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Here are all of the latest tools, and then some, that brought me to where I am today. It may seem like an overwhelming amount of information but I would recommend just starting with either "Forks Over Knives" or "What the Health", then going from there.

The book that got me started was "The Engine 2 Diet"

Documentaries

Forks Over Knives

  • A GREAT overview of wfpb diet. You could definitely start here and get a good foundation of knowledge.

What the Health

  • Follow up to Cowspiracy and investigates the influence of Meat/Dairy/Big Pharma companies over the health industry.

Cowspiracy

  • Talks about the big players in Meat and Dairy and how much control they really have

PlantPureNation

  • This documentary follows three people trying to educate the American public about the health benefits of a plant based diet. They attempt to work with the Kentucky Senate, but lobbyists push back once they realize the legislation could be detrimental to the animal agriculture business.

From The Ground Up

  • Follows the story of a former college football player, Santino Panico, as he attempts to rediscover his fitness as a vegan by running in his first marathon. He meets with vegetarian and vegan elite competitors to better understand the link between food and sports.

Game Changers

Global Premiere: September 16, 2019

Others

  • Food Choices
  • Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
  • Food Inc.
  • Vegucated
  • Food Matters

Books

Engine 2 Diet

By Rip Esselstyn

  • This is where I started. Helped show me a wfpb diet can be viable solution for athletic men. Author is a world-renowned athlete.

The China Study

By T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II

  • Has a ton of proven data about the merits of a wfpb diet. It goes disease by disease and talks about how a wfpb diet can prevent, stop, and even reverse each one.

Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

By Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr.

  • The author of this book is a world-renowned cardiologist and has clinical data showing the effectiveness of switching to wfpb for people with very progressed cardiovascular disease. He is the father of the author of Engine 2 Diet.

How Not to Die

By Michael Greger M.D.

  • In the middle of reading now. The author is the same doctor behind NutritionFacts.org and he goes through each disease killing Americans and talks about evidence based nutrition for how to minimize your risks.

Others

The rest of these I have yet to read but have heard good things about either them or their author

  • Seven Day Rescue Diet, Rip Esselstyn - Rip's latest book
  • Whole, T. Colin Campbell, Howard Jacobson - Latest book by T. Colin Campbell
  • Proteinaholic, Garth Davis M.D., Howard Jacobson
  • The Pleasure Trap
  • The Cheese Trap
  • Power Foods for the Brain
  • Eating on the Wild Side

Websites

Nutrition Facts

  • Absolutely a must have in your WFPB toolbox. TONS of free videos, articles on everything WFPB. Focuses on evidenced-based nutrition.

Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine

  • PCRM is an organization of top medical practitioners, and this site includes a wealth of information on the prevention and treatment of disease through healthful eating, as well as a vegetarian starter kit.

Forks Over Knives

  • Forks Over Knives empowers people to live healthier lives by changing the way the world understands nutrition. The Forks Over Knives website features delicious recipes, articles by leading experts, and scores of real-life success stories.

Engine 2 Diet

  • Rip Esselstyn and his Engine 2 team have been working to change the American diet for good over the past eight years. He transformed a Texas BBQ-loving fire station into a plant-based powerhouse, and now he’s dedicated his life to showing you how to live an easy and satisfying plant-strong life.

No Meat Athlete

Meal Planners/Food Services

  1. https://forksmealplanner.com — This is the one my wife and I use
  2. https://mealplanner.engine2.com — Haven't tried this but it's by the same person as the author of Engine2 book
  3. https://www.purplecarrot.com — Vegan meal ingredient delivery service like Blue Apron or Plated. It's not technically WFPB but the recipes can be easily altered by just skipping the oils
  4. https://www.hungryroot.com
  5. https://www.happycow.net - Like Yelp but specifically for finding vegan/vegetarian resataurants nearby

Podcasts

Plant Yourself Podcast

  • This podcast covers a wide range of topics and is not always related to food, but they approach things from a plant-based perspective and talk a lot about self-improvement and bettering yourself and the environment, which I appreciate.

Thought for Food

No longer creating new episodes

  • I’ve only recently started listening to this podcast but you should definitely listen to the “Transitioning to a Plant-Based Lifestyle” episode from 1/28/16. They come from an athlete perspective too and help break the stereotypes.

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

  • Short episodes focused on one health topic. Especially helpful for targeted information like allergies, vitamin supplements, joint health, etc.

Others

  • No Meat Athlete
  • Plant-Strong
  • The Rich Roll Podcast