The most common response I hear to my veganism is "where do you get your protein?" This is not surprising - we were brought up to believe that every meal should be centered on protein. However, we now know this is false; as the American Heart Association says "You don't need to eat foods from animals to have enough protein in your diet", link.
However, stronger evidence for some may be recent stories of National Basketball Association stars who have switched to a vegan diet, and feel healthier, lighter and faster. For example, Kyrie Irving said "So my energy is up, my body feels amazing. Just understanding what the
diet is like for me and what’s beneficial for me for having the highest
energy out here and being able to sustain it at a very high level.” link. If these athletes do well with a vegan diet, the rest of us should also.
My concern is about the danger of the Western diet (high fat, low vegetables, low fruit), which is one of the chronic pressures that I believe causes cancer (Pernick: How Cancer Arises Based on Complexity Theory, 2017), as well as heart disease and other chronic diseases.
The world has severe problems. To adequate respond, each of us needs to be our best, which means we should be as healthy as possible. The evidence is clear - our diets should focus on vegetables, fruits and whole grains (Pernick, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, 2017)
