by Lani Muelrath | Oct 5, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
The winner of the random drawing for a copy of Proteinaholic is Cynthia Scott. Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and entered the giveaway, and congratulations to Cynthia! Buried in the back of my closet… …is a stack of decades-old food...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 9, 2012 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Where do you get your protein with a plant-based diet? Excerpted and adapted from The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide To Transition To A Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight If you follow a plant-based diet, or eat in a way that is even...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 3, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
I promised in Part 1 of the “Plant-based Nutrition Certification via Cornell University” report to address the juiciest question of them all: Q. “Lani, what was the single biggest thing you learned from the Plant-based Nutrition course? Honestly?...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 13, 2010
When Friends Ask: Where Do You Get Your Protein? by John McDougall, M.D. If you don’t know where you get your protein while following a plant-food-based diet, you’re in good company. The Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association, scientists from the Human...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 23, 2009 | All Posts
When it comes right down to it, what do we all want when it comes to building fitness and vitality? Real information, including no-nonsense facts about how to lose body fat and build muscle. I’ve already told you how glad I was to come across Eat Stop Eat, which...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 19, 2009 | All Posts
Brad Pilon’s got a NEW book out! It’s called How Much Protein? As you may already know, Brad is the author of Eat Stop Eat, which I featured in 2 previous posts, 5 Reasons To Try Mini-Fasts and Mini-Fasts, My 4-Month Report. Brad’s new book about...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 9, 2009 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition
Is the protein pedestal on tilt? When it comes to protein as a necessary macronutrient for health, growth, and repair, protein is essential, right up there with carbohydrate and fat. But what about all the hoopla (propaganda?) about high amounts of protein being...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 11, 2016 | All Posts, Recipes
A few days ago, VegWorld Magazine asked me if I had a recipe for pumpkin soup with lentils. They had been beset by requests for same, and – being familiar with the healthy comfort food recipe collection in The Plant-Based Journey – thought I might have...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 22, 2016 | All Posts, Appearances, Plant-Based Journey, Video
“Rock star!” In the vegan and plant-based world, this is what immediately comes to mind when you think of Dr. Neal Barnard. What may be news to you is that “rock star” – when it comes to Neal Barnard – has double meaning. Dr....
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 10, 2016 | All Posts, Appearances, Plant-Based Journey, Video
Just back from Healthfest 2016 in Marshall, Texas. While I have one foot out the door for another speaking engagement, I can’t let another minute go by without reporting in to you about Healthfest with a few snapshots. Then I’m on the way today to...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 19, 2015 | All Posts, Media, Plant-Based Journey
“The entire program was outstanding!” ~ Victor Werlhof “This was wonderful Lani.” ~ Bette Statham “I didn’t want the program to end!” ~ Mark Fontana In this thirty minute interview of yours truly and The Plant-Based...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 29, 2015
Resources page for The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide for Transition to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight In The Plant-Based Journey, you were invited to navigate to the Resources page for books, trusted online resources, more...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 28, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Journey
The official Plant-Based Journey blog tour launches September 1! You’ll find the complete list – including links added each day when that day’s tour stop goes ‘live’ – at the end of this article. More about the tour in a minute, but...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 21, 2015 | All Posts, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Which Plant-Based Food Plan is Right For You? Have you noticed that the more popular whole food plant-based eating becomes, the more it can seem that ‘plant-based diet’ can mean one thing to one person, another thing to someone else? It might...
by qualiant | May 31, 2015
Welcome to the resources page for The Plant-Based Journey: A Step-by-step Guide for Transitioning to a Healthy Lifestyle and Achieving Your Ideal Weight. To download a free 40-page preview of The Plant-Based Journey, click here. The Plant-Based Journey is Doctor...
by Lani Muelrath | Apr 5, 2015 | All Setup, Appearances
When five-term mayor of Marshall, Texas, Ed Smith, received a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 2008, he decided to treat it with aggressive dietary changes under a doctor’s supervision. Mayor Smith began eating only whole grains, vegetables and legume, nuts, and...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 8, 2015 | Appearances, Media
One of the best ways to advance your mission to becoming the healthiest, happiest person you can be is to assemble support. Whether to get you moving your body, keep you eating better, make you more comfortable and skilled at eating whole foods plant based...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 25, 2014 | All Setup, Animals, Holidays, Video
My first vegetarian Thanksgiving was in 1972. That was the same year that I met my husband, Dick Gregory came to campus to speak on his peace tour, I started teaching yoga, and I took up a meditation practice inspired by a sign posted at the local natty foods store,...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 4, 2014 | Reviews
The winner of this giveaway – drawn randomly from the entries – is Rosemary Thompson. Thanks to all who entered! This week, BenBella, the publisher of my new book The Plant-Based Journey releases another title from their plant-based living collection. I...
