Plant-based nutrition is one of the more recent ideas that has been proposed to improve both the state of our world and our health. Research is demonstrating that food has a significant impact on our health, which is true despite the fact that our physicians do not (yet) recommend specific diets for us to follow. It is also an option for our society that has a lower overall cost than prescribing drugs.

It's possible that everyone of us has a little different notion of what it means to eat a plant-based diet. In the field of nutrition, the term "plantbased eating" refers to consuming a diet that derives the majority of one's calories and other nutrients from plant-based foods such as vegetables, fruits, herbs, nuts, and whole grains, as well as other plant-based foods such as legumes.

You have access to a wide variety of possibilities for obtaining nutrients from plants. Others are still adding animal products like dairy (vegetarian diet), and at the other end of the spectrum are those that still eat meat, poultry, and fish on occasion. Some people follow a very strict diet (vegan diet), while others follow a vegetarian diet.

Once upon a time, people had the misconception that early humans got the majority of their protein from eating animals. Because of this misconception, the Paleo diet, which centers primarily on the consumption of proteins derived from animals, shot to prominence in the field of nutrition and diet in the early 2000s.

Despite this, we now understand that the primary components of the diets of both bipedal apes and Homo sapiens were seeds, nuts, fruits, leaves, and roots in addition to water. In this scenario, following a plant-based diet would be considered the "original" Paleo diet.

There is a correlation between this and the fact that many of the most powerful creatures on the planet are not herbivores but rather carnivores. The gorilla is the most powerful of all mammals (most are herbivores). It is capable of lifting approximately 4409 pounds, which is approximately 10 times its body weight. It would be equivalent to a person weighing 200 pounds lifting 2,000 pounds.

If other mammals are able to maintain their health and vitality on a plant-based diet, there is a good chance that we can as well.

The nutrition that is based on plants is an excellent choice for those of us who want to be a better person who is also healthier; whether you want to save the animals, become healthier, or simply feel better, the plant-based diet is an excellent choice.