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When I started my efforts to lose weight, I started with Nutrisystem. It was effective but not sustainable. Then I went to salads. Not really effective but not sustainable. Then I went toward Keto, it was effective but not sustainable. Than I landed on Keto and found it sustainable but found myself moving toward plant based eating. I had never intended to move in this direction. But once I learned more about a plant based way of eating it seemed better for me. I was never a big steak or or chicken guy but I did like my haddock.
I still prefer plant based but I do not follow this exclusively. I can see myself leaning toward plant based eating about 90% of the time. The other 8% would include salmon and haddock mostly. And the reaming 2% would be “other”.
Why Plant Nutrition? Here are 5 Reasons.
1) Improve your health: Most Americans consume double the
recommended daily intake of protein which can also cause
issues with digestion. By reducing your intake of animal
food, you will most likely reach the recommended daily
intake of protein without surpassing it.
In addition, an increased consumption of vegetables, grains
and beans will bring more fiber into your nutrition. Most
Americans don’t consume enough fiber and that can lead to
inflammation of the digestive tract, constipation and
hemorrhoids.
2) Succeed in weight loss and weight management: In
general, individuals who are on a plant-based nutrition tend
to consume fewer calories than individuals who consume
animal protein. That is because most of their calories are
coming from healthier options and fewer calories per weight.
Plant-based eaters tend to eat less process food and avoid
meat focused restaurants like fast-food chain that provide
unhealthy meal options.
3) Prevent or manage a chronic disease: As you will see in
the next section, research demonstrates that individuals on a
plant-based nutrition can prevent chronic disease, reduce
obesity and mostly encourage a healthy lifestyle and
increase their quality of life.
4) Stop spending on supplements: Did you know that our
nation’s population spends more than $30 billion a year on
supplements? What if you didn’t need to waste that money?
With a plant-based nutrition, you are more likely to receive
all the nutrients you need from natural sources like legumes,
vegetables, and fruits. Not only does this save you money, it
also saves you from trying to remember to purchase and
consume supplements.
5) Save our planet: Agriculture uses approximately 70% of our
fresh water (globally on average). That said, the production
of meat requires around 1000% more water (1 kg requires
from 5000 to 20,000 liters of water) than some grains like
wheat (1 kg of wheat requires between 500 and 4000 liters
of water).
In addition, a lot of the grain is cultivated to feed the animals
we eat and if we started eating that grain and reduce our
consumption of meat, less water and fewer resources would
be used to produce animal food.
In my opinion Plant Based Eating is a sustainable lifestyle at this moment in time.