by Lani Muelrath | May 5, 2014 | Plant-Based Nutrition
“Paleo Vegan” may sound like an oxymoron to you. After all,on one hand we have the carnivore camp – in the other, plants rule the plate. Which is exactly what makes my friend Ellen Jaffe Jones’ new book Paleo Vegan so interesting. Join us...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 28, 2013 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
The mammogram results alert letter arrived in my mail late on a Friday afternoon. I tore into the envelope, looking for the usual ‘normal’ results report to which I had become accustomed. Instead, I found a formally worded letter with references to...
by Lani Muelrath | Aug 21, 2013 | Plant-Based Nutrition
I had the great good fortune of meeting up with Sharon and her family earlier this summer at Vegetarian Summerfest in Pennsylvania where she first told me her story. I’m honored to share it with you today. Prevent Breast Cancer: Shifting the Focus from Treatment...
by Lani Muelrath | May 3, 2013 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
What should you eat before and after your workout? Trendy marketing materials and the supplement industry push shakes, powders, and special supplements. But what if you are more interested in the real food, plant-based diet solution? Does meal timing making a...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 8, 2013 | Recipes
I’m a big fan of black rice and had to share this snapshot of last night’s dinner with you. As a backdrop for my quickly created butternut squash curry, you’ve got to agree it’s an unbeatable feast – for both the eyes and the belly. I...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 18, 2013 | Weight Loss
Note: Today’s guest author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD., is throwing a Fit Quickies book giveaway contest on the Pursue a Health You Blog. Click on the image below to enter. Weight Loss – The Recipe For Success by Guest Author Dustin Rudolph, PharmD ...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 15, 2012 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
November advances. And so can your health and fitness – or not, depending on how you navigate the minefields of the holidays! No worries, here to help. As someone who for years successfully plowed through bowls of Christmas cookie dough and carried an extra 50...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 16, 2012 | Weight Loss
I’m betting my bottom cactus pad that many of us heard first of agave in connection with tequila. It’s only been recently that it came back into our field of vision as the ‘new health food’. Natural? Healthy? Not so fast. Just like every...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 14, 2012 | Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Diet, exercise, mindset Aside from the obvious reasons that Jessica’s cancer recovery and 92 pound weight loss are such an inspiration, there is a message of huge importance to underscore in her story. Jessica makes it very clear that action in three realms...
by Lani Muelrath | Sep 4, 2012 | Weight Loss
This teleclass has already taken place. If you would like a recording of the event, simply fill in the form below and follow through on the confirmation email and the download link will be sent to you at no charge. Join me and my special guest Chef AJ on September 11...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 30, 2012 | Recipes
Top o’ the spud! Fellow plant-based foodie Vikki Deedrick launched a potato pondering that turned into a gold mine of ideas. The minute I saw where it was going, I knew I had to get this into your hands. Somehow it only seems fitting as the special guest on...
by Lani Muelrath | Jul 25, 2012 | Recipes
After posting yesterday a picture of my dinner plate here, Simple plant-based dinner solution: Quinoa, zucchini & cannellini beans, I found out that there’s a whole universe of readers who haven’t heard of red quinoa. The white variety, yes, but not...
by Lani Muelrath | Jun 27, 2012 | Move Your Body, Plant-Based Nutrition
It seems the more Scott shifted his diet away from the standard American and toward a whole-foods, plant-based diet, the better his performance at his true love: The world of ultra-running. Scott Jurek is one of my fellow coaches at the first annual VegRun via...
by Lani Muelrath | May 27, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
I am thrilled with the contents and format of this new book from Dr. John and Mary McDougall. When it comes to building a foundation of health, it really is so simple and McDougall keeps reminding us of just that. A whole-foods, low fat, vegan diet is easy to...
