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