"The feature film Forks Over Knives examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting animal-based and processed foods." http://www.forksoverknives.com Watching Forks over Knives was an eye opening, and life changing experience for us. We have shared this book and movie with friends and family, and want to start a meetup group for all who are interested in becoming healthier and eating a plant based, …

Wellness Health Fair serves our community by providing health and wellness education. The purpose of this meetup is to keep you informed of our upcoming events. We offer FREE vegan and living foods cooking demonstrations, wellness movie nights, juicing classes and wellness lectures. Like us on Facebook where you can find pictures and information of past events, and vegan recipes. We also have a blog where we post vegan recipes on a weekly basis: http://sdarmhealthyliving.blogspot.com/

WHAT IT IS: A team of runners Training and Competing on a 100% plant-based diet with certain goal races in mind: The first will be the California International Marathon with a few tune-up races leading up to CIM. OUR GOAL AND MISSION: The Project objective is to support and promote a healthy vegan diet by using Athleticism as a means to show and educate others on the benefits of eating this way, and what it can do for our performance as athletes. We welcome all runners, even if not competitive, …

This is a group for those who want to commit themselves for 14 days of cooking every day. If you decide to participate, we will bulk purchase all the ingredients necessarily for you to shift your diet to "whole foods, plant-based diet", for at least one meal a day (the meals that you are going to cook). For the three weekend sessions when we meet, we will go through basic cooking techniques as well as flavoring techniques to put together a healthy and tasty meals just with plant-based diet.

This is a group for people who are following the "Eat to Live" program created by Dr. Joel Fuhrman and who are eating a plant based, whole foods diet either for weight loss and/or superior health. We will meet once a week for potluck dinners in an Oakland home close to Piedmont Avenue, share recipes, and information about health related community events.

Have you wondered what all the fuss is about detox? Juices? Cleanses? Detox? Herbs? There's a reason why this is so popular and it's just not for health reasons. Detoxification is the back door to knowing yourself - the unfolding of one's spiritual path. This is a broad discussion on many elements of detoxifying addictions, clutter, food, etc - all the elements that distract us from unfolding our true purpose. This meetup is primarily for those who want to understand how the physical body works, …