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is it healthy to be a vegan?

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It can be: as long as you vary the specific foods you eat, and make sure you get enough Vitamin B12.  http://tinyurl.com/lb6bjcz

Question 2

how to gain weight as a vegan?

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Weight gain: Foods to help w healthy weight gain: almonds, cashews, pecans, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, walnuts, hummus, avocados, granola, trail mix, dried fruits, extra virgin olive oil, canola oil ; smoothies (w added silken tofu ).

Question 3

is vegan a healthy way to eat?

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If done carefully: There is limited research but a careful vegan diet can be very healthy; vegan diets reduce risk of obesity, high blood pressure, lower cholesterol & likely reduce cancer risk. However, certain nutrients such as vitamin b12, carnitine, taurine & dha are difficult to obtain with a vegan dirt so should be supplemented. See www.Vegetarian-nutrition.Info/updates/vegan-diets-pros-cons.Php for more info.

Question 4

the ultramind solution, is it vegan?

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It can be: It is an extremely restrictive diet that is billed by its promoter as a one-size-fits-all for a huge variety of totally distinct diseases of the nervous system. I'd simply urge you to address real health concerns with an evidence-based physician, and not trouble yourself with a difficult diet that's almost certain to disappoint you -- either "ultramind" or something else.

Question 5

what is the simplest way to go vegan?

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Stop eating meat?: Couldn't be more simple.  Vegetarian diet is associated with lower incidence of obesity, heart disease, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, but specific effects of diet versus associated lifestyle are hard to sort out.  There may be some marginal benefit to being a vegetarian.

Question 6

is it going against nature to be vegan?

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Perhaps a bit: A good question without an easy answer.  Carnivorous & vegetarian animals have differing anatomy & physiology & it can be argued that humans have more in common with vegetarians, but actually our features are most consistent with omnivores. See http://rense.Com/general20/meant.Htm. But being peaceful may also be against our nature, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea. Vegan diets can be healthy.

Question 7

would becoming a vegan make me healthier?

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No: Please don't let anyone bully you into becoming a vegan because of the junk-science in books like "the china study"; the benefits of any form of vegetarianism have resisted demonstration in all the big, good studies, and if you do not know exactly what you are doing and supplement, becoming a vegan will permanently ruin your health. As a protest against factory farming, i admire veganism greatly.

Question 8

would it be okay to raise your baby as a vegan?

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No: Vegan diet does not meet the nutritional requirement for an infant!

Question 9

how can i slowly transition into being a vegan?

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Know your facts: If you want to become a vegan for moral reasons, be sure you know exactly what you are doing, and take the supplements you need, or you will ruin your health quickly. You'll lose weight because your food doesn't taste as good, and meet fitness enthusiasts which is good. The vegan industry is full of both very good and upstanding people, and also shameless crooks and liars. Be smart & good luck.

Question 10

ready to become vegan but not sure how to do it?

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Check these sites: They don't give us enough space here to fully answer to your question but here are links to some excellent websites that will give you great guidance & provide quality information on starting a healthy vegan diet: http://www.21daykickstart.Org/http://www.Vrg.Org/nutshell/vegan.Htm, http://www.Veganoutreach.Org/guide/index.Html, http://vegandietguy.Com/ and http://www.Happycow.Net/vegan_diet.Html.

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