YOU & YOUR HEALTH
Plant Power
PLANT POWER
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Dr. Gemma Newman argues in favour of a whole foods plant based diet to promote health…
E live in a time of unprecedented change. The Anthropocene Age, where human activity is the dominant, and often detrimental, influence on the planet. It’s a time for us to facilitate healing - for our patients, for the planet and for future generations. I believe that adopting a whole foods plant based diet should be encouraged. It has been shown to be effective at preventing and potentially reversing some of our modern lifestyle diseases. The IPCC tells us we are on the brink of climate catastrophe – and many
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environmental scientists and institutions agree that a shift to a more plant based diet is one of the biggest things we can do to combat land mass degradation and mass species extinction. As a doctor, I see that planetary health goes hand in hand with human health. Plastics pollution, the death of the bees and the destruction of habitats mean our kids will have to face some hard choices unless we take action. The BDA’s Blue Dot Campaign, the ACC guidelines for 2019, the Eat Lancet’s Planetary Health Diet as well as the new Canadian Food Guidelines have all begun to recognise the critical importance of a ‘flexitarian’ dietary shift.
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