The Physicians Committee’s Power Plate recommends consuming fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes. Plant-based diets lower the risk for many diseases, including obesity, heart disease, cancer, and stroke. The Power Plate supplies all of your daily nutritional requirements, including substantial amounts of fiber, protein, and calcium.

Most Americans are consuming too much animal protein and not enough fiber. Fiber is important for human health for various reasons. Fiber is great for heart health, cancer prevention, and weight loss. Soluble fiber can help lower cholesterol levels and prevent constipation. Fiber only comes from plant foods, which means that there is no fiber in meat, dairy, and eggs.

Plenty of protein is found in plant foods. Legumes, such as beans, lentils, and chickpeas are great protein sources. Other protein-rich foods include tofu, tempeh, quinoa, chia seeds, and peanuts. Animal protein comes with saturated fat and cholesterol, which may contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Animal protein alone, such as egg whites, may not be beneficial for human health. According to Dr. Neal Barnard, high amounts of animal protein is “linked with kidney disease, kidney stones, some types of cancer, and overall higher risk of mortality.” It is best to consume protein from plant foods, which are safter and environmentally friendly.

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“Dairy products are the number #1 source of saturated fat in the American diet” (PCRM). Health risks to consider include heart disease, cancers of the reproductive organs, digestive problems and diabetes. Dairy products contain hormones naturally and some with additional artificial hormones so that mother cows can produce more milk than what nature intended. Udder infections (mastitis) is a common problem in lactating cows therefore, antibiotics is given routinely.