Plant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice

This book is written by and for dietitians, physicians, and other health care professionals. The authors used the most current evidence-based research and guidelines on plant-based eating and its effect on health and wellness, weight, sports competition, and chronic diseases.

Dr. Shirreen Kassam, MB BS, FRCPath, PhD, DIPIBLM, is a certified Lifestyle Medicine physician (UK), a Consultant Hematologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London. She is Founder and Director of Plant-based Health Professionals UK, a community interest company whose mission is to provide evidence-based education on healthy plant-based diets. In 2021, she co-founded Plant-Based Health Online, a lifestyle medicine healthcare service.

Dr. Zahra Kassam, MB BS, FRCR (UK), FRCPC, MSc, DIPIBLM, is a Canadian cancer specialist and certified Lifestyle Medicine physician who counsels her patients
on dietary and lifestyle interventions to optimize outcomes after cancer diagnosis. In 2019, she co-founded Plant-Based Canada, a nonprofit organization
with the mission to promote plant-based whole food nutrition that is healthy and sustainable.

Lisa Simon, RD, is a UK clinical dietitian who specializes in plant-based diets, gastrointestinal conditions, and male and female fertility. She runs weekly sessions online in the gastroenterology clinics for the National Health
Service. She now works at Plant-Based Health Online.