Resources

Whole-food, plant-based chocolate peanut butter pie made from nuts, dates, tofu, peanut butter, and cacao.

I found hope in God and a whole-food, plant-based diet. This amazing frozen chocolate peanut butter pie is made from dates, nuts, tofu, peanut butter, and cacao!

“Modern medicine typically tells you what the situation is and what you will be living with, but it does not help you understand what’s possible or what could be…. you may not be receiving the hope or tools of recovery that you need to truly heal.”

— Jeffrey Rediger, MD from Cured: Strengthen your immune system and heal your life

These are resources that offered hope and tools of recovery along my journey:

Books:

  • Cured: Strengthen your immune system and heal your life by Jeffrey Rediger, MD

  • Radical Remission: Surviving cancer against all odds and the updated and expanded Radical Hope: 10 key healing factors from exceptional survivors of cancer & other diseases by Dr. Kelly A. Turner

  • Mind Over Medicine: Scientific proof that you can heal yourself by Lissa Rankin, MD

  • Chris Beat Cancer: A comprehensive plan for healing naturally by cancer survivor Chris Wark

  • Timeless Healing: The power and biology of belief by Dr. Herbert Benson and Marg Stark

  • The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson, MD and Miriam Z. Klipper and its expanded version:

  • Beyond the Relaxation Response: How to harness the healing power of your personal beliefs by Herbert Benson, MD and William Proctor

  • Walking with Peety: The dog who saved my life by Eric O’Grey

  • The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and Soul by Lissa Rankin, MD

  • Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

  • The China Study:The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by T. Colin Campbell and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II. 

  • How Not to Die: Revised and Updated: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger MD, FACLM

  • The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good! by John A. McDougall and Mary McDougall

  • The Pleasure Trap by Alan Goldhamer and Douglas J. Lisle

Resources of Hope

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  • Plant-Strong: Discover the World's Healthiest Diet--With 150 Engine 2 Recipes by Rip Esselstyn (try the Dinosaur Pancakes and the Adonis Cake with Adonis Frosting)

  • PlantYou: 140+ Ridiculously Easy, Amazingly Delicious Plant-Based Oil-Free Recipes by Carleigh Bodrug

  • Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook by Del Sroufe (best banana bread and chocolate pumpkin loaf recipes ever!)

  • Engine 2 Cookbook : More than 130 lip-smacking, rib-sticking, body-slimming recipes to live plant-strongby Rip Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn

  • Any of the Well Your World Cookbooks at wellyourworld.com

  • The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook for Your Instant Pot by Kathy Hester

  • Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior: Live Fierce, Stay Bold, Eat Delicious: A Cookbook by Ann Crile Esselstyn and Jane Esselstyn

  • Sweet Indulgence by Chef AJ

  • How Not to Die Cookbook by Michael Greger MD, FACLM

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