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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • Should we be concerned about salt? (October 2020)
  • What about alcohol? (August 2020)
  • Can nutrition and lifestyle improve your resistance to COVID-19?
  • Hair loss after starting a plant-based diet: Why?
  • Eggs and health – what does the research show? 
  • Are hemp seeds a good source of omega-3’s?
  • Why do we recommend a low-fat diet?
  • Do you recommend smoothies and juicing?
  • What’s wrong with saturated fat?
  • Are soy products healthy?
  • How Not to Lose Weight
  • (more content coming soon)

FAQs from other plant-based experts:

  • How Can I Lower My Triglycerides? – Thomas Campbell, MD
  • Gluten Fears & Facts: Is Wheat Truly Terrible? – Thomas Campbell, MD

FAQ collections on other plant-based websites:

  • Forks Over Knives: Nutrition Questions – by Matthew Lederman, MD and Alona Pulde, MD
  • Nutrition & Health FAQ: Answers To The Most Asked Questions – Jeff Novick
  • Jeff Novick’s Article Archive – includes many FAQs
  • Q&A with Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD
  • McDougall Discussion Board – ask a question or search the online discussion board

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The purpose of this website is to promote and support whole foods plant based nutrition in Australia. We provide links to evidence based information and practical advice for those wanting to follow a plant-based diet. Although we share the environmental, ethical and world food supply concerns of others, the focus of this website is health and wellbeing through improved nutrition. See more...

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The medical and/or nutritional information on this website is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Please seek medical advice before using diet to treat disease.

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