{"id":2350,"date":"2019-11-15T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthysuppliesshop.com\/?p=2350"},"modified":"2020-01-17T01:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T01:21:40","slug":"is-a-vegan-diet-good-for-your-health-and-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthysuppliesshop.com\/2019\/11\/15\/is-a-vegan-diet-good-for-your-health-and-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a vegan diet good for your health and weight loss?"},"content":{"rendered":"

People sometimes wonder if you can be truly healthy on a vegan diet. And will it help with weight loss?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The answer is definitely yes — but you have to understand your food much more deeply than the person living on meat-and-three-veg.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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There are many reasons for changing to a plant-based diet. Some include concerns about animal suffering and cruelty, or about health, while other reasons relate to the environment.<\/p>\r\n

From a health point-of-view, plant-based diets have been linked to lower risks of obesity and many chronic diseases, such as type II diabetes, heart disease, inflammation and cancer. And the evidence does link colorectal cancer with red and processed meats.<\/p>\r\n

But these benefits don’t come without risk.<\/p>\r\n

There are four essential nutrients that have to be especially considered if you choose to go vegan. They are vitamin B12, iron, calcium and iodine. If you’re not eating meat or dairy products, you’ll struggle to get a decent supply of them.<\/p>\r\n

Let’s start with vitamin B-12. It’s essential for making DNA, fatty acids, red blood cells and some neurotransmitters in the brain.<\/p>\r\n

A deficiency of B12 can cause a fast heart rate, palpitations, bleeding gums, bowel or bladder changes, tiredness, weakness, and light-headedness — which doesn’t make for a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\r\n\t\n \n

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