So You Wanna Eat Plant-Based? Here’s What You Need to Know…
Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven
Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Wondering if you need to eat plant-based in order to be healthy? (Hint: the answer is no). In today’s episode we dive into the rise of plant-based eating in the US and why so many people are flocking to this style of eating. If you are a plant-based eater (or plan to become one) we discuss how you can make sure to incorporate a wide variety of nutrients in order to meet your dietary needs.
In This Episode We’ll Cover:
- Plant based vs. Plant Forward
- How going vegan can affect your vitamin and mineral levels + supplement considerations
- The truths about B12
- The two types of iron + how to ensure that you are meeting your needs
- How incorporating a variety of foods in your diet is key!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
| 0:03.0 | Hi, I'm Wendy. |
| 0:04.1 | And I'm Jess, and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness. |
| 0:21.2 | Welcome back to another episode of the Food Heaven podcast, Wendy. |
| 0:27.6 | Hi. |
| 0:28.4 | Hey, question for you. |
| 0:31.7 | So do you feel like the plant-based eating thing is a trend that you're seeing like |
| 0:39.6 | more people eat plant-based or do you think it's something that's like here to stay? |
| 0:44.4 | I think it's a mix of both. |
| 0:46.2 | I think it's been trending for quite a while, which means that I don't know if it's been |
| 0:51.3 | trending for a while, then I don't know that it's a trend anymore. |
| 0:54.4 | I think that it's just the way things are headed. |
| 1:00.3 | I think more and more people have been becoming more interested in eating more plant-based. |
| 1:06.9 | I don't know if that necessarily equates to being vegan, but I do think that there has been an |
| 1:11.4 | increase in interest with people just wanting to eat more plant foods. |
| 1:16.8 | Yeah. And why do you feel like people are wanting to eat more plant-based foods? |
| 1:20.8 | Well, there's a lot of marketing around the benefits of eating plant foods, and also I think |
| 1:29.1 | there's also been a big tie with the environment. So because we're all going to be doomed relatively soon. |
| 1:37.7 | Face down. |
| 1:40.3 | The way things are headed with all of the environmental concerns, I think that this is another |
| 1:47.5 | angle that a lot of not just plant-based food companies, but I think like public health professionals, |
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