Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-Based Diet
The authors of Becoming Vegetarian explore the benefits of a vegan diet (eating without meat, eggs or dairy products). More and more people are being motivated to become vegans because of the impact of their nutritional choices on their health, the environment, animal rights, and human...
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The authors of Becoming Vegetarian explore the benefits of a vegan diet (eating without meat, eggs or dairy products). More and more people are being motivated to become vegans because of the impact of their nutritional choices on their health, the environment, animal rights, and human hunger. As registered dietitians, Davis and Melina are well-qualified to provide the latest information on: how a vegan diet can protect against cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses getting all the protein you need without meat meeting your needs for calcium without dairy products what vegans need to know about B12 why good fats are vital to healthy and how to get them balanced diets for infants, children, and seniors pregnancy and breast-feeding tips for vegan moms considerations for overweight, underweight, and eating disorders achieving peak performance as a vegan athlete how to deal gracefully with a non vegan world
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781570671036 (1570671036)
Publish date: April 10th 2000
Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN)
Pages no: 281
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Reference,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Health,
Cookbooks,
Vegan,
Cooking,
Nutrition,
Diets,
Vegetarian
This read like some of my favorite college textbooks in that it held a great deal of valuable information in understandable chunks. This might be a bit dry for some people, but I found it a great resource after reading some other vegan/vegetarian books that seemed big on generalizations and less foc...
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases....Well-planned vegan and other types of vegetarian diet...