Ana Calvo Nutrition

Continuing my last post let's talk about the benefits of a whole-foods plantbased diet in term of health and nutrition. 1) Scientifically proven to prevent and reverse cardiovascular disease and  Diabetes type II , th e two mayor non-infectious prevalent diseases in the world today. Isn't this good enough reason? Ok, let's move on! 2) Weight loss : vegans have the lowest BMI compared to vegetarians and omnivores. I will talk more about this in a future post but to sum it up the risks that being overweight carry are very well known, so why not swap to a lifestyle that naturally promotes weightloss?  3) Inflammation and immune system :   - All aminal protein is inflammatory while whole plants are anti-inflammatory.  Inflammation plays a pivotal role in the immune system pathogen attack but when it becomes chronic it can lead to a slowed down system (lowered potential to fight infections and higer chance to miss the destruction of forming tumoral cells ) or to a overr...

Hello again! Let's continue where I left off on my last post. Here's the story on how and why I decided to #govegan ... This happened almost 3 years ago while I was studying for my Master's. Now that I look back on it, it feels as if all the puzzle pieces came together at once to provide me with the answers I have been looking for for so long. On the one hand I was reading more and more about the healthiest diets and the best research all pointed to a Whole Foods Plant-Based diet, which meant no animal products so I was already having the possibility in mind. Then within the same week I attended 2 festivals: - Irish farming festival  (I won't name it): I was invited to go there, sold with the idea that it was a fun festival to go to. Not only was I extremelly uncomfortable for an unkown reason throughout the whole thing (probably my gut feeling knew how wrong everything was even befor I did), but the moment I saw all the poor caws being displayed as a mere product to tr...

Who am I? Hello every one! My name is Ana Calvo, I am a Nutrition and Dietetics Master's graduate especialised in clinic nutrition who follows and promosed a plant-based diet, more commonly known as a vegan diet.  This is the simplified, boring version of me, for the full version I invite you to check: My story! I was born in a small city in the North of Spain and was forced to chose a university as soon as a I finished my high school. I chose to study nutrition and dietetics because it was close to my house and I love food. At the time though I wasn't really passionate about it, my true dream was to become a rock star and travel the world!!! So after having fun with my rock band for a few years I decided to start traveling.  Firstly I spent a year in Ireland looking after kids, learning English and having the craic (as the Irish say). I though "what a great way to see the world, let me keep discovering!" So I decided to spend another year exploring and went to Londo...