There really isn’t any scientific debate about the healthfulness of a purely plant-based diet. Informed professionals no longer maintain that it’s necessary for humans to consume animal flesh or secretions. Mainstream professional organizations acknowledge that a sound vegan diet is perfectly adequate for human health, including:
- the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- the American Diabetes Association
- the American Heart Association
- the British Dietetic Association
- the British Nutrition Foundation
- Dietitians’ Association of Australia
- Dietitians of Canada
- the Heart and Stroke Foundation
- the Mayo Clinic
- the Cleveland Clinic
- New York Presbyterian Hospital
- the British National Health Service
- the National Institutes of Health
- Kaiser Permanente
In addition, many researchers and physicians believe that vegan diets have significant health benefits over diets containing animal products, including:
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