I’m a GP, so I talk to patients about their diets every day. Weirdly, doctors aren’t very well trained to do this, but when I started writing as The Vegan Doctor, I studied for a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Nutrition. This was partly to help readers and patients know that they can trust my advice,… Continue reading Should Doctors Advise On The Planetary Health Impact Of Our Diets?
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The Avian Flu Outbreak Is Another Sign That We Have To Change Our Ways.
So, avian flu is back. To be honest, it never really went away. It dominated the news in 2005 when 140 million birds were reported to have died or been killed because of the outbreak, but the current strain has actually been around since 1996. But on Monday 27th January 2025, there was a confirmed case of a farm… Continue reading The Avian Flu Outbreak Is Another Sign That We Have To Change Our Ways.
World Health Day 2024 – How Veganism Does, and Could, Affect Global Health.
By Dr Rebecca E Jones Sunday, April 7th, marks World Health Day 2024, and this year’s theme is ‘My Health, My Right’. As most vegans do, I believe that a plant-based diet is the answer to almost everything. But this time, I’m not alone. It seems that in recent years, the world’s scientific gaze is… Continue reading World Health Day 2024 – How Veganism Does, and Could, Affect Global Health.
Plant-Based Diets and Chronic Illness
By Dr Rebecca E Jones When I first started writing as The Vegan Doctor, my motivation was to bring useful advice from a doctor’s point of view to other ethical vegans. As time went on and I studied more, I began to realize the enormous health benefits of a plant-based diet. I learned more about… Continue reading Plant-Based Diets and Chronic Illness
The Vegan Doctor Helps You Defend Veganism To Your Doctor
(Originally published in Raise Vegan magazine in September 2018) The main reason I started my blog, The Vegan Doctor, was because I read so many stories about vegans having bad experiences with their own doctor. It saddened me that a generally compassionate group of people were not receiving that same level of compassion when it… Continue reading The Vegan Doctor Helps You Defend Veganism To Your Doctor