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Secrets To Living Healthy As A Vegan
By Heather Richards
Nov 22, 2008
I have lived most of my life as a vegan. Growing up with my parents and siblings, I was exposed to fresh meat products more than fresh fruit and vegetables. I decided then young as I was that vegetarian (for Me) is the way to go. As I became of age, married with three children, I decided to try and become a full on vegan, much to the disgust of many people around me. I became ill due to lack of nutrition in the foods I was consuming and the very little and limited knowledge of vegan foods and what was required to remain healthy.
Everything around me seemed to contain animal products. Given it was 20 years ago I have perfected the "Art of
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This can be true if you don't look after yourself properly and eat healthy.
How many people do you know that actually are true eating vegans? People that really practice the art of "Healthy Eating". What we put into our mouths is what we become. I can relate to this remark in many different ways. "We are what we eat'" However I truly believe that each person needs to be able to understand and determine what their body requires at every moment of the day. We don't just eat for pleasure.
I know that pleasure has a lot to do with our choice of foods in life, but we need to truly focus on the other reasons why we eat! "Energy & Health" our driving force to walking, talking and playing. "Food" in all aspects of translation very much so has a huge influence on how we act and what we do. The old saying that we must put petrol in the car so it can run for another 500kms, simply means that we must fuel our stomachs so we can function for the rest of the day. The Question is, "Do we want to Simply function or do we want to be energised and full of life for the day? I know which one I would
Finding a solution to sustain our environment has long been debated. In the essay “Go
Most people have a preference when it comes to food and very few people like every food that if offered to them. Some people believe that eating animals is wrong and prefer become vegetarians. Some people go even further and become vegans who don’t eat any products that come from animals.
I have adopted veganism into my lifestyle because I don’t support the ethics behind the meat, dairy, and egg industries. Whilst already vegetarian for a year, I unintentionally came across a video about veganism that introduced new and persuasive facts that I had no prior knowledge about; I knew immediately that this lifestyle was for me. Unlike vegetarianism, veganism is a lifestyle and what that means is no leather, no feathers, no products that have been tested on animals, no products including animal ingredients, etc.. Those wanting to become vegan should take it slow because then they can discover new recipes and replacements, and it doesn’t seem so overwhelming. The main thing to focus on is trying your best.
Vegan life is healthier for the nutritional benefits are better when compared to non-vegan eating. The majority of people in the
I've been vegan since June 24th, 2014 for the animals, environment and my health. It wasn't until after becoming vegan that I really thought about my health. I had tried many different diets before for weight loss, but never
Now, I'm not here to defend my views or give you some specific scientific evidence to why what I'm saying is true or try to convince you to go vegan yourself because let's be honest, you're not going to take nutritional advice from a seventeen year old. In the past year and however many months, I've really seen up close what I consider to be humanity's greatest flaw; our inability to consider other people's views and opinions once we are set
3 and a half years; that’s how long I have been vegan. I would rave about the benefits, but vegans are told that doing that is shoving our beliefs down someone’s throat. I became healthy, both physically and mentally. It feels great and something that makes you feel great makes you want to talk about it. Vegans get a bad reputation for that, but people who talk about feeling great from fitness or a sport do the same without being stereotyped.
Since I already practice what I preach inturn, it's time for me to preach what I practice. The way I plan on reforming the overall medical community is by getting on a social-media platform and writing articles on benefits of a vegan diet. The social-media platform I would like to join is probably YouTube because joining that community I can reach a different group of people. Some people in the vegan community are comedians, blunt, all smiles, or just positive. I also want to write articles on the environmental benefits of a vegan diet. Since most people will not take the average vegan seriously yet someone in a white coat, why not be the person in the white coat? I will use my medical degree as a source because of the intense 2 hour nutritional
Veganism is a food lifestyle based on diet of vegetables, grains, seeds, nuts and fruits. People are being vegetarian because they think it is healthier to only eat vegetables without eating meet or chicken, and they think that they will get a perfect body shape, free of diseases. As in vegetarian, where they feed on foods that do not fit into animal flesh, whether from wild or marine animals. They also don’t eat food that comes directly from the animal, such as: egg that’s comes from the hen, milk that comes from cows, goats and honey that comes from bees. In India, Ethiopia and Jamaica there are a lot of vegetarian people, because they don’t have enough food to feed themselves, so they decided to eat vegetable. This paper argues that veganism is a harmful lifestyle for three major reasons.
I chose to look at the vegan diet for my casebook assignment. It is currently Veganuary, which is where people try going vegan for the month of January and possibly for the rest of their year/life. I am trying it out, and it has been going great! I have been intrigued by this diet for about three years now, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to expand my knowledge and the knowledge of others.
We all know that nowadays we are dealing with the world food crisis due to the fact that our food resources are extremely low in comparison with the number of people that live on this planet. Some say that the best solution to this issue would be to stop eating meat. In case you are wondering if the vegan diet is the solution to the world food crisis, you should have a look at this article for a better understanding of this aspect.
As different crazes and fads are appearing each day, we have come to expect them to simply fade away as the hype passes. However, veganism has stood the test of time in our fad society and is still increasing in popularity. Originally only thought to be a religious lifestyle, many people from different walks of life are becoming vegans. However, this poses many questions and sparks heated debates, mainly from omnivorous people who believe that veganism is against life’s natural order. Vegans, then, argue against an omnivorous lifestyle by bringing up facts about humans’ biological makeup and how humans are, contrary to popular belief, herbivorous by nature, not omnivorous. While both sides present good arguments to some, the veganism lifestyle contains more benefits and less harmful cons than an omnivorous lifestyle.
Some would not be able to live without eating any animal products in their diets, such as, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, and honey. For vegans, however, this is a normal way of life. Vegans are frequently misunderstood as either people who have eating disorders, or an unnatural passion for animal rights. It is time for people to realize that veganism, a challenging yet rewarding lifestyle, goes way beyond being skinny or caring for animals. In reality, veganism can be extremely advantageous to anyone who adapts it as a way of life and has many different benefits that come along with it.
related to them. Vegan diets are proven to have health benefits for a lot of
Few people are born vegan, and those who choose to become vegan, usually do so following a personal epiphany, i.e., in the wake of a health crisis, meeting and befriending a farm animal whom one might formerly have considered food, or possibly coming to the realization of how can you claim to love animals on the one hand, and eat them on the