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COVERVEGGIE DIETSPROTECTINGYOUR HEALTH
EGGIE-DIET
PROTECTING YOUR HEALTH
A guide to vegetarian and vegan dietsor healthcare proessionals
 
Editor: Amanda WoodvineConsultant Nutritionist,Vegetarian & Vegan FoundationPublished by:Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation 2010Registered charity number: 1037486Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation,Top Suite, 8 York Court, Wilder Street,Bristol BS2 8QHTel: 0117 970 5190E: ino@vegetarian.org.ukW: www.vegetarian.org.ukCover image: Peter Cade/Getty Images
Contents
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The health benefts oplant-based diets
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Dr Who? Advice rom Britain’slowest-prescribing GP
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Dr Dean Ornish reversesheart disease
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Dr Caldwell Esselstyn onheart disease and diet
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Veggie case notes
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Vegetarian and vegan nutrition- Protein- Iron- Calcium- Vitamin B12- Omega-3 atty acids and thevegetarian diet- Pregnancy- Chart: What vegetarians andvegans should have each day
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Defnitions and how to fndanimal-ree medicines
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Order orm or urther resources
 
VEGGIE DIETS | health benets o plant-based diets
Scientifc evidence continues to mount regarding the healthbenefts o plant-based diets. They can cut the risk o killer diseasessuch as heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. They are useul incontrolling diabetes, lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Theyare an invaluable way o maintaining a healthy weight, and can addyears to lie expectancy.
Consider cancer, or instance. A poor diet is the second largest preventable risk actoror cancer, coming close behind smoking. An estimated 70 per cent o cancers could beprevented by diet
(1)
. Yet according to a nationwide survey
(2)
, nearly 83 per cent o thegeneral cancer population are not given any dietary advice by healthcare teams ollowingcancer diagnosis – and nor are they directed elsewhere.The majority o patients would like more inormation on healthy eating than they receive.Many would like to receive this inormation at the point o diagnosis.A urther study
(3)
acknowledges that GPs and nurses simply do not have the time,knowledge or skills to advise their patients about desirable dietary practices.This is exactly why health charity the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF) was set up.We aim to become the major resource on vegetarian and vegan health and nutritionor health proessionals and the public – publishing imaginative guides to help thepublic’s understanding o health; launching dynamiccampaigns; producing groundbreaking scienticreports; and producing simple act sheets on complexsubjects. See the end o this guide or a ull list o ourresources and details o how to order.Some key research regarding the many healthbenets o vegetarian and vegan diets is highlightedover the page.
“Vegetarian andvegan diets can cutthe risk o heartdisease, stroke andcertain cancers,and increase lieexpectancy”
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References:
(1) Greger M, 2002. Stopping Cancer Beore It Starts. DVD. Available rom VVF.(2) Bristol Cancer Help Centre Survey, Summer 2006.(3) Pineiro R et al., 2005. Healthy diet in primary care: views o general practitioners and nurses rom Europe.Eur J Clin Nutr; 59 Suppl 1 : S77-80.
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