{"id":44,"date":"2020-10-22T16:07:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/?p=44"},"modified":"2020-10-22T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:09:36","slug":"the-plant-based-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/2020\/10\/22\/the-plant-based-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plant Based Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although there is not a certain type of diet that you need to follow to do yoga, it is smart to be conscious of the foods you are putting into your body. I have found that in quarantine,  I became way more aware of what I was eating and started to look into new diets. The best option I found was called a <strong>Plant Based diet<\/strong>. I find that a lot of people who practice yoga are vegetarian, vegan, or plant based. Plant based is not strictly plants and vegies. This is a common misconception. Plant based is actually a bit of a blend. It is mostly plants with very small portions of meat. A lot of people that follow this diet follow &#8220;Meatless Mondays&#8221; or other days. It is easier for me than being fully vegetarian because when I have tried that in the past I find myself feeling hungry and not satisfied. <strong>The benefits <\/strong>of transitioning to a plant based diet are numerous. It is good for your gut and allows your body to better absorb the nutrients of your food, which helps to strengthen your immune system as well as reduce inflammation in the body.There are a lot of blogs and pinterest posts that make following this diet so easy! Again, <strong>every body is different<\/strong> and responds different to diets, so do a little research and see what type of diet is best for you! Below I linked a video that I found to be very helpful when transitioning into this diet! Good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/4jvjCkx\">https:\/\/pin.it\/4jvjCkx<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Start a Whole Food Plant Based Diet | A Beginner&#039;s Guide to Overall Health &amp; Weight Loss\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wdcmvlm5Mpc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although there is not a certain type of diet that you need to follow to do yoga, it is smart to be conscious of the foods you are putting into your body. I have found that in quarantine, I became way more aware of what I was eating and started to look into new diets. The best option I found was called a Plant Based diet. I find that a lot of people who practice yoga are vegetarian, vegan, or plant based. Plant based is not strictly plants and vegies. This is a common misconception. Plant based is actually a bit of a blend. It is mostly plants with very small portions of meat. A lot of people that follow this diet follow &#8220;Meatless Mondays&#8221; or other days. It is easier for me than being fully vegetarian because when I have tried that in the past I find myself feeling hungry and not satisfied. The benefits of transitioning to a plant based diet are numerous. It is good for your gut and allows your body to better absorb the nutrients of your food, which helps to strengthen your immune system as well as reduce inflammation in the body.There are a lot of blogs and pinterest posts that make following this diet so easy! Again, every body is different and responds different to diets, so do a little research and see what type of diet is best for you! Below I linked a video that I found to be very helpful when transitioning into this diet! Good luck! https:\/\/pin.it\/4jvjCkx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8056,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[694385,3229,278,55693,1340359,46347,46346,1340636,72858,55598,3090],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-benefit","tag-diet","tag-health","tag-nutrients","tag-plant-based","tag-vegan","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegtables","tag-whole-foods","tag-work-out","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/truebalance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}