Plant-based diets can remedy chronic diseases
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 63 percent of the deaths that occurred in 2008 were attributed to non-communicable chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and obesity—for which poor diets are contributing factors. Yet people that live in societies that eat healthy, plant-based diets rarely fall victim to these ailments. Research studies have long indicated that a high consumption of plant foods is associated with lower incidents of chronic disease. Recent discoveries in nutritional genomics now explain how plant-based diets are effective at warding off disease.