A big secret project I can finally reveal!

I’ve been keeping a BIG secret from you... and today I can finally share it!

My brand-new cookbook: Food Babe Feast

I have been working on this book for years, and I am SO excited for you to finally see it.

And look at this cover! I’m literally eating cake. If you know me, you know how much I LOVE cake and dessert.

This book is about how to celebrate, feast, and have FUN with food without all the artificial junk that Big Food has worked into our holidays and special occasions.

For years, holidays and parties were some of the hardest times for me to eat the way I wanted to.

There’s so much nostalgia wrapped up in the foods we eat when we celebrate. You still want birthday cake, Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas cookies, and all those special foods you grew up eating.

I didn’t want to give any of that up.

So I started recreating my favorite celebration foods with real ingredients, without the artificial dyes, preservatives, inflammatory seed oils, and other questionable additives that Big Food puts into so many of them.

And that’s what inspired Food Babe Feast.

Inside are more than 100 of my favorite recipes for birthdays, holidays, parties, and celebrations throughout the entire year. I also put together complete menus so you can open the book and know exactly what to make for your next celebration.

This is the book I wish I had when I first stopped eating ultra-processed food.

Because I still wanted to eat amazing food and celebrate like everyone else. I just didn't want all the junk that came with it.

But this book is about much more than recipes.

I’m also exposing how the food industry has hijacked our special occasions for profit, showing you what to watch out for, what ingredients I use instead, and how to make all your favorite celebration foods without the junk.

Because celebrating should be FUN. And the food should be absolutely delicious without nasty man-made chemicals.

I cannot wait for you to get your hands on this book!

And starting TODAY, you can officially pre-order Food Babe Feast!

Click here to lock in your pre-order! 

Thank you so much for supporting this book. I really poured my heart into it, and it means so much to finally share it with you.

Xo,
Vani

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This 3-ingredient pumpkin cookie recipe is going VIRAL

I need to share something with you that's been blowing up on social over at Truvani:

Our team posted a pumpkin cookie recipe using our Pumpkin Spice Protein, and the response has been insane.

People are making these every week and tagging us nonstop.

And when you see how easy they are, you'll understand why.

Viral 3-Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies

STEP 1: Grab a box of your favorite pumpkin baking mix.

STEP 2: Add two scoops of Truvani Pumpkin Spice Protein and a can of pumpkin puree.

STEP 3: Mix it all together, form into balls, and bake at 350° for about 20 minutes.

That's it.

Three ingredients. Twenty minutes. Done.

They come out soft, warm, and taste like fall in cookie form.

Except they're packed with 20g of clean organic protein per batch from the Pumpkin Spice Protein.

Optional upgrades if you want to go all out:

Toss in some organic chocolate chips before baking.

…Or – my personal favorite – top them with cream cheese frosting after they cool down.

You're welcome.

If you don't have our Pumpkin Spice Protein yet…

It's available right now at 73% OFF with a free pink shaker cup, tote bag, recipe guides, and a mystery gift. Everything for $44.99.

Pumpkin Spice is seasonal – and when it's gone, it's gone until next fall.

So grab it while it's here:

>> Click here to get Pumpkin Spice at 73% OFF + FREE gifts

Xo,

Vani

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Pumpkin Spice is here!

Hey,

It's Vani here.

It's that time of year again.

Our Pumpkin Spice Plant Based Protein is BACK.

Get Pumpkin Spice at 73% OFF + FREE gifts

I know, I know – summer is winding down.

But here's the thing about summer ending that nobody is sad about:

Pumpkin Spice season is here.

Every year this flavor comes back, and every year it's the same story – people go CRAZY for it.

So if you've been waiting for it, or if you've never tried it and you're curious – now is the time.

It tastes like fall in a glass.

Warm, spiced, smooth, with that cozy pumpkin flavor that makes you want to curl up on the couch with a blanket.

…Except it's 20g of clean, organic protein made with 9 organic ingredients.

