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Are plant-based meat alternatives healthy?

Are plant-based meat alternatives healthy?

Are plant-based meat alternatives healthy? By Isabelle Sadler, PBHP UK Research Assistant, MSc Nutrition Student They may be made from real plants, but plant-based meat alternatives are often processed far beyond looking like them. So, how do they really affect our...
Food for your mood

Food for your mood

Food for your mood by Rosemary Martin, Registered Dietitian We often talk about awareness, stigma, and different ways to support mental health, but how often does the conversation include nutrition? Most of us are aware that what we eat has a major impact on our...
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...
The food system and planetary health

The food system and planetary health

The food system and planetary health By Isabelle Sadler Image credit The climate crisis is a health crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that the projected global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels could happen within the next...
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,...