Vegan Eating Today
Gabriela G.
79130@ats.edu.mx
Vegan eating has become very popular nowadays. Many people, especially young people have changed to this way of eating, that becomes a lifestyle.
This type of eating has endless benefits, health, weight, benefits on the environment, and many more, which have caught people’s attention.
In this blog, you will find information that a beginner upon this topic must know. This guide will help you to cover all of the basics someone that would like to be vegan must know.
What is Vegan Eating?
Vegan eating, also known as vegetarianism, is a different way of eating. It means to remove animals from your diet.
This way requires people to make vast changes to their everyday diet. This type of eating is mainly characterized by eating no animals, excluding them from all your meals.
People consider this type of eating to be very certain and close. This type of eating isn’t like that, you eat a variety of plates, foods, and recipes, just as normal eating. This type of eating helps nature, the environments, and fauna. By doing this you improve your diet, as well as your health. This way of eating is considered to be life changing, your lifestyle changes.
Benefits of Vegetarianism
Being a vegetarian has its benefits. Your body reacts positively to eating healthy every day.
- Can lose excessive weight (if on a strict diet)
- Can reduce the chance of diseases (kidney diseases, heart diseases, cancer, cardiovascular diseases)
- Lowers blood sugar levels
- Can reduce arthritis pain (joint inflammation)
- Richer on nutrients
- Prevents obesity
- Provides more energy throughout the whole day
These benefits are not just on your health, also on the environment.
- A vegetarian diet reduces human impact on the environment.
- A lot of animals are not killed
- Reduces water use (for food production)
- Reduces animal mistreatments for food
- Vegans do not use or consume any product from animals, so they help them
Being motivated to eat vegan
Eating vegan requires people to make a lot of effort into deciding what to eat, so motivation is needed, especially because you give out animal food.
Some tips for staying motivated are:
- Having a healthy mindset, knowing the benefits and how it can improve your health.
- Learn to cook new recipes
- Find people like-minded like you, and design different skills
- Be frequently informed about vegan nutrition
- Find social pages (Instagram, Twitter) with this vegan mindset and follow them
- Remember why you became vegan in the first place
- Make it enjoyable, by preparing yourself healthy desserts.
Vegan Recipes
The most important part of being vegan, what you’ll eat! Being a vegetarian includes challenging yourself to mix, design, and prepare your recipes. Next, I included some videos with really delicious recipes which you can do yourself. These recipes include the nutrients you need for your all-day activities and are healthy for your diet.
Vegan Grocery List
Frozen fruits (to make healthy smoothies)
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Mixed berry blends
- Sweet cherries
- Mango
- Mixed fruit blends
Dry fruit
- Raisins
- Currants
- Cranberries
- Apricots
- Dates
- Figs
- Apple slices
- Banana chips
Fresh fruit
- Apples
- Pears
- Kiwis
- Oranges
- Grapefruit
- Lemons
- Limes
- Peaches
- Plums
- Nectarines
- Bananas
- Raspberries
- Blackberries
- Watermelon
- Honeydew
- Cantaloupe
- Apricots
- Grapes
- Mangoes
- Cherries
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Snap peas
- Tomatoes
- Bell peppers
- Avocado
Loyd, Melinda, et al. “Building a Healthy Vegan Grocery List » I LOVE VEGAN.” I LOVE VEGAN, www.ilovevegan.com/resources/building-a-healthy-vegan-grocery-list/.