Improving your health and our planet by switching to plant based nutrition.

A new study has just been published that examines the best existing evidence for achieving a nutritious and healthy diet. It is presented in that well familiar structure of the food pyramid. The framework was created by an international team of nutritional scientists through a combination of systematic comparison of existing dietary guidelines, an integration of best evidence (across 250 publications), and expert consensus. The results are by no means groundbreaking, but it does not hurt to reinforce this healthy way to approach your eating that is backed by quality science. By translating areas of convergence across these independent evidence-based sources into a practical visual framework, it provides a globally adaptable approach to dietary guidance that explicitly incorporates carbohydrate quality and both human and planetary health. Here is the pyramid: And here is the summary of their guidelines: Guideline 1: emphasize plant-based foods as the foundation of healthy eating A…