“A plant-based diet is well associated with a lower risk of diabetes, high-blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and death from any cause.” - Harvard Health
“There are two types of cardiologists. Those eat a whole-foods, plant-based diet and those who haven’t read the literature.” Dr. Kim Williams, former president of the American College of Cardiology
“Healthy plant-based diets are associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality (death) in US adults. -Journal of Nutrition
“Experts agree that a whole food, plant-based diet is the healthiest for people and the planet. This style of eating has been proven to reduce the risk of chronic disease.” - Physicians Association for Nutrition
“There is a resounding global consensus on the fundamentals of healthy eating. The overall weight of published evidence supports a dietary pattern that focuses on whole, plant foods. - True Health Initiative, a global evidence-based nutrition coalition
"Only one diet has ever been shown to reverse heart disease in the majority of patients: a diet centered around whole plant foods... the safest, cheapest way to eat for the longest, healthiest life." Dr. Michael Greger Founder of NutritionFacts.org
"Some people think a plant-based diet, whole foods diet is extreme. Half a million people a year will have their chests opened up and a vein taken from their leg and sewn onto their coronary artery. Some people would call that extreme." - Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Director of the Cardiovascular Prevention and Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.
"The ideal human diet looks like this: Consume plant-based foods in forms as close to their natural state as possible ('whole' foods). Eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, raw nuts and seeds, beans and legumes, and whole grains. Avoid heavily processed foods and animal products." - Dr. T. Colin Campbell Author of "The China Study" and Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.
"Evidence shows the health benefits of a diet high in whole grains, vegetables, fruit, legumes and nuts." - World Health Organization
"Shift from meat to plant (protein) sources such as legumes, including beans, peas and lentils, along with nuts and seeds." - American Heart Association
"“Predominantly plant-based and entirely plant-based diets easily meet or exceed recommended protein intake.” - American College of Lifestyle Medicine
"Eat a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruit and beans.” - World Cancer Research Fund
"Plant-based diets have been shown to reduce the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.” - National Institutes of Health
