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Originally Posted by Andrew Michaels  I've been a vegan for about 3 years and I'm moving onto raw foods. My energy increased quite a bit on a vegan diet.
If you're a vegetarian, what you must remember is just because you've removed meat from your diet, it doesn't mean that you're eating well. I could be a vegan who lives off vegan cake and potato chips - I wouldn't be healthy though.
You need to tell us exactly what your diet is.
Basically, whether or not you eat meat, you need to be getting 8/10th of your diet from vegetables, fruit, and whole grains.
I highly recommend the book "Eat To Live" by Joel Fuhrman for info on eating healthy on a vegetarian/near vegetarian diet. It also has information on including small amounts of "bad food" in your diet without it killing you. |
Spot on Andrew
I have also being a vegan for the same time as yourself and I have the 'Eat to Live' book as well.
You can be a vegan and eat french fries and battered onion rings everyday if you like, but belive me you will not be a healthy vegan. You might be compassionate, but not to yourself!
So the balance is essential.
What often makes me chuckle is when an omnivore asks you how you can possibly getting your minerals, protein, calcium. LOL
Little do they know that their garbage diet is a poor relative of a healthy vegan diet.
I always remind them that Cows' Milk is designed for ...........baby cows!!!!
