The Vegan Guest: How to Feed a Vegan 101 (2024)

FAQs

What are the 5 most important rules of a vegan diet? ›

Focus on eating only plant-based foods: whole grains, vegetables, fruits, legumes, beans, seeds and nuts are mainstays of a healthy vegan diet. Avoid all animal products, including sneaky foods you might not think of being animal products, like gelatin and honey.

A vegan diet includes only plant foods—fruits, vegetables, beans, grains, nuts, and seeds. People who follow a vegan diet don't eat any animal foods, including dairy, eggs, and honey.

In an ideal world, we humans would not participate, either directly or indirectly, in violence towards other humans, or towards other non-humans. In an ideal world, people would live — rightfully — as vegans.

base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates (choose wholegrain where possible) have some fortified dairy alternatives, such as soya drinks and yoghurts (choose lower-fat and lower-sugar options) eat some beans, pulses and other proteins.

This gradual calorie reduction can lead to a sustainable weight loss of about 1-2 pounds per week. Optimize Protein Intake: Ensure adequate protein consumption by incorporating various plant-based protein sources such as legumes, tofu, tempeh, seitan, and plant-based protein powders.

At the start of a change to a vegan diet, you could experience a variety of differences to your body. These may include being hungrier, getting gassier, a change in your skin or body odor, weight loss or gain, better or worse sleep, headaches, tiredness, or having more energy.

What not to eat when going vegan? ›

Bottom Line: Vegans avoid eating animal flesh and animal by-products. These include meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs and foods made by bees.

Basic vegans who don't eat any animals or products from animals. Raw vegans don't eat any animal products — or even any cooked food. Ostrovegans also don't eat any animal products — except oysters or similar bivalves.

Try a creative approach like sharing your own success story, why you went vegan, the resources that helped you on your journey or even photos of your tasty animal-free meals. If you can, encourage comments from your friends, giving you even more chances to help people along and answer their questions.

To prevent deficiencies and ensure overall health and well-being, particular attention must be paid to nutrients such as protein, iron, calcium, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids with a very long chain in a vegan diet (5).

VGML or VVML: Vegetarian Vegan Meal – No animal products, including meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey. VJML – Vegetarian Jain Meal – Only fresh fruit and stem vegetables that grow above the ground.