Check out Meg Wolff’s article in the Huffington Post.  Meg credits her own plant-based journey in enabling her to survive cancer — twice!

Way to go San Fran! The city just passed a law that will only allow toys to be given away with kids’ meals that have less than 600 calories, contain fruits and vegetables, and include beverages without excessive fat or sugar.  The Happy Meal ban in San Francisco starts in December. Read

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Helping your children to maintain a healthy low or no-sugar diet on Halloween is virtually impossible without forbidding trick-or-treating which no parent in America wants to do. Below are some resources and tips for helping make this tricky holiday a little easier — including a creative resource for kids on Halloween with special diets.

Jon Zornow

This week Rip will be joining Whole Foods Market in Portland and Seattle for their Forks Over Knives screening events.  If you’re in the area, join him!
FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting

FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the so-called “diseases of affluence” that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.  The major storyline in the film traces the personal journeys of a pair of pioneering researchers, Dr. T.

Another great food log from a fellow E2-er:
Breakfast: bread and  home made jam, banana
Lunch: alfalfa, cucumber and avocado sandwich, 2 apricots
Dinner: bean veggie stew wrap
Snacks: raisins, dry apricots and a green smoothie
Daily Activity: Run 6 km, Rip’s Stretch exercise

Whether you’re a parent or not — if you live a busy lifestyle, fast food is convenient. Slowly, but surely, the danger of a fried beef, fried potatoes, white bread way-of-life is being revealed to the public. And some fast food appears to be more dangerous than others.
McDonald’s Happy Meal Resists Decomposition for Six Months

The excitement continues on the PlantStrong advocacy front! As we posted a few days ago, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer interviewed former President Bill Clinton about his new plant-based diet to lose weight and reverse heart disease.  In that interview, he credited the following doctors for influencing his decision:

Rip’s father, Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr.,