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Welcome to Plant Proof™ – a resource created by Nutritionist, and podcast host, Simon Hill, to assist those looking to add more plants to their plate and upgrade their health. Think of him as your personal guide to help you successfully adopt and maintain a plant-based diet.

Prior to transitioning from animal foods to a plant-based diet, Simon shared many common fears among men, and many women, in this position: am I going to lose muscle? Will I gain fat and feel bloated? What about my iron? Will I get enough protein?

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When I first heard about cellular agriculture I di

When I first heard about cellular agriculture I didn’t know where I sat with it. But upon doing further research, and asking a lot of questions, I firmly see it as an important solution to helping get things back on course. 🌎 Do I think humans need to eat meat to be healthy? Absolutely not. But lets face it - there isn’t going to be 11 billion vegans in 2050 and time is ticking. We need solutions that enable us to produce more protein, be it from animals or plants, in a more sustainable manner. Solutions that allow us to free up vast amounts of land and rewild it so Mother Nature can draw down the carbon that’s so desperately needed to cool our planet. Cellular Agriculture means we can create truly sustainable meat for people who are unlikely, or can’t, change their diet. Tune in to Episode #115 with Thomas King, CEO and Founder of Food Frontier for more on this. 🙏🏼

CEO and Founder of Food Frontier, Thomas King, tal

CEO and Founder of Food Frontier, Thomas King, talking about cellular agriculture in Episode #115. A fast growing industry that is set to really change the way humans think about meat. With our population predicted to grow to 11 billion by 2050 we need to piece together solutions that enable us to produce protein, be it from plants or cells, in a way that is dramatically better for the health of our planet. Along with plant based meat the exciting industry of cellular agriculture appears to be a big piece of this puzzle. Happy listening. Simon 🙏🏼

This is Thomas King, CEO and Founder of Food Front

This is Thomas King, CEO and Founder of Food Frontier, a not for profit organisation located in Melbourne that is helping pave the way for a more diversified and sustainable protein supply in Australia and NZ. This exchange is a follow on from our earlier conversation a few years ago and the episode with Bruce Friedrich from Good Food Institute. We cover Food Frontier’s new report on the healthfulness of plant based meats, cellular agriculture companies in Australia and much more.
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Really interesting industry that’s growing tremendously fast and stands to fundamentally change the way we think about protein. ⠀
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The full episode (#115) is available on all podcast apps. Happy listening.
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Simon 🙏🏼🌱

Alright friends buckle up, this ones detailed. ⠀

Alright friends buckle up, this ones detailed. ⠀
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I keep finding the same myths online about the environmental impact of our food. The same distractions from what matters most. ⠀
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So I wanted to set a few things straight:⠀
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- When it comes to the greenhouse gas footprint of your diet, the most important lever you can pull is the amount of plants on your plate. Plants have a dramatically lower GHG footprint than animal products, no matter how they are grown or where they come from.⠀
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- This brings me to the idea of eating locally sourced or organic food to help climate change. Transport makes up on average just 10% of our foods GHG footprint (just 1% for beef). When it comes to lowering your GHG footprint buying local is a drop in the ocean compared to eating more plants. Buy local to support local business sure, but let’s not pretend it’s about GHG emissions.⠀
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- Organic food has essentially the same GHG footprint of non-organic food. That includes organic grass fed beef.⠀
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- Blaming plant-based eaters for the damage to Amazon caused by soy is a bit silly. The data shows 75% of all soy grown is fed to livestock. Just 6% is fed to humans. And this destruction isn’t just an overseas problem - the greatest cause of deforestation here in Australia is the growing demand for meat. ⠀
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- Comparing beef to avocados is also a little bit on the silly side. Avocados produce 21.5 x less GHG emissions per Kg of food compared to beef. Despite the fact they’re usually imported. ⠀
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Our planet needs our help and leading by example is absolutely integral to a seismic shift taking place. It’s not about being perfect but we should each do our best. Anyone eating less animal products and more plants is part of the solution, not the problem. Great options to lower the GHG footprint of your diet are to start making small swaps. Beef for legumes is a nice easy one. Not only is it better for the environment, but also better for your health too. Legumes are rich in protein, micronutrients and fibre - working them into your diet in place of red meat in particular will lower your risk of cardiovascular disease and other chronic illnesses. ⠀
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Happy days. Simon 🌱🌎🥑⠀
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While iron deficiency anemia is not more common in

