Is a vegan diet healthy long term?
A big question for a lot of folks, after they discover that yes, a vegan diet can help you lose weight, lower your cholesterol, help you manage diabetes, & so many other lovely immediate things, they wonder–
The answer is, yes, it can be. With a little attention to detail & planning, a vegan diet can be extremely healthy both now & in the long term.
{Ginny Messina, R.D., offers some tips for keeping a vegan diet healthy & fabulous. For more of the nitty gritty details & fine print, I recommend reading the American Dietetic Association’s paper on vegetarian & vegan diets.}
I’m a long-term vegan.
I’ve been vegan {(mostly)–let’s not talk about the first trimesters of my pregnancies, okay?} for nearly eight years. It’s hard to believe.
{Why I went vegan,...