Have to disagree. There's plenty of fat in avocados, olives, nuts, and plenty of carbs in pasta, starch vegetables, rice, bread, grains, beans.
People have to be smart about going plant based. It's not simply stopping eating animal products. You have to get educated and be smart about it.
“You have to get educated and be smart about it.”
It is a compromise in both directions. Compared to the standard American diet of highly processed, low-fiber, high-calorie, sugary foods, vegan diets have health advantages. However, researchers found that avoiding all animal foods may lead to nutritional deficiencies in vitamin B12, omega-3, calcium, zinc, iron, magnesium, and high-quality protein.
These deficiencies may be associated with increased risk for certain types of cancer, stroke, bone fractures, preterm birth, and failure to thrive. Avoiding consumption of animal-sourced food may also be related to higher rates of depression and anxiety. Hair loss, weak bones, muscle wasting, skin rashes, hypothyroidism, and anemia are other issues that have been observed in those strictly following a vegan diet.
I mentioned the doctor that was having problems with muscle use. And he attributed it to basic and first stage anemia due to dietary deficiencies. I got this from a study from the MAYO:
“Anemia is a condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body’s tissues. Having anemia, also referred to as low hemoglobin, can make you feel tired and weak.
Treatments for anemia, which depend on the cause, range from taking supplements to having medical procedures. You might be able to prevent some types of anemia by eating a healthy, varied diet.”
Anemia signs and symptoms vary depending on the cause and severity of anemia. Depending on the causes of your anemia, you might have no symptoms.
Diet anemia:
Signs and symptoms, if they do occur, might include:
Fatigue, Weakness, Pale or yellowish skin, Irregular heartbeats, Shortness of breath, Dizziness or lightheadedness, Chest pain, Cold hands and feet, and Headaches.
I believe you are of the right mind as you are taking the word diet and not trying to determine it a part time weight control device but as a lifestyle. So many people don’t do this and are not observing the act as a permanent action but only for an immediate response. I applaud you for that. But just like its counter part diets that contain more, shall we say, robust carb and calorie contents, they both have their flaws and the ones associated with vegan concern a more weakened state especially for people who are after a quick response result.
One of the more successful tools I have found for weight control under healthy conditions is the Harris Benedict Formula. You can find information on this at this site and others as it is recommended by a number of health organizations:
This process leaves it open to maintain weight and fitness while controlling dietary needs based upon the consumer’s wishes and doesn’t take anything off the table. In a conversation with Karen Hughes a number of years ago while she was the head of education for Cooper Institute, she recommended going no more than 500 calories off the weight maintaining level of calorie intake for dietary purposes. It is used by the US military for their weight and fitness needs. This geared with nutritional standards and exercise is a mainstay for the recognition of BMR to begin the conditioning process. Stay healthy.
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