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05/11/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

For your plant-based diet to be nutritionally complete, you have to avoid deficiency of vitamins and minerals usually gained from animal products

If you plan to switch to a plant-based diet, you must look for alternative food items or supplements that provide vitamins and minerals that are usually obtained from animal products for your diet to be nutritionally complete. This, as well as other concerns regarding the main nutrients that may be lacking in a plant-based diet, were […]

02/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Greens, legumes and unsaturated fats: How to reverse diabetes with food

In a Daily Mail article, Dr. Michael Greger explained that switching to a vegetarian diet can ease or even reverse the ill effects of diabetes. The dietary change is so effective that improvements can be felt within a matter of hours. Diabetes is a medical condition where your blood sugar levels far exceed the norm. […]

07/06/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Doctors recommend plant-based diets for better health

Forget popping pills: Physicians have begun recommending vegetables and fruits to their patients. From the American Cancer Society to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, medical groups and doctors alike are now touting plant-based diets as the pathway towards improved overall health, reported OrganicAuthority.com. And quite frankly, it’s about time. The fact is that embracing […]

04/14/2017 / By Amy Goodrich

Easily dump dairy with these 7 modern substitutes

While health authorities still recommend people drink three glasses of milk a day to boost calcium levels and strengthen bones, more and more researchers are concluding that you might be better off ditching milk and dairy products altogether. A study published in the British Medical Journal found that people who drank three or more glasses of milk […]

01/07/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Hypocritical “vegetarians” who still eat chicken – what’s wrong with this picture?

They’re out there, all over the place–people trying to get healthy and claiming they’re vegetarians, or that they’re quitting meat, or quitting red meat, or they’re only eating fish now, but what’s worse is that some of them really believe that if they only eat chickens, they’re vegetarians. One major problem with these routines and […]

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