Plant Based Briefing

[Part 2] Food Fraud: What You Need To Know About Olive Oil and Avocado Oil What's the difference between avocado oil and olive oil? How do you choose authentic ones without harmful fillers or other, cheaper oils mixed in? Listen to today's episode written by Ocean Robbins at FoodRevolution.org #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #wfpb #oliveoil #seedoils #avocadooil #foodfraud #agromafia #evoo...

Food Fraud: What You Need To Know About Olive Oil and Avocado Oil (part 1 of 2) Olive and avocado oils are widely used, popular ingredients around the world. They are often touted for their health benefits and flavor. But they are also controversial, and may not be of the quality that you would like to think. Even the Mafia is in on it. Find out what you need to know about olive and avocado oil. P...

Kickstart Spring With A Nourishing Green Smoothie By Dr. Brooke Goldner Begin your journey to optimal health with a hyper-nourishing green smoothie loaded with one pound of power greens, including kale, spinach, and chard. This invigorating recipe by Dr. Brooke Goldner is something she credits to helping fully reverse her own Lupus over 17 years ago. Written by Miriam Porter at PlantBasedTreaty.or...

How Fortification Makes Our Food And Our Planet Healthier Happy Earth Day! "Fortifying food is a simple but powerful way to make sure that plant-based eating is not just kinder to the planet but also good for people's health… And what the word actually means is 'to make something stronger'. In this way, it is helping to fight both malnutrition and climate change." Written by Simon Middleton at Pro...

France's Soy Crackdown Sparks Debate Over Science, Sustainability, and Plant-Based Policy. It's consumer manipulation. And it's shocking news, given that the science proving soy is a healthy powerhouse is overwhelming. Listen to today's episode from VegNews.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #soy #isoflavones #tofu #tempeh #ANSES #plantbasedbias #consumermanipulation #sustainableeating   =...

Why Some Forks Over Knives Recipes Now Include Optional Oil (Introducing Forks Flex Recipes). Plus, Some Insights on Oil from Drs Dean and Ayesha Sherzai Until now, Forks Over Knives recipes have always been oil free. But if you're not a heart disease patient, you may not need to avoid oil to reap the benefits of a WFPB diet. Listen to today's episode, written by Elizabeth Turner at ForksOverKnive...

[Part 3] Should We Avoid Oils for Optimal Health? Here's Where Top WFPB Experts Stand on the Great Oil Debate In the last part of this episode we hear from four more whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) doctors about their advice to patients about oil. Today we hear from Doctors David Katz, Alone Pulde, Matthew Lederman, and Joel Kahn. Also hear a summary of the Great Oil Debate between Dr. Garth Davis...

[Part 2] Should We Avoid Oils for Optimal Health? Here's Where Top WFPB Experts Stand on the Great Oil Debate Hear from more whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) doctors and nutritionists about their advice to patients about oil. Today we hear from Doctors Dean Ornish, Garth Davis, Monica Aggarwal and Michael Greger, and RD Brenda Davis. Written by Elizabeth Turner at ForksOverKnives.com. #vegan #plantb...

[Part 1] Should We Avoid Oils for Optimal Health? Here's Where Top WFPB Experts Stand on the Great Oil Debate Many whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) pioneers advise heart disease patients to avoid all added oils, even olive oil, because they are highly refined, calorie-dense, and stripped of most nutrients other than fat. But not all WFPB experts agree that it's necessary to avoid oil to reap the ben...

Beef Tallow for Health: A Political-Commercial Farce Restaurants are bragging that they're replacing seed oils with beef tallow to prepare their fried foods. Is there any credibility to the suggestion that beef tallow is a healthier alternative to seed oils? (Spoiler… the answer is NO.) Listen to today's episode for details, written by Nelson Huber-Disla at NutritionStudies.org  #vegan #plantbased...

Coping and Thriving Through Difficult Emotions In the second half of this episode hear the remaining tips for coping with difficult emotions in these stressful times. Written by Vegan Psychologist Dr Angela Crawford at AngelaCrawfordphd.com. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #trauma #vegantrauma  #emotions #vystopia ======================== Dr Crawford's Book (being released April 22, 2025: T...

Coping and Thriving Through Difficult Emotions How do we cope with challenging emotions, especially in the face of suffering in the world around us? As we watch the news or scan social media, it seems that the problems that face us are ever-growing: climate change and natural disasters, hunger and food insecurity, wars, disease, polarization, and violence. Not to mention those of us on the vegan p...

