Heart disease (cardiovascular disease), despite a wide variety of medical/drug interventions available, is STILL one of the major killers of mankind, caused primarily by a condition known as atherosclerosis.
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Losing Weight with A Plant-Based Diet
The beginning of the year is usually the time when we review our goals for the year, and these often include personal goals of weight loss and maintenance, introducing a good exercise routine, and being mindful of what one is eating.
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Plant-Based Diet in the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease of the blood vessels. If one’s blood sugars are too high too often, one’s blood vessels become damaged and inflamed – putting one at high risk for heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, amputation, and infections.
A Good Diet Boosts the Immune System
“I feel so much cleaner, as if all my organs are working better!” a friend boasted to me after a year on a plant-based diet.
It is true that one’s body responds positively over time when following a properly balanced plant-based diet. This diet consists mostly of unprocessed plant foods, and a balance of good carbs, mostly plant proteins — of which soya is one of the most important — and healthy fats. This diet ensures that all organs function optimally, providing life-long health benefits.
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How to Change to Plant-Based Eating
How do you change over from your current way of eating to plant-based?
Proof of Plant-Based Benefits
One certainty in life is that we will all die at one or another stage. Good health allows us to fully enjoy the time we do have in this life. It is about being as functional as possible throughout our entire lives and avoiding disabling, painful and lengthy battles with disease.
A Diet to Promote Health and Longevity
As the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic hit our pockets, combined with a greater sense of self-preservation, we at Soya Life would like to walk you through the steps of creating a plant-based eating lifestyle.
Assess Your Body Weight
Are you underweight? Overweight? Obese? If you’re not sure, then this article will assist with the assessment of your weight and how much body fat is healthy, along with how being overweight can cause certain lifestyle diseases.
Love Your Legumes
So, you have beans and lentils in your grocery cupboard or shopping basket: now what???