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The mission of Baba Brooklyn Plant Based Community Group is to build stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities. This is being accomplished through a wide range of research, policy, and program activities and working with local nonprofits, businesses, governments, hospitals and other health-related organizations, faith-based groups, and other community organizations.
A plant-based diet helps maintain a healthy weight. Staying at a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to reduce your risk for cancer. When it comes to cancer, the only thing more important than maintaining a healthy weight, is not smoking.
This is because excess weight causes inflammation and hormonal imbalance. If you are overweight or obese, your risk is higher for 12 different types of cancer including colorectal, post-menopausal breast, uterine, esophageal, kidney and pancreatic cancers.
If you eat mostly plants, you remove many of the foods that lead to weight gain. Add in exercise and you’re on a path towards weight loss.
Even a plant-based meal relies on you to avoid the major diet pitfalls, like sugar and fat. Using healthy cooking methods and knowing how to make the most of your vegetables can help you get all the benefits a plant-based diet offers. This means deep-fried vegetables are out. So are highly processed foods like crackers and cookies. Limit sugary desserts as well and make sure you are picking whole grains. Regular pasta, white bread and white rice may be plant products, but they are not made from whole grains. Choose 100% whole wheat pasta and bread, and eat brown rice. Choosing plants will help all your body’s systems work the best they can. “We just have to eat plants. They are so important for our body’s long term health,” says Murray.