The Health Benefits of ordering from Lean Green Cuisine
Leading health experts (please see Links tab for websites of the leading experts in plant-based, whole-foods lifestyle) agree that eating more fruits and vegetables is the single-best thing we can do for ourselves and our families. Healthy phytonutrient-rich diets support a lifetime of good health and provide protection against numerous diseases, including our country’s three biggest killers: heart disease, cancer, and strokes (and can actually reverse many of our degenerative diseases) . The American Dietetic Association states that people eating plant-based diets have “lower rates of death from ischemic heart disease; … lower blood cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, and lower rates of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, prostate and colon cancer”.1 Well-planned diets rich in whole grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, and nuts provide us with all the nutrients that we need, minus all the saturated fat, cholesterol, and contaminants found in animal flesh, eggs, and dairy products.
The Harvard School of Public Health lists several benefits to a diet rich in fruits and vegetables: "lower blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, and probably some cancers, lower risk of eye and digestive problems, and a mellowing effect on blood sugar that can keep appetite in check."3
In the Harvard-based Nurses' Health Study and Professional Follow-up Study, the more fruits and vegetable people ate, the lower their chances of developing cardiovascular disease. In fact, those who ate an average of eight or more servings a day were 30% less likely to have a heart attack or stroke.4
If you are looking to make your diet more heart healthy, Lean Green Cuisine can help. Our meals meet the guidelines of the Mayo Clinic's seven-step plan to prevent and/or reverse heart disease.5 They are 1) low fat and cholesterol free, 2) contain low-fat protein sources like beans, nuts and seeds, tofu, and tempeh, 3) abundant in vegetables and fruits, 4) rich in whole grains like millet and brown rice, and 5) have less added salt than similar foods, 6) the best source of carbohydrates in the form of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and beans. We leave the "moderation" step up to you, though.
Because our meals are low-fat and vegetable-rich, they are less calorically dense than the foods you are probably used to eating. The key to good health is to eat unprocessed foods because their nutrient-to-calorie density is high. Finally, we provide enough food for about 12 meals, making it easy to feed your body well much of the time.
Lean Green Cuisine meals are rich in the vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds, and whole grains that are shown over and over again to reduce disease risk, promote health, and even reverse many of our degenerative diseases. If you are looking for a way to incorporate more of these health-promoting foods into your diet but don't have the time to spend chopping and preparing, let us do it for you!
1 Ann Mangels, Virginia Messina, and Vesanto Melina, "Position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada: Vegetarian Diets," Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Jun. 2003, pp. 748-65.
2 Neal Barnard, M.D., The Power of Your Plate, Book Publishing Co.: Summertown, Tenn., 1990, p. 26.
3 The Nutrition Source
4 Ibid
5 Heart-healthy Diet
