Comment by throw0101c

> He's very biased towards whole food plant based diet (a type of vegan diet) […]

A large contributor towards leaning towards plants (or awareness thereof) was probably Michael Pollan with his "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." tagline:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Food

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pollan#In_Defense_of_F...