Where To Start? Anywhere!

Start in a place that feels interesting and energizing.

That will look different for everyone.

Here is an invitation to pick up a book and learn something new, which is FUN! After all, knowledge is power. Below is a list of books that I have found helpful. There are many others not listed here, so please don't hesitate to reach out and ask if you’d like a new recommendation.

The Libby app is a convenient way to borrow books from your local library easily and for FREE! Free is FUN!

Helpful Online Resources

Professional Medical Organizations:

  • Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine: Founded by Dr. Neal Barnard, PCRM works on multiple fronts to promote plant-based eating and bringing and end to animal exploitation in the medical field.

  • Americal College of Lifestyle Medicine: ACLM is a medical specialy that focuses 6 pillars of health to prevent and treat illness:

    • 1. Plant-Based eating pattern

    • 2. Restorative Sleep

    • 3. Physical Exercise

    • 4. Avoidance of Toxic Substances

    • 5. Social Connection

    • 6. Stress Management

Vegan Organizations:

Helpful Print Resources

CookBooks:

  • Be A Plant-Based Woman Warrior by Jane Esselstyn and Ann Crile Esselstyn

  • Plant You by Carleigh Bodrug

  • Plant-Based On A Budget: Quick and Easy by Toni Okamoto

  • Plants Only Kitchen by Gaz Oakley

  • Korean Vegan Homemade by Joanne Lee Molinaro

  • Vegan for Everybody by America’s Test Kitchen

  • Breaking Up With Dairy by Bailey Ruskus

  • Flow In The Kitchen by Brigitte Gemme PhD (Not a cookbook, rather a guide book)

Vegan Guide Books:

  • Main Street Vegan by Victoria Moran

  • Age Like A Yogi by Victoria Moran

  • The Joyful Vegan by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

  • Vegan For Life by Jack Norris, RD, and Virginia Messina, MPH, RD

  • The Vegan Transformation by Angela Crawford, PhD

  • Hungry Beautiful Animals by Matthew C. Halteman

  • Fabulous Vegan by Jasmine Singer

  • A Parent’s Guide to Intuitive Eating by Dr. Yami Cazorla-Lancaster, DO

  • 31 Day Food Revolution by Ocean Robbins

  • Diet For A New America By John Robbins

  • Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy, PhD

  • Slaughterhouse by Gail A. Eisnitz

  • Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

  • We Are The Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer

Plant-Based Science and Medical Books:

  • Breasts: The Owner’s Manual by Kristi Funk, M.D.

  • The China Study by T. Collin Campbell, PhD

  • Plant-Powered Protein by Brenda Davis, RD, Vesanto Melina, MS, RD, and Cory Davis, MBA, P.Ag

  • Eating Plant-Based by Dr. Shireen Kassam and Dr. Zahra Kassam (sisters, both oncologists)

  • How Not to Die by Dr. Michael Gregor

  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.

  • Fiber Fueled By Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

  • The Proof is In The Plants by Simon Hill

  • Mastering Diabetes by Cyrus Khambatta, PhD and Robby Barbaro, MPH

  • Eat For Life by Joel Fuhrman, MD

  • The Cheese Trap by Neal Barnard, MD, FACC

  • How To Survive A Pandemic by Michael Greger, MD

  • Eat For The Planet by Zacharias, Nil and Stone, Gene

  • Get Well, Stay Well by Gemma Newman, MD

Nutritional Psychiatry/Neurology Books:

  • Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety by Dr. Drew Ramsey

  • This is your Brain on Food by Dr. Uma Naidoo

  • Brain Changer by Professor Felice Jacka

  • The Alzheimer’s Solution by Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai (husband and wife neurologists)

  • Power Foods for the Brain by Neal Barnard, MD, FACC

  • Calm Your Mind With Food by Uma Naidoo, MD

Memiors:

  • Finding Ultra by Rich Roll

  • Eat And Run by Scott Jurek

  • North by Scott Jurek

  • Always Too Much and Never Enough by Jasmin Singer

  • Oblivious by Sande Nosonovitz

  • Out of Sight by Gail A. Eisnitz

Textbooks:

  • Plant-Based Nutrition In Clinical Practice, Edited by Dr. Shireen Kassam, Dr. Zahra Kassam, and Lisa Simon, RD

  • The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets, Fourth Edition by Reed Mangels, RD; Virginia Messina, MPH, RD; Mark Messina, PhD

Other:

  • Transformation by Leah Garces

  • Hungry Beautiful Animals by Matthew C. Haltman

Documentaries:

Health & Nutrition

  • Forks Over Knives (2011)

  • What the Health (2017)

  • The Game Changers (2018)

  • I Could Never Go Vegan (2024)

  • You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024)

Environment, Ethics, Animal Welfare & Systemic Impact

  • Peaceable Kingdom (2004)

  • 73 Cows (2018)

  • The End of Medicine (2022)

  • They’re Trying to Kill Us (2021)

  • Cowspiracy (2014)

  • Seaspiracy (2021)

Culture, Race, Identity & Social Justice

  • The Invisible Vegan (2019)

  • They’re Trying to Kill Us (2021)

  • The Smell of Money (2023)

Lifestyle, Personal Transformation & Social Change

  • Vegucated (2011)

Podcasts:

Health, Nutrition & Science

  • The Exam Room (PCRM)

  • The Health Feast

  • Plant Strong with Rip Esselstyn

  • Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

  • The Proof with Simon Hill

  • The Plant-Based Podcast

  • Switch4Good Podcast

  • Your Brain On Podcast

  • Vegan Boss

Ethics, Activism & Culture

  • Our Hen House

  • Hope for the Animals

  • The Disclosure Podcast

Lifestyle, Transition & Inspiration

  • The Main Street Vegan Podcast with Victoria Moran

  • The Plant Powered People Podcast

  • Brown Vegan Podcast

  • No Meat Athlete Radio

  • Plant Yourself Podcast

  • The Flirty Vegan

Environmental & Systemic Issues

  • Food Revolution Network Podcast

  • Plant Powered Business