The Vegan Diet
- environmentally friendly, wholesome, nutritious and never boring!!
Hello and welcome to my vegan website!! :)
 Are you interested in turning to a vegan diet but are a little worried the food you eat will be boring and limited? Maybe you are thinking of changing to a vegan diet to maintain your weight, or perhaps you are concerned that eating animal flesh, egg and dairy produce could
affect your health?
Or are you thinking about the ethics of animal agriculture and the environmental impact of raising animals as food sources?
These are just some of the reasons why some people consider a vegan diet and/or lifestyle, and nowadays it has never been easier.
Like most people, I used to assume that vegans ate a very limited food selection and while this might have been true twenty or so years ago, today, a vegan diet is varied, wholesome, nutritious and delicious.
If your reasons for going vegan are for health purposes, then studies show that a diet without animal fats or products will prove beneficial for both mind and body.
If you are thinking of giving up eating and wearing animal derived products for ethical reasons then you will be doing animals and the environment a great service by promoting a cruelty free lifestyle.
Vegan food is delicious and very nutritious and I will show you how to get the most from a plant based diet. I will also show you that you can still indulge yourself with those yummy little treat foods most people fancy now and again.
It is a fact that people are becoming more obese. Before the days of convenience foods, we didn't have this problem so surely it makes sense to eat natural and healthy whole foods and stop polluting our bodies with chemicals and animal fats?
Animal agriculture is a major factor of environmental pollution - you cannot be a true environmentalist if you support animals reared as food and clothing.
The animal cruelty involved in raising animals as food and clothing items is extreme. You wouldn't treat your animal companion as a food and clothing source, and farmed animals shouldn't be treated any differently.
I absolutely love vegan food!!
I am not just saying that for the sake of it either. If I had to give up eating cakes, puddings and chocolate, I would find it extremely hard to be a vegan!! But the fact is, I eat mostly all the things I used to eat when I wasn't a vegan - I just eat the
vegan version.
I also like cooking, but I am quite fussy and only like tasty and easy to make vegan recipes. I say this because to make up for my dietary "failings" of scoffing on vegan rice pudding etc etc, I like the rest of my diet to be based on wholefoods. This isn't as boring as it sounds either, as these wholefoods can be made into lovely meals.
I firmly believe that a vegan diet gives my body all the things it needs to function well and I certainly don't go without.
I am one of those vegans that likes faux meat recipes and like to make vegan versions of classic meat based dishes. I also like to try my hand at classic dessert dishes which I also veganise.
For a true vegan, it isn't just about what they eat. Veganism means a person has also decided not to wear or use animal derived clothing.
But maybe one step at a time!!
The vegan lifestyle is becoming ever more popular, with celebrities bringing out their own vegan clothing ranges. It is very easy to get faux leather and fur alternative materials and by supporting this industry, you will be helping the animals and the environment even further.
The most important thing to know if you are thinking of becoming a vegan, is that you can still eat your favourite treat foods (as I call them). Once you realise that vegans don't have to live on nuts and seeds and can still indulge themselves, it is so much easier to switch over.
So, I hope you find my vegan website useful. Have a look around and see for yourself the benefits of a vegan lifestyle.
"When I was 88 years old, I gave up meat entirely and switched to a plant foods diet following a slight stroke. During the following months, I not only lost 50 pounds, but gained strength in my legs and picked up stamina. Now, at age 93, I'm on the same plant-based diet, and I still don't eat any meat or dairy products. I either swim, walk, or paddle a canoe daily and I feel the best I've felt since my heart problems began."
Benjamin Spock, M.D (1903-1998)
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