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Veganism is an enormous topic encompassing nutrition, animal protection, food politics, and more. In this short piece I’ll introduce the concept and explain why it’s easy and sensible to embrace.
The word vegan was originally defined as a diet free of meat, dairy products, and eggs. The term now also refers to any item, from shoes to shampoo, made without animal products.
Vegan diets offer compelling advantages on several fronts. They keep farm animals out of slaughterhouses and factory farms. Choosing vegan foods can also benefit your health and protect the environment.
A careful examination of the reasons to go vegan is well worth your time. But our objective right now is to quickly cover the basics. So let’s keep moving. Are Vegan Diets Healthy? People of every age thrive on vegan food. The most rigorous assessment of the healthfulness of vegan diets is documented by a position paper published by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The authors determined that, “Vegan and vegetarian diets can provide significant health benefits compared with non-vegetarian diets.”
Vegan diets can even support elite levels of physical fitness. In fact, some of the world’s top athletes eat vegan. If a primarily vegan diet works for Tom Brady and Serena Williams, it can work for you. Going vegan offers a marvelous opportunity to upgrade your eating habits. For expert guidance on proper diet planning see our vegan nutrition primer.
You need never fall short on any particular nutrient. If required, a few supplements can cheaply and reliably close any gaps. Our vegan vitamins guide will help you make informed purchases.
In addition to proper nutrition, good health requires sufficient physical activity.
How Do You Go Vegan? Switching to a vegan diet takes remarkably little effort. Our guide to going vegan lays out how to make the transition.
Here’s its most important lesson: Don’t emphasize cutting animal-based foods out of your diet. Instead, crowd them out by constantly discovering vegan foods you prefer.
To rid your diet of animal products, focus on trying several new vegan foods each week. The more foods you try, the faster you’ll progress. So, ideally, try at least one new vegan item every day. That can be a restaurant meal, a grocery item, or a new dish you cook at home. Vegan Foods are Everywhere Vegans enjoy an abundance of flavorful food choices. Everywhere you look, you’ll find more vegan foods to try.
The easiest option is, of course, ready-to-eat foods. Sure, some of these foods are unhealthy indulgences. But you’ve got plenty of wonderfully healthy choices too. Please check out our long list of the world’s easiest vegan foods.
Sandwiches occupy a mid-point between convenience foods and actual cooking. You can make vegan sandwiches in thousands of healthy varieties. Buy large whole-grain tortillas and you can also turn any sandwich idea into a wrap.
Going vegan doesn’t mean giving up favorites like burgers, cream cheese, or yogurt. Dozens of companies make delicious vegan versions of these foods. The same goes for desserts. Vegan ice creams are marvelous and sold everywhere. And the best brownie and the best cookie I’ve ever eaten were both vegan.
If you enjoy alcohol, many of the world’s best wines and beers are vegan. And the vast majority of distilled spirits are vegan too.
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