I'm thinking about becoming a vegan, but I'm sure exactly what it means. Can you help?
Surely!  It's actually the practice of leaving out animal products in your food.  It's a practice that rejects the status of animals as commodities.
Do vegans usually consume dairy products or fish?
Well there are distinctions between several categories of veganism.  Some can eat Fish, while other abstain from all meat.
Okay, I gotcha! It seems like it would be pretty healthy to go vegan, is that right?
Well it's an interesting philosophy.  There are certain nutrients and essential nutrition that comes from consuming meat.  Each person has a historical dna record of what their ancestors have eaten and that type of diet is what should be consumed.
Yes, I know that meat contains lots of iron and protein. How do vegans make sure they're getting enough iron?
They have to supplement.  There are vitamins and things of that nature that they can consume.  They have to plan on other sources of Vitamins B, and D.  Calcium, Iodine and others.
I guess I better stock up on some vitamins! What else should I know about being a vegan?
, New Zealand Ministry of Health, Harvard Medical School, and the British Dietetic Association. The German Society for Nutrition does not recommend vegan diets for children or adolescents, or during pregnancy and breastfeeding. In preliminary clinical research, vegan diets lowered the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, and ischemic heart disease. Vegan diets tend to be higher in dietary fiber, magnesium, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E, iron, and phytochemicals; and lower in dietary energy, saturated fat, cholesterol
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. "Dietary vegans" (also known as strict vegetarians) refrain from consuming animal products, not only meat but also eggs, dairy products and other animal-derived substances. The term "ethical vegan" is often applied to those who