No gums, no stevia, no artificial sweeteners, no "natural flavors."

And right now you can get it at 73% OFF.

Here's what $44.99 gets you:

• A 20-serving bag of Pumpkin Spice Plant Based Protein
• 🎁 A FREE pink shaker cup
• 🎁 A FREE tote bag
• 🎁 FREE recipe guides
• 🎁 A FREE mystery gift

Pumpkin Spice is a seasonal flavor – once it's gone, it's gone until next year.

We don't keep it around year-round, and we don't make more once the batch runs out.

If you want it, grab it while it's here.

>> Click here to get Pumpkin Spice at 73% OFF + FREE gifts <<

Vani

P.S. If you're a baker, Pumpkin Spice might be our best flavor for recipes.

Think pumpkin protein pancakes, pumpkin spice muffins, pumpkin overnight oats, pumpkin spice lattes.

Your Starter Kit comes with recipe guides so you can start experimenting right away.

Claim your discount + free gifts now

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Big Food is doing this to parents again...

The other day I was walking through the grocery store and saw this huge back-to-school display.

But it wasn’t backpacks and school supplies.

It was filled with junk food marketed for kids’ lunchboxes. Little packs of Cheez-Its, Goldfish, fruit snacks, pudding cups... all packaged up to make parents feel like this is what we’re supposed to buy when our kids go back to school.

And it makes me so mad because Big Food is preying on busy parents.

They know parents are looking for quick and easy things to throw into a lunchbox, so they package up ultra-processed junk in cute little individual bags and market it as “back-to-school” food.

Here’s the truth about some of these products lining the shelves right now...

LUNCHABLES

These are filled with ultra-processed ingredients like sodium nitrite, sodium phosphates, highly processed seed oils, corn syrup, natural flavors, and soy lecithin.

Sodium nitrite is strongly linked to cancer and heart disease, and highly processed seed oils are linked to chronic inflammation in the body.

CHEEZ-ITS

Cheez-Its contain TBHQ, a controversial preservative that may harm the immune system and increase the risk of food allergies.

And some varieties, like Cheddar Jack, are spiked with MSG and other flavor enhancers (like disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate)....which when mixed with MSG can amplify the flavor of food up to 8 times!

GOLDFISH

If you look at the ingredients in Goldfish, they might seem pretty simple at first.

But they’re made with refined white flour, highly processed seed oils, and autolyzed yeast extract, a form of hidden MSG designed to hijack your child's taste buds and get them addicted to the product.

Independent tests have also found glyphosate (Roundup) residues in Goldfish crackers. This weed killer is linked to cancer and numerous other health issues.

WELCH’S FRUIT SNACKS

Fruit snacks are the perfect example of how Big Food takes something healthy like fruit and turns it into a science experiment.

Welch’s says “Whole Fruit is our main ingredient" right on the front of the package, but they’re still chock full of juice concentrate, GMO corn syrup, artificial flavors, and synthetic vitamins.

JELL-O PUDDING CUPS

These are filled with refined sugar, artificial flavors, and highly processed hydrogenated oils. You'll still find artificial dyes Yellow 5 and Yellow 6 in their vanilla and swirl puddings. 

And that milk they contain is conventional milk, which was likely raised with herbicide-laden GMO feed, hormones, antibiotics, and other drugs.

Thankfully, you don’t have to buy this junk just because it comes in a convenient little package for your child's lunch.

Here are some packaged snacks I actually buy for my kids:

• Simple Mills crackers and Pop Mmms
• Solely fruit snacks and fruit leather
• Truvani bars
• Epic wild smoked salmon strips
• Peaceful Fruits
• Sun-Maid Organic Raisins
• Truvani electrolyte drink mix (instead of juice boxes)

But packaged snacks are only a small part of what goes into my kids’ lunches.

I always make sure they have a good source of organic protein, fresh fruit, vegetables, and real food. And leftovers from dinner are great for lunches too!

