Plant Based Health Online One Year On Borne from the hugely successful Plant Based Health Professionals UK, a humongous collection of vegan & plant-based medical professionals providing free resources and inspiring change within the National Health Service and beyond, Plant Based Health Online is one year young, and has already seen its fair share of success too. We caught up with the founders Dr Laura Freeman & Dr Shireen Kassam to find out how things are, one year on.
PBHO is one year on – successful venture? We are excited to have made it to our first anniversary and beyond. As with any new venture it’s had its ups and downs and running a business has required skills and knowledge that we were definitely not taught at medical school. Plant Based Health Online (PBHO) remain the only CQCregistered plant-based
lifestyle medicine service in the UK so the pressure is on to demonstrate the efficacy and value of our practice. What have been the main achievements? The achievement we are most proud of is to be able to help our clients regain their health through the power of plant-based nutrition and lifestyle medicine. Some have been
able to reverse chronic health conditions, others have avoided the need for medication, and we have even had couples who have successfully conceived a baby after adopting our lifestyle approach. Everyone has been empowered to take back control of their health with improved quality of life. Additional achievements are the relationships we have formed with other organisations such as the Chartwell Cancer Trust who are part-funding our cancer programmes, Psychiatry UK who will be sign-posting clients to our services and Fertility Plus, who share our passion for healthy lifestyles for improved reproductive health. What are some of the hurdles you’ve faced? The main hurdle is getting the word out that our service exists and is ready
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