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[9]: 4 (However, Watson remained a member of the London Vegetarian Society to keep in touch with the movement. [3]) They had also decided they needed a word to describe their new way of life. [3] The word 'vegan' was coined by Watson and his then-future wife Dorothy Morgan [2] from the first three and last two letters of 'vegetarian' in 1944. [10]
A second reported that vegetarian diets, including vegan diets, are associated with lower risk for vascular disease, obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. [249] A third indicated that a vegan diet may be effective for reducing body weight, lowering the risk of cancer, and providing a lower risk of all-cause mortality.
Many people adopt a vegan diet temporarily, believing it helps atone for sins. Foods like seitan , tofu skin , and meat alternatives made from seaweed, root vegetable starch, and tofu all originated in China, becoming popular due to the periodic abstention from meat.
The Grahamites applied dietetic and hygienic principles to everyday life, including cold baths, hard mattresses, open windows, a vegetarian diet with Graham bread and drinking cold water. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Animal flesh was banned from Grahamite homes, but eggs were allowed to be eaten at breakfast and were an important component of Grahamite diets.
The Vegan Society has produced a Vegan Eatwell Guide adapted from the Public Health England's Eatwell Guide under terms of the Open Government Licence. [8] The guide includes a pictorial representation of a balanced vegan diet emphasising the consumption of fruits, legumes, vegetables and whole grains.
Food from plants. A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. [1] [2] It encompasses a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of fiber-rich [3] plant products such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices.
The results showed the vegan diet had better cardiometabolic health outcomes compared to the omnivore diet, such as: a 20% drop in insulin levels, a 12% drop in LDL "bad" cholesterol and a 3% drop ...
[79] [failed verification] The related vegan diets can often be higher in iron than vegetarian diets, because dairy products are low in iron. [73] Iron stores often tend to be lower in vegetarians than non-vegetarians, and a few small studies report very high rates of iron deficiency (up to 40%, [ 80 ] and 58% [ 81 ] of the respective ...