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Date Bars from the PlantPure Nation Cookbook

I like to bring whole food, plant-based refreshments when I give local talks. I typically just lay them out and don’t highlight the fact that they don’t have added sugar, or eggs, or dairy, or bacon, or whatever else the young people are putting into their treats these days. At the end of the talk,…

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PYP 107: Annie Oliverio on the Dance of Cravings, Denial, and Pleasure

Annie Oliverio’s mind works differently from most people’s. When she sat down to write a cookbook, she didn’t come up with chapter headings like Breakfasts, Lunches, Snacks, Soups, Desserts, and so on.

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PYP 100: Rich Roll on the Transformative Power of Mindful Authenticity

Rich Roll, along with his wife Julie Piatt, has just released The PlantPower Way. Already #38 on the amazon bestseller list, the book is a wonderful introduction to a family-centered, plant-based lifestyle, and a font of recipes, advice, and philosophical guidance.

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PYP 099: Julie Piatt on Alchemy and “Cutting the Zucchini with the Closest Knife”

Julie Piatt returns to the Plant Yourself Podcast to celebrate the imminent release (like, tomorrow) of her and her husband Rich Roll’s new book, The PlantPower Way.

Julie and Rich are really good at sharing both the biggest, broadest vision of a meaningful life and the tiniest details of how to go about creating it at the same time.

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PYP 094: Karen Page on the Secret Reason to Go Plant-Based: Flavor

Karen Page is one of the most influential food writers of our time. The author, with her husband Andrew Dornenberg, of several impressive books about gourmet cooking, chefs, and fine restaurants.

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PYP 092: Tracy Russell on Green Smoothies as the Easiest First Step on the Road to Health

On December 31, 2007, Tracy Russell went to bed in mediocre health, lacking energy to exercise, and 40 pounds overweight.

The next morning, she made her first green smoothie, and hasn’t looked back since.

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PYP 091: Heather Crosby on the Courage to Become Healthy

When Heather Crosby found herself in poor health and, according to her doctors, destined to be on meds for the rest of her life, she decided to take her health into her own hands.

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PYP 088: Anjali Shah on Being – and Feeding – a Picky Eater

In a recent email from Coach.me, a smartphone app devoted to positive habit formation, I was introduced to a healthy eating coach named Anjali Shah.

Since a lot of the Coach.me community is in love with versions of paleo, I was happy to see a health coach dedicated to helping people transition to a truly healthy diet, with little or no animal products or heavily refined foods.

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PYP 084: Julieanna Hever on the Vegiterranean Diet

Julieanna Hever, the Plant Based Dietitian, was torn.

As an expert on nutrition, she knew that the healthiest diet for humans is plant-based whole foods.

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PYP 079: Plant-Based Katie on Healing Her Relationship with Food and Experiencing True Pleasure

Katie Mae grew up eating chicken, beef, mashed potatoes – and overcooked frozen vegetables (when her parents forced her). In high school she exhibited disordered eating patterns, and thought of herself as an “ice cream addict.”

Fast forward to today, and Katie is an unabashed foodie and flavor ambassador for a cuisine that most people don’t associate with hedonistic pleasure: whole food, plant-based, minus the sugar, oil, and salt.

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