Plant-Based Diets Could Save Billions

More and more research points to the health benefits of eating a diet focused on plants. A reduced risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer is linked with this eating style, which focuses on eating more whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. So, naturally, this diet could help reduce health care costs, right? Well, growing science supports this idea. A new study found that the UK government could save “billions” of pounds (money) in healthcare costs if more people switched to a plant-based diet. In fact, 5.21 billion pounds to be exact, if 10% of the population ate this way, per the study. So, save money for society by switching to plants!

Read more about this study here.

Image: Edamame Masala Brown Basmati Rice, Sharon Palmer, RDN