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Why you should eat a plant-based diet, but that doesn't mean being a vegetarian

  • Written by: Katherine Livingstone, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
imagePlant-based diets have been found to be far more beneficial for our health. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Plant-based diets are often shown to be good for health. Yet Australians eat a lot of meat and are sometimes reluctant to completely cut meat from their diet. So it’s important to know that eating a plant-based diet doesn’t have to...

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