The vegan diet excludes all animal foods: meat, eggs, milk and honey. You can only eat vegetables, fruits, vegetables and cereals integrated.
It is not an easy diet to follow not only from the point of monotony of food, but by offering lower nutritional quality, by limiting the body of essential amino acids, vitamin B12, and calcium, iron and zinc. (more…)
Several studies, some conducted by INRA compared fresh vegetables, canned and frozen. They claim to quasi-equivalent intakes of vitamins and other nutrients. Enough to justify the recommendation of the National Health Nutrition Program to “consume 5 fruits and vegetables per day in all its forms.”
The consumption of vegetables is essential because of their wealth in protective nutrients: vitamin C and B9, beta-carotene, polyphenols (antioxidants), fiber, potassium, calcium, magnesium and other minerals.
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