Cyd Notter

Author and Nutrition Educator, Founder of The "Plan A" Diet™

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    • Food Topics
      • How Are Soy Curls Made
      • What’s the big deal about fiber?
      • Artificial Sweeteners – What you should know
      • Which food has 8x more cholesterol than beef?
      • 3 Big Reasons to Include Berries in Your Diet
      • Success Tips for Changing Your Diet
      • Suffering from Carbophobia?
      • What about alcohol?
      • The Slippery Slope of “Eating in Moderation”
      • A Nutrition Pop Quiz
      • Protein and Calcium
      • Aren’t Starches Fattening
      • Oils
        • Coconut Oil – Yes or No
        • Oils – what you should know
      • Eating Enough Fruits and Veggies?
      • Do You Have a Holiday Game Plan?
      • Making Only One Change?
      • America’s Love Affair with Bacon
      • Is it Safe to Eat Soy?
      • Are gluten-free diets for everyone?
      • Planning to diet this January? Do this instead.
      • Fabulous Flax Seed Has it All
      • How Important is the Glycemic Index?
      • Eating Out at Restaurants or Parties
      • Healthier Halloween Options
    • Health Topics
      • Common Barriers to Change
      • Omega Fatty Acids
      • Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Foods (Printable List)
      • What is Vitamin B12 and how much should I take?
      • Why exercise?
      • 5 Reasons to Skip the Charcuterie Boards
      • MEN: Prostate Stats You Should Know
      • The Aluminum in Our Foods is Strongly Linked to Dementia
      • Diet and Gallbladder Disease
      • Infants are Being Fed Junk Food by Their First Birthday
      • 4 Things Necessary for a Successful, Healthy Diet
      • Habits – Good or Bad?
      • Is it too late to start eating healthy?
      • Making Small Changes but Expecting Big Results
      • Family and Social Pressure
      • Genes, Schmenes – It’s most likely the food
      • Is a plant-based diet safe for children?
      • Which Processed Meats Should We Avoid?
      • Gut Bacteria and Our Diets
      • Diet & Breast Cancer Prevention
      • Statins – Don’t Believe Everything you Read
      • Diabetes – “Manage” or Reverse?
      • The Health Benefits of (a little) Unprotected Sun
      • Making Changes Stick
      • Evaluating Research
      • Vitamin D and Sunshine
      • Featured in Health Science Magazine
    • Faith Related
      • Addressing Biblical Objections to a Plant-Based Diet
      • The mathematical odds that Jesus is who He said He is…
      • Poem: Lessons from a Bike Ride
  • Recipes
    • Southwest Burgers with Low-fat Green Chile Sauce
    • Easy, Fat-free Hummus
    • Chocolate Sweet Potato Frosting
    • Date-Sweetened Berry Jam
    • Berry Rice Cake Bites – by Vicki Brett-Gach
    • Pasta Fagioli Stew
    • Iced Beverages
    • Frijoles Charros by Mark Cerkvenik
    • Black Bean Quinoa Salad with Tangy Date-Lime Dressing
    • Easy Braised Onions & Green Beans
    • Best Blueberry Pancakes
    • Vegan Sausage Patties
    • Zucchini Bean Burritos
    • Minestrone Soup (Easy!)
    • Rainbow Kale Slaw
    • Gingerbread Biscotti
    • Instant Pot Pineapple Chili
    • No-Flour Corn Muffins
    • BBQ Soy Curls
    • Carrot Cake with Glaze
    • Blueberry Oat Bran Muffins
    • Choco-Mint Nice Cream & Sauce
    • Homestyle Squash and Pinto Beans
    • Barley Burgers
    • Chocolate Orange Nice Cream (and Sauce)
    • Easy Instant Pot Risotto
    • Easy Meals and Desserts
    • Recipe Links
    • Pumpkin Raisin Muffins
    • Roasted Veggie Pasta
    • Zucchini Muffins
    • Fat-free Green Chile Sauce
    • Tofu Lettuce Wraps
    • Creamy Chickpea Pot Pie Soup
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    • Amanda G. – Loses Digestive Issues and 115 lbs.
    • Tim P. – Off all 8 Meds!
    • Cindi R. – Reversed Blocked Carotid
    • Doug M. – Doc says “Cured!”
    • Denise V. – At Peace with Food and Body Image
    • Linda Z. – Autoimmune Skin Disorder now Dormant
    • Olga A. – Improved Cognitive Function
    • Kim C. – Relief from “Getting Older”
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Recommended Resources

The resources listed here will help you on your journey to a whole food, plant-based, no added oil diet.  Check back often for updates. Happy reading/viewing!

