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How To Become A Vegan – Don’t Worry You Will Get Enough Protein On A Whole Food Plant Based Diet

By Aqiyl Aniys | November 20th, 2014 | Modified - November 20th, 2014

Thinking about how to become a vegan can be one of the most important things you can do in your life. I know becoming a vegan was one of the most important things I have done in my life. It is important though to have a good understanding of the best way to approach becoming a vegan to have a successful transition.

I must clarify that when I speak of how to become a vegan, I am strictly talking about the diet aspect of becoming a vegan. I am speaking about eating a whole food plant-based diet. In the strictest terms vegans only a plant-based diet, and also don’t use any animal products. A person who lives this lifestyle is often called an ethical vegan. A person who only eats a plant-based diet only is often referred to as a dietary vegan. I am a dietary vegan, but I am also totally against animal cruelty.

Now that I have clarified that, the next thing you will need to understand and accept is you will asked a lot of questions about where you will get your protein on a vegan diet. You will inevitably get this question, “But where do you get your protein?” You do not have to worry about getting enough protein as long as you eat a well balanced diet, which is really not difficult to do. All plant based life contains protein, some just more than others.

Some people will think that you will become weak if you become vegan, because they think you can’t get enough protein eating a vegan diet. This is not true. I became a vegan when I was 44 years old and now I am 47 years old. I have gotten stronger, more energetic, and my endurance has increased.

I have even returned to boxing and I spar against guys in their twenties. They are amazed that I can do what I do at my age, and because I am a vegan. I can only do what I am doing at my age because I am vegan. The reality is we only need 10 percent of our total daily calories to be from protein and I am able to easily satisfy that requirement eating nuts, seeds, and some grains.

Since I became a vegan I have lost 30 pounds and I have kept it off without any struggle. That was 30 pounds of unhealthy weight that made me lethargic mentally and physically. The best thing is I haven’t been sick in those 3 years, not even a cold, and I was frequently sick before adopting a vegan diet.*

So on the path of learning how to become a vegan you now understand what the term “vegan” means, and you know that you can get all the protein you need from a vegan diet. The next thing you will need to know and understand is that you must have patience. Becoming a vegan will detox your body and your body will have to remove harmful substances during a deep and long process, though you should see change right away.

This is done through the body excreting toxin laden urine, stool, and sweat from the body. You can choose to become a vegan “cold turkey” which is more difficult because your body will not be used to the sudden change, and the harmful organisms in your body will fight harder to remain alive and will work to keep your body unhealthy by polluting it with toxins.

It can be done though, but it may be more difficult. You can also choose to increase your fruit, vegetable, nut, seed, and grain consumption while reducing your meat, dairy, and processed food consumption, with the goal of completely adopting a vegan diet.

You may want to give yourself a 3 month goal of switching completely to a vegan diet. Once you have come to terms with these things, you are at the point of learning the practice of “how to become a vegan?” This question revolves around what foods to eat. The healthiest vegan diet is a whole food plant-based diet. There are unhealthy vegans out there because they eat a lot of processed and junk vegan foods. This really undermines the reason for being vegan, at least in my mind.

To give ourselves the best chance of being healthy, mentally and physically, we need to eat a well-rounded whole food plant-based diet consisting mostly of fruits and vegetables, and some nuts, seeds, and grains. This diet helps to remove illness from the body and brain, excess weight that compromises the immune system, and it energizes and revitalizes the body and mind.

This vegan food nutritional guide will help alkalize the body, support the immune system, and support healthy living and vibrant living. If you were only to choose to eat food from this list, you can eat as much food as you want without restriction and still be able to loose weight and remove illness from the body. A well-rounded whole food vegan diet helps to combat diseases like asthma, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, skin disease, liver disease, kidney disease, and intestinal disease.

Along with adopting a vegan diet I found it very helpful to also clean my body using herbal organ cleanses. You can download the free e-book “Put Your Organ Cleanses in Order, Before Your Organs Put You Out of Order,” and you can find more information on cleansing here:

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About Author: Aqiyl Aniys

Aqiyl Aniys is the author of the book Alkaline Herbal Medicine, the Alkaline Plant Based Diet book, and the children's book, Faith and Justice eat an Alkaline Plant Based Diet." He received a certificate in plant-based nutrition from Cornell University, a BA in Organizational Behavior and Communications from NYU, worked as an elementary school teacher, and studied social work. He enjoys boxing, kick boxing, cycling, power walking, and basically anything challenging, and his alkaline plant-based diet supports all that he does. Learn more about transitioning to avegan diet using the Dr. Sebi nutritional guide.