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Plant-based diet index

Plant-based diet index

Plant-based diet index A tool for assessing the health impacts of a plant-based diet by Dr Shireen Kassam, Consultant Haematologist and Lifestyle Medicine Physician Much of what we know about diet and health outcomes come from prospective cohort studies, which follow...
Are plant-based diets deficient in choline?

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

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,...