and alcohol. If you haven’t had a chance to read that article yet, now would be a great time to check it out. As we wrote … Continued

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla.

]]> Make It Tasty: How Food Descriptions Impact Our Choices https://nutritionstudies.org/make-it-tasty-how-food-descriptions-impact-our-choices/ Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:00:15 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=55638 What sounds better—a healthy, low-fat vegan black bean burger or a 10-spice smoky black bean burger? What if I told you they were exactly the same? Research has shown that most people gravitate more toward foods described by flavor, not healthfulness. Buffet-style dining halls located at five different college campuses were assigned to use three … Continued

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Written by Alexandria Huber-Disla.

]]> Addressing Health Inequity through Trauma Informed Lifestyle Medicine https://nutritionstudies.org/addressing-health-inequity-through-trauma-informed-lifestyle-medicine/ Sat, 28 May 2022 14:49:32 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=42799 Seeds to Inspire Foundation was founded to transmute privilege into service and bring my healing story—and the knowledge behind it—to communities challenged with health inequity and disparity.

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Written by Jacque Salomon.

]]> Book Excerpt: I Am Not a Tractor! How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won https://nutritionstudies.org/book-excerpt-i-am-not-a-tractor-how-florida-farmworkers-took-on-the-fast-food-giants-and-won/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 18:04:22 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=38032 How did the modest tomato not only help increase farm workers’ wages but also improve their safety and working conditions? This excerpt from the book I Am Not a Tractor! How Florida Farmworkers Took On the Fast Food Giants and Won gives you a teaser into just that.

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Written by Susan L. Marquis, PhD.

]]> Urban GreenWorks: A True Testament to How Food Can Shape Communities https://nutritionstudies.org/urban-greenworks-a-true-testament-to-how-food-can-shape-communities/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:04:40 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=36992 In response to the many consequences of COVID-19 on the environment and global food system, UGW is promoting regenerative solutions near and far.

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Written by Roger Horne.

]]> Vecino Victory Garden Feeds Those Facing Food Insecurity in California https://nutritionstudies.org/vecino-victory-garden-feeds-those-facing-food-insecurity-in-california/ Mon, 17 May 2021 19:49:06 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=36693 In a California community affected by the destruction of wildfires since 2018, Vecino Victory Garden is promoting food security and power.

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Written by Toni Zanella and Rhys Pritchett.

]]> CEEE Fights for Community Access to Fresh Fruits & Vegetables https://nutritionstudies.org/ceee-fights-for-community-access-to-fresh-fruits-vegetables/ Wed, 05 May 2021 14:56:15 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=36470 Our food system is failing both our health and our local economies, but it’s not too late to repair it. First, we have to acknowledge the challenges.

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Written by Kamyar Enshayan, PhD.

]]> Solar One’s Stuyvesant Cove Park Connects Residents to a Unique Urban Food Source https://nutritionstudies.org/solar-ones-stuyvesant-cove-park-connects-residents-to-a-unique-urban-food-source/ Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:53:34 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=35740 With the help of a CNS grant, Solar One reconnects people with food, the climate crisis, and a “living laboratory” of regenerative urban permaculture.

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Written by Candace Thompson.

]]> Race, Class, Nutrition, and COVID-19 https://nutritionstudies.org/class-nutrition-and-covid-19/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:01:28 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=34869 There is a clear nexus between income, nutrition, and the pre-existing conditions such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease which increase probabilities for COVID-19 infection

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Written by Craig Livermore, JD.

]]> Seeds: Our Global Crisis Plus 5 Actions We Can All Take https://nutritionstudies.org/seeds-our-global-crisis-plus-5-actions-we-can-all-take/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:45:33 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33928 SEED: The Untold Story tells the story of the planet’s most powerful resource: seeds. Learn about five crises our planet is facing and some practical and empowering actions we can all take.

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Written by Isabel Lu.

