Resources

Four doctors (a PhD, and 3 MDs), 2 cookbook authors and 6 DVDs

The heroes behind our mid-course correction

T. Colin Campbell, PhD  

Presenting the serious science behind a whole foods/plant-based diet, my personal admiration for Dr. Campbell is way off the charts! 

 

Book

• The China Study, Dallas, TX, BenBella Books, Inc., 2006

DVDs 

      Dr. Campbell is interviewed in these DVDs

• Forks over Knives: www.forksoverknives.com/
• PlanEat: http://planeat.tv/ 

Website

• www.TColinCampbell.org

  

Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD

Think a diagnosis of coronary artery disease is a death sentence? Think again!

 

Book

• Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, New York, NY, Avery, 2007

DVD

• Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD

      Dr. Campbell is interviewed in these DVDs

• Forks over Knives: www.forksoverknives.com/
• Processed People: www.Processed People.com

Website (the name says it all!)

• www.HeartAttackProof.com

  

John McDougall, MD and Mary McDougall

We are not alone! McDougall takes out all the stops to help you travel the plant-based path to changing your life

 

Books

• Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up, Summertown, TN, Healthy Living Publications, 2006
• Dr. McDougall's Total Health Solution for the 21st Century, Santa Rosa, CA, Dr. McDougall MD, 2003
• The Starch Solution, New York, Rodale Press, 2012 
• The McDougall's Quick & Easy Cookbook, Plume, NY, 1999

Website: Prepare to spend some time visiting this site, it's content rich and excellent. Attending one (or more) of his seminars would be one of the best gifts you could give to yourself...or loved one(s)!

• www.DrMcDougall.com

 

Joel Fuhrman, MD 

With a message similar to John McDougall, Fuhrman brings the intensity and self-discipline of a world class athlete (he was a figure skater!)

 

Books     

• Eat for Health, Flemington, NJ, Eat Right America, 2008
• Eat for Health, Flemington, NJ, Eat Right America, 2010
• Eat Right America Nutritarian Handbook, Flemington, NJ, 
• Eat Right America, 2009
• Eating Like a Nutritarian, Flemington, NJ, Eat Right America, 2009
• Nutrition Prescription Handbook, Flemington, NJ, Eat Right America, 2010

Website

• www.drfuhrman.com/

 

COOKBOOKS

 

Rip Esselstyn

A totally cool cookbook: a plant-based lifestyle is hip!  (He also has a new book out, My Beef with Meat)    

• The Engine 2 Diet, New York, NY, Wellness Central, 2009

Website

• www.engine2diet.com

 

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Don't be put off by her vegan message, her cookbook is excellent...and you might find - like me - that as time goes on, you lose your appetite for meat anyway.

• The Joy of Vegan Baking, Singapore, FairWinds Press, 2007

Website

• www.compassionatecook.com

   

 DVDs

1. Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, Joe Cross: www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/
2. Forks over Knives: www.forksoverknives.com/
3. PlanEat: http://planeat.tv/http://planeat.tv/    
4. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD 
5. Supersize Me, John Banzhaf:
6. The Pleasure Trap, Douglas Lisle, PhD and Alan Goldhamer, DC

   

Quotes

I have a lifelong love of inspirational quotes! This list will be added to as time goes on.

1. Texas Bix Bender, A Cowboy's Guide to Life
2. Gladiola Montana, Never Ask a Man the Size of his Spread: A Cowgirl's  Guide to Life, Gibbs Smith, October 2009 
3. David Mas Masumoto, Epitaph for a Peach, San Francisco, Harper Collins, 1996