SELF-REfind: Come Home to Yourself

The SELF-REfind program consists of FREE videos, podcasts, helpful links and resources curated for scientific accuracy and effectiveness, to make it easy for you to educate yourself on the extraordinary power of this lifestyle choice. 

Also available are affordable professional consultations and Care Plans to help you get started, and support you on this journey to transform your health.

Tip Sheets

Quick, 1-2 page info sheets on each topic of interest to get you started.

Videos, Books & Podcasts

A whole media library of free media.

Recipes

Quick, Healthy Veg-Friendly Recipes 

Other Websites

Lots of quality information on the web

Referrals

Find a Veg-Friendly Physician

Quick Tip Sheets

One to two page reference guides to enable you to more easily implement a whole food plant-based lifestyle. Here are our 5 favorites (and a link to more).

If you are considering making the transition to a whole foods, plant-based (WFPB) diet this Action Sheet is for you! Created for the individual, it is focused on great sources of information, ways to broaden your knowledge, tips for engaging with others and steps for initiating change.

You may find you want to share the news about your transition to a WFPB diet with friends, a conversation which can be difficult to navigate. When discussing this topic, consider these suggestions and tips.

Overview of a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and basic nutritional information, this Info Sheet is for anyone interested in learning more about WFPB.

Traditional family favorites can easily be transformed into delicious WFPB meals. A little ingredient substitution goes a long way.

When you are new to a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle, shopping for groceries may seem difficult, especially if some of the ingredients or products are unfamiliar. This info sheet outlines many common food products found in delicious WFPB recipes – most of which can be purchased at chain grocery stores. 

Media

Take a peek inside our Wonderworld

Evidence-based Videos

Scientific support for living a plant-based lifestyle

Movies

The best documentaries about this lifestyle

Podcasts

Hear from the experts

Books

For the bibliophile

Evidence-based Videos

Dr. Klaper says he had an awakening while putting people to sleep. When we awaken to the damage that a meat-based diet creates in our body and the toll that the industrial production of animal flesh inflicts upon our planet, we then become aware that the single most effective action anyone can take to improve their personal health and help heal our injured planet is to reduce, or better, eliminate their consumption of meat.

Dr. Klaper, founder of Moving Medicine Forward, is changing the way future doctors treat their patients, teaching doctors about plant-based nutrition which will improve the health of future generations.

In this video, Neal Barnard, MD, founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, shares his research on the power of a plant-based diet to help prevent, manage, and reverse type 2 diabetes and improve health in general. Learn more about diet and diabetes.

The Physicians Committee is a  nonprofit organization. Our efforts are dramatically changing the way doctors treat chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer. By putting prevention over pills, doctors are empowering their patients to take control of their own health through plant-based diets and ethical and effective scientific research.

Our Favorites:
#1: Evidence-based Weight Loss;
#5: The Best Diabetes Diet;
#9: Eggs & Breast Cancer 

How to treat the source of emerging pandemics in the first place by Michael Greger M.D. FACLM, Founder of NutritionFacts.org. Hint: We need to change our relationship to animals.

NutritionFacts.org is a strictly non-commercial, science-based public service provided by Dr. Michael Greger, providing free updates on the latest in nutrition research via bite-sized videos. There are more than a thousand videos on nearly every aspect of healthy eating, with new videos and articles uploaded every day.

Our Favorites:
#1: Best Advice on Diet & Cancer;
#5: The Best Diet is Education;
#10: Nobody knows beans about beans 

From an historic perspective of our species’ eating patterns, this video is an evidence-based analysis of Keto vs Paleo. Listen to renowned dietitian Brenda Davis, R.D.

GREAT Movies on this subject from Netflix or the like (films in red are essential education):

The Game Changers                                                       Hungry for Change                         
PlantPure Nation                                                             Supersize Me               Vegan: Everyday Stories
Forks Over Knives                                                            Food, Inc.                      Food Matters
Fed Up                                                                                 What the Health?         Milk?
Cowspiracy                                                                         Food Chains                Vegan 2020
Peaceable Kingdom                                                        Farmageddon                                   
Vegucated                                                                          A Place at the Table                                                 
 

For many more films visit: vegmovies.com

Recommended Podcasts:

  • NutritionFacts Podcast 
  • Plantstrong Podcast (Rip Esselstyn)
  • Victoria Moran’s “Main Street Vegan” Podcast
  • Monique Koch’s “Brown Vegan” Podcast
  • The Exam Room Podcast

Recommended Books:

  • Undo It by Dean Ornish, M.D. and Anne Ornish
  • How Not to Die and How Not to Diet by Michael Greger, M.D.
  • The End of Heart Disease by Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
  • Barnard’s Plan for Reversing Diabetes by Neal Barnard, M.D.
  • Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D.
  • Whole by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D.
  • McDougall’s Digestive Tune-up by John McDougall, M.D.
  • Becoming Vegan: Express Edition by Brenda Davis, R.D. and Vesanto Melina, R.D.​ (the award winning version for the general public)
  • ​​Becoming Vegan: Comprehensive Edition by Brenda Davis, R.D. and Vesanto Melina, R.D.​ (for health professionals)
  • Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease by Dean Ornish, M.D.
  • The McDougall Plan by John McDougall, M.D.

Recipes

One to two page reference guides to enable you to more easily implement a whole food plant-based lifestyle. Here are our 3 favorites (and a link to more).

Overview of a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and basic nutritional information, this Info Sheet is for anyone interested in learning more about WFPB.

Traditional family favorites can easily be transformed into delicious WFPB meals. A little ingredient substitution goes a long way.

When you are new to a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle, shopping for groceries may seem difficult, especially if some of the ingredients or products are unfamiliar. This info sheet outlines many common food products found in delicious WFPB recipes – most of which can be purchased at chain grocery stores. 

Useful Links to Other Websites

Michael Greger, M.D.: NutritionFacts.org

Easy to digest scientific information on plant-based nutrition presented in brief, clever videos

Michael Klaper, M.D.: DoctorKlaper.com

Free videos, articles and audio lectures, and visit my YouTube Channel: Michael Klaper M.D.

Brenda Davis, R.D.: brendadavisrd.com

Excellent resources and recipes 

John McDougall, M.D.: www.drmcdougall.com

His newsletter library and video collections are invaluable resources for patients and practitioners alike.

Joel Fuhrman, M.D.: www.drfuhrman.com

Scientific, practical, plant-based guidance

T. Colin Campbell: nutritionstudies.org

Center for Nutrition Studies (Book and movie: Forks Over Knives)

John McDougall, M.D.: www.drmcdougall.com

His newsletter library and video collections are invaluable resources for patients and practitioners alike.

Neal Barnard, M.D.: www.pcrm.org

For education and resources on the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle

For local support and like-minded friends, consider joining a POD through PlantPure Communities and to get free info sheets on transitioning: plantpurecommunities.org

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