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I love answering questions about the plant-based way of eating! Especially when they indicate that good health is driving the interest. This question comes my way frequently and in many forms: ‘How can I be sure I am getting all the nutrients I need? I don’t want to forever be looking things up.’ I know…

You can build your own highly nutritious diet by using four key ideas to help you select your food. I have found a way to say it all in one sentence: ‘Eat a variety of whole, plant-based foods that are locally or organically grown and in season where you live.’ Those underlined words are The…

Over the next decade or two, humans will be challenged to redefine their relationship with the biosphere, its systems and all the species living within it. Every person can participate in this transition. As you will see, the following ‘job description’ is very broad; it covers more than one person can accomplish by themselves. That’s…

Ecology is the branch of biology that deals with relationships and interactions between life forms, living systems and their environment. Humans, as biological entities, participate in these relationships, too. Because of this indelible connection, whatever humans do to their environment, they ultimately do to themselves, as well. The ‘ecology movement’ of the 1950s and 1960s…

One of the four most commonly given reasons for adopting a plant-based diet is concern for the well-being of animals, sometimes referred to as animal welfare. This term has a very broad definition – from ensuring livestock animals have had a drink of water before they are transported, to making sure your companion animal is…

You might wonder why adopting a largely plant-based diet is now seen as essential if we are to achieve the global environmental goals set for 2050. The simple answer is that plant-based foods have less impact on natural resources and produce less pollution and greenhouse gas emissions than animal-based foods. Plant-based foods also can provide…

One of the four most commonly given reasons for adopting a plant-based diet is concern for the environment. It’s a very good reason. The health of the planet is in a perilous state; much of it caused by human activity. No one means to cause harm. Simply, we have adopted lifestyles that are comfortable for…

Years ago, the only commercial alternative to dairy milk was soya milk. Unfortunately, much of it tasted like wet sawdust. But all of that has changed. Soya milk has grown up! It comes unsweetened or sweetened, in vanilla, chocolate, strawberry or banana flavours, thick or thin and in large or small cartons. Most importantly, it…

You might have grown up using the classic Four Food Groups chart, but it is no longer used and has been updated to display five groups. However, both the four and five group charts place excess emphasis on animal-based foods and not enough on selecting for variety in the diet. The Twelve Groups shown here…

It is useful to have a ‘map’ you can refer to when you start out on a journey. And that is what the plant-based way of eating can be! Here are just a few good reasons why the plant-based way of eating is top scoring. Simple statements such as these can help you decide what…