media Highlights

Food and Nutrition: science-based, comprehensive guide covering GMOs, ultra-processed foods, and mor

New Book by Dr. P.K. Newby: Food and Nutrition (2025)

In Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2025), Harvard- and Columbia-trained scientist and food lover Dr. P.K. Newby applies a multidisciplinary lens and ecological paradigm to shine a spotlight on today’s food problems, farm to fork and far beyond, while sharing the keys to creating healthy and sustainable diets for ourselves and the planet we share. Updated chapters reveal striking new data on plant-based diets, longevity, and sustainability; food, mood, and mental health; diet, COVID-19, and immunity; megafactory farming and climate change; and ultra-processed foods and chronic disease.

The food revolution is now. Ready to pick up your fork?

video highlights: plant-based power

Eating More Plants is Key to Health

In this interactive session at SXSW, Dr. Newby presents the scientific evidence showing the incredible power of plants—especially vegetables and fruit—to promote health, longevity, and sustainability (Austin, Texas; March 2019).

Meat, Plant-Based Meat, and Climate Change

In this prime-time NBC 10/Telemundo special on food and climate change, meteorologist Michael Page interviews Dr. Newby on how meat impacts the environment compared to plant-based products like Beyond Meat (Boston, MA; March 2019).

E-Cookbooks

Free Healthy Hedonism for the holidays from dr. P.K. Newby, hashtag pkway plant-based diets, food

A Very Covid Christmas: Sharing Seasonal Comforts, From My Kitchen to Yours

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

The holiday season is a time for food and family, yet the year marches on while quarantine continues. Here, a few of my Christmas favorites in this third e-cookbook in my "Healthy Hedonism" series to help those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2021)

Free Thanksgiving ebook featuring Healthy Hedonism recipes from dr. P.K. Newby, hashtag pkway

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Thanksgiving is a time for food and family, only this year without the family. Check out some of my holiday faves in this second e-cookbook in my "Healthy Hedonism" series to help those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2021).

Free Healthy Hedonism recipes from dr. P.K. Newby, hashtag pkway plant-based diets, green eating

How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet

Thanks + Giving: Healthy Hedonism Recipes for Body and SoulFood and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).

How to Eat: Plant-Based Recipes to Save Your Life and Our Planet

Learn about my "Healthy Hedonism" philosophy with tasty recipes from my kitchen to yours. It's the first free e-cookbook in the series to help raise money for those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2020)

media highlights & press Features

Op-eds and Articles

Talks and Presentations

Talks and Presentations

chronic disease prevention, food is medicine, gut health, probiotics, and fiber

Plant-Based Meat: What the Nutrition and Environmental Science Shows | Genetic Literacy Project, 1/27/20

Confused about what to eat? Science can help. | The Conversation, 7/5/19

So long, veganuary: here's how to consume consciously year round. | New Scientist, 1/30/19

GMOs: Good or Bad? | Wallet Hub, 11/18/16

When a Healthy Diet Meets a Planet in Peril | Reviewed, 09/15/15

Prescribing Good Food for Better Health | Food Tank, 03/10/15

Can you eat your own poop? | Gawker, 2/21/13

The Future of Food: How Science, Technology, and Consumerism Shape What We Eat | in Harvard Vision, 2003

Talks and Presentations

Talks and Presentations

Talks and Presentations

herbs and spices, herbal medicine, and traditional diets offer nutritional wisdom for well-being

Food Evolution: The Final Frontier | Seeds & Chips, Milan, Italy, 5/8/19

Sci-Fi Food (with Chewbacca!) | Museum of Science, Boston MA 5/4/19

Produce Matters: Why Eating More Plants is Key to Health | SXSW, Austin TX, 3/8/19

Is the Future of Food Soylent Green? | National Science on Screen Foundation, Boston MA, 10/8/15

Nutrition Science and Communication in the 21st Century | Food+ Symposium, Harvard University, 02/3/15

Cooking & Eating the PK Way | Boston Local Food Festival, 10/14/2014

Television and Digital

Talks and Presentations

Television and Digital

food is not just medicine, how-to prevent heart disease, fruits and vegetables are the key

Cooking Plant-Based Cuisine | ABC | The Taste, 2014-15

I Love Black C***! | Jimmy Kimmel Live! Cameo, (Just for fun.) 1/10/19

Diet and Climate Change: Plant-Based Meat | NBC and Telemundo, 2019 (excerpt)

Why is Nutrition So Confusing? | KATU Afternoon Live, 1/9/19

The Benefits of Plant-Based Diets | KATU Morning Show, 08/07/19

Talking Food, Nutrition, and Sustainability | News Center Maine 1/28/19

The Power of Vegetables | KATU Afternoon Live, 08/07/19

Food & Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know | KATU Morning Show, 1/9/19