by Lani Muelrath | May 14, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Thanks to Stacy who posted a fleet of questions in a response right here on the plant-based fitness blog. They made for a great, simple article so that’s exactly where it went – to the posts! Ive been trying to find the answer to this question, and can’t...
by Lani Muelrath | Mar 11, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Move Your Body
We should arrive in this world with a note tacked on our cute little human hiney: Warning: Too much sitting may be hazardous to your health Except it’s more than ‘may be hazardous’. There’s a mountain of evidence that it definitely...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 26, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Daily – no, several times a day actually – I receive email questions about how to get started on eating for plant-based health and fitness. People see the changes that I have gone through and note my unbridled enthusiasm for a whole-foods, low fat,...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 25, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
The long awaited plant-based diet doctors debate has come and gone. I took pages of notes during the event so that I could report directly back in to you. Dr. McDougall arrived for the event dapper and distinguished in suit and tie, while Dr. Fuhrman looked ready to...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 15, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
Excerpted and adapted from Fit Quickies; 5 Minute Targeted Body Shaping Workouts, by Lani Muelrath, Penguin/Alpha, 2013. What? The Plant-Based Fitness Expert Advisor for the McDougall Health and Medical Center Discussion Boards is putting the words...
by Lani Muelrath | Feb 6, 2012 | Move Your Body
Between you and me, not a week goes by that one of these questions about exercise, breakfast, ‘fat-burning’, ‘metabolism’, and ‘burning muscle for fuel’ doesn’t come across my desk: Should you work out before breakfast to burn...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 21, 2012 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Journey, Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
It can be disheartening. You embrace a plant-based diet with the hopes of not only getting healthier, but shedding a few pounds and you are looking forward to slipping into your jeans a little more easily. xxxxxxx Yet for some inexplicable reason, a few days in you...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 16, 2012 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Yes, confusion about diet abounds in the media. In a free enterprise system it’s now wonder. Yet as I became acutely aware – and shared with you before – as a result of my Plant-Based Nutrition Certification at Cornell University, it is incumbent...
by Lani Muelrath | Jan 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Disappearing Migraine – What You Need To Know To Cure Yourself Of Headaches Guest blogger Dustin Rudolph According to the National Headache Foundation 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, with women being affected three times more then...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 22, 2011 | All Posts, All Setup, Plant-Based Nutrition
There are at least 2 BIG reasons to steer clear of the cheese tray that seems to make its ubiquitous appearance this time of year. Cheese cubes, cheese balls, cheese sauce – think of the incarnations! You may already know the downside of dairy (see ‘Perils of...
by Lani Muelrath | Dec 13, 2011 | All Posts, Holidays, Mindfulness, Mindset, & Motivation
Solid, simple tactics with real food and movement of your body – and your mind – to put you in the health & weight winner’s circle come January. Part 6 of 10: “Eat a high fiber, slow-burn breakfast” Holiday food & fitness survival guide tip #6 is eat a...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 21, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Weight Loss
When I asked Natala if she would be a guest on my TeleClass series, she was emphatic about playing up the health changes from her diet and mentioning the weight loss only anecdotally. Now, for most of us, weight loss – especially with such impressive numbers...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 17, 2011
Check out Lani’s interview with Engine 2 Diet! We are excited to introduce you to Lani Muelrath, plant-strong fitness expert! Lani is the creator of The Body Transformation Formula and Fit Quickies™ 5 Minute Workouts. She has a Master’s Degree in Physical...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 9, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition, Recipes
Remember that survey I sent you a week ago? Holy happenin’ results. A high percentage of responses are asking for more recipes and lots more details about a plant-based food plan. Many responders also wanted to know more about what I eat each day to be healthy,...
by Lani Muelrath | Nov 8, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Have you ever been disappointed that you weren’t really hungry for dinner? Then you’d better stay away from lentils, because these little nutrient nuggets are so sustaining that if you have some for lunch, you just might forget to eat your dinner. This may...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 25, 2011
Looking for a specific post? You’ve come to the right place. Browse the archives bytopic, or use the search box in the sidebar. Alphabetical By Category Below are the key categories from the article archives. Below each description is a list of key posts from...
by Lani Muelrath | Oct 17, 2011 | Plant-Based Nutrition
Let’s be honest – does the word ‘starch’ freak you out? Conjure up images of white paste and calorific goop? This just in from Shannon about dietary starches, a web article, and her quest for reflections from yours truly. Of course I’m...