While iron deficiency anemia is not more common in Western vegetarians (including vegans) than non-vegetarians, vegetarians do have lower iron stores (PMID: 25369923)⠀
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This is actually thought to be a positive thing. There is no evidence that higher iron stores affect how we feel or how our body operates. Some science even links higher iron stores, as well as heme iron intake (only found in animal products) to type 2 diabetes. Bao et al summarize this in their 2012 meta-analysis (PMID: 23046549).⠀
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Nonetheless iron deficiency is not uncommon - it’s the worlds number one nutrient deficiency - so there are certain people regardless of the diet they follow who do need to pay extra attention to consuming adequate amounts on their diet. ⠀
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If this is you, swipe left and see how you can optimize iron intake in your plant-based diet. If you have no issues with your iron levels, read with interest, but no need to complicate things. Just keep doing as you are 🙏🏼

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What if you could run to save one of the last

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What if you could run to save one of the last wild places on earth?⠀
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That’s what ill be doing March 20th when I run with a group of friends in the takayna20. An event put on by the @bobbrownfoundation and @patagonia to raise funds that will be used to defend the precious Tarkine in North West Tasmania from deforestation. The goal - have the Tarkine protected as a World Heritage listed National Park, returned to Aboriginal ownership.⠀
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Now more than ever we simply cannot afford to be tearing down our forests. It saddens me to think that despite all we know, we can still prioritize profits over the health of our environment. Looking over the very fact that our health, and its health, are so inextricably tied together. ⠀
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If you want to support there are a few options: ⠀
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1- Come and run with us.⠀
Sign up at https://takaynatrail2021.raisely.com and then join the “Powered by Plants” team. ⠀
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2- You can donate to support our run (all donations go direct to the @bobbrownfoundation. Links in my story for this)⠀
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3- Share and tag any friends or family in this post who you think would like to support this initiative. ⠀
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Hope to see some of you there. Will be a fun time hanging out in nature for a very worthy cause. 🙏🏼🌎
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*Thank you @patagoniaaus for the incredible shots 🎥

While this not a common question, from time to tim

While this not a common question, from time to time I do get asked about Vitamin A so I thought I would do a post to help summarise the most important things to consider for those following a plant-exclusive diet, or perhaps planning to in the future. In short, pre formed Vitamin A, which can be toxic in high concentrations, is only found in animal products. Plants on the other hand contain carotenoids which are precursors to Vitamin A. As long as you consume enough carotenoid rich plant foods (major sources shown on slide 5), such as sweet potato, your body will convert the amount it requires to Vitamin A. ⠀
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The only caveat to this is a very small percentage of people, who have a specific gene mutation (BC01), where a higher intake may be required (I say ‘may’ because most of these people actually still convert enough). Even if you had this gene you do not need to stress about this unless a blood test (note: would only have this test if you presented with symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency) shows you have low Vitamin A levels despite consuming a lot of carotenoid rich plant foods. Such people can either consume a higher volume of carotenoid rich plant foods, to make up for their lower conversion, or take a vegan Vitamin A supplement. ⠀
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Also, as shown in this slider, Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin - another reason to make sure foods such as avocados, nuts and seeds are in your diet. Among other things, Vitamin A is super important for eye health and immune function so it’s certainly not something we want to be low in. Hope this info helps. Any questions let me know below 👇🏼. If you have any friends or family members that may benefit from reading this, please do share it with them. ⠀
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Thanks friends. ⠀
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Part 2: Evidence hierarchy (epidemiology – observa

Part 2: Evidence hierarchy (epidemiology - observational studies) ⠀
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Often I hear people bin epidemiology because it’s ‘correlation not causation’.⠀
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The problem with this is that correlation can be incredibly helpful, pending that it comes from a data set that’s been carefully analyzed.⠀
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For example, when looking at large populations of people eating differently it’s true that vegetarians are usually a healthier weight, more educated, exercise more and smoke less. Accordingly, if they are at lower risk of cancer and heart disease (they usually are) this could be due to these non diet related parts of their lifestyles. People refer to this as the ‘healthy user bias’. However what’s commonly not understood is these trials use a multi-variate analysis. This means they only compare vegetarians to non-vegetarians who are the same weight, gender and age, are just as educated, drink the same amount of alcohol, exercise as much etc etc. ⠀
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When this is performed across many populations from all over the world and the results all point in the same direction we can be quite confident these correlations are in fact due to inherent properties of the diet. They are then strengthened by findings from randomized controlled trials (next post) and mechanistic lab studies that explain why certain foods may be good or bad for our health at a more zoomed in Petri dish level (see the evidence hierarchy pyramid from two posts ago to visualize this).⠀
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Simon 🙏🏼🌱

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