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Eating for a Healthy, Active Pregnancy
I've had a few questions about what I've been eating during pregnancy, so I'll share! A great pregnancy nutrition resource, by the way, is The Complete Idiot's Guide to Plant-Based…
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Plant Based Nutrition – Will I Get Anemic?
As a personal trainer I've talked with many people and even seen clients struggle with iron-deficiency anemia after adopting a plant based diet. I've even had people describe to me how…
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The Paleo Diet – The Ultimate Review Released!
Walk into any Crossfit gym these days and the predominant nutritional advice you'll hear is unfortunately that of the Paleo Diet. Now I am by no means knocking Crossfit…
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My High Carb Pre-contest Diet!
It has now been one month since our trip to Seattle for my last contest - time flies! I wrote a review of my experience competing for Vegan Bodybuilding and…
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Heart Attack-Proof Diet in the Media! Watch it Tonight!
I'm really excited because plant-based nutrition as a means of improving your health has been in the media a lot the last few days! Former President Bill Clinton was in…
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Announcements!
Here they are: We're hosting meal and recipe exchanges (Plant-Based Potlucks) starting August 7th, and you're invited! We're starting a lending library of cookbooks and health and nutrition books and…
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4 Weeks From My Second Bodybuilding Contest!
On July 30th I will be competing in my second bodybuilding contest - the North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation (NANBF) Washington State Championship in Seattle Washington! That's 4 weeks from…
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Meal Planning
This seems like the perfect time to announce: we're adding meal planning to our Fitness & Nutrition Consulting services! Two-week menus, with grocery lists (for locals a grocery delivery service…
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The New MyPlate Food Guide
By now you've probably seen that the USDA has come out with it's latest rendition of the food guide pyramid- MyPlate. Its release last week led to some buzz (at…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part II
Here's a blueprint of what we eat. You can basically take this list and choose from the different breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and post-workout drinks according to your tastes and…
Planeat @ Crossroads Was a Success!
How awesome: we had a full house at Crossroads Coffee last night for our screening of Planeat, a documentary exploring plant-based nutrition and the environmental impact of our dietary…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part I
So what does a plant-based diet look like in practice? I touched on that a bit in this post by reviewing an example grocery list and what I made with…
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12 Week Champions 2011 – Plant-Based Nutrition Wins Again!
It's now May and this year's 12 Week Challenge weigh-ins are officially in! If you remember from this time last year, out of the hundreds of competitors and ten local…
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Plants Vs. Animals: Bodybuilding Menus Compared
Just wanted to share an article I wrote recently for veganbodybuilding.com that compares standard and vegan bodybuilding diets and includes a sample whole foods bulking menu. Check it out here!
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Baltimore VegFest!
Check it: Derek and I are gonna be representing at the Veganbodybuilding.com booth at Baltimore VegFest this Saturday! Excited to meet others from the forums and excited to represent vegan…
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Must See: Forks Over Knives and Planeat!
I'm so excited about this Spring because not one but TWO awesome documentaries about plant-based nutrition are coming out! Planeat is coming out this month and may already be in…
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Grocery Shopping and a Week of Meals for Vegan Bodybuilders and the Dogs That Love Them
**UPDATE: How We Saved $7000 Annually on Our Plant Based Grocery Bill ** This post will either be really boring or really informative...Since two major roadblocks to eating less processed food…
Vegan Breakfasts of Champions
Keeping my body fat % down while building muscle has always been a challenge. So, if I make a diet change that results in my suddenly losing a few percent…
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New and Improved Food Diary – Marcella
As promised to our friend Tony from the cruise, here's my new and improved diet tracking sheet! Save it to your computer by selecting File (top left), then Download as,…
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Nutrition Principles Part 3 – Derek
Hello and happy February! To start the month off right I thought I'd finally get Dr. Campbell's last Principles of Nutrition up, so thank you for your patience! To recap…