Plants on Trial - Is Veganism Really Healthier?

Vegan diets are often described either as the healthiest way to eat or as a nutritional disaster waiting to happen. Current evidence, interestingly, supports neither of these two options. Plant-rich dietary patterns can lower LDL cholesterol, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk, while poorly planned vegan diets can leave important nutritional gaps. Using recent mortality, cardiovascular and cancer data, this episode asks the more useful question: not whether veganism is automatically healthy, but what actually makes a plant-based diet protective.