The Institute for Plant-Based Nutrition

PLANT-BASED NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS Nobody wants to eat wrong or bad foods, but who should decide what is appropriate and good?  The answer is that there are many who set so-called food standards and these individuals and interests may have agendas other than the pure healthfulness of products offered for human consumption.  This is not to say that open competition of perspectives on nutrition is unfairly biased.  For there never was a time when more, more accurate and better information…

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION FOOD QUALITY People relish good food and  appreciate high quality.  But what is food quality?  Can it be defined and described? First of all, the term food refers to edible plant materials and products made from them – if the Book of Genesis is used as a guide.  And what better starting point than a document thousands of years old?  If we cite older texts, Chinese or Indian, the same point is made. Quality is quite another matter. …

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION ORGANIC FOOD CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Input is the quality criterion for organic food production, whereas output would be the higher standard.  That is, organic food production is concerned with avoidance of manufactured chemicals in soil and on plants rather than guaranteeing that no harmful contaminants of any sort are in or on the food when it is eaten.  What goes in at the early stages of food production and delivery may be excellent, but it is what comes…

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION VEGANOMICS THE PLANT-BASED ECONOMY After sunlight, air, water and soil, there’s not anything more basic than plants.  They aren’t often referred to in economic discussions.  Corporate titans are not portrayed standing in fields of vegetation or discussing the virtues of plants in human economic, environmental, or social problem solving.  Yet, plants are essential components in the global, national, regional, state and local economies – every place on earth.  It is time to give plants their due and recognize…

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION ANTIOXIDANTS:  ALLIES FOR GOOD HEALTH Diane Madgic, M.A., R.D. For the health conscious individual who carefully follows sound diet and exercise regimens, as the proverbial saying goes, it’s a jungle out there.  Pollutants in various forms bring carcinogens into our lives that could fester for years before bringing on cancer.  Our favorite foods could be contaminated.  And exercising in the great outdoors damages body cells in ways that can lead to heart disease and accelerate the aging process. …

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION No Winter here.  It’s almost Spring.  No snow.  It’s hitting north, west, and south.  Somehow, every storm misses us this year.  We remember vicious ice and blizzards such as we’ve been reading about.  Even balmy New Jersey has had it worse than our area  – coastal flooding and beach erosion.  But for us, this is an amazingly benign Winter.  Then, we’ve seen snow here at the end of June. IPBN Demonstration Garden One is providing winter kale, cabbage, broccoli…

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PLANT-BASED NUTRITION WELCOME! It is an honor to serve you through this outreach effort of the Institute for Plant Based Nutrition  – a start-up charitable organization dedicated to spreading good news regarding vegetables, grains, fruits, roots, tubers, nuts, seeds, herbs, leaves and grasses in human diets.  Plants nourish.  Plants heal.  Plants are affordable.  Plants build soil, purify water and air, keep the planet habitable.  Plants are good for us and the globe. Who are we?  Highly motivated, committed plant eaters…

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