How taking up a plant-based diet can help you shed the pounds and slash your risk of three killer diseases
'I did vegan challenge for a month and the results are so good I won’t go back'MEAT lover Charmaine Macfarlane, 42, ditched roast dinners and went vegan for a month for a Sun on Sunday Health challenge.
Charmaine said: “I thought I might lose a little weight and hoped I’d see some health benefits but what really surprised me was the change in energy levels.Charmaine said: “I thought I might lose a little weight and hoped I’d see some health benefits but what really surprised me was the change in energy levels.“I’ve actually decided to become a vegan.“I could have vegan junk food but I have started to love fresh fruit, vegetables and grains.
Dr Samantha Wild, GP and Women’s Health Lead at Bupa Health Clinics, said the change had made Charmaine much healthier. She said: “We’d normally expect to start seeing physical improvements from a change in eating after three months but Charmaine’s results are brilliant.“She’s lost half a stone, her BMI has gone down, which reduces her risk of several conditions from Type 2 diabetes to heart disease, stroke and some cancers.
“Her bad cholesterol reduced, her fat levels have decreased from 28.1 per cent down to 25.1 per cent which reduces her risk of heart attack.“There’s nothing in Charmaine’s results that has got worse and, as nothing else in her lifestyle has changed, these improvements are down to the plant-based changes she has made.
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