News Reviews

The Top Science Papers of 2022 supporting plant-based nutritionThis past year the world has been in turmoil. This has affected food security globally. Diet quality has significantly deteriorated, yet the evidence supporting plant-based diets for cardiovascular...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 4th December 2022This week I cover the topic of diet and multiple sclerosis to coincide with the latest publication from our team. We have reported the case histories of two of our members who have successfully used a...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 27th November 2022This week I bust some myths about nut consumption. Despite the well documented health benefits, there remains a lot of confusion amongst health professionals and in general, most people in the UK and...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 20th November 2022This week I cover nutrition and cancer, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, kidney failure and the impact of animal agriculture on infectious threats. Full paper WHAT SHOULD I EAT? This is a very...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 30th October 2022This week I provide an update on studies that have investigated health outcomes in vegans. This includes cardiovascular health and the health status of vegan children and athletes. A healthy vegan or...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 23rd October 2022This week I focus on diet, lifestyle and colorectal cancer. This is one of the most preventable cancers, yet rates are rising especially in younger people. Bowel cancer or colorectal cancer is the 4th...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 16th October 2022This week I focus on prostate cancer. It is a cancer for which there is a good level of evidence to support a plant-based diet for prevention and survival. Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 2nd October 2022This week I focus on type 2 diabetes. Plant-based diets and lifestyle interventions are hugely beneficial for preventing and treating this condition. I summarise some new studies, including one on...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 18th September 2022A short review highlighting three new studies using the plant-based diet index to demonstrate the impact of a healthy plant-based diet. THE PLANT-BASED DIET INDEX (PDI): I talk about this index a lot...

Update on nutrition and lifestyle factors and COVID-19, 11th September 2022 It has been a few months since I wrote on this topic. During this time, we have created two new COVID-19 factsheets. It seems timely to provide an update. I have been following with great...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 28th August 2022This week my review is themed around migraine to coincide with the publication of our case series. Full paper PLANT-BASED DIETARY APPROACH: We are excited to see our publication documenting the...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 7th August 2022This week I cover the impacts of meat and alcohol consumption on health outcomes and hope to dispel the myth that plant-based diets are expensive.   Full paper MEAT, TMAO AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 31st July 2022This week I cover the the impact of lifestyle factors and type 2 diabetes on the risk of cognitive decline, the importance of fibre for improving health outcomes and some depressing data on the state of...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 24th July 2022This week I have a cancer-related theme. A plant-based diet, along with other healthy lifestyle habits, plays a key role in preventing cancer and surviving well after a diagnosis of cancer. Full paper...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 17th July 2022 This week my review is dedicated to type 2 diabetes, a condition that is of rising global concern, yet the vast majority of cases could be prevented or reversed. Full paper DIETARY PROTEIN AND RISK OF...

The best studies of 2022…. so far, 3rd July 2022Half way through the year and COVID-19 has finally come to our house. I have therefore summarised my top studies of the year so far. Full paper NUTRIENT INTAKE IN MEAT VERSUS PLANT-BASED DIETS: This is a surprisingly...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 26th June 2022This week I cover studies on diet, lifestyle and cognitive decline, plant-based diets and gastrointestinal cancers, vitamin and mineral supplements for disease prevention and the UK Government policy...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 19th June 2022This week I cover a new study on dairy and prostate cancer risk, diet and healthy ageing, TMAO concentrations and health outcomes, nut consumption and kidney disease and time-restricted eating after...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 12th June 2022  This week I review studies on low-carb diets and diabetes, phytochemicals and osteoarthritis, benefits of ginger and a guidance from the UK Government supporting health professionals to advocate...

Plant-Based Diets for Personal and Planetary HealthDr Shireen Kassam May 22nd 2022, for the Eco Medics Conference   https://youtu.be/sG9DULAJgCo   In this talk I cover the following: Our food system is at the centre of several major global crises, including...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 29th May 2022This week I cover dairy consumption and cancer risk, diet and COVID-19 and the latest low fat versus Mediterranean diet study. In addition, I highlight guidelines on exercise and diet during cancer therapy...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 15th May 2022This week I cover protein source and risk of gestational diabetes, impact of a low-fat vegan diet on metabolic health, diet pattern and risk of diabetes, healthy lifestyles and Alzheimer’s and a new study...

A review of the week's plant-based nutrition news 1st May 2022This week I cover egg consumption and risk of death, plant-based diets for rheumatoid arthritis, low-carb diet and hormone health, meat consumption and inflammatory bowel disease and a blog about my new...