Introduction

Nearly everyone who adopts a vegan diet, regardless of their reasons, rightfully expects to see improvements in their health. After all, eating more plant-based foods, especially whole, minimally processed foods, has been shown in study after study to benefit health in a vast number of ways. Scout the web, go to a vegan festival, attend an animal rights conference, take a vegan nutrition course, read a vegan blog or book, or listen to a vegan podcast, and you’ll discover countless people who claim to have cured every ailment under the sun just by following a vegan diet.