Seven strategies to put your diet on a plant-based path

A plant-based diet may have seemed extreme years ago, but today it's all the rage – and for good reason. In many ways the planet and human health are in trouble, and a plant-centric diet is one way to address both issues.

Little by little is the way to change up your diet.

More than 10,000 studies in peer-reviewed medical journals show that a diet based on whole plant foods leads to higher life expectancy and lower rates of cancer, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and most other chronic ailments. "If you eat the standard American diet, you're going to get the standard American diseases," says Ocean Robbins, co-founder of the Food Revolution Network and author of 31-Day Food Revolution.

Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Michelle Washington - “Seven strategies to put your diet on a plant-based path.”