Why Eat Whole Food?

BREAKING LIFE LONG HABITS

It's not easy making a lifestyle change and whether you're doing it alone or with friends and family, breaking life long habits takes time. Take some comfort knowing that this once road-less-travelled journey is steadily filling up with a community of like minded individuals wanting to make a difference to their health, their life and this planet we share. We celebrate your boldness, and we celebrate your choice.

EAT REAL. FEEL REAL.

Who doesn't want to feel great? Say goodbye to life long ailments and poor health. Say hello to a life full of nutrients, vitality, vibrancy, nourishment and a sustainable future for humanity. Watch as you transform your health, body and mind and become the best you can possibly be through plant based living. Nutritional excellence is more effective than any other medications for almost any medical condition. The results can literally touch your heart.

MAKING AN IMPACT

A global switch to a plant based diet could save eight million lives by 2050 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds. A call to switch to a whole food plant based diet follows the highly publicised launch of The Planetary Health Diet created by a group of 37 global scientists, as part of the EAT-Lancet commission in an attempt to improve human health, and save precious environmental resources as the global population increases.

FOOD AS MEDICINE

As the famous saying goes: “All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” We need to pay attention to what we eat when we are sick so we can give our bodies the nutrients it needs to heal. We have replaced our trust in food as medicine with conventional treatments which offer nothing more than to alleviate the symptoms. The simple fact is, we've always had tremendous power over our health destiny and through excellent nutrition coupled with a healthy lifestyle, we can uncover the interrelated causes of underlying disease and chronic illness.

Plant-based diets have been linked to a number of extraordinary health benefits, including reducing your risk of heart disease, certain cancers, obesity, diabetes and cognitive decline. The increasing amount of evidence that supports this is compelling.

PREVENT HEART DISEASE

Compared to a typical diet, eating a whole food plant based diet reduces the risk of coronary heart disease by 20-26%.

LOWER RATES OF OBESITY

A low-fat, plant-based diet may help prevent and treat diabetes, possibly by improving insulin sensitivity and decreasing insulin resistance.

LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE

Plant Based diets are associated with lower systolic blood pressure and lower diastolic blood pressure

INCREASED LONGEVITY

Excessive consumption of red meat is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Low meat intake has been associated with longevity.

REVERSE TYPE 2 DIABETES

Eating a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of type II diabetes by 16-41%

BONE HEALTH

We're continuously told that our kids need milk for strong bones, yet science doesn’t back that up. According to an analysis published in the British Medical Journal, most studies fail to show any link between dairy intake and broken bones, or fractures. Another study of more than 96,000 people found that the more milk men consumed as teenagers, the more bone fractures they experienced as adults. Casein (one of two types of protein in dairy) produces addictive “casomorphins” that can affect children's behaviour.