Preventing Nature Deficit Disorder
Whole food plant-based eating is key to our health. Exercise, adequate sleep and getting outdoors in nature are also important factors...
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What does Whole Foods Plant-Based mean? Why is this important? Read Here
" IT JUST AMAZES ME WHAT THE
WFPB LIFESTYLE DOES FOR MY BODY." — Fran S
DISCOVER A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE!
To Learn More About the Plant-Based Journey
Enjoy these Videos from Our Virtual Adventure!
All Videos
Whole Foods Plant Based Lifestyle
The Strong Evidence and
the Many Benefits
The Magical Microbiome!
Your Gut Bacteria are Key
to Good Health.
Whole Foods Plant Based Lifestyle
The Strong Evidence and
the Many Benefits
Food Prep & Chopping Demo
By Nick Iula
Learn How Whole Foods Plant-Based Eating Decreases Inflammation
Starts at 1:43
Cooking Demo with Chef Nick
From Mirepoix to Soup, Sauce, Stir Fry and Chili
Whole Foods Plant Based Eating for a Healthy Gut Brain Connection
How to Eat for Improved Mood, Energy and Sleep Quality
Fabulous Breakfasts with Ann and Jane Esselstyn
What a Creative Energetic Duo!
Starts at 21:44
Our Favorite Gadgets
Coach Demos of
their "kitchen helpers"
Week 5 It's a Wrap!
Great Ideas for a Variety of Wraps
Happy Graduation!
How did Healthy Eating Adventures begin? Watch our first community kick off with Rip!
Getting Ready
Kitchen Makeover it's not as Hard as You Think!
ARTICLES TO HELP YOU GET STARTED AND
STAY ON A WHOLE FOODS PLANT-BASED LIFESTYLE
What Other Adventurers are Saying...
"I want to thank and commend you for your tireless effort in bringing to light a very important issue for our community…our health and well being! If you helped just one person realize a happy and healthy life style, you accomplished a lot. I can tell you, you helped change my life for the better. Thank you my friend!"
- Dan Fisher
RECENT HEALTHY EATING ADVENTURE EVENTS
We’re Part of Something Bigger! Penn National 2024 was a very exciting adventure with almost more attendees than the room could hold for all our delicious meals together!
So many more people are becoming aware of the Whole Food Plant-Based message - the health and environmental benefits of this lifestyle – that we ran out of tickets for this Adventure! The good news is, of course, we’ll have more. continue reading
Penn National 2023 Adventure - So good to be back "in person"! Making significant eating habit changes was easier when doing it with others on the same “journey”. “Tasting all the different foods and recipes makes it so much easier”
This was a very special Adventure; it had been 3 years since we had an “in person” event due to Covid. Our zoom Adventures were great fun and included folks from other states; participants experienced significant successes. Yet, we had been missing the “together” times, sharing, tasting meals together and learning from each other. Participants emphasized how helpful it was to see and taste a variety of dishes and ..... continue reading
“I Have So Much More Energy” was a frequent comment heard from graduating participants of our Feb 2022 Virtual Healthy Eating Adventure.
The energy was visible as our 2022 graduates gave their testimonies. Read their testimonies and discover what Healthy Eating Adventures are all about! Pat noted “I feel good, my blood pressure is down, and my energy is up! I work in nursing; usually by the fourth day I was getting… continue reading »
Our Feb 2021 Virtual Healthy Eating Adventure was described by a participant as “like being at a combination cooking channel, Science Friday and a morning talk show!”
We went virtual on Zoom due to Covid 19, and it was a great adventure for all of us. Our Virtual Adventure was Tuesday Evenings 6:30 – 8:30 February 9 – March 9, with new participants (including from other states), as well as HEA refreshers. Thanks to our emcee Jenny… continue reading »
Our Penn National 2020 Healthy Eating Adventure – as always fabulous flavorful fun and great results!
Learning and health changes started with kick off on Jan 9th. After Larry H’s great grocery tour and Jean’s Kitchen Makeover, IN JUST 7 DAYS people were losing cravings for sugar, salt and fat! Potlucks were fabulous as participants discovered their talents and the fun of cooking plant based. Many… continue reading »
Dining Out with HEA – It was a wonderful evening at Rik’s Cafe – Watch for the Next Dine out soon and Monthly Potlucks
Dining out with HEA and Monthly potlucks between Adventures is a wonderful opportunity to get together and catch up. We all love the community of the Adventure Potlucks! Dining Out with HEA gives us a chance to enjoy that community some more. Also, this is an opportunity for restaurants to… continue reading »
Adventure Graduates Offer Keys to Success
Graduation is always an inspiring sharing of change and success. This summary from an earlier Adventure has helpful “keys to success” Our Pre Adventure questionnaires showed that most of our 40 participants ate just a few fruits and veggies, infrequent legumes, regular meat and dairy intake, and many were… continue reading »
A Participant Journal of HEA at Army War College, Carlisle
Our Adventure kicked off on October 23 with a fabulous meal by War College Chef and team. (Read his journal below, or with additional photos on the Army War College website) Our potlucks have proven that these participants CAN indeed cook fabulous whole food plant based meals — and they’re working… continue reading »
WHAT IS AN ADVENTURE?
An Adventure is a community-based 28-day program that can kick-start you on a lifetime of healthier eating with a whole foods, plant based lifestyle.
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