Dr. Michael Greger put together this brief, easy-to-read, evidence-based food guide. It's great to use as a quick nutrition resource and can help you during your transition to a plant-based way of eating. Check out his website for many more evidence-based nutrition facts.
When consuming a whole-foods, plant-based diet, there are specific foods that we should try to eat daily to maximize health benefits. Most days a work, I observe people consume a typical lunch of something like a grilled ham and cheese on buttered white bread with a bag of potato chips and a slice of pie or a cookie. With a few exceptions, meals are often lacking in fruits, vegetable, beans, and whole grains that provide vital minerals, vitamins, phytonutrients, fiber, and plant protein. Instead, they are replete with mostly empty calories that are high in processed carbohydrates, saturated fats, and potentially [...]
