Plant Based Doctors Ireland

Irish healthcare professionals passionate about spreading the knowledge of plant-based nutrition and its benefits.

[Plant Based Doctors Ireland @plantbaseddocIE]

Yes! #moreplantsonplates please! More plants on plates = less emissions, less waste, less METHANE (cough, ahem, @MichealMartinTD, splutter), less antibiotics (remember the antibiotic resistance crisis anyone?), less chronic disease, less hospitalisation, improved biodiversity...

[Irish Doctors for the Environment @IrishDocsEnv]

The European Society of Cardiology has recently updated their guidance for primary prevention of Ireland’s number one cause of death; cardiovascular disease. Class I, Level A evidence is to limit animal foods and eat towards a plant based diet. @HSELive @plantbaseddocIE

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

They couldn't care less.

https://t.co/c0Mubdsy0a

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
https://t.co/YwgDbhDGft

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

My home country Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

NO cervical cancer cases detected in vaccinated women following HPV immunisation!

None! Zero!

What a stunning achievement !

The HPV vaccine ie a modern medical miracle!

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

Right now, its very normal for a piece of land to change hands (sale or lease) and have the nature on it wiped out.

Trees and hedges removed, land reprofiled and drained, old grasslands sprayed off and reseeded.

Until that changes we'll continue to lose nature.

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.

We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I'm not a "believer" in vaccines

It's not a religion or faith or cult.

I support vaccines because there is overwhelming evidence that vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives.

That's it.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

Myth: "I only wear vegan fabrics. Better for the animals, better for the planet."

Let's check in on Doris's annual contribution.

Once a year, in late spring, Doris is sheared. The procedure takes approximately three minutes. Doris does not enjoy it. Doris does not, by any visible measure, suffer from it. Doris is, immediately afterwards, a noticeably more comfortable animal in the British summer.

The fleece weighs approximately 3 kilograms. It is sold to the British Wool Marketing Board for, depending on the year, between £0.40 and £2.50 per kilogram. The shearing costs more than the wool fetches. Brian is shearing Doris at a loss.

The wool is then:
- Naturally flame-retardant
- Naturally antibacterial
- Moisture-wicking
- Biodegradable
- Renewable, annually
- Carbon-storing while in use

The replacement, in performance fabrics:
- Polyester
- Polyamide
- Acrylic
- Polypropylene
- All petroleum-derived
- All shedding microplastics on every wash
- All requiring fossil fuel inputs to produce
- All non-biodegradable, with a typical landfill lifespan of 200-500 years

A single wash of a polyester fleece can release up to 700,000 microplastic fibres into the water system. These fibres are now in: every tested water source on earth, every tested human placenta, every tested rainfall sample, the deep ocean, the Arctic ice, and the lungs of marine mammals.

A single wash of a wool jumper releases: nothing. The wool, when eventually disposed of, returns to soil within a few years.

The fabric being marketed as the "ethical" alternative to wool is plastic.

The plastic is "ethical" because nobody has been asked to slaughter the polymer.

The polymer also has not been asked.

Doris, by being a sheep on a fell, is producing the most thoroughly sustainable performance fabric humans have ever made.

Brian is selling it at a loss.

The fashion industry, meanwhile, is selling petroleum at a profit and calling it ethical.

Reject plastic. Wear wool.

Doris is, this morning, growing next year's batch.

[Shireen Kassam @shireenkassam1]

A brilliant epsiode. A must listen for all.

https://t.co/7WYEUekF4r

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

We have the technology to dump oil forever. #Solar #wind, #geothermal and now #tidalpower from ocean waves.

We have so many solutions. Implement them.#ActOnClimate

#climateaction #Energy #tech #go100re #renewableenergy #GreenNewDeal #ClimateWeekNYC

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

71 years ago Today, Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was declared safe and successful, Salk was hailed as a "miracle worker" and the day almost became a U.S. national holiday.

[Nisha Patel, MD MS, Dipl of ABOM, CCMS @DrPlantel]

Wellness influencers be like: “Big pharma is evil! Don’t trust prescription meds!!!”

Also wellness influencers: “Trust this random supplement I’m selling, no clinical trials, no oversight, no idea what’s actually in it. Promo code: # dunningkruger”

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

This is in an special area of conservation.

The ground is already saturated, its currently lashing rain, and weather warnings in for whole weekend.

Tanker after tanker going out.

Why not just put it straight in the river and be done with it!

[Plant Based Doctors Ireland @plantbaseddocIE]

Petrol and diesel hikes: Government pushes the same old fix in a worsening climate crisis https://t.co/MqlO74EFZs

[Shauna Corr 🌍 @ShaunaReports]

Ireland's national trust takes legal action over latest government plan to cut agricultural water pollution @AnTaisce
https://t.co/z6Wcxy4OR2

[Geraldine Herbert @GerHerbert1]

Is it time to put the brakes on in-car entertainment systems? I spoke with David McCullagh about the growing concerns.
#RoadSafety #DriverDistraction #CarSafety

https://t.co/fa5ZvG03s2

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A new two-part TV documentary on Larry Goodman takes a look at how one businessman moved from being a relative unknown to the most famous name in Irish beef

https://t.co/q9vUPIopLW

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

Heydon can't be accused of not having farmers back because of the shifts he put in on Mercusor&derogation.

The debacle is damaging BB (a huge sucess story)whilst exposing protectionist instincts&double standards in Irish ag, a major beneficiary of global food system integration.

[Plant Based Doctors Ireland @plantbaseddocIE]

https://t.co/18Aj3SNA7C well done @Thebeeguy looking after our diets, looking after our food system and looking after our own health can be the same thing!

[Dublin Commuters @DublinCommuters]

We spoke to Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder about the latest saga with mandatory Hi-Vis jackets

Lights are already required for night-time cycling, mandating hi-vis for everyone won’t fix non-compliance by the few

Enforcement is the answer

https://t.co/G3Mljrz6ec

[Plant Based Doctors Ireland @plantbaseddocIE]

Our Time on the River a really good blog for those interested ⁦@ICGPnews⁩ ⁦@HsehealthW⁩ ⁦@Independent_ie⁩ ⁦@Env_Pillar⁩ https://t.co/9pDIBVeskd