The NHS certified: “You can get most of the nutrients you need from eating a varied and balanced vegan diet.”
This includes eating five portions of fruit and vegetables every day, basing meals on wholegrain potatoes, bread, rice, or pasta, and using dairy alternatives.
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Examples of dairy alternatives include soya drinks and yoghurts – just make sure you pick the low-fat and low-sugar options.
For protein, you can eat on beans and pulses, such as:
- Baked beans
- Red, green, yellow and brown lentils
- Chickpeas
- Garden peas
- Black-eyed beans
- Broad beans
- Kidney beans
- Butter beans
- Haricots
- Cannellini beans
- Flageolet beans
- Pinto beans
- Borlotti beans
Source: Daily Express
