Is anyone vegan for health?!
Is anyone vegan for health?
I'm working toward becoming vegan -- purely for health reasons. Can anyone recommend books about it that don't preach about the evils of meat production, etc? Frankly, I love meat/eggs/dairy but realize I'd be healthier without them, so want to try this, but don't want to be subjected to all the PETA-type dogma.
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I haven't found any books that succeed fully in that, but the closest I've come is the Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Living. It explains how you get a lot of that because veganism can really be like a religion, but it's not necessary. There are MANY people, like me, who are vegan just for health reasons.
The book is really helpful as reference and educational material so you have a starting point and are well prepared to answer all the sincere and insincere questions that will follow you your whole life.
You know you want some jucy beef ? umm Cheeseburger ? How can you live with yourself ?
It sounds like you need to go full on macro-biotic. I think this is the healthiest diet around, but it is not simple easy to prepare the meals. They are worth the effort though! The meals somehow leave you feeling energized and happy.
Changing Seasons Macrobiotic Cookbook, and The Quick and Natural Macrobiotic Cookbook are good ones.
I am vegetarian, but I am also trying to go vegan for health. There are some things put out by the Seventh-day Adventist church that are geared for vegan-for-health type people since many Adventists are vegan and most are vegetarian. They don't get into the PETA type thing either, so I'd check around for an ABC bookstore in your area or contact your local SDA church. I did their program called CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project), which is a low-fat, low salt, vegan diet that is completely health oriented. The creator of the program's name is Hans Deihl, you might look for some books by him. He's a doctor and brings everything from a health perspective rather than an ethics perspective.
I hope this at least gives you a place to start. I was actually surprised at some of the delicious food that I could eat on a vegan diet. I hope you find some good stuff too.
u could die tomorrow eat meat coz its good
You might look at this link from Dean Ornish. His diet includes some dairy (after receiving pressure from them) but he's a good start anyway
http://www.webmd.com/content/pages/9/306...
Look through these links (and the homepage) for more resources.
http://www.ivu.org/faq/nutrition.html...
http://www.ivu.org/science/articles/heal...
Becoming Vegan
Don't go Vegan. That is the worse thing one can do to their health especially for growing children.
Parents who follow a strict vegan lifestyle and raise their children as strict vegans are putting their child's developmental health at risk according to a scientist with the U.S. Agricultural Research Service. The scientist also stated that living under the philosophy that "meat is murder" is an unethical practice as it results in children missing out on important nutrients found only in animal sources.
Stunted Development
Studies revealed that pregnant women who adhere to strict vegan diets give birth to children with developmental side effects such as small birth weight, slow growth and developmentally delayed. In some cases the effects are permanent.
To determine the importance of meat sources in the diet researchers conducted a study of over 500 African schoolchildren who were raised on diets that consisted primarily of starchy, low-nutrition corn and bean staples. The diets also lacked micronutrients such as vitamin B12, zinc and iron, which are commonly found in meat sources.
The study lasted for two years and the children were placed into four groups:
In the first group children were given 2-oz. supplements of meat a day. This amount was equivalent to approximately two spoonfuls of mince.
Two other groups received either a cup of milk a day or an oil supplement containing the same amount of energy.
The diet of a fourth group was left unaltered.
The results of the groups of children who were given the meat and to a lesser extent the milk or oil were significant. They showed higher performance scores on intelligence tests and problem-solving skills than any of the other children at the end of the study. It was also discovered that the addition of meat to the children's diets nearly eliminated previous high rates of vitamin B12 deficiency among the children.
Experts expressed that the results from the study was an effective indicator that adding animal food sources to diets was the much more feasible option to combating worldwide malnutrition than resorting to quick fix supplements.
watch fast food nation, then worry about peta dogma
and it's very healthy, i never feel better