The V word
Could a plant-based lifestyle be the best therapy?
by Heather Mills
Many people use the phrase ‘you are what you eat’, but it’s not often that we truly think of how deep a phrase that is. Most of the time we talk about the physical benefits of living a plant-based lifestyle: weight loss, glowing skin, anti-ageing etc. But, truly, we don’t discuss the effects a plant-based diet can have on mental health and wellbeing as much as we should.
MY THERAPY
When I discovered veganism 25 years ago, I was purely thinking about healing my amputated leg from the infection that was refusing to leave it – following several difficult months in hospital. Little did I know that my journey to plant-based living would help my psychological recovery, too. My ability to remain in a positive frame of mind, while recovering from a traumatic accident and having to adapt to living life with a disability, was very much down to converting to a plantbased lifestyle.