04/20/2022
The latest food buzz word 🐝 is . It’s everywhere - from McPlants & Impossible Nuggets to body wash and laundry detergent 🫧
Companies are taking advantage of the increased public interest with plant based products, and slapping the phrase on everything to sell to us 💸💸💸
As a vegan and plant based nutritionist, it’s very exciting that more people are open to plant based options! But I’m weary that consumers may assume that “plant based” means healthy.
Plant Based is derived from “whole food plant based”, meaning a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts and seeds 🥦🍎🍠🍚🥑🌰
Companies are using this as a replacement for “vegan”, which means devoid of animal products. Ultra processed “vegan” foods, like faux meats, cookies and fast food 🍔 are not truly plant based or healthy.
It’s definitely fun to enjoy these foods once in a while, I certainly do 😋 but we must hold strong onto the true definition of plant based…because this is much more than a diet trend - it’s a much needed multi-industry revolution that can save our planet, so many animals and our health 🌎🐷🐮🐟💚
(I wrote a full blog article on this on mainstreetvegan.net/blog/ - linked in stories!)
