RESOURCES
This list is not comprehensive but effort was made to include resources felt to be of most value to those who are new to healthy living. However, such resources are numerous and ever-expanding. Therefore, if you come across a resource that you find particularly valuable and that is not already noted here, please feel free to share it with us so that we can add it to our list and thereby share it with others.
Plant-Based Diet
Books
How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Greger, MD
The Truth About Food: Why Pandas Eat Bamboo and People Get Bamboozled by Dr. David Katz, MD, MPH
The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Whole by Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. MD
Proteinaholic by Dr. Garth Davis, MD
The Starch Solution by Dr. John A. McDougall, MD
The Spectrum by Dr. Dean Ornish, MD
Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease by Dr. Dean Ornish, MD
The Pleasure Trap by Drs. Douglas J. Lisle, PhD & Alan Goldhamer, DC
Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Preventing and Reversing Diabetes by Dr. Neal D. Barnard, MD
Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, MD
The End of Diabetes by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, MD
The Alzheimer’s Solution by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, MD
Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina, MS, RD
Websites
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Documentaries
Forks Over Knives
What the Health
Eating You Alive
Game Changers
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead
PlantPure Nation
Food, Inc.
Food Delivery Services
LeafSide
Daily Harvest
The Purple Carrot
Forks Over Knives
PlantPure Nation
22 Days Nutrition
Green Chef
Kitchen Therapy
Veestro
Hungryroot
Fresh n’ Lean
Mama Sezz
Plant-Based Diet Starter Plans
Forks Over Knives: Fresh Start Challenge
NutritionStudies.org/T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies: 7-Day Plant-Based Kickstart
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM): 21-Day Vegan Kickstart
McDougall Programs
Engine 2 Diet: 7-Day Rescue and 28-Day Challenge
UC Davis Integrative Medicine: 21-day Plant-Based Challenge
NOTE: There are many Apps available which provide plant-based recipes, meal planning, nutrition tracking, restaurant recommendations, and so on.
Mindfulness
Books
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Waking Up by Sam Harris
10% Happier by Dan Harris
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh
Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung
Apps
Calm
Headspace
Waking Up
10% Happier
Mindfulness Coach
Breathe by Dr. Jud
Unwinding Anxiety
Eat Right Now (mindful eating)
Classes
Mainstream Mindfulness
Spokane Massage
Palouse Mindfulness
Habit Change
Books
Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Craving Mind by Dr. Jud Brewer
The Pleasure Trap by Drs. Douglas J. Lisle, PhD & Alan Goldhamer, DC
Websites
NOTE: There are many habit-tracking and smoking cessation apps available as well.