This week's episode is all about Plant-based dietary patterns: how to follow a plant-based diet, the potential health benefits, how to deal with nutrient short-falls and side-effects, practical considerations and more.

This is the fourth episode in our 8 part series all about helping you "Find your Food Fit" - a plan for how to structure your every day eating in a way that fits with your lifestyle, preferences, health goals, budget, and more. It provides practical advice to help you understand the basis for these different eating patterns, how to do them, and how they benefit health.

If you'd like to show your support with a one-time or monthly donation, please visit: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/nuchihealth⁠. I'd also like to thank @annabcalligraphy for my artwork this week. If you couldn't read it in the video, it says "Find beauty every day".

Additional resources:

Understand requirements for vegan certification: https://vegan.org/certification/

Check if an ingredient is vegan: https://doublecheckvegan.com/

Find a registered dietitian to work with: Find a registered dietitian to work with: https://www.eatright.org/find-a-nutrition-expert

Previous Nuchi Health Podcast episode to review basic nutrition concepts: ⁠https://youtu.be/uz__2EF08-s⁠

Episode 2 of our "Find your Food Fit" series: The Mediterranean Way ⁠https://youtu.be/EB5uqRCDsQM⁠

List of high oxalate foods: https://www.webmd.com/diet/foods-high-in-oxalates

Timestamps:

(00:00:18) Episode introduction

(00:02:18) Vegan/vegetarian terms defined

(00:07:19) Types of vegetarians

(00:10:16) Why people choose plant-based diets

(00:11:05) Health benefits of plant-based diets

(00:20:20) Brief mechanistic discussion of plant-based health benefits

(00:22:55) Plant-based versus Mediterranean Diet benefits

(00:25:33) Potential nutrient short-falls of plant-based diets

(00:35:29) Potential contraindications: Who shouldn’t go plant-based?

(00:41:09) Side effects and cautions of plant-based diets

(00:43:49) Closing

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