Plant Based Diet

Plant-based or plant-forward eating patterns focus on foods primarily from plants. This includes not only fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. It doesn't mean that you are vegetarian or vegan and never eat meat or dairy. Rather, you are proportionately choosing more of your foods from plant sources. Mediterranean and vegetarian diets • What is the evidence that plant-based eating patterns are healthy? Much nutrition research has examined plant-based eating patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and a vegetarian diet. The Mediterranean diet has a foundation of plant-based foods; it also includes fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, and yogurt a few times a week, with meats and sweets less often.

A growing number of individuals in contemporary society follow a
plant-based diet due to discourse and debates around the
environmental impacts, the treatment of animals and health-related
issues associated with animal agriculture. At the same
time, food is regarded as a gateway to experience authentic
elements of local cultures, traditions and heritage. This raises
questions about the influence that plant-based diets that strictly
exclude all forms of produce derived from animals exerts on the
tourist’s destination image development process. Current studies
on destination image argue that these images can be framed
from the cognitive (knowledge), affective (emotional) and
conative (behavioural) perspectives. Hence, this research aims to
understand how following a plant-based diet for environmental,
ethical and health reasons influences tourists’ destination images
from the cognitive, affective and conative dimensions. To this
end, a qualitative social constructivist approach was adopted and
20 semi-structured interviews with tourists who follow strict
plant-based diets were conducted using a combination of a
simple random sample and a snowball sampling approach.
Findings indicate that these diets stimulate destination images of
social belonging (affective), images off-the-beaten-track
(conative), images of cosmopolitanism (cognitive) and images of
emotional solidarity (conative) rooted in these tourists’ personal
normative beliefs.

Plant-based or plant-forward eating patterns focus on foods primarily from plants. This includes not only fruits and vegetables, but also nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. It doesn't mean that you are vegetarian or vegan and never eat meat or dairy. Rather, you are proportionately choosing more of your foods from plant sources. Mediterranean and vegetarian diets • What is the evidence that plant-based eating patterns are healthy? Much nutrition research has examined plant-based eating patterns such as the Mediterranean diet and a vegetarian diet. The Mediterranean diet has a foundation of plant-based foods; it also includes fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, and yogurt a few times a week, with meats and sweets less often.

There are many diets out there you can choose from, but for many the Mediterranean diet will be one of the best choices. This is a very healthy diet that can help those with heart issues, high cholesterol, or other health problems. It is an eating plan that will help you discover how to create great tasting meals that are also very good for your heart.

This study engages framing theory to examine how movies represent animalbased foods such that children are socialized into eating them without question. Using a content analysis of top-grossing children's fiction films released between 1999 and 2019, this paper explores how the consumption of animal-based foods is normalized both by the frequency of their appearance and by the ways in which they are discursively constructed. Findings reveal a statistically significant bias in favor of promoting animal-based foods as compared to USDA guidelines; and a qualitative review of food meanings: (1) associates animal product consumption with wealth, success and celebration; (2) links animal foods to Western dietary norms; and (3) normalizes this consumption by featuring animal-based foods as a backdrop to everyday life. Conclusions suggest that media framing contributes to the conveyance of food consumption norms that may have the potential to impact both short and long-term eating behavior.

Niniejszy tekst powstał w ramach II edycji programu „Różnorodność społeczna w mediach – tworzenie przekazów medialnych z uwzględnieniem standardów równego traktowania” przeprowadzonej przez Fundację na rzecz Różnorodności Społecznej (FRS) w 2014 r. Program skierowany jest do studentów i studentek, planujących przyszłą działalność zawodową w mediach. Jego celem jest podniesienie wiedzy
i umiejętności, niezbędnych do tworzenia przekazów medialnych w tematyce dotyczącej różnorodności społecznej w Polsce. We wrześniu 2014 r. uczestniczki i uczestnicy programu wzięli i wzięły udział w cyklu zajęć, warsztatów i spotkań, poszerzających ich wiedzę na temat zasady równego traktowania oraz przeciwdziałania dyskryminacji.
Jednym z zadań osób, biorących udział w programie „Różnorodność społeczna w mediach”, było przygotowanie autorskich materiałów dziennikarskich, dotyczących wybranych przez nie zagadnień, związanych z różnorodnością społeczną w Polsce. Poniższy tekst jest jednym z nich.
Mentoring: dr Ludwika Włodek
Redakcja: Anna Walas