Plant-based diets are a modern take on many types of healthy traditional diets that relied on widely - available plant foods - including vegatables, fruits, starches like potatoes or corn, beans/legumes, nuts, seeds and healthy fats like coconut or olives.
Why?
Harvard medical school;
'The latest and best scenitfic evidence shows that a plant-based diet rich in vegatables, whole grains, healthy fats, and healthy proteins lowers the risk of weight gain and chronic disease.'
Examples of popular plant-based diets:
-Mediterranean diet
- macrobiotic diet
- vegan diet
- raw diet
- ornish diet
- various vegetarian diets
Plant/based/vegetarian diets provide:
-vitamin E
-magnesium
-antioxidants such as carotenoids or folic acids.
-complex carbs
-omega-6 fatty acids
-dietary fibre
-vitamin C
Make sure you're getting enough:
-protein
-saturated fat
-long-chain omega-3 fatty acids
-retinal
-B12
-minerals like zinc
May include in moderation:
-meat
-fish
-eggs
-dairy
Benefits of a plant-based diet:
1. Anti-inflammatory
2. High in major nutrients, including fiber and antioxidants
3. Can help with weight issues
4. Lower risk of chronic disease ( diabetes, heart disease)
5. Helps the environment
I hope that the above displays the plant-based diet a little better and easier to understand.
You can clearly see that it is totally a FLEXIBLE diet / lifestyle that can fit around anyone's dietary needs and lifestyles.
So try it today. It's a new month, summer is on its way so fruit & veg will be at its juiciest - so a perfect time to try this way of eating out.
Need inspirational recipes?
Check out my books on Amazon.com -
United Tastes Of America
&
Sophantastic Allergy-Free Creations.
Purchase today and try some of the recipes, let me know what you think and if you do induce a more plantbased way of eating into your diet, how are you feeling?
Thank you for reading,
Love and peace - S xoxo.