By Sandeep Kulshrestha
Plant based Diet is gaining momentum in the world currently. Popularly known as "Vegan Diet", it was earlier rubbished as an animal rights issue, especially by the medical fraternity. However, medical practitioners and researchers like Dean Ornish and Neal Bernard have proved it otherwise by their research based interventions. It is not just an issue of animal rights but through increased evidences gathered over the years, plant based diets have been proven to be facilitators in disease prevention, as well as in reversal of diseases in many cases. These diets apparently have the capability of uplifting your mood (https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/food-and-mood)The concept of "Positive Health", although not a by-product of Positive Psychology is all about preventing diseases, helping people live a happy and flourishing life span and having more physiological reserves to tackle aging and so on.
Where does Positive Psychology come in? Though Positive Psychology is concerned with looking at such aspects of life that nurture your strengths, elevate your mindset towards daily encounters with positive habits and let you flourish, a Positive health mindset helps in understanding how good foods elevate our well-being. Plant based diet certainly is a value addition towards Mindful living. Medical researchers are now talking about fat being the culprit rather than carbohydrates and a whole-food plant based diet (with plant based carbs) helps in preventing many diseases and also in reversing them as well (Dean Ornish's Diet is a very good example). Once individuals start adapting to a new way of consuming food, that nurtures their mental and physiological capital and also make them lean, fit and with enhanced metabolism, they start living a flourishing life.
Plant based Diet is gaining momentum in the world currently. Popularly known as "Vegan Diet", it was earlier rubbished as an animal rights issue, especially by the medical fraternity. However, medical practitioners and researchers like Dean Ornish and Neal Bernard have proved it otherwise by their research based interventions. It is not just an issue of animal rights but through increased evidences gathered over the years, plant based diets have been proven to be facilitators in disease prevention, as well as in reversal of diseases in many cases. These diets apparently have the capability of uplifting your mood (https://www.pcrm.org/good-nutrition/food-and-mood)The concept of "Positive Health", although not a by-product of Positive Psychology is all about preventing diseases, helping people live a happy and flourishing life span and having more physiological reserves to tackle aging and so on.
Where does Positive Psychology come in? Though Positive Psychology is concerned with looking at such aspects of life that nurture your strengths, elevate your mindset towards daily encounters with positive habits and let you flourish, a Positive health mindset helps in understanding how good foods elevate our well-being. Plant based diet certainly is a value addition towards Mindful living. Medical researchers are now talking about fat being the culprit rather than carbohydrates and a whole-food plant based diet (with plant based carbs) helps in preventing many diseases and also in reversing them as well (Dean Ornish's Diet is a very good example). Once individuals start adapting to a new way of consuming food, that nurtures their mental and physiological capital and also make them lean, fit and with enhanced metabolism, they start living a flourishing life.
