12.09.11
Plant-based diet could ‘cut costs and save lives'
The World Preservation Foundation has sent a paper to all MPs arguing that a vegetarian diet could dramatically cut obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The paper, “Plant-Based Diets: A solution to our public health crisis”, calls for Government to actively promote a vegetarian diet, and recommend cutting out meat and dairy products as a solution to improve public health and cut rising healthcare costs, saving the NHS billions of pounds.
Leading physician and researcher, Dr Caldwell Esselstyn stated: “We are potentially on the cusp of what could be a seismic revolution in health. This will never come about from another pill, another procedure, another operation, or construction of another cardiac cathedral.
“It will come about when we are able to show the public the lifestyle that will halt and eliminate 75% of these common, chronic killing diseases. The most essential component of this lifestyle is whole food plant-based nutrition.”
Dr Neal Barnard, founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, said: “Many people still have no idea that food choices make such an enormous difference. Not only can healthier choices tackle the obesity epidemic; they also help us reverse heart disease, prevent cancer, and reduce the risk of other major health problems. Now is the time to spread the word far and wide.”
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