Ready to make 2026 your healthiest year yet—without counting calories or measuring food? Join Rachael J. Brown, author of For Fork’s Sake: A Quick Guide to Healing Yourself and the Planet Through a Plant-Based Diet, for an uplifting and practical talk on how to ditch the SAD (Standard American Diet) and start eating HAPPY (Healthy And Plant-Powered, Yay!). Rachael will share her personal story of lowering her cholesterol by 50 points in just 17 days and how her family transformed their lives with a whole-food, plant-based, no-oil lifestyle. You'll leave empowered with tips, tools, and inspiration to start your own plant-powered journey—no guilt, no calorie counting, just real food and lasting change.Bring your questions and your curiosity—this is your year to eat HAPPY!
BIO
Rachael J. Brown earned her plant-based nutrition certificate and food and sustainability certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and Cornell. After being diagnosed with high cholesterol in her late 20s, she discovered The China Study and started exploring the science of nutrition. After she ate WFPBNO for just 17 days, her cholesterol dropped 50 points. That was the beginning of her family’s journey from the standard American diet (SAD) to a whole-food, plant-based, no-oil (WFPBNO) lifestyle.
A licensed practitioner of massage and the pain neutralization technique, Rachael is also a certified yoga and Pilates instructor and a spiritual director. She completed the 12-Day McDougall Program and has led corporate mindfulness seminars. She received her BA in geography from the University of Washington and has been an adjunct professor in nutrition and wellness.
Rachael belongs to the University of Washington Alumni Association, the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies' Whole Communities program, and Eat for the Earth, as well as Plantstrong and McDougall communities.
Rachael is happily married with two grown children. She lives in California, where she can usually be found trail running, rock climbing, cycling, and bikepacking with her husband. Learn more at www.forforkssakebook.com.
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