Personal experience: plant based diet for 8 years. Lost 30 pounds, felt OK, but during this time my cancer would have been growing. Stopped plant based due to expense and kids hated it, hubby and his parents continue to tout the benefits. Hubby's dad diagnosed with alzheimers (starving his brain of fat to "save his heart" also took statins) multiple pregnancy losses during time of plant based diet. Anyhow, I started having lots of food intolerance of plants, switched to Trim Healthy Mama (modified keto) and feel much better. Hubby continued now mainly soy based alternatives to meat which cause two years of infertility. He doesn't see it and still thinks plants are best. Now having tons of GI issues (stress and too much plants?) He is at risk (family history, diet and medical history) for alzheimers, Parkinson dementia and heart disease. He's bought into pharma lies for his whole.life and still can't believe they want to do us harm, even after admitting covid was a farce. He still thinks pharma and government "meant well" I will not go back on plant based.