5 Surprising Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet
Mother & Child|Issue 21
Five surprising benefits of a plant-based diet
Shireen Kassam
5 Surprising Benefits Of A Plant-Based Diet

Many of the important benefits of a plant-based diet, particularly for climate health and animals, are well known. Yet, despite the science being very clear, there remains confusion about the impact on human health.

We’ve long known, for example, that a diet centred around whole plant-foods (fruits, vegetables, whole-grains, beans, nuts and seeds) significantly reduces the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity and certain cancers. In fact, a low-fat plant-based diet is the only diet to have been shown to actually reverse established coronary artery disease. It’s also been seen to reverse type 2 diabetes, enable effective and sustained weight loss without portion control or exercise, and arrest the progression of early-stage prostate cancer.

Here are five additional benefits of a plant-based diet that may surprise you:

1. IMPROVES MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

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この記事は Mother & Child の Issue 21 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,000 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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