Vegan Diets – Are They Really Good For You

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Vegan Diets – Are They Really Good For You?

Vegan diets are gaining more traction in everyday life – with vegan cafes, restaurants and grocery stores popping up everywhere, it’s only normal to wonder if this diet is beneficial. Vegan diets cut out all animal products, like meat, dairy, eggs, gelatin and so on. Many people are cutting out animal products for health, moral and environmental reasons. So, the real question is – is this trendy diet actually beneficial for health? Let’s take a look.

What Can You Eat on a Vegan Diet?

Plant based foods like vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, and tofu are all popular choices in the vegan meal plan. Dairy, eggs, meat, gelatin, butter and sometimes honey are all avoided by vegans, due to the cruelty of some of these industries as well as for environmental reasons. A well-balanced vegan diet can meet the average person’s needs for protein, iron, vegetable and fruit intake. Due to the lack of meat and eggs in a vegan’s diet, iron deficiency and vitamin b12 may be lacking.

Is it Expensive?

The cost of going vegan depends entirely on how you decide to eat, where you live and which grocery stores you shop at. A well debated fact is how expensive vegan diets can get- while costs can add up quickly, most vegan proteins are actually less expensive than their counterparts. If you purchase specialty vegan food like imitation meat and cheese, these kinds of foods will normally be more expensive. Like any other diet, spending money on dining out can add up as well. Overall, eating vegan on a budget requires the same amount of meal prep, planning and budgeting as any normal diet.

Lower Carbon Footprint

Eating a vegan diet has a lower carbon footprint on the environment and is more sustainable. Meat production requires much more water and crops for the animals than other non-animal proteins. Additionally, the breeding of cattle causes mass deforestation and greenhouse gases. Trees are cut down in order to produce food for cattle – which is how deforestation takes place in the meat industry. A vegan diet also requires natural resources, but the environmental impact is much more sustainable and requires less farmland. Vegan diets are also ethically humane, since no animal products are consumed.

Health Benefits

When you switch to a vegan diet, health benefits may increase significantly. People who follow a vegan diet have lower body weight, lower blood pressure, and lower cholesterol. They also eat more fiber, folate, vitamin C, vitamin E, potassium, and magnesium and less saturated fat. Vegan diets may also help with acne and weight loss since there are no artificial hormones

consumed from animal products. A well-balanced vegan diet may be the healthiest diet out there – with the exception of individuals with low iron. Vegan diets also have been found to lack B12, but this can easily be countered with a multivitamin.

So, Is It Worth It?

The vegan diet can be an amazing diet for individuals who eat a well-balanced diet rich in all the necessary vitamins and minerals. Additionally, the sustainability behind the vegan diet is highly appealing to most people. It’s important to know that people can still follow a vegan diet and eat unhealthy foods. If you have the right eating habits, veganism is a very healthy diet to follow. For any questions about the vegan diet and if it’s right for you, talk to your doctor today.

Book an appointment at NYMD Center today!