Vegan Diet : Pros and Cons
Telling you what to eat is out of my reach, but i analyze the pros and cons of a vegan diet.
Vegans have a reduced risk in the incidence of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and obesity. They have 15% chance less to suffer from heart disease, and 8% less to suffer from cancer.
However vegans may suffer from vitamin B12 deficiency. For which supplements are absolutely recommended (it is practically impossible to take it from vegetable products, except perhaps with a algae called "nori" )
The vegan diet is able to provide a complete protein intake: according to many sources the soybean-based dishes contain all the essential amino acids that our body needs.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean#Protein )
Eliminating all animal products from the diet, however, increases the risk of malnutrition for vitamin B12, vitamin D, calcium and omega-3 fats; For these nutrients it is absolutely recommended to take supplements.
Vegans may be at risk for low bone density (and greater risk of fractures) without the supplements.
During pregnancy, it is even more important to take supplements: cases where vegan mothers with B12 deficiency have had children with neurological diseases caused by the diet have been reported.
My personal opinion is that Vegetarian is ok, but a 100% vegan choice is not only risky but a bit useless too for the health.
Studies : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853923?dopt=Abstract
Very valid points, I'd like to make a post which goes a bit deeper in the subject. Veganism is in an evolving point currently and building up a good diet being a vegan is a bit more difficult than with the others, but not impossible. One point is, that not even regular "omnivores" we are eat in a very good way to get enough of vitamin D, depending on where you live, as you get some from the sun.
Instead of using only soybean as protein you can also use multiple plant based sources of proteins to get all the important amino acids, like combining beans with oats or similar. 2-3 different types of plant with proteins is common, so not only 2 different kinds of beans.
I should make a post of this later, thanks for the idea for it :)
And to add, I'm not a vegan or a vegetarian.
i will wait, i'm curious to check your post, thanks ;)
I've written this at work and I didnt' go as deep in the subject as I wanted to, as I took a bit different approach :)
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It was more about how veganism has changed and will change to be more diverse than only focusing on being healthy. Not a in depth analysis about health as I was thinking earlier :)
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