“Studies indicate that vegetarians often
have lower morbidity and mortality rates…Scientific data suggest positive
relationships between a vegetarian diet and reduced risk for…obesity, coronary
artery disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and some types of cancer.”
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Position Paper on Vegetarian Diets
Hello everyone!!!! Sick
and tired of feeling sick and tired? Read on…
Diet can have a powerful impact on many aspects of our health. I believe there is a
growing trend toward understanding the health benefits of eating whole plants
instead of animal and processed foods. In-fact, over the past year I have taken it into my hands to get
off blood pressure medication and try to heal my body through whole, plant
based foods.
I
am now off blood pressure medication. Eating a plant based diet and
feeling better than ever.
Listen here!! A significant convergence of evidence suggests that
plant-based diets can help prevent and even reverse some of the top killer diseases in
the Western world and can be more effective than medication and
surgery.
What is Plant Based Nutrition?
Plant based nutrition is exactly what it sounds like. Meals and snacks are
focused around plant foods such as vegetables, fruits, grains, and legumes rather
than animal products such as meat, dairy items, or eggs.
I believe that now; Smoking in 1956 is like eating in 2016.
The understanding that nutrition
plays a critical role in health and wellness isn’t new!
For thousands of years, plants and plant foods have been used to
treat and prevent illness and disease.
You
can be very strict and go Vegan-which is NO
animal products. I have not been able to go to that side yet,
however I am proud to call myself a “Flexitarian”. I base all my
meals around fruits and veggies but I still eat animal products occasionally.
Polls are done periodically and show that plant-based eating and interest in vegetarianism are growing. Recent results from 2016 show Vegans/Vegetarians are now up to 16 million in US.
There are thousands of studies
out there showing the connection of plant based eating and chronic diseases.
*One Swedish study found that women who ate more than 3.6 ounces
of meat each day were 42% more likely to have a stroke than those who ate less
than 1 ounce.
*A plant-based meal plan appears to decrease cancer risk perhaps
due to the healthy fiber, vitamins, and minerals that it includes, or perhaps
because of the harmful substances in red and processed meats that it
eliminates.
*Overall, studies showed significant reductions in cancer
risk among those who avoided meat. Harvard studies showed that daily meat
eaters have approximately three times the colon cancer risk, compared to those who
rarely eat meat.
Bottom
line: EAT MORE VEGGIES.
