Why Vegan is The Right Choice
The definition for vegan in the dictionary is “a person who refrains from using any animal products whatever for food, clothing, or any other purpose.” Choosing this may be considered a lifestyle choice or, for some, just a diet to lose some weight. Because most vegans choose this lifestyle for the compassion of animals, a lot of them, or just people in general, believe that if you are choosing it to only lose weight, then you are not actually vegan, just someone choosing a very specific diet. It is not very often that you meet a vegan, and according to medicalnewstoday.com only 0.2 percent to 1.3 percent of the United States are vegan and only 0.25 and 0.4 of the United Kingdom are vegan. A lot of the people …show more content…
So as you can see, there are many health factors that may be helpful to someone who is choosing this lifestyle. Spryliving.com gave research that says that going vegan reduces the risk of colon cancer, avoiding or reversing heart disease, any type of kidney disease can be reduced, constipation is decreased, or if you would like to make a dramatic change to your diet. From my experience, there are a lot of people that confuse being vegan with being vegetarian. Being a vegetarian only means not consuming any type of animal meat, they can consume dairy, eggs, honey, and can also wear clothing made from animals, whereas vegans can not do any of that. Comparing the two, you will quickly learn that being vegan is far better than being vegetarian. Health wise, a vegan diet is much better for you. Vegetarians are still able to consume dairy, which contain dietary cholesterol, whereas having a vegan diet normally does not have any cholesterol problems. A vegan diet is good for the heart (3fatchicks.com). Along with the dietary concerns that come with being vegetarian, there are issues that arise with body odor. 3fatchicks explains how being vegan ultimately eliminates odor by saying this “Body odor is often eliminated or greatly reduced by a vegan diet. Observers from health experts to Oprah have stated that, when you don’t eat meat or dairy, you naturally smell better. Going vegan eliminates a lot