8 Interesting Facts About Vegans
5. Most vegans choose this diet to protest cruelty of animals
Most people who are vegans are not so by birth but make a conscious decision later on in life not to eat animals. They protest against the cruelty meted out to animals as they are readies for the meat processing industry. Mostly the conditions are bad for the animals and in the aim of reducing it, vegans protest and stop eating meat.
6. A vegan can be deficient in Vitamin B12
A strict vegetarian is deficient in Vitamin B12 as it can be got only from animals. Vitamin B12 leads to a weakening of the bones.
7. Vegans can unknowingly eat a lot of calories
To make up for the lost nutrients found in meat, vegans can eat a lot more fiber and generally a lot of food and can ingest a lot of calories. The calorie intake goes up if their diet is rich in cheese and nuts.
8. Vegans apparently have a better sex life
Although not completely proven by credible scientific research, it is widely believed that a vegan diet increases your sex drive and that vegans are better at sex than meat eaters.
Not all vegans follow the same diet. There are different kind of vegans depending upon the relaxed attitude they have towards certain types of animal products like dairy and eggs.
