Benefits of Plant-Based Food Sources

Benefits of Plant-Based Food Sources: -

• Plant-Based Food Sources are very beneficial for our body. As mentioned in the previous post that there are many different types of Plant-Based Food Sources are there and they all have its own nutrients, Protein, different vitamins, omega-3 and many other beneficial nutrients that help us to make our body health, heart healthy and strong bones. Plant-Based Food Sources are not beneficial for body only, but they have some other benefits too. The health and other benefits are explained below: -

 

1. Health Benefits: - 

• Rich in Nutrients: - Plant-Based Food Sources provide various varieties which are very rich in different types of nutrients like different types of vitamins, minerals and many other nutrients which help us to make our body healthy. 
• Heart Health: - As we know, there are lot of varieties are available in plant- based food sources and those products are very rich in vitamins, minerals, protein and fiber and are cholesterol free that make our heart health strong and can reduce the risk of heart disease.
• Weight Management: - The processing of Plant-Based food sources us very easy and there is lot of healthy methods are available to process the plant- based food sources. From the word we mean that the method of cooking where there is no or very less use of oil, butter or refined oil. To process Plant-Based food sources we can used steaming, roasting methods which is free from oil and helps to maintain the weight.
• Digestive Health: - As we already know that plant-based food sources are rich in vitamin and minerals and have high fiber content that support our gut health and prevent us from the constipation and makes our digestive system strong. 
• Diabetes Prevention: - Plant-Based Food Products have its own natural sugar so there is no need to add any type of artificial sugar in the processing of these food sources. These sources help to regulate our blood sugar level which protect us from type 2 diabetes.

2. Environmental Benefits: -

• Lower Carbon Footprint: - Lower Carbon Footprints leads to the lower carbon gases like carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Processing of Plant-Based Food Sources produce less carbon gases as compared to processing Animal-Based Food Sources.
• Water Conservation: - To fulfill the need of Plant-Based Food sources we need more cultivated land with the instance of that more and more plants is to be planted and with the help of the trees there is lot of rain and this type of farming require less water than livestock farming so there is less use of water and with the more trees the polluted water get clean. So, in this way the water can be conserved.
• Preserve Biodiversity: - If most of the people will depend on Plant-Based food sources then the need and demand of agricultural land will increase, with the increase of this demand the more and more trees are planted which makes our earth free from global warming and it preserve our biodiversity. 

3. Ethical & Sustainability Benefits: -

• Animal Welfare: - In plant-based food sources, the animals can be protected. It means that there is no use of animal in plant-based food sources so there is no animal exploitation, or no animal welfare can be done.
• Food Security: - From the word "Food Security" we mean that the security about the food which means that it can sure that each and every person will get enough food to survive. The plants-based food sources feed more people in acre than animal-based food.