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A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 23rd February 2020This week’s review highlights some benefits of the Mediterranean diet pattern. There is also less good news around the health of our children and the planet. Full paper ADOLESCENT OBESITY AND RISK OF...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 16th February 2020The highlight of the week has got to be the review of Milk and Health in the New England Journal of Medicine. So unusual to see such an extensive review on one food type in a high impact medical...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 9th February 2020Another good week in the world of plant-based nutrition. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak about plant-based diets at the House of Lords on Feb 4th 2020. The All Party...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 2nd February 2020It has been a busy week preparing and attending Plant Powed Expo. We had a wonderful time meeting our members, those new to plant-based diets and signing up many new members. The health talks were very...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 26th January 2020 COCONUT OIL IS NOT HEART HEALTHY: Highly successful Industry marketing has convinced many that coconut oil is a ‘health food’. This well conducted meta-analysis of 16 studies confirms this not to be...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 19th January 2020This week has seen the publication of several interesting papers on nutrition and lifestyle. There has also been controversy with the reputation of several nutrition researchers called into questions....

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 12th January 2020Happy new year to you all. The year started off with the U.S. News and World Report rankings of 35 diets. For the last 10 years, a national panel of experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology,...

The top 10 studies of 2019 supporting plant-based nutrition for health1. The Eat-Lancet Commission on food, planet, health. The year started with the publication of the most up to date analysis of what constitutes a healthy diet. Conducted by the Eat-Lancet...

A look back at 2019 for Plant-based health professionals UKThis is our second full year as a non-profit, volunteer-run organisation, having been founded in October 2017. You can read about our first year here. 2019 has been busy and rewarding and we hope you will join...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 15th December 2019 DIETARY CHOLESTEROL DOES MATTER: A flash back to a study from earlier in the year. Large analysis of nearly 30,000 participants in 6 observational studies from the US followed for a median of 17.5...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 8th December 2019 CHOLESTEROL AND THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: This very large study examines the long term effects of high blood non-HDL cholesterol and the future risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Non-HDL...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 1st December 2019 PLANT-BASED DIETS FOR KIDNEY HEALTH: A number of papers and articles in the last month have assessed the benefits of a plant-based diet for prevention of renal (kidney) failure and for delaying the...

Why are nutrition and lifestyle so important? There is a global epidemic of chronic disease termed non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to the World Health Organisation, 71% of all deaths globally each year (41 million people) are caused by NCDs. Four...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 24th November 2019 AN EXCELLENT SET OF REVIEW PAPERS: Advances in Nutrition have published a set of open access papers based on the presentations at the 7th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition held in Loma...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 17th November 2019 LOW CARB HIGH FAT DIETS CAN NOT BE RECOMMENDED FOR DIABETES PREVENTION: This is a useful paper from the UK trying to answer the question as to whether low carbohydrate, high fat (LCHF) diets are...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 10th November 2019 OMEGA-3 SUPPLEMENTS: There is an open question as to whether those following a 100% plant-based diets should take a long chain omega-3 supplement. There are 3 main omega-3 fatty acids. The short chain...

Bacon on hospitals’ menu — an oxymoron of our health system?Would hospital patients be better off if they could bring their own meals from home? Data obtained via a Freedom of Information Request revealed earlier this year that 113 NHS hospitals serve...

A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 3rd November 2019 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE ANNUAL CONFERENCE (ACLM): This week was the ACLM annual conference, which I had the privilege of attending. The ACLM was founded in 2004 and has gone from...

​A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 27th October 2019 It has been great to be part of London VegFest this weekend, one of the UK’s largest vegan festivals. We organised and hosted the health talks and had a stall sign posting attendees to our educational...

​A review of the weeks plant-based nutrition news 20th October 2019What an incredible 10 days for plant-based health professionals UK. Our first international conference. We partnered with ProVeg to bring the very successful VegMed conference from Berlin to London on...