External Links and Resources

Selective Useful Websites, Books, Videos, Apps to Explore:

References

You can assume that most books and articles related to food politics are full of misinformation unless you have strong reason to know the author is credible.

• The best starting point for your reading maybe my article, “Why Go Vegan?”, which distills the most powerful vegan arguments down to an essay that can be read in under an hour.

• Another essential short piece is the “Vegan Nutrition Guide” from Virginia Messina MPH, RD. It’ll give you the information you need to eat a healthful vegan diet while steering clear of the main dietary pitfalls.

• After you read those articles, you can dive deeper into the topic by reading a few well-chosen books. I curate this list of recent titles that I think are especially worth reading.

Books & websites to help you transition:

* "The Forks Over Knives Plan" Alona Pulde MD, Matthew Lederman MD, Brian Wendel

* "A Plant-Based Life" Micaela Karlsen, MSPH

* "Seven Day Rescue Diet" Rip Esselstyn

* "The Whole Foods Diet" John Mackey, Alona Pulde MD, Matthew Lederman MD

* "The 30-Day Vegan Challenge" Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

* "Forks Over Knives Family" Alona Pulde MD, Matthew Lederman MD

* "4Leaf Guide to Vibrant Health" Kerry Graff MD, J Morris Hicks

• How Not To Die by Michael Greger

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell

Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Liberation by Peter Singer

The Ultimate Vegan Guide by Erik Marcus

The Story Of Stuff by Annie Leonard

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Peace food by Ruediger Dahlke

Vegan Klischee Ade by Niko Rittenau

The Plant-Based Diet by Maria Felding, Tobias Schmidt Hansen, David Stenholtz

• Mercy For Animals

• Vegan for Life

• The Ultimate Vegan Guide

• Vegan for Her

• Eating Animals

• Nutricide (Book),

• Medical Apartheid (Book),

• The Hood Health Handbook (Book).~

• Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-based Diet Brenda Davis, RD and Vesanto Melina., MS, RD Summertown, TN: Book Publishing Company. 2000. 282 pp. ISBN: 1570671036

• Being Vegetarian for Dummies Suzanne Havala, MS, RD. Cleveland, OH: IDG Books Worldwide. 2001. 336 pp. ISBN: 0764563351

• The Complete Guide to Vegetarian Convenience Foods Gail Davis New Sage Press. 1999. 166 pp. ISBN: 0-939165-35

• The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets: Issues and Applications, 2nd ed. Virginia Messina, Reed Mangels, and Mark Messina Boston, Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 2004. 587 pp. ISBN 0-7637-3241-9

• The New Becoming Vegetarian: The Essential Guide to a Healthy Vegetarian Diet Vesanto Melina., MS, RD and Brenda Davis, RD Summertown, TN: Book Publishing Company. 2003. 373 pp. ISBN: 1570671443

• Simply Vegan: Quick Vegetarian Meals, 4th ed. Debra Wasserman; Nutrition Section by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Baltimore, MD: The Vegetarian Resource Group. 2006. 224 pp. ISBN: 0931411300

• Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions Davida Gypsy Breier; Nutrition Section by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Baltimore, MD: The Vegetarian Resource Group. 2001. 272 pp. ISBN: 0931411246

• * "Living The Farm Sanctuary Life" Gene Baur

* "Finding Ultra" Rich Roll

* "Meatonomics" David Simon

* "Food Choice and Sustainability" Richard Oppenlander DDS

* "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows" Melanie Joy PhD

* "The Sustainablility Secret" Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn126w

• The Miracle of Fasting, Paul and Patricia Bragg

• How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, Michael Grege

• The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, Dan Buettner

• Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To, David Sinclair

• The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer, Dr Elizabeth Blackburn and Dr Elissa Epel

• 100 Days to a Younger Brain, Dr Sabina Brennan

• "Becoming Vegan" (Comprehensive edition) Brenda Davis RD, Vesanto Melina MS RD

* "Vegan For Life" Jack Norris RD, Virginia Messina MPH RD

* "How Not to Die" Michael Greger MD

* "The Vegiterranean Diet" Julieanna Hever, MS RD

* "Proteinaholic" Garth Davis, MD

* "The China Study" Thomas Campbell MD, T Colin Campbell PhD

* "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" Caldwell Esselstyn MD

* "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes" Neal Barnard MD

* "Eat to Live" Joel Fuhrman MD

• Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet Paperback – July 12, 2011

• Vegan for Her: The Woman's Guide to Being Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet Kindle Edition

• Never Too Late to Go Vegan: The Over-50 Guide to Adopting and Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet Paperback – January 28, 2014

• Even Vegans Die: A Practical Guide to Caregiving, Acceptance, and Protecting Your Legacy of Compassion Paperback – May 1, 2017

Websites Vegan:

