A vegan diet consists of plant-based foods.
It excludes dairy, eggs, honey or any animal ingredients.
Vegans also don't wear leather, fur, wool, silk, or other products made from animals.
Why Go Vegan?
Because there is plenty to eat without eating flesh meat or taking an animal's milk. Because there is plenty to use without killing animals for their body parts.
Choosing vegan is conscientiously choosing compassion over killing, ecological preservation over destruction, health over disease, and simplicity over complexity. As everything in this universe are inter-connected, each decision we make affect not only ourselves, but that of our neighbors, the planet, and all the creatures that share our earth home.
Moreover, nutritionists, physicians, and people everywhere recognize that plant products are good sources of protein, iron, calcium, and vitamin D, because they can be easily absorbed by the body and don't contain artery-clogging fat. The American Dietetic Association states, "Well-planned vegan diets are appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence."
Vegan Nutrition
The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety. A healthy and varied vegan diet includes fruits, vegetables, plenty of leafy greens, whole grain products, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Work on limiting, or avoiding processed foods, which are hard to digest and are without the energy of live whole foods (whole foods are those that you eat the way they grow). Some nutritionists also recommend healthy unrefined oil supplements (like hemp, flax, coconut, etc...) and other vitamins.
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