The Importance Of Vegan Diets

The health of the American people has been on the decline. Serious health concerns like obesity, cancer, and heart disease are on the rise and are killing Americans every day before they reach old age. With the convenience of processed, prepackaged, and fast food, Americans are not as conscious as they should be about their diets and what exactly they use to fuel their bodies. Not treating their bodies with the nutrients they deserve are causing their body to deteriorate and become susceptible to critical illnesses. Foods that are found to be the main catalyst to these problems are animal products, such as meat, dairy, and eggs. Veganism is a diet that excludes animal products and boasts a holistic diet of vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts and whole grains. Maintaining a diet of whole and plant-based foods that excludes meat dairy and eggs is the solution to the significant health problems that so many Americans face. A vegan diet is …show more content…
As long as a well-balanced diet is maintained, vegan or otherwise, neither will happen, but the chance of deficiencies is high in the US although not to the point of malnourishment. High amounts of processed foods loaded with saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, are often found in the “standard American diet” heavy in meat and dairy that lack important nutrients, like fiber, that over 95% of Americans are deficient in (Mobley). More than 85% of those who follow a standard American diet are actually not receiving the recommended intake of nutrients made by the US Food and Drug Administration (Bush). On the other hand foods high in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, all key nutrient the body can be deficient in can be found in abundance in a plant based diet. Eating food pack full of the nutrients the body needs will keep it running at peak performance and the best way to fuel that body is on a vegan