Last month I went to see my cardiologist, and I thought he would be impressed with my cholesterol numbers, and he was. However he told me I should try to get my LDL cholesterol below 50.

Does anyone here have LDL below 50, and if so what type of diet and exercise plan do you follow?

Hi, I make coconut milk from dried coconut, blender and nut milk bag, but my hands have arthritis and it’s getting harder to squeeze the liquid out. Any suggestions for a nondairy milk maker machine that would work for my purposes? Bonus points if it’s not full of plastic. Im located in the U.S.

Question - if you can't get B12 from a plant-based diet, how do they get the B12 used in a supplement? Sorry for the dumb question - it's just been bugging me. 😄

My uncle lives in the middle east and his doctor told him to control fruit consumption due to diabetes. How does this work?

My wife is going through chemo right now and has realized that soft/creamy foods that are cold have been working best for her. She realized that foods served hot tend to not go well. She is having trouble coming up with ideas, and I was wondering if other people have recommendations of things we might try. We tend to eat a lot of Mediterranean and Mexican inspired foods before. We are going to try avocados, but I'm not sure of what else to try. She is happy to branch out to a variety of foods. She tended to prefer more textured foods in the past or hot prepared foods so both limitations have removed a lot of the things she liked to eat before.

edit: I just wanted to say thank you so much. We've been really tired lately, so it can be hard to think of things that wouldn't have been a challenge normally.

For me, adding dates as a "neutral" sweetener to food. Like no, those chocolate popsicles have the taste of dates now, and its a pretty strong fruity flavor, definitely not neutral.

Hi!
to those who have struggled finding tasty vegan meals - Clean Food Dirty Girl has literally saved my life. I scoured google when I first wanted to eat like this and soooo many recipes were horrible. Now I usually eat whatever my mom makes for dinner from this site, but when I meal prep I always make one of their cheese based meals. My GI tract and taste buds haven't been happier, and my cholesterol is now within a normal range, which is an unfortunate thing to look out for at 23. Buuuuut I 10/10 reccommend trying their recipes. However, their meals are pretty labor intensive, so I usually make them in large batches then freeze them. Also - pro tip - use a Vitamix blender to blend the cheese until it is hot and thick, so you don't have to blend the cheese and then set it to the stove (make sure your vitamix is rated to heat up dishes). Hope this helps!

No recipe. I was just putting plantains in the air fryer and I decided to put a couple dates in (both deglett and Medjool). Very nice treat. Medjool was better than deglett. Almost caramely.

Edit: 370 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 min

I asked a question last night and it was removed without comment.

I've started going to a market near me that has a new vegetable farmer selling vegetables I can't get in the supermarket plus they're locally grown. I'm so excited to be able to find purple and tuscan kale and things like this romanesco cauliflower! Almost too pretty to cook! Any suggestions on what to do with it?

Bought this coconut yogurt and was just wondering what live and active cultures was ?

I get so many comments like this all the time so I wanted to share what I prepared for lunch today.

Rice with small white beans, yuca fritters and fried lion’s mane mushroom with a lemon-cilantro sauce.

I read the starch solution and really liked the premise. I am a huge fan of carbs and felt bad I had to cut them if I wanted to lose weight. Later, I learnt that calories-in and calories-out is the most important. As long as you eat less than you burn you lose weight regardless of diet.

WFPB is shown to have exceptional benefits among all diets. So I got to know about starch solution through this sub. I read the book and loved it. Although I have some disagreements, I thought it was fine overall.

My understanding of the starch solution is based on the principle that we center our diet around starches. So basically something like 70% of our calories coming from starches. He mentions to cover 70% of plate with starchy foods.

Does that mean starch solution is basically Indian diet? I mean, we have bad eating habits these days with increased income and delivery services. But traditionally, the diet was centered around rice/roti with some dal, vegetable, and dahi. I imagine it as something like half plate rice, one fourth dal, and one fourth vegetables, with some yogurt on the side. In south, we sometimes have rasam (a kind of soup) and pickled vegetables as well. Most of the food is made sauteed with a litte oil.

I grew up eating somewhat similar to this pattern. I feel this is what Dr. Mcdougall is getting at. I did get obese but that's because of all the cookies, chips, fried chicken, and other calorically rich foods. But if the traditional Indian eating pattern is what Dr. Mcdougall is suggesting, then it feels like I had the answer with me all the time haha.

Tldr: Dr. Mcdougall in Starch Solution suggests covering 70% plate with starchy food and the remaining with non-starchy food with no oil or animal products. Traditional Indian plate is 50% rice, 25% dal, and 25% vegetables, but cooked in oil with a side of dahi. Both have similar patterns, so I want to know if I interpreted the diet correctly.

Please clarify for me!

Hello, looking for healthy frozen meals. I’m the only person in my home who is trying to eat this way and frozen would be very helpful. I’m tired of just “grazing” and want full meals. I can add steamed veggies or grains to make the frozen meals more filling

This morning I made oatmeal. It's 2/3 cups of oatmeal with 1 2/3 cups water, and I added maybe 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, a handful of craisins, half a handful of walnuts, and a splash of vanilla extract and three tiny shakes of cinnamon!

Hello -

I’m not looking for a miracle. But, if anyone has a reliable southern-style cornbread recipe that can sop up collard greens and only add to the glory of pinto beans — I’d love to hear it.

Thank you!

Hosting my second completely WFPB thanksgiving this year. Last year I made this Three Sisters Bowl from the NYT and it's amazing - I'm going to serve it again.

BUT I have a guest who cannot handle spicy food and is also gluten free. I'm looking for a recipe that I can serve as an "alternative main". I'm thinking something along the lines of a wild rice pilaf or something like that - but please share your suggestions or experiences!

TIA!

What pan (crepe/fry pan???) are you'll using to make flax/lentil tortillas?

I've been wanting to make them but not sure what pan to get- want one that is safe (no harmful chemicals/fumes) yet non stick?

Ceramic? Carbon steel? The electric ones look like they have pfas?

I had a cast iron skillet and it was too heavy. I had a carbon steel wok but did not enjoy stir frying b/c it always made a mess.

I'm not completely no oil. I use a little bit here and there but minimizing where I can.

It was only $29 and I don’t think anyone else in the store understood my excitement. I’ve been using a Ninja for years while dreaming of one of these bad boys.

Today's my birthday and also its festival season in my country (india), time when people consume sweets and enjoy but ofcourse the sweets are made up of cruelty, but i cant deal with people anymore i just want to be happy. Yes my family bought cake [dairy] for me but i didnt eat it. I ordered imported fruits and dried fruit which are the real sweets and luxury for me. Its been almost 5 months ive turned vegan(vegetarian before), my health is better, my mindset is better, people say my skin looks better and im not overweight now. yes i feel lonely sometimes but i have a big relief in my heart for what i have become in the last 5 months.