News and Reviews

Plants First Healthcare Coalition launch statementServing Up Change A new coalition launches to support the healthcare sector to pioneer the best in sustainable, delicious plant-rich meals. We are excited to announce the launch of a groundbreaking new coalition,...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news March 2026 Cancer and brain health are the main themes of this month's review. Plus a reminder that genetics are not our destiny and that diets can be healthy AND sustainable.Photo by Chelsea...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news February 2026 This month I write mainly on nutrition, including the new ACLM and WHO position statements on healthy diets, foods that flare IBD, brain effects of coffee and tea and a HUGE study on vegan...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news January 2026 The new year always brings renewed focus on healthy habits. This month I provide a reminder of how healthy habits can support better health for all life stages.The year kicked off with the...

The top science papers of 2025 supporting plant-based nutrition This year we shift from the term 'plant-based' to 'plant-rich' to describe the overwhelming evidence that supports a predominantly or exclusively plant-based diet for better health.It is always enjoyable...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news November 2025 This month I cover the social and environmental determinants of health, evidence on sustainable diets, physical activity, cognitive resilience and even the safety of drinking coffee.Updated...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news October 2025 This month brings together new, practice-changing evidence across nutrition, chronic disease prevention, cancer, brain health, and social prescribing. PLUS, more on planetary health. It's a...

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...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news August 2025 This month I cover lifestyle strategies for mental health, interventions to prevent cognitive decline, omega-3 fats, the huge benefits of physical activity, UPFs and thumbs up to eating...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news July 2025 This month I cover cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease and wider issues relating to food system transition for addressing climate...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news June 2025 This month I highlight Scotland's bold plans to prioritise prevention, the dire state of nutrition in England, the power of plants for cancer prevention and survivorship and diabetes...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news May 2025 This month I highlight an update to the pillars of lifestyle medicine, along with studies and reports on meat, weight loss, iron, hypothyroidism, misinformation and more.An update to the pillars...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news April 2025 A little late for April as I was focussing my attention on writing an article about industry influence on the food we eat. I highlight some new studies and resources on food and health.My...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news March 2025 This month I cover stalling life expectancy, nature versus nurture, cancer, psoriasis, depression and a reminder that butter is NOT back! Life expectancy growth stalls in Europe. This study...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news February 2025This month we finally have a new position statement on vegetarian and vegan diets from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In addition, studies on dementia, time-restricted eating and...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news January 2025The start of the year often coincides with new resolutions to improve health, be it participating in Veganuary, Dry January or going back to an activity that brings you joy.   Photo...

The top science papers of 2024 supporting plant-based nutrition Another year of irrefutable evidence demonstrating the benefits of a whole food plant-based diet for people, planet and the animals. Photo by Anna Pelzer on Unsplash The British diet is resulting in...

The top science papers of 2024 supporting lifestyle medicine From chronic disease to chronic health, lifestyle medicine is heralded as the solution to our epidemic of chronic ill health. Photo by Josh Millgate on Unsplash Prevention is at the heart of the...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news October 2024 A busy month with the launch of our Plants First Healthcare campaign and Food in Healthcare report. New national and international reports continue to support the power of a plant-based...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news September 2024 This month I highlight new guidance on hypertension, lifestyle medicine benefits for COVID-19 and cancer, impact of diet patterns on risk of mortality and more discourse around...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news August 2024 This month I cover studies on some of our commonest causes of ill health, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and dementia.Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news July 2024 This month I discuss cancer, gout, physical activity & brain health, benefits of the planetary health diet for physical & mental health, industry influence and a long awaited study on...

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news June 2024This month brings us sobering facts about the health of our children, whilst also providing hope that plant-based lifestyle medicine can benefit conditions such as type 2 diabetes and dementia....

Review of the plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine news May 2024I was spoilt for choice this month as there have been some superb papers. I link to ones that I haven’t been able to discuss at the end. I cover genetics vs lifestyle, plant-based diets for...