Bonus Episode! In this Plant-Based Canada Podcast episode we are joined by two special guests, Dr. Shireen Kassam & Dr. Zahra Kassam, two medical doctors, sisters, plant-based organisation founders, & authors of the new book Eating Plant-Based: Scientific answers to your nutrition questions!Dr. Shireen Kassam MB BS, FRCPath, PhD, DipIBLM is a Consultant Haematologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College Hospital, London, with a specialist interest in the management of lymphoma. She is a certified Lifestyle Medicine Physician, as well as Founder & 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, the UK's first Care QC-regulated, lifestyle medicine healthcare service.Dr. Zahra Kassam MB BS, FRCPC, MSc, DipABLM is a Radiation Oncologist at the Stronach Regional Cancer Centre, a certified Lifestyle Medicine physician, and an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Radiation Oncology at the University of Toronto.  In 2019, she co-founded Plant-Based Canada, a non-profit organisation with the mission to promote plant-based whole food nutrition that is healthy and sustainable & which supports the well-being of the planet & all its inhabitants. In this episode:Why did they become “Plant-Based”?Their medical practices Their new book: Eating Plant-Based: Scientific answers to your nutrition questionsTheir foundation of Plant-Based Communities & ResourcesNew Initiatives to stay tuned forFamily Connections & Rethinking Food and Agriculture: New Ways forward?Episode Resources:Plant-Based Health Professionals UKPlant Based Health OnlinePlant-Based CanadaBOOKS: Eating Plant-Based: Scientific answers to your nutrition questions Available here. Rethinking Food and Agriculture: New Ways forward? Available here. Plant-Based Nutrition in Clinical Practice Pre-order here.COURSE: Plant-Based Nutrition at Winchester UniversityDr Shireen Kassam:Facebook InstagramTwitter Dr. Zahra Kassam:WebsiteFacebook InstagramThank you for tuning in! Make sure to subscribe to the Plant-Based Canada Podcast so you get notified when new episodes are published. This episode was hosted by Stephanie Nishi RD, PhD.<