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Whether you are a devoted vegan or choose to follow a plant-based diet, you will doubtlessly have been asked numerous questions regarding your lifestyle choices.
There is a huge amount of information available for reasons both for and against a vegan diet, and so-called ‘facts’ that lead to confusion, concern, and dismissal of plant-based living.
Here are 8 of our top facts to help you not only become more informed about your decision to move away from animal products, but also to do so healthily and be able to share the true benefits of, and reasons for, a vegan diet:
1. The Old Protein Myth
It is exhausting fielding the many questions you will be asked about protein, and no matter how often you answer them, there will always be those who question, or deny, the logic.
When we look at the greatest herbivores of the natural world, it becomes only too clear that — though we may be genetically different — protein is not a ‘meat thing’. Elephants, cattle, horses, gorillas, and many bears to a significant degree, are all plant-based. Gorillas occasionally eat insects, bears…
