Asheville Healing

Nancy Pope
Jackie Tatelman

Plant Fit: A Plant Centered Approach To Health

What Do We Mean By Plant Centered?


Eating plant centered (or whole food plant based) means that you are getting the majority of your calories from whole plant foods.  Whole plant foods include vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds. You will find when you eat this way that you are satisfied and do not have cravings.  It may seem hard to believe so you'll just have to try it for yourself!

Every single thing that we eat has a direct impact on our bodies. And fueling our bodies with the life energy of plants has a profound effect on how we feel and how efficiently our bodies work.  This is why it is important to take charge of our own health.  People who adopt a more plant centered lifestyle are shown to suffer far less heart disease, cancers, auto-immune disease, type II diabetes and weight problems.  More

Why you might want to change to a whole food plant based lifestyle


  • You want to take charge of your health by changing the way you eat
  • You want to try something new and different and see how it feels.
  • You have watched the 2011 documentary Forks Over Knives and you want to try it out for yourself.
  • You are suffering from diabetes, pre-diabetes. heart disease, obesity or autoimmune conditions and you've heard that getting away from animal-based and processed foods could help you control or even reverse your disease.

Call Your Plant Fit Coach:  Changing from a Standard American Diet to a Plant Centered Diet can be a bit overwhelming at first.  It requires changing habits and ways of understanding food and food preparation.  But you don't need to be a chef or spend hours in the kitchen to make nutritious meals for you and your family. We can help you!  Having support in the beginning of making such radical changes to your lifestyle can be instrumental to your success.  


Our Plant Centered lifestyle is based on the works of Dr. Colin Campbell, Dean Ornish, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. John McDougall, 

Dr. Michael Klaper, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Michael Gregor.  For more information please visit our Plant Fit Resource Page.

Let's Get Started

Initial Consultation:  $55.00    Four Sessions:  $200, can be in person, over phone or via Skype


The Sweep:   Get help clearing out your pantry and fridge with grocery tour to restock.  A very informative way to help you kickstart your Plant Centered lifestyle.  Also includes Phone and/or Email support for one month.   $175


Fun in the Kitchen with Chef Jackie:   Learn how to organize your meal plan for the week and streamline your time in the kitchen.  If you already love to cook, get great tips for how to season your dishes and keep your food interesting.  Fee set by the amount of help you want.


Day Retreats:  Yoga, Meditation, Plant Fit lunch, followed by a hike on 55 acres of beautiful trails with mountain views and creek.

OUR PLANT CENTERED STORY

We began eating Plant Centered to be 'food buddies' for a friend that was changing her diet because she was concerned about the heart disease in her family.  In the midst of this, Jackie had a minor yoga injury that flared up into an autoimmune response.  We continued with eating plant centered and after doing extensive research we went out to True North Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA for three weeks. 


True North is an education center for Whole Food, Plant Based Nutrition and the only place in the US for medically supervised water fasting.  We immersed ourselves in their program, water fasting and then eating SOS free (salt, oil, sugar free) meals.  We listened to lectures from some of the leading experts in Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition and attended cooking demos, which Jackie, a trained chef ate up.  Ask Chef Jackie about her favorite recipes!  People, some with complex health issues, come from all over the world to use nutrition as a way to regain their health.  We saw people get better!  And Jackie's markers for autoimmune and inflammation are now gone.  Both of us love eating this way. We've lost weight, our cholesterol and blood pressure have dropped but most importantly, we are feeling great!