{"id":22372,"date":"2024-01-08T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=22372"},"modified":"2023-12-22T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:13:55","slug":"oldways-african-heritage-power-plate-a-plant-based-way-of-eating-inspired-by-healthful-food-traditions-from-across-the-african-diaspora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/08\/oldways-african-heritage-power-plate-a-plant-based-way-of-eating-inspired-by-healthful-food-traditions-from-across-the-african-diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldways\u2019 African Heritage Power Plate \u2013 A Plant-based Way of Eating Inspired by Healthful Food Traditions from Across the African Diaspora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/African_Heritage_Power_Plate_Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/African_Heritage_Power_Plate_Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n<p>Oldways, a food and nutrition non-profit, has partnered with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to develop The African Heritage Power Plate. The African Heritage Power Plate was developed using Oldways\u2019 African Heritage Diet Pyramid and PCRM\u2019s Power Plate. The vegan African Heritage Power Plate features fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and beans and a source of vitamin B12. It minimizes foods with added sugar, salt, and fats. It includes foods that were staples in traditional African diets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oldwayspt.org\/system\/files\/atoms\/files\/African-Heritage-Power-Plate-Booklet.pdf\">A downloadable African Heritage Power Plate booklet<\/a> includes recipes for Jollof Rice and Beans, Hoppin\u2019John Salad, and Yuca Fries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Oldways, a food and nutrition non-profit, has partnered with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to develop The African Heritage Power Plate. The African Heritage Power Plate was developed using Oldways\u2019 African Heritage Diet Pyramid and PCRM\u2019s Power Plate. The vegan African Heritage Power Plate features fruits, vegetables, whole [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22374,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22372\/revisions\/22374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}