Butter Lovers and Seed Oil Haters Are Both Wrong, New Research Confirms A new Harvard Health study has debunked the social media claim that butter is a health food. Avoiding seed oils for health reasons, another popular belief online, has also been debunked by the study. Listen to today's episode written by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #seedoils #omega6...

What's the Deal With All the Seed Oil Conspiracies? Seed oils have become the enemy of the internet. Here's what the experts have to say on whether they're harming our health. Listen to today's episode written by Charlotte Pointing at VegNews.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #seedoils #omega6 #sunscreen #conspiracies #Carnivorediet #UPFs ======================== Original post: https://ve...

Plant Protein Trumps Animal Protein for Health Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. adults think they need animal products for protein, according to a recent Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Morning Consult survey. But is that really true? Listen to today's episode written by Xavier Toledo, R.D. at MainStreetVegan.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #protein #plantprotein #animalprot...

High-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren't Sustainable (Part 2) In the second half of this episode, hear about the health and environmental impacts of high protein diets like Carnivore, Paleo, Keto, etc. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #carnivorediet #paleo #keto #faddiets #nutrition #plantbasednutrition #sustainable #fiber...

High-Protein Diets Are Popular — but They Certainly Aren't Sustainable (Part 1) From Atkins to Carnivore, a look at the evolution and risks of high-protein diets. Written by Jessica Scott-Reid at sentientmedia.org. #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #carnivorediet #paleo #keto #faddiets #nutrition #plantbasednutrition #sustainable ========================== Original Post: https://sentientmedia...

Three Ways Alternative Proteins Can Protect Our Forests Want to preserve biodiversity by diversifying our protein supply? Listen to today's episode written by Chelsea Montes de Oca at GFI.org #Vegan #PlantBased #plantbasedbriefing #GFI #alternativeprotein #altprotein #plantbasedmeat #biodiversity ================ Original post: https://substack.com/home/post/p-159577747    Related Episodes: 379: T...

Could You Kill An Animal? "I remain confused by the fact that more people don't turn away from animal products in response to the sheer revulsion they naturally feel at the very thought of "body parts as food", not to mention the physical process of making that concept a reality." Listen to today's episode for details. Written by Angel Flinn at Gentle World posted at All-Creatures.org. #vegan #Pla...

Five Reasons GenXers Will Love Going Vegan GenXers in particular have some great reasons for going vegan. Check them out in today's episode written by Andrea Zollman at MainStreetVegan.com #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #GenX #chronicdisease #wfpb #climatechange #nutrition #plantbasednutrition ========================== Original post: https://mainstreetvegan.com/five-reasons-genxers-will-l...

Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 2 Yesterday's episode "included a few startling figures on the deaths and accidents caused by prescription drugs, a more general question remains: How effective is the disease response system as a whole? And how do we measure its effectiveness?" Listen to today's episode for details, written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD at NutritionStu...

Healthcare vs Disease Response System – Part 1 "If ours were a functional system that prioritized health care, many of the challenges associated with the cost of health care would immediately improve. In such a functional system, nutrition would be a top priority and the burden of related diseases would be substantially lessened. Instead, we have a disease response system characterized by 1) heavy...

The True Cost of Malnutrition Taking its definition literally (the prefix mal– meaning "poor" or "faulty"), malnutrition also applies to dietary patterns of excess that produce obesity and diet-related diseases like heart disease and type II diabetes. The costs are astronomical. Listen to today's episode for details, written by Nelson Huber-Disla & T. Colin Campbell, PhD at NutritionStudies.org  #...

The World's Outraged by a Stolen Wombat… So Why Aren't the Vegans Rejoicing?? Written by Clare Mann at VeganPsychologist.com. "The public are horrified and saying this must be stopped. So why aren't vegans rejoicing that the masses appear to be concerned? Why don't we feel there is hope that the world is waking up?" Learn why in today's episode written by Vegan Psychologist Clare Mann.  #vegan #pl...

Causes, Prevention, and Treatment of Varicose Veins Varicose veins and diet? Perhaps Ugandans had more than 50 times fewer varicose veins for the same reason they had 50 times less heart disease and up to 50 times less colon cancer. Listen to today's episode to find out more. Written by Dr. Michael Greger at @NutritionFacts.org #vegan #plantbased #plantbasedbriefing #varicoseveins #fiber =========...