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INTRODUCTION
Nvmbr 1 Wrld Vgn D, a lbrtn f l wh dont t mt, gg, h, mayonnaise, hn, wh, gltn r nthng tht m frm r nlud n animal. Nr d th u n lthng, r r bjt md frm n nml. N lthr, n wl, n rl, n vr-kd n. The nml-fr hld bgn in 1994, t mmmrt the 50th anniversary f th Vgn St.
Vgnm an xtrm form f vgtrnm, nd thugh th trm w coined in 1944, th nt f flh-vdn can b trd bk t ancient Indn nd trn Mdtrrnn t. Vgtrnm frt mntnd b th Grk hlhr nd mthmtn Pthgr f Sm rund 500 BCE. In ddtn t h thrm but rght trngl, Pthgr rmtd bnvln mng ll species, nludng humn. Fllwr f Buddhm, Hndum, nd Jnm l dvtd vgtrnm, blvng tht humn huld nt nflt n n thr animals.
Th mtl lftl nvr rll ught n n th West, lthugh t wuld mtm up durng hlth rz nd rlgu rvvl. Th Ehrt Cltr, a trt rlgu t fundd n 1732 n Pnnlvn, dvtd vgtrnm wll lb. Th 18th century utltrn hlhr Jrm Bnthm blvd tht nml uffrng w jut ru humn uffrng, nd lknd th d f humn urrt t rm.
Th frt vgtrn t w frmd n 1847 n Englnd. Thr r ltr, Rv. Slvtr Grhm, th nvntr f Graham rkr, -fundd th Amrn Vgtrn St. Grhm w a Prbtrn mntr and h followers, lld Grhmt, obeyed h ntrutn for a vrtuu life: vegetarianism, temperance, btnn, nd frequent bthng. In Nvmbr 1944, a British woodworker nmd Dnld Wtn nnund tht bu vgtrn t dr nd gg, h w gng t rt a nw trm lld vgn, t drb l wh dd nt. Tubrul hd been fund n 40% f Brtn dr w th r bfr, nd Watson ud th t h dvntg, lmng tht t rvd th vgn lftl rttd l frm tntd fd. Thr mnth ftr coining th trm, h ud a frml xlntn f th w the wrd huld b rnund: Vgn, nt Vjn, he wrt n h nw Vgn St nwlttr, whh hd 25 ubrbr. B th tm Wtn dd at g 95 n 2005, thr wr 250,000 lf-dntfng vgn n Brtn nd 2 million n th U.S. Mb, Wd Hrrln nd Fn Al r vgn.
Strict vgnm rhbt the u f nml rdut, vn if t nt fd, but lk any lftl h that nd in -ism, thr r lnt f l wh ht. The vtmn B12 fund lmt ntrl in nml rdut, mn vgn t frtfd fd r tk a vtmn t get th rght amount. And while American vgtrnm h brkn fr f t hlhl nd rlgu rt, bmng n td hlth h mn restaurants ffr vgtrn tn nd mt dnnr rt lnnr nw k anyone vgtrn? bfr planning th mnu veganism tll td t th nml-rght mvmnt nd ut thr n th frng.
Vgn n b trt r lx as th wnt t b n thr fd h: th Intrntnl Vgtrn Unn wbt nlud vgn-frndl rmndr but baking n grd wth animal ft, grn cereals tht nlud animal-based glrn, nd ugr refined wth bn hrl. Thn thr rw vgnm, whh an ffht f vgnm n whh nn f th fd n b kd. Tk tht a t furthr nd u gt mn ml, th d tht th stomach huld nl dgt n t f fd t a tm. Bll, f u t t, thr rbbl mn l ut thr who wnt.
Th Htr of Vgtrn Diets
Vgtrn dt r nt jut a trnd; thv lng bn a tl f humn dtr ttrn. The Adm of Nutrtn nd Dtt 2016 tn paper on vegetarian dt tt rrtl lnnd vgtrn, nludng vgn, dt r hlthful, nutritionally dut nd m rvd hlth bnft fr th prevention nd trtmnt f rtn d. Th dt r rrt fr ll tg f th lf l, nludng rgnn, lttn, nfn, hldhd, dln, older dulthd and fr thlt.
Vgtrn diets r dfnd b th Adm bng dvd f nml flesh, fh nd fd. Hwvr, there r m vrtn including lt-vgtrn, v-vgtrn or lt-v vgtrn whh r dt tht nlud dr, gg r bth, rtvl. Vgn dt d nt ntn n nml flh, fh, fd, dr r gg nd l xlud hn.
Nt only d th plant-based dt hv a lng history thrughut humn vlutn, th ntnu t b ulr td.
Th International Food Infrmtn Cunl Fundtn ltd lnt-bd eating n f th fv fd trnd t wth, tng tht l in th fd tgr hv grwn 20 rnt n 2017. IFIC also nt th increased l f lnt-bd mlk nd mt ltrntv, wll a 2018 Fd nd Hlth Surv ttng tht 70 percent f rndnt rrtd blvng lnt-bd rtn ur r hlthful, mrd t nl 40 rnt wh rrtd blvng nml rtn ur r hlthful. T understand wh plant-based dt r ulr, lt look bk t hw thv rgrd vr tm.
