Shutterstock Veganism has been a mainstream lifestyle choice for over a decade now and the growing popularity is due to several reasons such as animal rights and environmental causes. Staying healthy is also a perk of being vegan and according to studies , a plant-based diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
While it does take time and preparation to be vegan–at least if you do it the healthy way, meaning not just eating frozen foods and junk–there are many other benefits. Eat This, Not That! spoke with several people who switched to a plant-based diet and here’s how it changed their energy levels and life.
17 Healthiest Vegetarian Fast-Food Orders 1. Less Health Issues
Shutterstock Although Jerry Levine , Chief Evangelist & General Counsel at leading LegalTech company ContractPodAi, has been married to a vegan for 20 years, he didn’t make the switch until after his wife and doctor insisted.
"I had an upcoming physical, so I asked my doctor about going vegan, and she said (and I quote): "Actually, you have three choices: go vegan, start exercising, or die at 40." I decided that going vegan was a lot better than exercising or dying."
After Levine stopped eating animal products, he noticed a major shift in his health.
"I have significantly more energy than I did before going vegan," he said. "I was borderline (if not actually) obese, with diagnosed sleep apnea," he explained. "I was on many medications that a 35-year-old shouldn’t be on—cholesterol, statins, blood pressure, etc."
Levine added, "After going vegan, it was like I was 15 years younger, able to stay up later, not needing to sleep extra hours, and not waking up exhausted every morning. Of course, this took some time, but the effects were rapid—no longer drinking milk, eating meat, and consuming better quality food definitely helped." 2. Improved Skin
Shutterstock After watching the film Forks Over Knives, Virginia Stockwell, Business Coach & Kajabi Expert wanted to take a healthier approach to eating and rid her body of toxins, so she went vegan."At first, I […]
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