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  • What is a Plant Based Diet | The Fundamentals and How to Know if it's Achievable For You
    Food,  Making Healthy Habits,  Meals & Planning,  Special Diets

    What is a Plant Based Diet? The Fundamentals and How to Know if it’s Achievable For You

    August 27, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Have you thought about trying a plant-based diet? If you answered “yes”, you’re in good company. Plant-based diets are on the rise – around 10 million Americans say they follow a “plant-based” diet. That’s up from 290k in 2004! Interestingly, the number of self-identifying “vegans” hasn’t changed much.  Are you asking yourself, “what’s the difference between vegan and plant-based?”  In this post, we’ll get clear on just what a plant-based diet is (and is not). At the end, you’ll have the information you need to decide if you want to try plant-based yourself.  What You Need to Know About Plant-Based Diets Let’s first define a plant-based diet and distinguish it…

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    Brook Hagen

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