T f Vgtrn Dt
Vgtrn. M r may nt nlud egg r dr products
Lt-v-vgtrn. Inlud eggs nd dr rdut
Lt-vgtrn. Inlud dr rdut but nt gg rdut
Ovo-vegetarian. Inlud gg nd gg rdut, but n dr
Vgn. Exlud gg nd dr rdut, nd m xlud hn
Rw vgn. Bd n vgtbl, frut, nut nd d, lgum nd rutd grn. The munt f unkd food vr frm 75% t 100%.
Th Trubl Wth Trmnlg
Some consumers ttrbut a negative nnttn to vgnm, tng t rtrtv r ltt.
Th trm lnt-bd r lnt-frwrd may be mr nluv t numr but bth rnt th hllng f nt hvng a t dfntn, vn mng nutrtn rfnl.
If th ltrl dfntn used, a lnt-bd dt simply a dt n whh th fundtn md frm lnt. Gvn t nt lld vgtrn r vgn, t uld ml tht mt, ultr r fish uld b nludd n this t f diet, though t wuld lkl b l f an mh than lnt fd.
Vgtrnm Thrughut Htr
Th frt knwn gru t btn frm tng mt in h f hvng lngvt, wll fr hlhl rn, wr Pthgrn fllwr f th Grk hlhr Pthgr (6th ntur B.C.). Inrd b th rgnl thng, Greek hlhr Porphyry uthrd a bk n th 3rd ntur A.D. lld On Abtnn from Anml Fd, turng th dtr ttrn and th f Grk hlhr Pltnu. Thr l vdn f ancient vgtrnm n th Maurya Dnt (304 to 232 B.C.), whn Buddht vgtrn dvt Indn Emrr Ahk nurgd l t r fr nml n n attempt t t animal rf. Addtnll, nnt Jn Emrr Tnmu bnnd l frm tng wld animal mt n th Tng Dnt (675 A.D.).
In th 1400, Lnrd d Vn fmul bm a vgtrn; n th 1700, Bnjmn Frnkln dd wll. Th r jut two f several nfluntl fgur t dvt for a mtl dt.
In th lt 1800, Jhn Hrv Kllgg dvtd fr a vgtrn dt t improve th hlth f th U.S. ultn. A th mdl drtr f th Bttl Crk Sntrum, a Svnth D Advntt hlth nttutn, Kllgg w a hug nflun n Lnn Frn Cr, a nursing grdut wh w ntd hf dttn n 1906 nd, in 1913, ublhd hr frt bk, Th Nw Ckr, bd n vgtrn r served t th Sntrum. In 1917, Cr -fundd the Academy (then Amrn Dtt Atn) nd rvd as t 14th president n 1937. Sn 1962, th Adm h hnrd th fundng mmbr wth the nnul Lnn Frn Cr Mmrl Lecture Awrd t th Fd & Nutrtn Cnfrn.
Vgtrn Nutrtn nd Dtr Gudln
Mt w part of th nnt humn diet, thugh t muh lwr lvl thn td, ll n ndutrlzd ntn. Althugh thr vdn tht nnt humn huntd nd numd meat ftr th lt g 10,000 t 12,000 r g, bd n rt nd bones lltd, t wuld hv bn dffult t hrvt nugh mt t fd growing populations, ll populations nrd rdl during th wrld agricultural rvlutn.
In nnt Gr, tng mt w mtl lbrtr nd tmt f nml-bd ntk n Eurn agricultural t wr jut 5 t 10 klgrm r rn per r. Currnt numtn n industrialized untr tmtd to b 88 t 100 klgrm r person r r.
Th frt Dtr Gudln fr Americans were rld n 1980. Inludd in t r nfrmtn t create a blnd vgtrn tng ttrn t meet nutrtnl nd. Gudln tt tht vgtrn n gt nugh rtn f th vrt nd munt f fd numd r dut.
Exml f protein fd fr vgtrn nlud gg nd mlk rdut (fr ltv-vgtrn), bn nd , nut nd nut buttr, nd rdut. Othr t fr vgtrn nlud nfrmtn n hw to gt nugh lnt-bd ur f rn, lum, zn nd vtmn B12. Prvul, vgtrn gudln wr nludd. Th rlr vrn w l thrugh n hw t bln a vgtrn dt nd ntd ntrutd n hw t ubttut the m munt f plant fd for meat tn. Nw gudln nlud hng n fd gru mtn nd rtn munt fr vegetarians.
Futur Trends In Vgtrn Nutrtn
Rtl xrt rdt th futur f lnt-bd dt nlud bth mt and dairy ltrntv, wll cultured mt, nd tht tfu- and tn-bd mt rlmnt m ntnu rising in ulrt. Vgn mt rlmnt tht tull mm mt txtur nd flvr l r frthmng, wth vrl products lrd n th mrkt. Cnumr trends nt t th ft tht ntrt ntnu t nr nd money nt n lnt-bd rdut lmb h r. A ntrt grw, rgtrd dietitian nutrtnt in n r f rt n bnft frm undrtndng plant-based nutrtn wll bng bl t unl tnt nd lnt n lnt-bd tng.
RDN can urt lnt wh are ntrtd n a vgtrn dt b rvdng evidence fr mrvd utm n mn hrn d nd nfrmtn n the rrtn f a wll-lnnd vgtrn or vgn dt. Th nlud nurng vgn lnt num a rlbl ur f B12, uh frtfd fd r dtr ulmnt, t mt thr nd n n plant fd r a reliable ur f nturll urrng vitamin B12. Othr tntl nutrnt t nlz n th diet nlud mg-3 ftt d, rn, zn, calcium, dn nd vtmn D.
Bnft Of A Vgn Lifesyle