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Plant Based Diet - Healthy Eating

According to Holistic Centers across the nation a plant based diet is the best way to eat to prevent cancer. They also say it's also good for your waist, which is always a plus! This diet relies on minimally processed foods from plants, including vegetables, whole grains, legumes (beans and peanuts), tubers (potatoes), nuts, and fruits. This excludes all animal products such as meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, and dairy products. That's right, bye-bye ice cream and cheese! If you are interested in this diet and are wondering if you'd be getting enough protein, no need to worry because you can. Our culture is protein obsessed thus meat is emphasized in virtually every meal. The amount of protein in a typical American diet is higher than what they actually need to consume. Americans tend to eat twice as much as the USDA recommended dietary allowance! Men over the age of 19 only need 56-grams of protein while women are just under that at 46-grams. There are actually pl