]]> Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 1 https://nutritionstudies.org/healthcare-vs-disease-response-system-part-1/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 21:15:45 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=33580 The health care system today is not equipped to establish health, or even prevent disease. Instead, it responds to disease, and it relies on technology to do so. The widespread, and still spreading, use of drugs illustrates this reliance on technology.

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Written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> 8 Tips to Be Plant-Based When Your Spouse Is Not https://nutritionstudies.org/8-tips-plant-based-spouse-not/ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:37:45 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=20797 Is your spouse not on board with a plant-based diet? Here are some tips for staying plant-based when your family or spouse are not willing to be.

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Written by Lisa Lorimer, MBA.

]]> Living in a “Blended” Dietary Household? 4 Solutions to Make it Work https://nutritionstudies.org/living-blended-dietary-household-4-solutions-make-work/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 14:56:56 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=18066 When one (or more) of you is a whole food, plant-based eater and others in your household aren’t, how do you make it work?

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Written by Karen Asp, MA.

]]> Nutrition is a Democratic Topic in This Life Changing Writing Class https://nutritionstudies.org/nutrition-democratic-topic-life-changing-writing-class/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:07:03 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=18005 Comparing the Standard American Diet with a Plant-Based Diet serves as a model resource for learning basic argumentative skills. It also becomes life changing for many students.

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Written by Kimberly Ramírez, PhD.

]]> Top 5 Non-Food, Lifestyle Factors That Destroy Quality of Life https://nutritionstudies.org/top-5-non-food-lifestyle-factors-destroy-quality-life/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 19:05:19 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=17586/ The benefits of a plant-based diet are clear.  Here are my top 5 non-nutrition factors affecting quality of life, plus practical tips for a more satisfying life.

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Written by Thomas Campbell, MD.

]]> Is it Actually Possible to Go Vegan Overnight? https://nutritionstudies.org/actually-possible-go-vegan-overnight/ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:41:48 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=16564/ Read about how a meat-loving chicken wing king was converted into a tofu-pressing vegan from the "The Skeptical Vegan.”

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Written by Eric C. Lindstrom.

]]> One Simple Choice Can Change the Whole World, for the Better https://nutritionstudies.org/one-simple-choice-can-change-the-whole-world-for-the-better/ Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:18:40 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=14378 If you could help reverse the ecological threats on Earth, while improving your health and preventing the egregious suffering of billions of animals, would you?

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Written by Gene Baur.

]]> Bart Potenza Co-Founder of NYC’s Candle 79: All’s Well That Eats Well https://nutritionstudies.org/bart-potenza-co-founder-of-nycs-candle-79-alls-well-that-eats-well/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:31:52 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13949 “Bringing home the bacon” was a reward, but losing his family to food related disease was not. Bart became vegan at 55 and is going strong at 80!

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Written by Bart Potenza.

]]> Plant-Based Diet Helps Native Americans Overcome Diabetes https://nutritionstudies.org/plant-based-diet-helps-native-americans-overcome-diabetes/ Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:54:35 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13964 Success in the Marshall Islands has inspired educators with hope for the Pima tribes of Arizona. Food, not genetics, will turn the diabetes epidemic around.

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Written by Kathryn Pollard, MS.

]]> Healing & Transformation – Clergywoman Reflects on a Plant-Based Diet Transition https://nutritionstudies.org/healing-transformation-clergywoman-reflects-on-a-plant-based-diet-transition/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:20:40 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13747 My sense is that the plant-based community is part of a powerful transformative movement for healing a broken and hurting world.

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Written by Dorothy Greet.

]]> Healthcare in Crisis: RN Asks What’s Food Got to Do With It? https://nutritionstudies.org/healthcare-in-crisis-rn-asks-whats-food-got-to-do-with-it/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:10:54 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13766 Medical treatment plans don’t combat today’s chronic illnesses. Adult obesity rates of 36% and obesity rates for nurses at 55% indicate an overall lack of lifestyle education.

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Written by Kathleen M. Kirby, RN.