Big Food wants us to believe kids need special “lunchbox foods.”

They don’t.

Xo,
Vani

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22 lunches a month, minus the harmful additives

Every year when the kids head back to school, I'm saddened that so many school districts feed children hot dogs, greasy pizza, and nachos for lunch.

How this has even become acceptable is the subject of a future email... but in the meantime, I want to remind you to do whatever you can to take control of the situation by packing your own lunches.

Every homemade lunch is another chance to avoid thousands of unnecessary food additives.

But don't go down the path of buying all those conveniently packaged "Back-to-School" snacks and drinks lining the grocery store shelves. They're just as unhealthy, maybe worse, than what they serve in many school cafeterias.

They're filled with the same additives I tell you to avoid like: BHT, TBHQ, artificial colors and loads of added sugar.

Even organic packaged foods can be extremely processed and unhealthy without any real nutrition.

And it took me years to think about the lunchbox itself.

Then I looked into it. A while back, an independent lab tested 20 popular back-to-school items. 75% came back high in phthalates, hormone-disrupting chemicals used to make vinyl soft. One Dora backpack tested at 16 times the phthalate limit set for children's toys. A Disney lunchbox was loaded with the same thing.

These chemicals are restricted in children's toys. Yet backpacks and lunchboxes have not been subject to the same phthalate limits.

Phthalates are linked to asthma, early puberty, and learning and behavior problems in kids. And they don't stay put. They off-gas into the air and leach onto hands and food.

So this year, don't just think about what goes inside the lunchbox. Think about the lunchbox itself.

The lunchbox

Soft vinyl lunch bags were the worst offenders in that study. Plastic containers bring their own problems, usually BPA or its cousins.

I use a stainless steel bento from ECOlunchbox. No plastic, no lining, nothing to leach into food. And it holds up, which is its own kind of proof.

The backpack

Skip anything shiny and plasticky, anything labeled vinyl, and anything with a recycling #3. That's usually PVC, which is where the phthalates live. Waterproof coatings are worth a second look too, since those often mean PFAS.

Choose natural fibers like cotton, canvas, or hemp, or plain nylon and polyester. 

Hand cleaning

A lot of school supply lists still ask for hand sanitizer. Most of it is either drying alcohol gel or an antimicrobial that kills off good bacteria and feeds resistance. The CDC's own guidance is that plain soap and water is the better call.

Pack a Branch Basics mini foaming wash in each bag instead. Real soap, no synthetic fragrance, no harsh surfactants, small enough to clip in a front pocket. They can use it before lunch and you’re not sending an endocrine disruptor to school in a squeeze bottle.

When you’re packing lunches, here’s what to look for:

Bread: Skip conventional loaves, which carry glyphosate and a long additive list. I order from Organic Bread of Heaven, or Grindstone Bakery if your kid eats gluten-free. Grindstone is organic and one of the only gluten-free loaves I've found that holds together instead of crumbling.

Sandwiches: Deli meats often contain nitrates and ultra-processed ingredients, so choose organic and pasture-raised, or roast and slice your own. For PB&J, a nut butter that's just nuts and salt plus a fruit-sweetened jam skips the seed oils and added sugar in the usual versions.

Sides: This is where the seed oils and added sugar pile up. Instead of dyed yogurt tubes, pack plain whole-milk yogurt and add your own fruit. Instead of neon crackers and chips, go with an organic whole-food cracker, or cut veggies and hummus.

Drinks: Water beats every juice box and dye-colored sports drink on the shelf. For more hydration, I add Truvani Electrolytes, which the kids love with no added colors, fake flavors, or artificial sweeteners.

If you want the fastest single upgrade, make it the lunchbox. It's the one item that touches food every single day, and going from soft vinyl to stainless steel takes one purchase.

You don't have to change everything overnight. Start with one swap, then another. Before you know it, you've transformed your child's lunch and they’ll feel so much better for it! 

