Is it useful to go vegan to lose weight?

If you have Christmas bingeing regrets and have made it your goal to go vegan to lose weight, there are several things you need to know. It can work, but it can also backfire.

Whether for health, for personal convictions, out of respect for animals or to take better care of the planet, going vegan has its pros and cons. And if your goal is to lose weight after the Christmas binge, be veganIt can help you, but it can also backfire. In theory, limiting the foods you can eat should be a guarantee of losing kilos, also because vegan food has more fiber and more water content. "A diet based on vegetables, fruits and others can be very satiating," says doctor and nutritionist Spencer Nadolsky. There is even some research that has shown that, among people who set out to lose weight, vegetarians and vegans lost more weight and faster than meat eaters. But be careful, because it also has its drawbacks...

"I usually do n't recommend going vegan to my patients who want to lose weight," says Willow Jarosh, a nutritionist in New York . mess up your plans." Some vegan diets are quite restrictive and you have to be very conscientious for them to work in the long run.

They are healthy, of course, but they require good planning. Do not go overboard with carbohydrates and be very careful with processed ones, since a large part of their foods are processed, such as vegan cookies, vegetable burgers, vegan cheeses, vegetable milks with many added sugars, cereal bars or some tofu, for example. And remember, vegan junk food is still junk food.

So now you know, if you want to go vegan, it better be out of conviction and not just to lose weight.