A vegan lifestyle is filled with variety and countless choices of
delicious food. It only excludes the use of animal products. In terms of
diet this means no meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey or other animal
derived ingredients.
Other items avoided by vegans include fur, leather
and wool as well as cosmetics personal care or household products that
have been tested on animals, or that contain animal ingredients.
The many benefits of becoming vegan, include greater health, saving
the lives of many animals and being much more environmentally friendly.
It really is the lifestyle choice to make.
ANIMALS WILL BE SAVED
58 BILLION land
animals and 1-3 TRILLION water animals are killed for human consumption
each year. They live lives of misery. To learn more about animals reared
for food production, click on the headings below:
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YOU'LL BE HEALTHIER
A well balanced
plant based diet is the healthiest of all, is suitable for all ages and
can significantly lower health risks, such as heart disease, strokes,
cancer, diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol.
"...
vegan diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide
health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases, and
are appropriate for individuals during all stages of the life-cycle including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence and athletes."
The American Dietetic Association, July 2009
NUTRITION and HEALTH:
We can obtain all essential nutrients without eating animal products. Here's how...
For further information relating to health, nutrition and the vegan diet: PCRM Heart Attack Proof
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THE EARTH WILL BE CLEANER
The best thing you
can do to help the environment and save water is to adopt a plant based
diet. Humans use of 'livestock' is responsible for more greenhouse gas
emissions than all transport put together and is a major source of water
and land degradation.
The
United Nations is calling for a global shift towards a vegan diet to
maintain sustainability as the global population heads to 9.1 billion by
2050.
United Nations Environment Program (2010)
Read the online booklet "Eating Up The World" for more information on how animal agriculture impacts the environment.
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