PLANT BASED

WHY WE SHOULD START PLANT BASED DIET?
A plant-based diet is a diet that consists of consuming food from plants. This means you take most of or all your calories from the whole plant with minimum processing or not processed at all. A plant-based diet not only has a positive impact on your health but also on the environment.
When you follow a plant-based diet, you will often receive questions from friends and family. Every time when you eat ‘different’ from the rest, it is not uncommon to be asked many food-related questions.  People will often ask you: “Why do you eat that?” or “Why don’t you eat that?” But maybe the most frequently asked questions you hear are nourishment related. “Where do you get your protein from?” Or “Where do you get your calcium or iron from?” Or, “Aren’t you afraid that your body will become weak from only consuming plant related products?”
Many people believe you can’t get all the nutritions you need without animal products. But the fact is, the plant-based diet also consists of protein, calcium, iron, besides many vitamins, minerals and other antioxidants.
Benefits of a plant-based diet for your health
The right diet can have a big impact on your health to fulfil the nutritious needs of your body. A plant-based diet – this includes a vegan diet – can be healthy, as long as it is balanced and full of nourishment. If you do this consistently, a plant-based diet that focuses on grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, seeds, and nuts will benefit your health.

There are some major benefits from switching to a plant-based diet, all of them based on the research from many scientists all over the world. 

Some of these benefits are:

  1. Disease prevention: A person with a plant-based diet can prevent or even stop many chronic diseases, such as heart condition, type 2 Diabetes, Alzheimer, auto-immune, indigestion, cancer, hypertension, etc
  2. Low carbon footprint: a plant-based diet reduces stress in our environment that is related to climate change
  3. Stabilize body weight: People who consume plant-based diets are leaner than those who don’t, and this diet reduces weight and helps to maintain it.

What can you eat when you follow a plant-based diet?
 When we discuss a plant-based diet, vegetables and fruits come to mind. Vegetables and fruits are important and play an inseparable part in any kind of healthy diet.

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