What is a plant-based diet?
Simply, plant-based diets include the overwhelming majority of food items from plant sources. Plant-based diets often lead to weight loss or weight maintenance, and less chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Fruits, vegetables, grains, beans/legumes are the four plant-based food groups. Vegetarian and vegan diets are plant-based diets, but plant-based diets can include some animal products (meat, eggs, and diary). People who consume plant-based diets are generally healthier than those who eat a typical meat-based diet.
