Now, but is that because they were also eating more animal foods? People often eat burgers with their fries so, they separated out the effects of healthy plant foods, less healthy plant foods, and animal foods. Then lastly, they created an unhealthful plant-based diet index by assigning positive scores to processed plant-based junk, and negative scoring healthier foods and animal foods.Īnd, they found that a more plant-based diet in general was good for reducing diabetes risk, but eating especially healthy plant-based foods did better––nearly cutting risk in half, while those eating more unhealthy plant foods did worse. So, they created the same kind of pro-vegetarian scoring system weighted towards any sort of plant-based foods, and against animal foods, and then also created a healthful plant-based diet index, where at least some whole plant foods took precedence, and Coca-Cola was no longer considered a plant. Like in that pro-vegetarian scoring system, you got points for eating potato chips and French fries, just because they were technically plant-based, but Harvard researchers wanted to examine the association of not only an overall plant-based diet, but both healthy and unhealthy versions. However, not all plant foods are necessarily beneficial. Yes, plant-based diets have been recommended to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. But fruit for dessert… in the form of Pop Tarts and Krispy Kreme pies? This, is a vegan meal. I mean the veganist vegan could bake a cake (using soda instead of eggs), with frosting, covered in marshmallow fluff and chocolate syrup, topped with Oreos, with a side of Doritos dipped in, vegan bacon grease. Most reported they felt it helped a great deal.īut others choose plant-based diets for other reasons, like animal welfare or global warming, and it looks like they’re more likely to be eating things like vegan doughnuts, and sugary and fatty foods, compared to those eating plant-based because of religious or health reasons.
For the minority that used it for a specific health problem, it was mostly for high cholesterol or weight loss, followed by high blood pressure and diabetes. Most felt it was very important for maintaining their health and well-being. They felt it gave them a sense of control over their health, helps them feel better emotionally, improves their overall health, and makes them feel better. Those who choose to eat plant-based for their health say it’s mostly for general wellness and disease prevention, or to improve their energy levels or immune function. Furthermore, they may enjoy other health benefits of…plant-based ” that may give them further motivation. After a few days or weeks of major dietary changes, patients are likely to see improvements in weight and blood levels-improvements that reinforce the dietary changes.
It may help to replace the common advice, ‘all things in moderation’ with ‘big changes beget big results.’ Success breeds success. Diet studies show that recommending more significant changes increases the changes that patients actually accomplish. “Paradoxically, asking patients to make a large change may be more effective than making a slow transition. Avoiding alcohol entirely is more effective and, ironically, easier for a problem drinker. It’s like clinicians would never tell alcoholics to simply cut down on alcohol. If you’re dealing with a serious disease, though, like diabetes, avoiding some problem foods completely may be easier than attempting to moderate your intake.
They call it a pro-vegetarian eating pattern, just moving in that direction, as a more gradual, gentle, doable approach. “Simple advice to increase the consumption of plant-derived foods with reductions in the consumption of foods from animal sources confer a survival advantage,” a live-longer advantage. In my video on flexitarians, I talk about how the benefits of eating a plant-based diet are not all-or-nothing. Greger may be referring, watch the above video. To see any graphs, charts, graphics, images, and quotes to which Dr. Below is an approximation of this video’s audio content.
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