Dr LJ Smith: clearing the air on respiratory health, meat on hospital menus, and living her values

In Episode 4 we speak with Dr Laura-Jane Smith, Consultant Respiratory physician at King's College Hospital London and Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner who is passionate about plant-based diets for personal, planetary and population health.

Before we speak with LJ we remind listeners about the upcoming VegMed Conference -  Europe’s largest medical conference about plant-based nutrition. There are now day tickets on sale for those unable to stay the whole week end:

https://vegmed.org/

We also chat about the new paper published by BMC regarding hip fracture risk in meat eaters, pescatarians and vegetarians:

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02993-6#citeas

Here is the updated article from PBHP regarding bone health:

https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/plant-based-diets-and-bone-health

University of Winchester Plant Based Nutrition Course:

https://www.winchester.ac.uk/study/further-study-options/short-courses/plant-based-nutrition/

PBHP Eat Well Guide:

https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/wp-content/uploads/Plant-Basted-Eatwell-Guide-A4.pdf

Studies on COPD/asthma and diet:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211952/

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/6/1357

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1758609/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31147834/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892397/

Dr Smith’s paper on attitudes of hospital patients on removing red and processed meats:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lim2.87

New York Hospitals Plant Based Programme:

https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/nyc-health-hospitals-now-serving-plant-based-meals-as-primary-dinner-option-for-inpatients-at-all-of-its-11-public-hospitals/

Contact LJ:

https://linktr.ee/drlj

Journal Spotting Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/journalspotting/id1499660109

Plant Based Kings:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1363830773777325/?locale=zh_CN

Our World in Data:

https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food

Vegan Jamaican cook book:

https://www.waterstones.com/book/plentiful/denai-moore/9781784885496