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How to Go Plant-Based, With Expert Tips Elysabeth Alfano: Obviously, you have so many individual clients but for those who maybe are still considering a plant-based diet and still aren’t sure if it’s for them. I wonder if you could give us your top five tips for starting a plant-based diet. Julieanna Hever: Sure. Well, first of all, I think people have to want to try it. I try to not convince anyone anymore [even though] it is the best way to eat in terms of what I’ve seen and the literature. But if you are interested, it is a fabulous, fun, and positive journey and that’s my first t...

I write constantly, and I’m always on the lookout for advice on how to improve my craft — not out of fear that I’m insufficiently capable, but out of a desire to do better. Every time I crack open a book on the craft of writing, though, I have to wade through at least a chapter (only a chapter, if I’m lucky) that describes this dysfunctional codependent relationship with writing. Nobody actually likes to write, they say (in the same way as they might say no women actually like sex), and they continue, and we hate the rare people who do like it. Call me a writing-slut, but I think t...

Solar panels on a rooftop in Queens, NY (Photo by Steven Pisano via Flickr). A new “solar homesteading law” could harness rays of sun that fall on roofs and parking lots in cities and advance the aims of energy democracy. What if we seized the sunlight falling unused on roofs, parking lots, and other urban surfaces? From it we could generate electricity, thereby advancing the vital transition away from fossil fuels. This proposal may sound radical to some. But, in fact, solar homesteading simply extends well-worn, U.S. traditions of rural, agricultural settl...

Epidemics of the Past: Bubonic Plague Bubonic Plague Ashes ? ashes, We all fall down. A familiar nursery rhyme that children have recited as a harmless play song for generations ironically refers to one of Europe's most devastating diseases. The bubonic plague, better known as the ?The Black Death,? has existed for thousands of years. The first recorded case of the plague was in China in 224 B.C.E. But the most significant outbreak was in Europe in the mid-fourteenth century. Over a five-year period from 1347 to 1352, 25 million people died. One-third to one-half of the European population wa...

Gluten Sensitivity Affects Social Life Highlighted by Results of Study by Dr. Duane Share Article “Since being diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005, I have been vaguely aware of the societal pressures that put me at odds with friends and family in virtually every social setting where I disclosed my intention to maintain a gluten-free diet. I wonder, why do I feel this way? Why was this happening so consistently in my life? And, was I alone in this experience? These questions prompted me to conduct this study.” – Dr. Duane "If someone had told me before how difficult it is to adhere to ...