News and Reviews

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...

Claire Lynch | March 26, 2025

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...

Sarah Bentley | Feb 26, 2025

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...

Review of the plant-based lifestyle medicine news April 2024This month I cover the evolving role of doctors, lifestyle factors and cancer, harms of alcohol consumption, calcium and vitamin D supplementation and the role of our food system in driving climate change....

Review of the plant-based lifestyle medicine news March 2024This month I cover the benefits of sleep, some good news for bone health and those with arthritis, the role of metabolic syndrome in cancer risk, benefits of herbs and spices and more. Full paper SLEEP...

Review of the plant-based lifestyle medicine news February 2024There was too much choice this month. I cover brain health, prostate cancer, fatty liver, plant-based pregnancies, healthy ageing and more.   Full paper HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND BRAIN...

Review of the plant-based lifestyle medicine news January 2024This year we broaden our focus to include all six pillars of lifestyle medicine, alongside plant-based nutrition. I have changed the name of my blog and will increasingly include relevant lifestyle medicine...

The Top Science Papers of 2023 Supporting Plant-Based Nutrition As the pandemic of chronic illness worsens and the health of the planet deteriorates, we have a key solution in plain sight. I summarise the evidence supporting diet change for improving population and...

Review of the plant-based nutrition news November 2023This month I highlight key evidence for shifting diets towards consuming more plants. The benefits include reduction in chronic diseases, increase in life expectancy, better cardiometabolic health and lower risk of...

Review of the plant-based nutrition news October 2023This month I cover healthy ageing, including cognitive health, adverse impacts of red meat consumption, benefits of plant-based diets for pregnancy and athletic performance, optimising iron absorption and more data...

Review of the plant-based nutrition news September 2023As we recover from the VegMed conference, our education and learning continues with a number of new and important studies. There is little doubt that a plant-based diet can prevent and treat chronic conditions and...

Review of the plant-based nutrition news August 2023; a focus on cancer.This month I focus on diet and cancer, ahead of my talk at the VegMed conference in September and to mark the launch of our new short course on cancer at University of Winchester. Many people...