Vegans avoid consuming or using animal products to help protect animals and the environment. They do not eat meat, dairy or eggs and also avoid using clothing, cosmetics or home products that contain animal ingredients or have been tested on animals. Going vegan helps reduce pollution, land and water use compared to a meat-based diet. It can also provide health benefits like reducing the risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer since plant-based diets tend to be lower in saturated fat and higher in fiber and antioxidants. Vegans need to ensure they get enough vitamin B12, which is found in animal products, through supplements or fortified foods.

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3. The benefits to
being vegan
Many people become vegan for a wide variety
of reasons. These consist of helping the environ-
ment, fighting for the freedom and rights of an-
imals and for the huge health benefits that come
with being vegan.
Saving the
animals
Vegans are strongly in favor of animal equality.
Being vegan is about living a lifestyle that does
not cause suffering, harm or death to animals.
Other animals are sentient beings like us, with
their own needs and freedom to life. Over 56
billion farmed animals are killed every year by
humans, more than 3,000 die every second in
slaughterhouses around the world.

4. To ensure they show
their support towards
stopping the killings
of these innocent an-
imals they wont pur-
chase anything that
has been created from
animals and tested
upon animals. This
involves foods, clothes,
perfumes, household
products and home
furnishings. Vegans
avoid the use of wear-
ing clothes that have
been made with the
skin, hair, or feathers
of an animal. As a sub-
stitute vegans can wear
plant based fabrics
such as cotton, linen,
hemp, handmade ma-
terials such
as polyes-
ter, acrylic
and nylon.
The vegan
society’s
trademark
sunflower
symbol can
be found upon a
wide range of prod-
ucts, guaranteeing
that these products
do not contain an-
imal products, nor
have been tested on
animals. This isn’t
the only way vegans
show their respect
to animals. Avoiding
environments where
animals are kept for
entertainment is a
must. This consists
of circuses with the
use of animals, zoos,
hunting, safari parks,
aquariums, horserac-
es and all other plac-
es animals are kept
for human profit.

5. Enviromental
Cutting out foods that
have come from ani-
mal isn’t only support-
ing animal’s rights but
is hugely benefiting
the environment. An-
imals are mass-pro-
duced all around the
world and this places
a huge burden on the
environment. A large
amount of crops and
water are being used
for the production of
these animals only
for them to be sent to
the slaughterhouse. (1
Lb. beef = 200 square
meters of rainforest
destroyed). Eating a
steak for a family of
four is the equivalent,
energy-wise, of driv-
ing around in an SUV
for three hours while
leaving the light on at
home. Not only this
“The Latest
Obesity statistics
for England are
alarming”
but a large amount
of emissions are gen-
erated throughout
the use of clearing
land for animals to be
stored, keeping the
animals alive, slaugh-
tering them and then
the transportation in-
volved in the process.
The major sources of
pollution are from
animal wastes, antibi-
otics, and chemicals
from tanneries, ferti-
lizers and pesticides
used for feed crops.
All these sources pol-
lute over eight per-
cent of global human
water use. Whereas a
vegan diet requires a
third of the water and
a third of the land to

6. produce a vegan based
diet than it would to
produce an animal
based diet.
Health
benefits
Many people will be-
come vegan for the
large health benefits
that come with cutting
out foods that come
from animals. The
plant-based sources of
these nutrients tend
to be low in saturated
fats, high in fibre and
packed with antioxi-
dants, helping mitigate
some of the modern
worlds biggest health
issues like obesity,
heart disease, diabe-
tes and cancer. If you
follow a vegan diet
you can still look after
your heart by eating at
least five portions of
a variety of fruit and
vegetables every day.
A recent study indi-
cated that the average
vegan diet is higher
in vitamin C and
fibre than one con-
taining meat, leading
to vegans having a
lower BMI than meat
eaters. Switching to a
plant-based diet can
still provide you with
the essential nutri-
ents, proteins, omega
3 fatty acids, iron and
calcium as someone
who eats meat and
dairy products; the
only thing you lose is
the essential vitamin
B12. Vitamin B12
is usually accessed
through meats, and
a vitamin B12 devfi-
ciency can be caused
from a lack of the vi-
tamin. The deficiency
can lead to side ef-
fects such as anemia,

7. disease and more, so
it’s very important to
still get this vitamin
even on a vegan diet.
Vegans can gain these
supplements of B12
through foods such
as plant milks, yeast
extracts, whole grain
bread and more.
Ingredients for a vegan alternative
burger:
1 x 400 g tin of chickpeas.
1 x 340 g tin of sweet corn.
½ a bunch of fresh coriander.
½ teaspoon paprika.
½ teaspoon ground coriander.
½ teaspoon ground cumin.
1 lemon.
3 heaped tablespoons plain flour,
plus extra for dusting.
Rapeseed oil.
1 small round lettuce.
2 large ripe tomatoes.
Tomato ketchup.
4 whole meal burger buns.

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