Xo,
Vani

P.S. Code FOODBABE will get you an exclusive discount for ECOlunchbox, Branch Basics, Organic Bread of Heaven and Grindstone Bakery.

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I warned Big Food what’s coming...

I didn’t expect to find myself back in Washington, D.C. again so soon.

But when Secretary Kennedy’s team invited me to speak at a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services event on Monday, I was truly honored to be included. It was an opportunity to share my perspective and advocate for the health of American families on the national stage, one I’m incredibly grateful to have been given.

I told Big Food what is going to happen if they keep poisoning us.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH

I will keep fighting for you no matter who is in office. 

For the last 15 years, I’ve been fighting alongside you to expose what is happening to our food and demand better from the biggest food corporations in the world.

And the pressure has been building. 

Food companies are removing artificial dyes. Americans are reading ingredient labels. And leaders in our government are working to close loopholes that allowed these chemicals into our food supply for decades.

But we have so much more work to do.

We have to keep pushing until every American knows what ultra-processed food really is and every family can walk into a grocery store and buy real food without worrying about the chemicals hidden inside it.

Please share my speech on Instagram, Facebook, X, or YouTube so we can keep the pressure on Big Food.

Xo,

Vani

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The back-to-school item nobody thinks about

Your kids are about to sit down for the school year.

Class, then homework, then a screen. A lot of kids are sitting 7 or 8 hours a day, most of it hunched forward over a laptop or a phone.

The problem is our bodies are built to move, not to hold one position for hours.

Hold one slouched, head-forward position for hours and circulation drops while the muscles and connective tissue slowly adapt to that shape.

In a kid that's a bigger deal. Childhood and the teen years are when the spine and movement habits are still forming, so a posture repeated every day can set the pattern for life. 

Poor ergonomics in childhood raises the risk of chronic musculoskeletal problems in adulthood by 70%. Nearly 39% of American adults already report back pain, and a lot of it started at a desk decades earlier.

Humanscale's Managing Ergonomics Consultant wrote a genuinely useful piece on this, Growing Up with Screens. It walks through what to watch for by age and how to set up a space that protects a growing body.

Did you know Cornell and Virginia Tech researchers found that only a small fraction of people know how to operate their own desk chair?

Most can't recline without hunting for a lever, so they don't. They sit locked in one position all day.

Picture that with a kid. You're not going to teach an 11-year-old to work tension dials and tilt locks. They'll sit however the chair leaves them, usually still and slumped.

This is what Humanscale solved.

Humanscale got rid of the springs, levers, and dials entirely and built the chair around one idea: your own body weight moves it. Lean, and it reclines with you. Shift, and it follows. Nothing to learn, nothing to adjust. 

For a kid, that means the chair keeps them moving all day without anyone telling them to.

I've sat in a Freedom Ocean chair in my office for years. I lean, it moves, I never think about it, and I'm not stiff at the end of a long day the way I used to be.

For kids, the one that fits is the Diffrient World. Same movement principle, built for a growing body, and it's the chair Humanscale's ergonomist points parents to.

Then there's what the chair is made of.

You already read ingredient labels on a box before you feed your kids. Furniture typically has no such label. Humanscale puts a Declare label on every product, listing what's inside like  a nutrition label lists ingredients. They were first in the industry to do it. 

For the next 48 hours only, the Food Babe community can save 25% sitewide at Humanscale with code FOODBABE—an offer they almost never run. Ends Tuesday, August 11 at 11:59 p.m. PST.

The Diffrient World for your kids, the Freedom Ocean for your own desk, or anything else that needs replacing. 

Shop Humanscale here →

This is the week everyone's buying backpacks and notebooks. The chair they sit in may be the thing that matters most..

Xo,
Vani

P.S. I highly recommend you read  Growing Up with Screens. Even the free tips in there, screen at eye level, feet flat, move every 30 minutes, will help your kid whether or not you change a single piece of furniture.

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