Vegan Australia – Concerned about animals? Want to make the world a fairer place? Looking for ways to lessen your environmental footprint? Want to improve your health?
HappyCow – an easy-to-use app to find your local Vegan Bakeries, Cafes, Grocers, Restaurants, Caterers and B&B Retreats wherever you are in the World
Palm Oil Barcode Scanner – identify products that contain unsustainably produced Palm Oil
Dr. Greger’s Daily Dozen (for Android) (for Apple) – an easy-to-use app to track the essential plant foods to consume daily for optimum health and well-being
Vegan Pet Food – providing a kibble scientifically proven to provide a complete and balanced diet for dogs and cats of all ages
Documentaries (available on Netflix):
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Documentaries:
An Inconvenient Sequel Truth to Power
Factory Farming:
Podcasts:
Food for Thought (Colleen Patrick-Goudreau) – 10 Stages of What Happens When You Stop Eating Meat
Books:
The China Study (T. Colin Campbell, PhD & Thomas M. Campbell II)
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr. , M.D.)
How Not to Die (Dr. Michael Greger)
Eat to Live (Joel Fuhrman, M.D.)
Comfortably Unaware (Dr. Richard Oppenlander)
Vegan Diet Challenges:
21-Day Vegan Kickstart – Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Neal Barnard, M.D.
22 Day Vegan Challenge (Animal Activist Collective)
The Forks Over Knives Plan: A 4-Week Meal-By-Meal Makeover
Cookbooks:
Forks Over Knives Family (Alona Pulde, MD, and Matthew Lederman, MD)
Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health
Forks Over Knives The Cookbook
Eat to Live Cookbook (Joel Fuhrman, M.D.) – ideal for weight loss
How Not to Die Cookbook (Michael Gerger, M.D. FACLM)
The China Study Cookbook (Leanne Campbell, PhD)
The China Study Family Cookbook (Leanne Campbell, PhD)
The China Study All-Star Collection (Leanne Campbell, PhD)
The China Study Quick & Easy Cookbook (Del Sroufe)
The PlantPure Nation Cookbook (Kim Campbell)
Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook (Ann Crile Esselstyn & Jane Esselstyn)
Weblinks on Health:
“Appropriately planned vegan diet is healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases” (American Dietetic Association, Australian Guidelines)
Nutrition Studies – Dr T. Colin Campbell
Prevent & Reverse Heart Disease Program – Dr. Esselstyn
Nutrition Facts – Dr. Michael Greger
How Not to Die from Heart Disease
How to Treat High Blood Pressure
Blue Zones – a discovery into the five places in the world where people live the longest and are the healthiest
Facebook Pages & Groups:
Vegetarian and Vegan Society of Queensland
Support:
Adaptt (Gary Yourofsky)
Letter to a New Vegan (Catherine Laurence, Animal Liberation QLD)
What We Need to Know to Stay Hopeful and Joyful (Colleen Patrick Goudreau)
Ten Keys to Staying Positive Facing Animal Abuse (Will Tuttle – In Defense of Animals)
If you live in Brisbane, here are a list of my vegan go-to’s:
Groceries: The Green Edge
Restaurant: Grown
Hair: De Lorenzo (Vegan Hair Products, Australian Made & Owned)
My Hair Haven (Naomi Bedford, Vegan Hairdresser)
All the hard copies of the Resources listed above are available in the OVS Waiting Room to borrow or purchase.