The benefits of the Traditional Mediterranean Diet have been recognized by Westerners since the 1950s. In recent decades, we have also started to recognize the advantages of the Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet, thanks to the pioneers listed below. Even for those who do not to adopt a 100% WFPB diet, anyone can gain valuable insights from these experts. In addition to reading their books, consider listening to interviews with these inspiring individuals on Resources Page. Their insights can inspire others to achieve optimal nutrition for life.
Favorite Books
Below is a curated list of Dr. Udai’s favorite books that have provided valuable insights into the science and benefits of plant-based eating.
Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome
A bold new plant-based plan that challenges popular keto and paleo diets, from an award-winning gastroenterologist.
Plant-Strong: Discover The World’s Healthiest Diet
Nutrition lecturer, Rip Esselstyn, is back and ready to arm readers with the knowledge they need to win any argument with those who doubt the health benefits of a plant-based diet–and convince curious carnivores to change their diets once and for all.
The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted
The science is clear. The results are unmistakable. You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet.
Eat for Life: The Breakthrough Nutrient-Rich Program for Longevity, Disease Reversal, and Sustained Weight Loss
Eat for Life delivers a science-backed nutrition-based program that prevents and even reverses most medical problems within three to six months.
Blue Zones, The: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
Longevity expert Dan Buettner draws on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities—Blue Zones—around the globe to highlight the lifestyle, diet, outlook, and stress-coping practices that will add years to your life and life to your years.
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease challenges conventional cardiology by posing a compelling, revolutionary idea—that we can, in fact, abolish the heart disease epidemic in this country by changing our diets.
The Proof Is in the Plants: How Science Shows a Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Life (and the Planet)
All the facts and advice for anyone curious about feeling and doing better through a plant-focused diet.
The Sprout Book: Tap into the Power of the Planet’s Most Nutritious Food
A National Bestseller, The Sprout Book is the book on the power of sprouts as an ultra-food for health, weight loss, and optimum nutrition.
Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases
Dean Ornish, M.D., has directed revolutionary research proving, for the first time, that lifestyle changes can often reverse—undo!—the progression of many of the most common and costly chronic diseases.
Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
Dr. Dean Ornish is the first clinician to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even reversed, simply by changing your lifestyle.
The Plant-Based Solution
With The Plant-Based Solution, leading cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn shows how everyone can cultivate optimal well-being with a whole-foods, plant-based diet.