Nutrition

Dotsie Bausch Olympic cyclist
Which Tokyo Olympians Are Plant-Based and Dairy-Free?

Vegan Olympian Spills the Beans on Tokyo Olympics Athletes! In the next few minutes, you’ll discover which Tokyo Olympians are plant-based and dairy-free.  But first, why is this MAJOR plant-based shift happening at all? Vegan olympian, Dotsie Bausch, knows first-hand why!

first vegan hospital
THE WORLD’S FIRST VEGAN HOSPITAL IS HERE!

HOSPITALS GET AN “F” IN FOOD. SO… Imagine a patient needing surgery to clear a clogged artery, only to have the hospital start clogging the artery again by serving the patient bacon and eggs soon after the surgery.  This kind of thing happens all the time at hospitals across the United States and the world.

Walter Robb
Ex Whole Foods Co-CEO Walter Robb on Plant-Based Trends

Plant-Based = Massive Mega-Trend in Grocery Stores During & Post Covid  And, the man who declared this should know. He’s been immersed in the grocery business for almost half a century. Walter Robb is the former co-CEO of Whole Foods.

Live Long, Look Great, Go Vegan!
Live Long & Look Great! Go Vegan!

Fuel Your Vessel to Live Long & Look Great It’s a universal fantasy that’s inspired classic novels and historic voyages: the fountain of youth, living forever while looking great and feeling like a teenager.  For many seniors, the sad reality is quite the opposite: adult diapers, a cabinet full of pills and an unsightly walker.

Rick Scott in the gym building strong bones.
“Milk is unnecessary”: Building strong bones by eating plants

In 2009, I was part of a UCLA study comprised of cyclists and triathletes that looked at how endurance exercise impacted bone density, testosterone and the production of inflammatory cytokines produced during long, frequent periods of exercise. Some of my cycling teammates were enticed to sign up because the tests included a free body fat percentage scan, but it turned out that the DEXA scan’s most important feature for me was its ability to measure bone density.

Ditching dairy healed my arthritis
Healing arthritis by ditching dairy

The first time that I broke my wrist was in a 1983 on-ice collision when I was an 18-year-old hockey player. I broke my thumb near the same wrist a couple years later in a bike race. When I broke the wrist again in 2007 in another bike race, the orthopedic doctor looked at the x-ray and exclaimed “Look at all that arthritis!

We Hit Our Goal!

We are making history. The deadline to submit a public comment to the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee just passed. GOOD NEWS! We just hit our goal in terms of letters to the USDA Advisory Committee!  Olympic medalist Dotsie Bausch and I called on you to comment here and urge the Committee to remove dairy as a food group in the upcoming US Dietary Guidelines.

Vegan Olympian and Switch4Good founder Dotsie Bausch
Finding the Fountain of Youth on your plate

While the Fountain of Youth remains a mythical spring of restoration for anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters, many aging athletes are extending their competitive careers by turning to the restorative powers of a whole-foods, plant-based diet. As a hockey player north of age 50 who is on the ice daily with elite college, former pro and amateur athletes sometimes more than 30 years younger than me, I proudly reveal that being a plant-powered athlete is my secret to being able to compete day after day at a high level.

Hey Covid-19: Astounding Mini-Farm = Food Forever!

#CORONAVIRUS era solutions: grow your own food anywhere, even in your apartment! Visit: LETTUCEGROW.COM Use JANEUNCHAINED promo code for 15% off until April 22nd! Be your own mini-farmer with your own mini-farmer’s market! This product is mind-blowingly brilliant!

New Vegan Cooking Show Debuts!

“NEW DAY NEW CHEF” DEBUTS Watch on Public Television Stations and Amazon Prime Video [LOS ANGELES, CA]: From the Golden Globes to Dunkin’ Donuts, from Burger King to Starbucks, the world is waking up to the benefits of a plant-based diet, for the climate, human health and the animals.