Are plant-based diets deficient in choline?
Are plant-based diets deficient in choline? In the Summer of 2019, a rather controversial opinion piece about the lower choline content of plant-based diets was published in the journal BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. The article suggested that there is a...
Coconut oil is not heart healthy
Coconut oil is not heart healthy Highly successful Industry marketing has convinced many that coconut oil is a ‘health food’. Unfortunately, this is not borne out in the scientific literature. Coconut oil is unusual amongst plant foods in being high in saturated fat,...
Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news September 2025
Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news September 2025 This month I share research on food as medicine, chronic disease prevention, and the environmental case for plants. Plant-Based Diets and Diabetes We have known for a while that high...
