Sugar and Jaggery are Addictive & Unhealthy (and What to use Instead) “Science finally tells us why it’s so hard to quit sugar” – we came across this article by the New York Post recently. The article has been around since 2015 and is still relevant today, here’s what it says. A small new study in the Journal …
Plant-based diets: what are they? Plant-based diets consist of consuming foods that are derived from plants. The plant-based diet focuses on whole foods in place of processed foods that are unhealthy. A plant-based diet has many health benefits Research suggests that Plant-Based Diet can reverse, prevent and treat lifestyle diseases. Lose weight more effectively A 2018 study found that a plant-based …
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Research shows that a low-fat plant-based diet is a better tool for weight loss than the Mediterranean diet. A study recently published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition concluded that a low-fat, plant-based diet provides better weight loss results than a standard Mediterranean diet. Approximately 12,000 doctors from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) conducted a randomized crossover trial. …
Will.I.Am credits a plant-based diet for transforming his life. In the spring of 2017, the former Black Eyed Peas member quit eating animal products – after visiting a doctor and deciding to make a change. Benefits of a healthy food Plant-based eating lowers his cholesterol, blood pressure, and makes him lose weight, as he has mentioned publicly. Following a recent …
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A large UK study suggests that eating a plant-based diet can lower the risk of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes. Several thousand British people were surveyed by a health check company to find out if eating meat or a plant-based diet had health benefits for them. Findings of the study According to the study, vegans had lower blood sugar readings …
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Climate change can also be mitigated and the next pandemic potentially prevented. The subject of diet is sensitive. Everyone dislikes being told what or what not to eat, especially if it doesn’t run with their culinary traditions or taste buds. However, Neil deGrasse Tyson reminds us that science does not care about what you eat or how …
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India’s leading daily newspaper, The Times Of India, published a double-page article praising plant-based diets. The author claims that a plant-based diet is the most nutritional and has the most negligible environmental impact. Even though India is widely regarded as a vegetarian country, the article claims the traditional and sustainable diet is changing towards a more industrialized diet, …
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Protein is crucial in muscle building. This is because it is protein that is responsible for: Stimulating muscle growth and regeneration Protein synthesis Muscle repair Muscle metabolism The amino acids in protein are responsible for building and maintaining muscles and tissues in your body among other vital functions. In your everyday life, your body undergoes …
All recent pandemics have one thing in common: They are all transmitted by animals. They are zoonotic infections. Nonetheless, animals are not ultimately responsible for causing these diseases. They didn’t throw COVID-19 over the backyard fence to attack humans. By saying that this pandemic is “animal-related,” we mean that these diseases are caused by how …
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80% of consumers worldwide now eat plant-based diets predominantly, according to Unilever CEO Alan Jope. A plant-based diet is becoming more popular among consumers worldwide, according to Unilever CEO Alan Jope. Phytoeating is not just a fad, but an “inexorable” trend that’s here to stay, jokes Jope. Almost every country in the world, including emerging …
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