By John-Michael Lawrence
Medical research shows that a plant-based diet reduces the need for medication, reduces the need for health care, and prevents chronic ailments (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, blood ailments, prostate cancer, etc.) that disproportionately impact low-income communities and communities of color because of poor diet and lack of health care.
Animal protein and fast foods as a norm in your diet means that animal fat, preservatives, salt, chemicals and who knows what are also norms in your diet. A five-dollar value meal can buy a week’s worth of healthy beans, rice, and greens without fatback and pork. You don’t have to buy something; you have to stop buying animal protein. A plant-based diet will do the following:
- Reverse and prevent diseases and conditions that particularly plague communities of color and poor communities
- Make unaffordable medical attention and medical treatment largely unnecessary
- Give you better health
- Give you a better quality of life
- Give you a longer life
The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the AFRO.
