International Animal Rights community with a focus on the vegan lifestyle and pure vegetarian diet...

Many people think vegan diets are not healthy and that becoming a vegetarian means that you will have to follow a strict vegan diet and miss out on all the fantastic tastes that non-vegetarians get to enjoy. Is this true? Here are some eating healthy tips.

An assessment of the global climate and environment with input by the Chair of the International Panel on Climate Change. They suggest a diet that limits animal consumption, but few politicians are willing to tout the benefits of a vegan or vegetarian diet.

No production of animal in their diets food. Person under diets vegetarian have lower blood lipid levels, may compared to person who consume meat.

So, which should I choose? Vegan diet or vegetarian diet? This article is a thoughtful beginning and covers vegan, lacto, ovo-lacto, fruitarian, pesectarian vegetarian diets.

Veganism is a philosophy and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose. Vegans do not use or consume animal products of any kind. The most common reasons for becoming a vegan are ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights, the environment, human health, and spiritual or religious concerns. Of particular concern are the practices involved in factory farming and animal testing, and the intensive use of land and other resources required for animal farming.Various polls have reported vegans to be between 0.2% and 1.3% of the U.S. population, and between 0.25% and 2.24% of the UK population.Vegan diets (sometimes called strict or pure vegetarian diets) are a subset of vegetarian diets, which are credited with lowering the risk of colon cancer, heart attack, high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, prostate cancer, and stroke. However, vegan diets can be low in levels of calcium, iodine, vitamin B and vitamin D. Vegans are therefore encouraged to plan their diet and take dietary supplements as appropriate.