As the global food scene continues to evolve, embracing a diverse array of foods both plant-based and from animal sources can lead to a well-rounded, satisfying, and nourishing diet.
Have you already broken your New Year’s resolutions? Don t feel bad, since most people have given up on resolutions even before February started, which is why they’re not worth setting. What is worth striving for? Nutrition related-goals that are attainable, and will lead you to eat healthier every day, especially if one of your intentions is to eat more plant-based be healthier now and in the future. Here, nutrition professionals share the goals they want you to try in order to be healthier in your day-to-day, have more energy, lower your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Try adding one or more of these doable, simple healthy eating goals every to be successful at reaching your healthy diet goals.
The biggest deficiency in the American diet is not protein, it s fruits and vegetables, says Dr. Joel Kahn, a leading cardiologist and bestselling author, who himself adopted a plant-based diet 44 years ago. He tells his patients to get as close to a whole-food plant-based diet as they can. Perfection may not be the goal for everyone, he explains, but make moves toward it. A mostly plant-based diet full of healthy whole foods may be more attainable for most people than trying to achieve pure perfection.
We spoke to Dr. Kahn about his concerns over the misdirected American obsession with protein, the false hope that fake meat alternatives are healthy for us, and that if everyone just tried to eat the recommended 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, we would be way ahead of the current game. His view about what the best diet to aspire to, that is sustainable and healthy: What is now known as the Green Mediterranean diet, where most of the animal protein is replaced with pl
Want to reach your healthy eating goals and lose weight? We talked to nutrition pros who shared 12 easy, delicious ways to make your diet even healthier.