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

