A recent study of Scandinavian teenage vegetarians found that there was no difference between their lifestyles and those of meat-eating peers with regard to smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, or weight.
Vegetarians abstain from consuming animal flesh, but some still consume eggs and milk.
Vegans abstain from consuming any animal products, including eggs, milk, and often honey.
As a vegan, I consume more fiber, vitamins, minerals, and other phytochemicals, such as antioxidants, than people who consume animals and refined foods.
Vegans don't use animals for food. So being a vegan means that you consume a diet based on plants.
Animals are really tasty, yum yum! No one would ever want to be vegan! 👎
She's Vegan, and prefers full-fat! No diet for her
There is plenty of solid evidence. For example, a study titled, Comparison of Nutritional Quality of the Vegan, Vegetarian, Semi-Vegetarian, Pesco-Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diet was published Mar 24, 2014. It concluded that the vegan died was the most healthy one.
Vegan = Person who's on strict (pure) vegetarian diet. So basically, Vegan is a Vegeriant :) e.d.
The mayoclinic has great ideas for starting your change in diet to vegetarian. Also the NHS pages have quick guides to meals for both vegetarian and vegan diets.
Dogs are omnivores and I've seen both vegan and vegetarian dogs. It's possible!
The American Dietetic Association considers well-planned vegetarian and vegan diets "appropriate for all stages of the life cycle, including pregnancy and lactation" but recommends that vegan mothers supplement for iron, vitamin D, and vitamin B12.
The animal activist group, PETA, offers a two week vegan diet plan menu. If you would like to view the menu, go to: http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/two-week-vegetarian-menu.aspx.
The website, http://www.vegan-nutritionista.com/index.html is an excellent resource for someone watching to start a vegan diet. It includes topics such as, vegan nutrition, vegan food pyramid and meal planners.
Because it is easily possible to get a balanced diet through vegetarian food. Please visit some vegan websites, and you will get very detailed information about all this, including myths that non-vegetarians believe in or/and promote.
Economic wise, it means more vegetables are needed in order to maintain the vegan's diet, but personally, the individual will not be able to intake as much meat.
Yes there is no meat in buttermilk. It is not vegan which is a diet that doesn't consume any animal products at all.
Generally, milk is included in a vegetarian diet, so milk is not a non-vegetarian food. A strict vegetarian diet is usually called a "vegan" diet and it does not included milk or any food derived from animals, like eggs. Milk is a very important part of the diet of vegetarians in India.