DominionMovement.com

CarnismDebunked.com

GoVeganWorld.com

ComfortablyUnaware.com

BeFairBeVegan.com

BiteSizeVegan.com

FreeFromHarm.org

JoyfulVegan.com

NationEarth.com

WhatTheHealthFilm.com

Cowspiracy.com

GameChangersMovie.com

ViveVegano.org

NutritionFacts.org

HumaneMyth.org

www.milkiscruel.com .org

www.watchdominion.com

www.dropdairy.com.au/

Best of VEGAN.COM

• Why Choose Vegan? The Top Reasons Explained

• How to Go Vegan: Key Info & Essential Advice

• Guide to Vegan Cooking: Learn the Basic In Under An Hour

• Easy Vegan Foods: The Definitive Gigantic List

• Vegan Vitamins & Supplements Buying Guide

• Best Vegan Cookbooks for Every Cuisine & Interest

• Vegan Alternatives to Meat, Dairy, And Egg Products

• A Vegan Guide to World Cuisines

21daykickstart.com

* PlantricianProject.org/quickstartguide

* ForksOverKnives.com

* Engine2Diet.com

* Lighter.world

* PCRM.org

* NutritionFacts.org

* VeganHealth.org

* VegetarianNutrition.net

* NutritionStudies.org

* PlantBasedOnABudget.com

Plantbased health professionals:

* PlantbasedDocs.com

* VegDocs.com

https://veganuniversal.com/why-go-vegan-six-convincing-reasons-to-be-vegan

• www.vegnutrition.com/index.html – written by RD

• www.veganhealth.org - – written by RD

• www.vrg.org – the Vegetarian Resource Group

• www.vegetarian-nutrition.info/ - written by RD

• www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/vegetarian.pdf - National Agricultural Library Food and Nutrition Information Center

• www.vegansociety.com - UK site promotes ways of living free from animal products

• www.vegetariannutrition.net - American Dietetic Association affiliate

• www.vegdining.com - worldwide vegetarian restaurants

• www.veganoutreach.org – working to end cruelty to animals

• www.eatlowcarbon.org

• www.ods.od.nih.gov - NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

• The 57 Health Benefits of going Vegan

• http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/19/57-health-benefits-of-going-vegan

• Norris, Jack RD.

• www.veganhealth.com

• Vegetarian Resource Group.

• www.vrg.org

• Robbins, John,

• “What about Soy?”

• http://www.vegfamily.com/health/is-soy-bad-for-you.htm

• Robbins, John, “The Truth About Calcium and Osteoporosis,” Juice Matters, Nov 2009

• Dharmananda, Subhuti Ph.D.,“The Nutritional and Medicinal Value of seaweeds used in Chinese Medicine”

• http://www.itmonline.org/arts/seaweed.htm

Cookbooks

• Almost Vegetarian by Diana Shaw. 1994. ISBN 0-51788-20-6.

• The Occasional Vegetarian by Karen Lee. Warner Books Inc, 1995. ISBN 0-446- 51792-5.

• Meatless Meals for Working People: Quick and Easy Vegetarian Recipes, by D Wasserman and C Stahler. The Vegetarian Resource Group, 1998. ISBN 0- 931411-06-8.

• Lean and Luscious and Meatless, by B Hinman & M Snyder. Prima Publishing, 1991. ISBN 1-55958-110-7.

• Jane Brody's Good Food Book, by Jane E Brody. WW Norton & Company, 1995. ISBN 0-393-02210-2.

• Meatless Dishes in Twenty Minutes, by Karen A Levin. Contemporary Books Inc, 1993. ISBN 0-8092-3810-1.

• Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home, by the Moosewood Collective. Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1994. ISBN 0- 671-81954-5.

• Simple, Lowfat & Vegetarian, by Suzanne Havala, Vegetarian Resource Group, 1994. ISBN 0-931411-09-2.

• New Laurel's Kitchen, by L Robertson, C Flinders, B Ruppenthal. Ten Speed Press, 1986. ISBN 0-89815-167-8.

• Full of Beans, by V Currie and K Spicer. Mighton House, 1993. ISBN 0-965688- 1-9.

• The Amazing Legume: Cooking with Lentils, Dry Beans and Dry Peas, by Alice Jenner. Centax Books, Canada, 1994. ISBN 0-9691901-0-7.

• The Simply Vegan Cookbook, by Dustin Harder

• Quick-Fix Vegan, by Robin Robertson

• Thug Kitchen 101, by Davis & Holloway

• Everyday Happy Herbivore, by Lindsay S. Nixon

• Veganize It!

• 2. Thug Kitchen

• 3. The Oh She Glows Cookbook

• 4. But I Could Never Go Vegan!

• 5. The Taco Cleanse

Vegan Apps

• If you are looking for vegan recipe apps, there are a TON of those. I can’t honestly recommend any because I write my own recipes and don’t have much time for testing out other peoples, but if you are interested in some, here are the ones I have heard good things about:

• Food Monster from One Green Planet that contains 5000+ recipes

• Oh She Glows from the popular blog

• Eat Vegan 250+ recipes

• Do Eat Raw for raw vegan recipes

• Forks Over Knives from the makers of the documentary, oil-free whole food recipes

• Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen a free checklist to get all you nutrition needs in a day from the makers of NutritionFacts.org

• HAPPYCOW

• IS IT VEGAN

• VEGAHOLIC

• VEGANXPRESS

• CRUELTY-CUTTER

• BUNNY FREE