Heading Outdoors? Time for Some PLANTSTRONG Camping!
One of the stress points for PLANTSTRONG campers hitting the trails is: How do I continue to fuel my body properly when so much of what traditionally constitutes “camping food” revolves around such things as...
Won't I Lose My Man Card if I Stop Eating Meat?
For more than a decade, Rip Esselstyn traveled the country sharing the good news about switching to a PLANTSTRONG lifestyle. Men resisted more than women because so much of the masculine construct—the male identity—is tied...
Why We Veto the Keto Diet...and You Should Too!
The keto diet, and others like it (Paleo, Atkins, South Beach), have become ubiquitous in our diet culture because of their rapid weight-loss effects. Unfortunately, that weight loss has come at a major cost, and...
Hypertension - A Silent Killer
47% of American Adults Have High Blood Pressure Let's take a few minutes to discuss the implications of that staggering statistic. When you get your blood pressure taken at the doctor’s office, you’ll get two...
Why Do I Have to Give Up Cheese? It's So Hard!
Let’s call it like it is. Cheese is Dairy Crack. “I just can’t live without my cheese,” you say. It is one of the most common struggles people have when going PLANTSTRONG. Here’s the thing....
How Can I Stay PLANTSTRONG When Traveling and Eating Out in Restaurants?
Rip's Tips for Eating PLANTSTRONG While Traveling I have heard every argument possible against a plant-based diet, and at the core, most comments fall into this category: “But Rip, it’s just too hard to...
6 Reasons Why Alcohol Is Unhealthy
This is an excerpt from The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet. 1. Alcohol is packed with empty calories. Like soda and fruit juice, alcoholic drinks are entirely empty calories. One jigger of whiskey contains 105...
The Problem with the Paleo—It's a Devil's Bargain
So what’s wrong with all the Paleo diets being promoted today? For one thing, our early ancestors didn’t eat just meat. Up to 80 percent of their diet was actually plants. And it...
What Should I Look for When I Read Nutrition Labels?
Learn to Become a Label Reading Ninja! Use this quick-and-easy method to find health-promoting products in your grocery store! Never, ever, ever believe anything on the front of a package. Instead, go to the nutrition...
Why is Exercise So Important?
Sitting has become the new smoking. Our sedentary inertia has become a blanket of sticky molasses gluing us to our couches, and it’s slowly killing us. Rip Esselstyn Why is exercise so important? Well,...
How to Begin a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet?
This is an excerpt from The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet by Rip Esselstyn. Thinking of trying whole food, plant-based eating plan? We invite you to take a seven-day, all-in test drive to quickly experience...
Eat Strong Food to Stop Heart Disease
Genetics loads the gun.....lifestyle pulls the trigger. Excerpt from Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue by Rip Esselstyn What is the number one reason to love our strong plants? Because it’s the only way to...