]]> The Mindful Plant-Based: Happy, Healthy, Here and Now https://nutritionstudies.org/mindful-vegan-happy-healthy-now/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:31:14 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13561 Have you built a wall of deprivation-driven tension around food? If we are constantly on the way to a perfect-health future, are we ever going to enjoy it?

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Written by Lani Muelrath, MA.

]]> Vegan Fairy Tale: A Rancher’s Wife & Her Voice for the Voiceless https://nutritionstudies.org/vegan-fairy-tale-ranchers-wife-and-her-voice-for-the-voiceless/ Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:13:18 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13380 The journey of a rancher’s wife gone vegan. They almost divorced over her inability to withstand his way of life, now they operate the Rowdy Girl Sanctuary in Texas.

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Written by Renee King-Sonnen.

]]> Diabetes: A Clash Between Culture and Modern Diet in Guatemala https://nutritionstudies.org/diabetes-a-clash-between-culture-and-modern-diet-in-guatemala/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:13:03 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13248 A social entrepreneur and Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate holder is tackling the diabetes epidemic with her small business in Guatemala.

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Written by Denise Lim.

]]> Millennials and A Plant-Based Diet. Better Food, Better Choices. https://nutritionstudies.org/millennials-and-a-plant-based-diet/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 10:12:06 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13245 They aren’t interested in doing what their parents did just for the sake of tradition but making better choices for themselves, animals & the environment.

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Written by Kathy Freston.

]]> The Benefits of Social Support for Your Healthy Lifestyle https://nutritionstudies.org/benefits-social-support-healthy-lifestyle/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:41:25 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=13054 Do your friends and family support or sabotage your efforts to make healthy choices?

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Written by Micaela Karlsen, PhD, MSPH.

]]> Finally Freedom From My Bondage to Junk Food https://nutritionstudies.org/finally-freedom-from-my-bondage-with-junk-food/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:15:48 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=12815 What did you learn from your family about food? Sonia Holycross responds to this question after growing up on food stamps and in generations of poverty.

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Written by Sonia Holycross.

]]> Do You Eat Your Emotions? How to Help With Binge Eating https://nutritionstudies.org/do-you-eat-your-emotions-how-to-help-with-binge-eating/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 17:37:46 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=12419 Chef Del shares his personal story to inspire others who know a whole foods, plant-based diet is optimal yet have an unproductive relationship with food.

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Written by Chef Del Sroufe.

]]> Vegan, Plant-Based, or… What Label Works? https://nutritionstudies.org/vegan-plant-based-diet-or-what-label-works/ Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:15:16 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=11914 Whole Food, Plant-Based diet, now that’s a Mouthful! Thought leaders weigh in on how labels can be difficult for plant-eaters in a growing movement.

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Written by Martica Heaner, PhD.

]]> More People Want Vegan Food in Restaurants https://nutritionstudies.org/more-people-want-vegan-food-in-restaurants/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:23:11 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=11842 Food culture is changing and restaurant menus are finally catching up. Most of them, that is…

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Written by Kathy Freston.

]]> Nature Does Not Negotiate https://nutritionstudies.org/nature-does-not-negotiate/ Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:48:54 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10941 I'm known as the Mad Cowboy. For the last 25 years I have spoken out about animal abuse, health and the human diet. It is now time to focus on the problem that has the potential to end human existence on planet Earth.

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Written by Howard Lyman.

]]> America the Beautiful: Swimming in the Slurry https://nutritionstudies.org/america-the-beautiful-swimming-in-the-slurry/ Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:46:26 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10945 In the United States, we recently had one of the worst droughts in history.

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Written by Amy-Lee Goodman.

]]> Impact of Food Choices on the Environment https://nutritionstudies.org/impact-of-food-choices-on-the-environment/ Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:45:17 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10963 Renowned Cornell Biological Oceanography and CNS lecturer explains why we need to take "ownership" of our oceans.

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Written by Bruce Monger, PhD.

