Plant-Based Nutrition

Dr. Ellen has spent years studying nutrition and diet. She found that the dietary approach most supported by scientific research for positive health benefits is a vegetarian/vegan diet. The scientific literature has repeatedly documented the many benefits of eating whole plant foods.^[1,2] For example, a study of over 60,000 participants found significant difference between vegans and nonvegetarians, suggesting vegetarianism protects against both obesity and against the risk of type 2 diabetes. Interestingly, pescatarian (vegetarian diet plus fish) and semi-vegetarian diets seemed to provide intermediate protection.^[3]