I made a lunch sandwich with pulled jackfruit for the first time today (pretty good!). My question is, what category do you think jackfruit is for Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen? Is it a fruit, as in the name, or is it a vegetable, which is what it seemed more like to me, or something else? Thanks!

You know you want it.

Whole wheat roll, apple cider vinegar, avocado, purple, cabbage, carrot, red onion, spinach and nutritional yeast. Then

22g protein, 13g fiber and delicious!

A little high in sodium, but my other 2 meals today have almost none so I am within my daily goal.

5 minutes in the microwave and it’s chow time.

I read online that dates are a good source of calcium but my package of Medjool dates says “not a significant source of calcium.”

Toasted multigrain bagel, apple cider vinegar, curry powder, avocado, sesame seed, nutritional yeast, carrot, red cabbage, red onion, banana pepper, black olive, shredded beet, and arugula.

2 bagel sandwiches for about $5.25.

Tossed the precooked lentils and sauce in the bowl and microwaved for 1:15. Added the noodles, microwaved :45 more. Added hot sauce and nutritional yeast.

Two minutes in the microwave never tasted so good!

Hi everyone, I’m new to whole foods and eager to start this journey as soon as possible. However, I want to make sure I’m doing it right and fully understanding the principles behind it. I’d love to do as much research and learning as possible. Does anyone have any book recommendations or useful links that explain what the wholefood diet involves, the basics, dos and don'ts, and things to avoid? Thanks so much in advance!

I tried looking up charts showing good food sources for vitamin C, but I have a migraine, & they all seemed to have stupid serving sizes. I don’t eat a cup of kiwis! (Though maybe I should.) I eat one or two at a sitting. I would love to have a resource showing the amount of vitamin C in an average-sized kiwi, an average-sized orange, etc. Thanks :)

Hi I’m 36F. Just recently diagnosed as pre diabetic. I’m 5’1 and 127 lbs. I decided to try this lifestyle after watching forks over knives. Should I be counting calories and or tracking macros to get the full benefits of this diet? I need to lose ten lbs. any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

So im trying to eat more kale.

But I also get some calcium from tofu, does the calcium in tofu count as a supplement? Seeing as it's added to the soya beans to make the tofu.

And is tofu even considered wfpb?

I wanna be reeeeally healthy this year and I'm trying to be very strict WFPB, so any info will help! Thanks

Extra firm tofu, broccoli sprouts, chipotle hot sauce, apple cider vinegar, ground flax meal, and nutritional yeast. Delicious and satisfying for about $4.50.

I've been vegan for a long time for ethical reasons and what bothers me is that many products may contain traces of milk since they are made in the same facility. In my country there’s great care taken to avoid this but they still label it as an allergen for those with allergies. However I feel uncomfortable with cross-contamination so I plan to remove most processed foods from my diet, as even vegan-labeled products often have possible traces. I'm wondering, does this way of eating (WFPB) make it incompatible to consume margarine, oil, tofu, textured vegetable protein, plant-based milk, white rice, flour, cocoa powder? Thank you for your response!

We get leafside, but didn’t know if there are any other convenient wfpb?

We just recently saw well your world offerings, but it requires throwing in a pressure cooker (we mainly do pressure cooker on the weekend). We want more lazy ideas for during the week like microwave or add hot water to cook.

Hello! Would anyone have any ideas of what to make that are low carb, WFPB, and vegan. I’m new this lifestyle, but I’m a type two diabetic. My drs want me on this diet/lifestyle and I’m willing to take the leap, but I’m struggling to find low carb filling food recipes and not entirely sure where to look either.

I've been WFPB SOS free for almost a year and while the benefits have been amazing, I still feel alienated. Does that feeling ever go away?

At first I was excited to tell people about my lifestyle because I wanted everyone to know there was a way to fix many of their ailments with this lifestyle. I went through a phase of being fearful of my families choices. Now I pretty much keep it to myself.

I was recently excited to meet and share meals with some blue zone kitchen folks but it quickly turned sour as they "well actually'd' me asking what about WFPB SOS free was backed by scientific study. I mentioned the China studies and blue zone studies and was quickly shot down with "Those aren't scientific studies". I took them to nutritionfacts.org and explained that in the videos he mentions studies and links to them but they looked and Dr Greger's photo and said something about doctors claiming to be scientist then lost interest in my opinion.

I went from excitement to finally talk about it with people who would understand, to feeling more alienated than before. Does it ever get better? Do you ever reach a point where you just enjoy the benefits and not care that you have a different lifestyle than everyone around you?

The usual suspects: whole wheat bagel, hot sauce, avocado, nutritional yeast, roma tomato and more nutritional yeast.

Today I was out in a hurry and couldn’t eat breakfast. After a couple of hours I was very hungry and decided to stop in one of the big supermarket chains and get something from the mini bakery. Got 2 sesame pastries with olives.

No tag for allergens, no sign with ingredients, no nutritional value sticker for macros. I tried googling it online but couldn’t find anything about ingredients. Knew it couldn’t be “healthy” since it’s clearly made with white flour and they often put oil in those, but bought them anyways.

Later on when I had more time to kill I decided to try and dig further. It wasn’t obvious but I finally found them online…

Each one of these small, 80g unlabeled breads contained: 380kcal, 20g of fat (9 of which saturated) (sunflower oil and palm oil), sugar and eggs.

It’s always when you let your guard down that this happens.

It’s not the end of the world, but I still feel bad for purchasing something containing an animal product, and letting my guard down.

Imo, AT THE VERY LEAST bakeries/companies/stores should be required to put allergens tag on any baked goods.

I've found that I'm solid on my meals mostly due to a meal service I use in San Diego which is amazing but I get into trouble on snacks. I'd also like to make one of my meals more salad / greens but I'm trying to find or make good dressing or sauces to go with it.

I'm curious what everyone else is doing in between or for sauces and salads?

asking for a friend who is having issues getting rid of his belly fat, what advice would you give to him?

I'm hoping to bring chickpea salad to work in a wrap most days. But I haven't found whole grain wraps and I can't figure out how to make them without oil. Please share your favorite store bought wraps or recipes.

I love a treat of toast and plant based butter.

What are some alternatives other than nut butter that are wfpb? I usually have sucker's organic natural peanut butter. I have tried nutzoo varieties as well. I like them all but looking for alternatives.

Hi everyone! I recently switched from the SAD (standard American diet) to a plant-based diet for health reasons (i.e. to lower my cholesterol). I’m lucky enough to have access to a dining hall, so I have basically had the same salad for lunch and dinner - arugula or another leafy green as the base with cucumbers, grape tomatoes, shredded carrots, edamame, chickpeas, and black beans, all topped with olive oil and red wine vinegar as the dressing, plus a piece or two of whole wheat toast. I historically don’t eat breakfast, but I’m considering having oatmeal with walnuts and raisins to start the day. In between all this, I typically snack on a couple pieces of fruit (apples, bananas, and pears) throughout the day.

My two questions are:

1. Would you recommend having the oatmeal for breakfast or just fasting and starting the day with the salad for lunch?
2. Based on the meals listed here, do you think I need to take any vitamins or supplements to get the nutrients that I wouldn’t get through the salads alone?

I’m pretty new to the community, but I love how supportive it seems like you all are. Thanks for your help and advice with this!