4 Amazing Benefits of a Plant Based Diet

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Whole Foods Plant Based Diet Definition

Consists of whole or minimally processed plants such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, seeds, nuts, and legumes. It tends to minimize or exclude animal-based products such as meat, dairy, eggs.
1. Weight loss

Adventist Health Study -2 and EPIC-Oxford Study showed: highest weight in meat eaters and lowest in vegans.
Sweedish Mammography Cohort Study: Prevalence of obesity 40% in meat eaters and 25% in vegetarians.
In a 2015 meta-analysis, vegetarian diets were associated with greater weight loss than omnivore diets.
2. Heart Disease and Hypertension

EPIC-Oxford study showed: vegans ate the most fiber; had the least total, and saturated fat intake; had the healthiest cholesterol compared with meat-eaters.
Adventist Health Study-2 showed vegetarian with 13% reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and 19% reduced risk of ischemic heart disease.
EPIC-Oxford study showed vegetarians had 32% lower risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease.
EPIC-Oxford study showed that vegans had the lowest blood pressure of all diet groups (vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians, omnivores).