A few nuts a day… keeps the doctor away
A small handful of nuts a day can protect your heart health.
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Dr. Justine Butler
Justine joined Viva! in 2005 after graduating from Bristol University with a PhD in molecular biology. After working as a campaigner, then researcher and writer, she is now Viva!’s head of research and her work focuses on animals, the environment and health. Justine’s scientific training helps her research and write both in-depth scientific reports, such as White Lies and the Meat Report, as well as easy-to-read factsheets and myth-busting articles for consumer magazines and updates on the latest research. Justine also recently wrote the Vegan for the Planet guide for Viva!’s Vegan Now campaign.
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A small handful of nuts a day can protect your heart health.
It’s a final warning from the IPCC
Eating just one serving of freshwater fish each year could be equivalent to drinking water polluted with ‘forever chemicals’ for an entire month.
A healthy vegan diet may help combat depression.
A plant-based diet reduces the risk of heart disease.
Avoiding eggs and other animal products – the only dietary source of cholesterol – is best for diabetes prevention.
This new FAO report, supporting meat and dairy, does not fit with the scientific consensus and should be disregarded.
While no one is pretending vegan sausages and burgers are a health food, we should remember the detrimental health effects of meaty junk foods, which far outweigh those of their plant-based versions.
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