{"id":7806,"date":"2017-09-10T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=7806"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:12:36","slug":"vegan-diet-a-beginners-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2017\/09\/10\/vegan-diet-a-beginners-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Alkaline Vegan Diet Plan – pdf. (2025 update) Warning! – Read First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The vegan diet is becoming more and more popular…it was rare to hear about someone who was on a vegan diet until the China Study<\/a> came out in 2005 and then it really gained momentum when a leading medical doctor published the book “How Not to Die<\/a>“. The book basically recommends a varied plant and wholegrain diet to treat all common diseases. Oh and that documentary – The Game Changers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Macrobiotic Vegan Diet <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can ensure a typical vegan diet is macrobiotic, by avoiding all artificial sweeteners and preservatives, by eating whole foods and sourcing organic food locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of a Vegan Diet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Compared to the average western diet, a typical Vegan Diet has the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Higher in fibre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Reduced risk of heart disease<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Higher in vitamins, especially vitamins A, C and E<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Higher in minerals such as magnesium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Reduced risk of developing certain cancers (pretty much all of them)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Phytochemicals in organic fruits and vegetables are linked to decreased in oxidative stress- important for athletes looking to avoid burn out and overtraining<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Vegan diets also tend to be cheaper. Compare the price of an organic chickpea curry, to the price of an organic chicken curry, for example<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Negatives of Vegan Diet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– Constantly explaining to people why you don’t eat meat – nightmare with the grandparents and mother-in-law at Christmas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– EPA<\/a>, a constituent of omega 3 is hard  to obtain on a strict vegan diet. You can use algae oil however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Vitamin B12 can be hard to obtain in optimum amounts unless supplemented – arguably the same for people on a ‘normal’ diet anyway though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To summarise the books & research written about vegan diets…a whole food organic vegan diet significantly reduces the risk of all of the most common causes if mortality and illness, when compared to a typical western diet. It can be tricky to get enough EPA, b12 and iron and a right bastard to explain to old people and bodybuilders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some may argue that the health benefits come mainly from the lack of junk food, sugar and factory farmed meat, rather than the elimination of all animal products itself. Either way, there is undoubtedly a link between vegan diets and reduced risk of a great number of diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the main issues with the meat & animal products consumed in a normal<\/strong> Western Diet, is the amount of anti-biotics and hormones<\/strong> used to produce massive quantities of meat, unnatural amounts of milk etc at minimal expense. Food Inc was a documentary which brought this to the attention of many people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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