SSP 98. I've Gone Vegan, You Haven't, and This Is Why That's Fine
03.19.2018 - By Scott Abel, Mike Forest
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♦ I've Gone Vegan, You Haven't, and This Is Why That's Fine ♦
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The Coach presents reams of research supporting the health benefits of a plant-based diet and shares his own adoption of a completely plant-based eating strategy.
♦ Diet labels/memberships shouldn't define who people are. A diet is a lifestyle ♦
• Diets with labels are used to create tribalism with strict rules to follow.
• Diet lifestyle shouldn’t be a religion; nor should it define a person.
• Scott declares that he’s “Breaking Vegan,” meaning he’s eating a generally vegan diet, such as substituting black beans for chicken in one of his regular meals.
• His goal is not being lean or getting leaner -time will tell if he indeed does get leaner-, but his goal with this recent switch is rather to be as healthy as possible.
• He’s not necessarily suggesting his clients switch to his eating strategy.
• Public health organizations' position papers support vegetarian diets as healthy, as well as vegan, adding that B12 supplementation is needed for vegan diets.
• Plant-based diets help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, certain forms of cancer, obesity, and diabetes, among other diseases.
• Scott’s not ruling out eating eggs, meat or fish on cheat days. For right now, he’s content to stay with plant-based.
• By coincidence, Scott’s mentee, fitness model Andy Sinclair, has also “gone vegan.”
• Vegetarian diets are also economical. Andy shared that his grocery bill has gone down; he buys chick peas for $.88 CAD.
[Reference]
Melina, V. “Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Diets.” J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 Dec;116(12):1970-1980. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.09.025.
http://jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(16)31192-3/fulltext
**Think you or someone you know may be using a diet “label” to cover up a food or eating problem? Check out the free resources at:
https://www.scottabelfitness.com/foodissues
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