Vegetarian Diets: A Plant-Based Diet

Has mankind found its savior? Nationally(US) about 7.3 million people live primarily on a vegetarian diet while about 1 million of those are vegans. The vegetarian diet is a plant-based diet with the exception of animal product like milk, cheese, and eggs, the vegan diet is a vegetarian diet that eliminates animal product all together. A plant-based diet is sacred to many cultures and also is ideal for some because it is thought to take humans to another plateau of Physicality making you stronger and more fit than the average human being. It is also believed ethically it is wrong to kill other animals. The vegan diet is also perceived by many to be better for the environment opposed to an average diet that contains meat. Even though the diet …show more content…
A diet is one of the mass contributors to maintaining a healthy physical being next to exercise and sleep. A plant-based diet has minimal fat, it is a common myth that fat drives obesity and unhealthiness, this is true when it comes to Saturated fats which is a fat that contains only saturated fatty acids. Fatty acids are important for all systems of the body to function normally, there are two fatty acids that the body does not produce on its own which are omega 3 and 6. A low fat diet can lead to poor vitamin absorption. Vitamins A, D, E, K are all fat soluble, and are all important to growth, immunity, cell repair and blood clotting. If enough fat is not being consumed these vitamins will not be absorbed by the body. The nutrients meat products give would need to be replaced to have a healthy plant-based diet. A common alternative to receiving the protein needed is soy. For soy to be an appropriate alternative of meat it would need to be slowly fermented to release the toxins. The main toxin in soy is called Phytic Acid all legumes contain this toxin but soy contains a great amount. Phytic Acid has a way of working into your digestive system and binding onto minerals such as zinc, copper, iron, magnesium, and calcium; all are associated with strong bones and a healthy blood flow. Plant-based diet can be physically …show more content…
even though it may be safe to use this nutrient physically, it may not be the same case ethically. Using the dietary supplement b12 is unethical because it is made in a lab and goes against the laws and beliefs of being a part of nature. Biologist Margaret Auld-Louie acknowledges “if a species is eating the diet designed for it by Mother Nature, it should contain all the nutrients in the food the animal needs for optimal health, without having to add man-made substances created in a laboratory.” Ethicality plays a huge role in plant-based diets because it brings a conscious of “good morality” to