A health diet for life
A varied wholefood vegan diet will provide all the nutrients required for a healthy body during pregnancy, for breastfeeding and from birth onwards. In fact there is no known nutrient the vegan diet cannot provide and several studies have shown that vegan women typically have healthy pregnancies and that their children thrive.The vegan diet is
- low in fat (especially saturated fat)
- cholesterol-free
- high in fibre and complex carbohydrates
- low in salt
- rich in vitamins A and C
- high blood pressure
- heart disease
- gallstones
- diverticular disease
- haemorrhoids
- diabetes
- kidney stones
- cancer of the breast and colon
Some doctors also prescribe vegan diets to treat high blood pressure, angina, rheumatoid arthritis and asthma.
New Cancer Report Urges Mainly Plant-Based Diet
A major new report by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research published in 1997 recommend a reversal of current dietary trends in most parts of the world so that food supplies remain or become plant-based [a typical vegan diet!]. The report says:" ... within the last read more
