The Vegan Diet
Diet staples
Fruits
Vegetables
Leafy greens
Nuts
Wheat products
What Vegans Can’t Eat
Beef
Pork
Fish
Poultry
Milk
Eggs
Honey!!!
Anything else made from animals
The good
The vegan diet is free of cholesterol
It is very low in fat
It is not devoid of protein like most people think
Calcium comes from dark green vegetables
Zinc is abundant in vegan diets
Iron can be gained from dark leafy veggies with less fat than inmeats.
Omega 3s do not come from just fish.
The bad
Vitamin D is completely absent in the vegan diet
Vitamin B12 is tricky when on a vegan diet
No meat!
Substitutes are never as good as the real thing
No meat!!
Common substitutes
Milk products are made with soy milk instead
Eggs are overlooked in all vegan recipes
Meat is replaced by tofu
Vegan favorites
Tofu lasagna
Pizza without cheese
Chinese mu shoo
Curries
Middle eastern foods
The Vegan Ideal
Vegans believe that products of animals aretaken cruelly and boycott them
Vegans will not use leather or any productfrom animals
No eggs, milk, or honey
No seafood