Title:Vegan Diet: A Novel Trend in Healthy Living
Volume: 20
Issue: 8
Author(s): Gaithaongamliu Kamei, Prasad Rasane*, Jyoti Singh, Sawinder Kaur, Mahendra Gunjal, Jaspreet Kaur, Raghav Gupta, Dipendra Kumar Mahato, Sushma Gurumayum and Sunil Kumar Dwivedi
Affiliation:
- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara,
Punjab, 144411, India
Keywords:
Vegan diet, motivation, health benefits, chronic diseases, healthy aging, COVID-19, plant-based alternatives.
Abstract: An entirely animal-free diet that prioritizes natural plant-origin foods such as vegetables,
fruits, whole grains, pulses, and lentils is known as a vegan diet. Lowering persistent diseases
like type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, cancer, and many others offers numerous positive
health effects. Different aspects of how a vegan diet affects health are studied, and the dietary
pattern is analyzed. Along with the trend of a vegan diet, many people have become aware of the
importance of following a vegan diet, and many do this for health reasons or due to religious beliefs.
A vegan diet has also been seen to positively affect aging. As vegan diet choices are growing,
there are now more options for meat and non-dairy alternatives. Optimization for developing
an alternative vegan food product is necessary to produce the most favorable product quality and
achieve the best. This paper indicates the vegan diet as a whole and how the vegan diet can help
treat chronic diseases. It also reviews vegan products for alternative use and their stance in the
food industry.