1. A vegan diet, is where people dont use anything od animal origin. Vegans do not use anything made from animal based products. People become vegan either because of animal rights, envirnmental factors, or becuase they want better health. Vegans do not use any product that comes from animals even clothing like Leather, wool or cosmetics. The difference between a vegan and a vegetarian, is that vegetarians eat eggs and dairy products. And use animal based products clothing, cosemtics etc. People become vegan to lower the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and hypertension, that can be caused from eating animal fats and proteins. Vegans eat whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes, because they contain no cholestrol and are low in fat, especially saturated fats. They are high in fiberr and other nutrients needed. There are several plant based foods that are good sources of protein such as beans, peanuts, and soya. Vegans are also more at risk to developing vitamin B12 deficiency, because the human can not use the plant based form of the vitamin. Vegans are for animal rights they believe that animals should live their life without human interference. They believe that to many of our resources are used to feed animals to eat them, when we could be using them for human resources. Some studies show that vegans live longer than people that eat red meat and animal fats.
2. Two barriers that people perceive as barriers to eating healthy are that they dont like healthy foods and that healthy foods are expensive. Many people use the excuse that they dont like healthy foods and that they crave for sweets and higher fat foods. A solution to this barrier would be to get into a habit of not listening to what you know you like and give new foods a chance. Dont try and give up the foods you like in one day, you just have to change how often you eat it. Think more positive about healthy foods, then focusing on the negatives. A solution to the