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What Are The Different Types Of Vegan Meal Planning?

Meal planning is such a time saver. Not only do those who care about their nutrition get to save time while planning meals, but they continue eating healthy, even on the busiest days. Are you already on a plant-based diet or just thinking about it?
Whether you are just trying to implement vegan or vegetarian meal prep into your lifestyle, or you are looking for some new tips – this article will provide what you need. Here is how to get your plant-based diet on track via meal planning.

Think About Pro Guidance


Making changes to your diet isn’t easy, but it is always worth it because there is always a goal behind it. Do you want to build muscles? Lose weight? Have a more balanced diet? Experience a vegan pregnancy diet plan? Or just explore more intuitive eating?


Even if your reason is not listed here, you should know that the best way to get the result that you want is a plant-based nutritionist ; a person of this sort of expertise can help enhance toddler/child/adolescent nutrition, help you achieve your sports goals, and help you deal with many digestive problems.
Not only that, but plant-based nutrition can help you organize your meal in such a way that you will have enough time to cook, eat peacefully, and easily achieve all of your other plans.

Sketch Out A Week Of Meals


This step may sound confusing and like a lot to chew on. But in reality, it’s very easy. All you have to do is choose a dinner for every day of the week. If possible, think about leftovers and use them for an extra meal.
Once you plan your meals, you are ready for the next step – grocery planning. Make a specific grocery list of things that you will need. Not sure what you might need for a feel of a plant-based diet? Check the next step.

Chop Vegetables


One of the best things about a plant-based diet is that you get to eat a lot of vegetables. This is not only healthy but easy to prepare. Chopping vegetables is easy, plus vegetables are super easy to store and use whenever you want.
Chop your vegetables in advance: fill your cups with onion, sliced mushrooms, and sliced cabbage… This will make everything much easier and faster to prepare.

Fast Tips On Meal Prep


● Stock your kitchen counter with beans, lentils, and whole grains
● Have olive oil
● Use oatmeal for breakfast
● Cook for two days
● Keep track of your recipes
● Drink water
● Start small
● Get organized
● Invest in high-quality containers
● Keep a variety of spices
● Always use your meal prep recipes to make a grocery list
● Use glass containers
● Freeze your food

Make new lifestyles more fun and delicious with new recipes. Start small, take it slow, and go step by step. Stay hydrated, hire a professional to help you navigate your new changes, and be persistent. Remember that it takes three weeks for something to become a habit, and three months for something to become a lifestyle. For the Silo, Bill Gordon.

Carnivores Anonymous Doctor Says Plant Based Diet Fuels Athletic Success

Vegan Cardiologist Heather Shenkman hosts free Carnivores Anonymous 12-Step programs (the next one held on January 22 in Woodland Hills , Los Angeles) to achieve optimum health and tackle food addiction through plant-based eating. While Dr. Shenkman performs complex angioplasties to open up clogged coronary arteries, she prefers to help her patients reduce their risk of heart disease through a healthy lifestyle, including a plant-based diet and regular exercise, in addition to medication when appropriate.

Dr. Heather Shenkman“I am a strong believer in a plant-based diet for heart health,” said Dr. Shenkman. “Join me at Carnivores Anonymous  to learn how a plant-based diet has fueled my athletic success, and why I recommend it for all my patients.”

Dr. Shenkman has followed a plant-based diet for thirteen years. She is also an avid athlete, having completed over a hundred events of various distances, from sprint triathlons to Ironman distance triathlons, marathons and ultra-marathons, and several hundred-mile century cycling events.

Carnivores Anonymous meetings brings together a fellowship of like-minded people who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other to recover from eating animal products including meat, dairy, fish, and eggs. The only requirement for membership is a desire to move toward a vegan diet.

“Carnivores Anonymous is a safe and supportive space that enables you to achieve your goals,” said Carnivores Anonymous Director, Marilyn Kroplick M.D. “We encourage everyone to come down to our meeting in Woodland Hills.”

Whether you are a carnivore, vegan, or somewhere in-between, join Carnivores Anonymous and explore food in a whole new way. For the Silo, Alyson Burton.  Featured image- Carnivores Anonymous group meeting. photo by Fleur Dawes. 

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