]]> Our Own Health or Our Ecosystem? https://nutritionstudies.org/our-own-health-or-our-ecosystem/ Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:44:20 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10972 At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a “safe operating space” for human beings.

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Written by J. Morris Hicks.

]]> Food Lessons from the Dominican Republic https://nutritionstudies.org/lessons-from-dominican-republic/ Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:10:01 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10675 As Rural To Urban Migration Increases And Farmland Goes To Livestock, Global Roots Restores The Land, Builds A Sustainable Community & Reclaims Our Health!

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Written by LeAnne Campbell, PhD.

]]> 5 Tips to Overcome Social Challenges https://nutritionstudies.org/5-tips-to-overcome-social-challenges/ Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:49:50 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=10209 It’s funny because now I’m SO, SO proud and bold about being plant-based that you can hardly shut me up! I love being in on the early side of social change, and knowing that I overcame personal obstacles to get there makes me all the more excited about my food choices. But when I first began eating this way, I often felt like I was, ahem, a fish out of water… But here’s how I dealt with 5 of the most common social challenges that came my way:

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Written by Kathy Freston.

]]> Climate Change – We’re Toast! https://nutritionstudies.org/climate-change-were-toast/ Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:49:06 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=9897 (psst....or we can all go on a diet)

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Written by Dr. Colin Walsh.

]]> Plant-Based Without Borders https://nutritionstudies.org/wfpb-without-borders/ Wed, 14 May 2014 14:29:53 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=9038 My name is Walter Vermeulen I am a Medical Doctor. I also hold a Master’s in Community Health degree from the University of Liverpool (UK). For the past 14 years I have been the Executive Director of METI, an environmental Charitable Trust in Samoa...

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Written by Walter Vermeulen, MD, MS.

]]> Fifty Shades of Green https://nutritionstudies.org/fifty-shades-of-green/ Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:15:02 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=8686 The canary in our food-supply mine is dead. Unnoticed but catastrophic changes endanger the Earth's ability to feed our species.

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Written by Mary Guay.

]]> Revisiting the Bloomberg Attempted Ban on Soda https://nutritionstudies.org/bloomberg-attempted-ban-soda/ Tue, 25 Feb 2014 19:37:06 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=8246 His crusade to better the health of New York City continued last year, when Bloomberg attempted to prohibit restaurants and business from selling sodas larger than 16 ounces.

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Written by Sarah Lam.

]]> Reductionist Paradigm: The Cause of Nutrition Confusion https://nutritionstudies.org/reductionist-paradigm-cause-nutrition-confusion/ Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:57:30 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=7742 The Plant Based Nutrition Certificate has convinced me that Dr. Campbell pinpointed the main cause of confusion among Americans when it comes to nutrition.

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Written by Dominic Marro.

]]> Protecting the Planet with Your Fork https://nutritionstudies.org/protecting-planet-fork/ Mon, 09 Dec 2013 15:58:03 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=7196 Here at the Center for Nutrition Studies, we are focused on nutrition and health. But what we choose to do for our own nutrition and health has a dramatic effect on the health of the planet…

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Written by Thomas Campbell, MD.

]]> What’s For Lunch? https://nutritionstudies.org/whats-lunch/ Tue, 29 Oct 2013 18:08:50 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=4810 The latest version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was recently published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and, except for some minor adjustments in format and design, and the addition of two new guidelines

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> China Report: A Disease Profile https://nutritionstudies.org/china-report-disease-profile/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:08:50 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=4762 In China, we came to discover the differences between diseases of nutritional extravagance and poverty when we decided to find out why various diseases were clustered in the ways that they were in various parts of the country.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

]]> A Strategy for Health https://nutritionstudies.org/strategy-health/ Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:53:20 +0000 http://nutritionstudies.org/?p=4716 Important new information that will help you understand the roadblocks to health and develop a plan for optimal health and happiness!

When I began my practice more than 20 years ago, I still had a lot to learn.

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Written by Alan Goldhamer, D.C..

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