Perri is a New York City-born-and-based writer. She holds a B.A. in psychology from Columbia University and is also a culinary school graduate of the plant-based Natural Gourmet Institute, which is now the Natural Gourmet Center at ICE. She's worked on Mark Bittman's team for the plant-based meal company The Purple Carrot and on his cookbook projects.
Perri O. Blumberg
7 Simple Ways to Make Vegetables Taste Amazing, According to Nutritionists
If only vegetables tasted like that chocolate date brownie we had after dinner. Sigh. They don’t. But there’s good news: With some savvy tips, you can make vegetables taste almost as good as a treat. And there’s good reason to be eating …
How Many Servings of Fruit Should You Eat a Day? The Number May Shock You
Fruit is a whole food category that is often maligned by dieters who want to avoid sugar or carbs. Yet even though some fruit is high in fructose, this naturally occurring sugar doesn't get metabolized in the body the same way that added sugar in processed food does, or tabl…
7 Reasons to Make Sure You Get Enough Vitamin D, According to Doctors
In the past year, much attention has been brought to vitamin D in light of the pandemic with some research emerging that vitamin D might help safeguard people from severe cases of COVID-19. But beyond its potential protective role in the ongoing war against coronavirus, vitamin D is also a…
7 Easy Tips to Lose Weight in the Winter, According to the Experts
It’s cold. There's a foot of snow on the ground and all you want to do is stay inside and eat comfort food. During the coldest months, we know how easy it is to make an excuse to skip working out or fall off the healthy eating bandwagon...
Nutritionists Say You Should Eat These Winter Superfoods to Lose Weight
New year, new goals. And if you’re all aboard the Let’s Shed the Pounds This Year Train, then it’s hard to do better than the vegan diet for healthy, sustainable weight loss. But if you’re anything like us, sometimes you simply aren&Clo…
Ricky Gervais Wants Lions to Eat His Body to “Give Something Back to Animals”
Today, in weird celebrity news, let’s take a moment to discuss the fact that comedian Ricky Gervais hopes to be devoured by lions after he dies to pay something forward to the animal kingdom from which we’ve taken so much, as we first heard from Plant Based News.
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Kim Kardashian Announces She’s Eating Plant-Based and Wants Fans to As Well
New year, new Kim. The reality-star-turned-entrepreneur is embarking on a vegan journey this month –and she wants you to come along for the healthy living ride. As Kardashian shared on her Instagram stories yesterday, her “Sister Boot Camp” plan starts this mon…
5 Ways Houseplants Can Improve Your Mental Health
The other day, it occurred to me that my boyfriend had gone off the quarantine deep end when he converted my aromatherapy diffuser into a humidifier, complete with a jerry-rigged paper straw funnel to promote airflow, to create well-being enhancing tropical climate in our tiny Manhattan abode—…
Zac Efron’s New Netflix Series Wants You To Help Him Save the Planet
If you’re anything like us these days, your Netflix lineup has consisted of mainly feel-good favorites to distract ourselves from the tumultuous news of our times (okay, and the Unsolved Mysteries reboot). But when you need a break from Grace and Frankie and The Good Place, we&CloseC…
The 16 Best Father’s Day Gifts for the Fitness and Wellness-Loving Dad
This extremely difficult year, it feels like an especially fitting time to toast the father, or father figure, who made you who you are. It also seems like an especially fitting time to spoil dad with gifts that promote his fitness and wellness...