Staying Healthy as a Vegan

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm Robert Cheeke, president and founder of Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness based here in Portland, Oregon. Today, on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to do a tutorial about being vegan. In this clip I'm going to talk about how to be a healthy vegan. Basically, there's a misconception out there that people have that vegans aren't healthy, when really the reality is we're actually avoiding a lot of these unhealthy foods. We're avoiding meat, we're avoiding dairy, we're avoiding eggs, we're avoiding like fast food junk food, and what we're doing is we're consuming things like this. Like super foods, and fruits and vegetables, and nuts and grains, and seeds and really a wide variety. The key is to eat a variety of food, the more color the better, the more vitamins and minerals, amino acids, all that the better. So eat a variety of plant based whole foods and you'll be healthy. Make sure to exercise, get adequate sleep, get some good clean air and get an all around picture of health, and then you can promote veganism to a wider audience. The healthier you are, the better you are as a role model for people, so that's what I say. "