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Becoming a Vegan?

Depending on one's level of commitmentand proteins has been linked to heart
this can include not using certaindisease, colon and lung cancer,
medicines because they are tested forosteoporosis, diabetes, kidney disease,
safety on animals. A Vegan will not buyhypertension, obesity, and a number of
or use animal products whether that's aother debilitating conditions. Cows'
steak, an egg, bread with milk in it ormilk contains ideal amounts of fat and
leather shoes. The overall goal ofprotein for young calves, but far too
veganism is to reduce animal suffering,much for humans. According to Gill
environmental damage, hunger in theLangley, a Ph.D. in biology and author
developing world and risks to our ownof Vegan Nutrition, "it is clear from
health. Veganism takes all thosethe example of many thousands of vegans
advantages just a little further. Forworldwide that a varied plant-based diet
very many people concerned about any ornot only supports health and well-being
all of these problems, it seems thebut, additionally, can have positive
natural step to take from vegetarianism.health benefits" (Langley 1995). A vegan
Why do people choose to become Vegan?diet is protective against such major
Animal Welfare - Despite the commonkillers as heart disease and cancer.
belief that drinking milk or eating eggsEating fewer animal products is a good
does not kill animals, commerciallychoice for the environment and your
raised dairy cows and egg-layingconscious. Animal agriculture produces
chickens, whether factory-farmed orsurprisingly large amounts of air and
'free range,' are slaughtered when theirwater pollution, and causes 80 percent
production rates decline, not to mentionof the world's annual deforestation. It
the appalling conditions to which theyalso requires large amounts of water,
are kept. There is an ongoing debate onand livestock worldwide consumes half
the finer points of what constitutes anthe world's total grain harvest.
animal product; The Vegan Society andHow Do I Know it's Vegan?
most vegans include insect products suchWhen shopping, look out for the vegan
as honey in their definition as well.society logo. It appears on thousands of
The environment - Animal agricultureanimal free products that have been
takes a devastating toll on the earth.registered with The Vegan Society.
It is an inefficient way of producingYou will need to examine the packaging
food, since feed for farm animalsand labelling carefully of all non
requires land, water, fertilizer, andregistered products to ensure that you
other resources that could otherwiseavoid animal by-products such as gelatin
have been used directly for producingand rennet which can be found in
human food.everyday items such as children's
Health - The consumption of animal fatssweets.



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