Resources

Plant-Based & Vegan Lifestyle Resources

Books:

Eat To Live, Joel Fuhrman, M.D

Your Body In Balance, Neal D Barnard, MD, FACC

How Not To Die, Michael Greger, MD, FACLM

Reversing Heart Disease, Dean Ornish, MD

Prevent Or Reverse Heart Disease, Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., MD

Search these authors on Amazon to see additional titles

Online/Video:

Plant-Based Diets: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

NutritionFacts.org Short videos on health, Dr. Michael Greger

Movies & Documentaries: Health & Fitness

The Game Changers (2018): The connection between a vegan diet and athletic performance, featuring athletes who thrive on plant-based eating. Pay-to-view options

What the Health (2017): Examines the links between animal-based diets and chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.

Forks Over Knives (2011): A classic documentary that highlights public health issues related to diets heavy in meat and dairy.

Veganise Me (1:21:29): A full-length health documentary available on exploring the benefits of a plant-based diet.

Food For Thought: (2025) A global journey to explore the incredible rise of plant-based eating and its far-reaching impact.

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024): A Netflix documentary series that follows a Stanford University study of identical twins exploring the effects of vegan vs. omnivore diets. Requires Netflix subscription

For Animal Rights & Ethics

Dominion (2018): Uses hidden and handheld cameras to expose the practices of modern animal agriculture.

Earthlings (2005): Chronicles the day-to-day use of animals for profit across various industries.

The Invisible Vegan (2019): Explores the cultural and historical aspects of veganism within Black communities.

73 Cows: Jay Wilde, a beef farmer who battles with his conscience every time he takes his cows to slaughter.

Unchained TV – A free resource for vegan and plant-based documentaries

The 18 Best Vegan Documentaries to Start Streaming Now from VegNews Magazine

Environmental Concerns:

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014): Investigates the environmental impact of the animal agriculture industry. Pay-to-view options

Seaspiracy (2021): Focuses on the devastating effects of commercial fishing on marine life. See with a Netflix subscription

Feeding the Future: Rethinking Farming (2019): Explores the urgent need to rethink meat consumption and industrial farming practices in a world grappling with environmental and ethical challenges.