Books – Nutrition and Health

How Not to Die – Michael Greger, MD, with Gene Stone

The Starch Solution – John McDougall, MD, and Mary McDougall

The Healthiest Diet on the Planet – John McDougall, MD

The McDougall Program – John McDougall, MD

Dr. McDougall’s Digestive Tune-up – John McDougall, MD

The China Study – T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Thomas M. Campbell II

Whole, Rethinking the Science of Nutrition – T. Colin Campbell, PhD, with Howard Jacobson, PhD

The Low-Carb Fraud – T. Colin Campbell, PhD, and Howard Jacobson, PhD

The Empty Medicine Cabinet – Dustin Rudolph, PharmD

Food Over Medicine – Pamela Popper, PhD, ND, and Glen Merzer

Solving America’s Healthcare Crisis – Pamela Popper, PhD, ND

Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease – Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., MD

The Cheese Trap – Neal Barnard, MD

Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes – Neal Barnard, MD

Breaking the Food Seduction – Neal Barnard, MD

Power Foods for the Brain – Neal Barnard, MD

The Forks Over Knives Plan – Alona Pulde, MD, and Matthew Lederman, MD

The Engine 2 Diet – Rip Esselstyn

My Beef with Meat – Rip Esselstyn

The Plant-Based Diet Starter Guide – Holly Yzquierdo

Unprocessed – Chef AJ

The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss – Chef AJ

 

Books – Nutrition and Health with Inspiration

Biblical Prescriptions for Life – James L. Marcum, MD

Medicines That Kill – James L. Marcum, MD

The Ultimate Prescription – James L. Marcum, MD

Alive! A Physician’s Biblical & Scientific Guide to Nutrition – Scott Stoll, MD

The "Plan A" Diet: Combining WFPB Nutrition with the Timeless Wisdom of Scripture - Cyd Notter

 

DVDs

Forks over Knives

The Game Changers

Food, Inc

What the Health

Eating You Alive

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead

Dr. John McDougall’s Total Health Solution

Tackling Diabetes with Dr. Neal Barnard

Digestion Made Easy, Michael Klaper, MD

McDougall Made Easy (cooking demos)

The Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue with Rip Esselstyn

 

Websites for Health Information (those with an asterisk also have recipes)

https://nutritionfacts.org – Dr. Michael Greger

https://www.drmcdougall.com – Dr. John McDougall*

www.wellnessforumhealth.com – Dr. Pamela Popper

https://nutritionstudies.org – Dr. T. Colin Campbell Center*

http://www.heartwiseministries.org – Dr. James L. Marcum

https://www.pcrm.org – Dr. Neal Barnard*

https://www.forksoverknives.com – A variety of contributors*

https://engine2diet.com – Rip Esselstyn*

http://cancerdecisions.com – Ralph Moss, PhD

 

Websites for Recipes

https://eatplant-based.com – easy, delicious comfort food at its finest

http://thevegan8.com – awesome recipes with 8 ingredients or less

https://shaneandsimple.com - easy recipes (try the banana bread for sure!)

https://www.brandnewvegan.com – many of your old favorites made healthy

https://fatfreevegan.com – includes member-contributed recipes

http://www.straightupfood.com/blog – good salads, soups, casseroles

https://www.forksoverknives.com – hundreds of recipes from a variety of chefs

https://www.drmcdougall.com – simple and tasty time-tested recipes

https://myplantbasedfamily.com – family-friendly recipes, plus tips to get started

http://www.chefajwebsite.com – webinars, weight loss programs, YouTube videos

 

Websites for Frozen & Pre-packaged Meal Delivery

https://wholeharvest.com/ - Chilled WFPB Entrees; Use Coupon Code cyd30 for $30 off first order

https://www.plantpurenation.com - Meal Starter Kits

 

Quick Start Programs

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/programs/mcdougall-quick-start

https://www.pcrm.org/kickstartHome

https://myplantbasedfamily.com/ebooks/plant-based-diet-starter-guide

https://plantricianproject.org/quickstartguide

 

Online Support Groups

Facebook Groups:

The “Plan A” Diet; McDougall WFPB; McDougall Friends; Plant-based Christians and Wholistic Health Tips; My Plant-Based Family Group; T. Colin Campbell Plant-Based Nutrition; Vegan Plant-based Diabetics (Dr. Barnard); T. Colin Campbell Plant-Based Nutrition; The Engine 2 Plant-Strong Community; Forks Over Knives Official Plant-Based Group.

 

Daily Inspiration

https://dailyaudiobible.com – The bible read fresh every day, with solid commentary

https://fixyoureyesonhim.com – Nutrition and Inspiration

https://www.biblicalprescriptionsforlife.com - Daily verse & reflection sent to your phone; download the app

 

Find a Plant-based Doctor

https://telehealth.love.life

https://vegdocs.com

https://www.plantbaseddoctors.org

 

 

Find a Food’s Nutritional Data

https://nutritiondata.self.com – Nutrition information about a single food or you can create your own recipe analyzer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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