{"id":3908,"date":"2017-11-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveyourlifept.com\/blog\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2017-11-17T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T08:00:00","slug":"vegan-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveyourlifept.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/17\/vegan-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you wanted to try a different food diet or routine? Have you tried to go vegetarian and it just didn\u2019t work out for you? There are a growing interest and practice of going vegan and it could possibly be the diet you have been looking for!<\/span><\/p>\n

Going vegan means that you eat foods that aren\u2019t made from the use of animals whether it is eggs, milk, meat, etc. It also means that you don\u2019t use products that are made from animals as well. Things like this could be mascara, lotions, clothing, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOnly half of one percent of the USA population — or 1.62\u00a0million of us — is vegan.\u201d<\/span>1<\/span> That number seems so small, but it has become popular in the past couple years making this statistic significant. Many people feel like they need the protein and all the vitamins meat consist of, but as long as you make sure to take over-the-counter vitamins or put in substitute food items to get the nutrition pieces you would be missing from the meat.<\/span><\/p>\n

How can you take part in Vegan Month? Great question! You can participate by doing one of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n