The Vegan Diet: Everything You Need To Know

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
0:44 Types of Vegan diet
0:48 Whole food vegan
1:47 The raw vegan diet
2:17 The 80/10/10 diet
2:56 The low-fat, raw vegan diet
3:17 Health benefits
3:27 Heart Health
3:51 Weight Loss
4:09 Diabetes
4:33 Risks of vegan diets

A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods.[1][2][3] Plant-based diets encompass a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of plant products such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds.[4][5] They do not need to be vegan or vegetarian[6][7] but are defined in terms of low frequency of animal food consumption.[8][9]
Origin of the term "plant-based diet" is attributed to Cornell University nutritional biochemist T. Colin Campbell who presented his diet research at the US National Institutes of Health in 1980.[10] Campbell's research about a plant-based diet extended from The China Project, a decade-long study of dietary practices in rural China, giving evidence that a diet low in animal protein and fat, and high in plant foods, could reduce the incidence of several diseases.[11] In 2005, Campbell and his son published The China Study, a best-selling book emphasizing the potential health benefits of a plant-based diet.[10][12] Campbell also used the plant-based concept to educate consumers about how eating meat had significant environmental consequences.[10]

Some authors draw a distinction between diets that are "plant-based" or "plant-only".[13] A plant-based diet may be defined as consuming plant-sourced foods that are minimally processed.[10][12]

A review analyzing the use of the term plant-based diet in medical literature found that 50% of clinical trials use the term interchangeably with vegan, meaning that the interventional diet did not include foods of animal origin. 30% of studies included dairy products and 20% meat.[As of the early 21st century, some 4 billion people are estimated to live primarily on a plant-based diet, some by choice and some because of limits caused by shortages of crops, fresh water, and energy resources.[15] Main motivations to follow a plant-based diet appear to be health aspirations, taste, animal welfare, environmental concern, and weight loss.[16]

[RebeccaTruluck]

Going Vegan a year ago has been a life changing! I efforlessly lost 55lbs, and today got my annual bloodwork back and my cholesteral, tryglicerides and bloos sugar levels were all normal and healthy for thd first time in 25 years, even with no added activity! I feel great!

[Plantified_official_INDOORGROW]

Veganism is not just a diet, it’s a mindset. We love how you bring this perspective! 💚🌱

[PennyDahl-kj]

Im 57 i wonder if i could turn my health around

[princenicholasherrman]

Im actually not a vegan. I will eat lobster and crab or steak here and there. Right now its weird with something doing cardio. This doesnt count with me. Samething with why it felt like someone punched me in testicles or someone is poking me in the shoulder. My muscles twitch. No this isnt from being a vegan and thats why cardio doesnt count in this. Not blaming it on eating like a vegan.

[tomlauris]

If you really want to know about a vegan diet see the countless "Why I'm no longer vegan" videos on Youtube from people who have tried and paid with their health.

[paulettelamontagne]

This just can't be good for you we're supposed to eat eggs and meat and cheese and milk