Resources
We actively maintain the lists below to help you find what we consider the clearest information about the whole food, plant-based lifestyle. Scientific integrity is essential to being included here. For convenience, the references are organized by media type, with the most current usually at the top of each list.
Click the triangle next to a title to reveal a link to the item and often a brief description. Links for books usually go to amazon.com, since there is more detail, reviews, etc., but HWS does not endorse this or any retailer.
Comments and corrections, as well as additional suggestions for these lists are always welcome and appreciated at info@healthyworldsedona.com.
Books
The 30-Day Alzheimer’s Solution: The Definitive Food and Lifestyle Guide to Preventing Cognitive Decline, by Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, MDs, 2021
What’s Missing From Medicine: Six Lifestyle Changes Overcome Chronic Illness, by Saray Stancic, MD, 2021
The Future of Nutrition: An Insider’s Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, 2020
Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families, by Reshma Shah and Brenda Davis, 2020
How to Eat Right & Save the Planet: A Plant-Based Survival Guide for You & Your Family is a thorough but highly readable introduction to the benefits of a plant-based diet. Tara covers the environmental, ethical, and health aspects in a way that supports their interconnectedness. It contains lots of good, credible information, but does not overwhelm with scientific jargon, so it will be especially helpful to those new to a plant-based lifestyle.
How to Survive a Pandemic is a comprehensive volume by one of the plant-based movements most trusted experts, who just happens to have had a prior career as an expert in infectious diseases. Look no further for the best information on pandemics, their animals-for-food causes, and how to avoid and survive them.
The full title, Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome, promises a lot, but the very positive reader reviews indicate that it delivers. “Dr. B,” an award winning gastroenterologist, calls on lots of recent exciting research on the human gut, which validates the benefits of a plant-based diet. And he provides comparisons with the paleo and keto diets as well. A jump-start program and recipes are included.
How Not to Diet: The Groudbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss, by Michael Greger, MD, 2020
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, by Jonathan Safran Foer, 2019
The Joyful Vegan: How to Stay Vegan in a World That Wants You to Eat Meat, Dairy, and Eggs, by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, 2019
The China Study: Deluxe Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Thomas M. Campbell II, MD, 2017
The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy, by Neal D. Barnard, MD, 2017
The Alzheimer’s Solution: A Breakthrough Program to Prevent and Reverse the Symptoms of Cognitive Decline at Every Age, by Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, MDs, 2017
Plant-Based Muscle: Our Roadmap to Peak Performance on a Plant-Based Diet, by Robert Cheeke and Vanessa Espinoza, 2017
The Forks Over Knives Plan: How to Transition to the Life-Saving, Whole-Food, Plant-Based Diet, by Alona Pulde, MD, and Matthew Lederman, MD, 2017
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, by Michael Greger, MD, 2015
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, 2014
Becoming Vegan: The Complete Reference to Plant-Based Nutrition (Comprehensive Edition), by Brenda Davis, 2014
Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory, by Neal D. Barnard, MD, 2014
Food Choice and Sustainability: Why Buying Local, Eating Less Meat, and Taking Baby Steps Won’t Work, by Richard Oppenlander, DDS, 2013
Healthy Eating, Healthy World: Unleashing the Power of Plant-Based Nutrition, by J. Morris Hicks, 2011
Comfortably Unaware: What We Choose to Eat Is Killing Us and Our Planet, by Richard Oppenlander, DDS, 2011
Cookbooks
The How Not To Diet Cookbook: 100+ Recipes for Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss, by Michael Greger, MD, 2021
The Engine 2 Cookbook: More Than 130 Lip-Smacking, Rib-Sticking, Body-Slimming Recipes to Live Plant-Strong, by Rip Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn, 2018
The How Not To Die Cookbook: 100+ Recipes to Help Prevent and Reverse Disease, by Michael Greger, MD, 2017
The PlantPure Kitchen: 130 Mouthwatering, Whole Food Recipes and Tips for a Plant-Based Life, by Kim Campbell, 2017
Prevent and Reverse Hearth Disease Cookbook, by Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn, 2014
The New McDougall Cookbook: 300 Delicious Low-Fat, Plant-Based Recipes, by John A. McDougall, MD, and Mary McDougall, 1997
Movies And Videos
“Alzheimer’s Solution,” Rich Roll podcast, 2017
[Click on individual speaker names or click a year for access to all of that year’s speaker videos.]
SVF 2020: Michael Greger, Wayne Dysinger, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, J. Morris Hicks, Doug Lisle, Kip Andersen, Robby Barbaro, Jolene Bowers, Jason Wyrick, Chris Kalinich, Linda Voorhis, Jodi Paige
SVF 2019: Joel Kahn, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, Saray Stancic, Nil Zacharias, Fiona Oakes, Joanne Kong, Robert Cheeke, Will Tuttle, Sid Garza-Hillman (1 and 2 and 3)
SVF 2018: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Michael Klaper, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Brenda Davis, Sid Garza-Hillman, Keegan Kuhn
SVF 2017: Richard Oppenlander, Matt Ruscigno, Sailesh Rao, Gene Baur, Andrea Chilcote, Jason Wyrick (1 and 2), Josh LaJaunie
[Click on individual speaker names or click a year for access to all of that year’s speaker videos.]
HNC 2020: Michael Greger, Doug Lisle, Wayne Dysinger, Cyrus Khambatta, Caroline Trapp, Jolene Bowers, Beth DuPree, Shipra Bansal, Speaker Panel
HNC 2019: Joel Kahn, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, Saray Stancic, Jennifer Drost, Charles Katzenberg, Shipra Bansal, Speaker Panel, Jay Sutliffe
HNC 2018: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Michael Klaper, Brenda Davis, Shipra Bansal (1 and 2), NAU/NAH
HNC 2017: Ted Crawford, Craig McDougall, NAU/NAH
Newsletters And Magazines
This Dropbox Archives folder contains all the previous monthly HWS newsletters, from the first issue of December 2016 up to the present.
The subscription page for NutritionFacts.org has options to receive Dr. Michael Greger’s highly recommended blog and/or video publications on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, in English or Spanish.
Center for Nutrition Studies (T. Colin Campbell, PhD)
Dr. McDougall’s Health & Medical Center (John A. McDougall, MD)
Naked Food Magazine offers a variety of subscription options, including online only.
VegNews Magazine is available in print and/or digital formats.
Prepared Plant-Based Meal Delivery Services
Chef Jason Wyrick of The Vegan Taste offers prepared meals delivered in the greater Phoenix, AZ area. Inquire about delivery options for other Arizona areas at hello@thevegantaste.com.