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Health conditions
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Prostate cancer

27/01/2026  |   Health

Prostate cancer is scary but there’s plenty you can do to reduce your risk – starting with a balanced vegan diet.

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Other cancers

17/07/2020  |   Health

In the UK, one in two people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime. Just four types of cancer (breast, prostate, lung and bowel) make up more than half of all cancers.

Health conditions
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Obesity

06/07/2020  |   Health

The global obesity epidemic is no small problem! Obesity can lead to a wide range of diseases from heart disease to diabetes but a vegan diet can help you reverse it.

Health conditions
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Heart disease, stroke and diet

06/07/2020  |   Health

Heart disease is one of the UK’s biggest killers. Learn how to radically lower your risk through diet and lifestyle changes and even reverse the condition if you already have it.

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Diabetes

06/07/2020  |   Health

Our D-Diet is specifically tailored to the needs of diabetics and has been shown to be able to reverse diabetes and enable many patients to be taken off their medication.

Health conditions
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Breast cancer

06/07/2020  |   Health

Nothing can shield you from breast cancer 100 per cent but there’s a lot you can do to minimise your risk.

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Bone health

06/07/2020  |   Health

In order to grow up big and strong with healthy bones you need to drink milk and eat lots of dairy products, right?

Health conditions

14/02/2020  |   Health

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