{"id":13784,"date":"2019-07-02T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13784"},"modified":"2019-06-25T11:33:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:33:51","slug":"weight-control-the-vegan-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/02\/weight-control-the-vegan-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Weight Control the Vegan Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/kissclipart-healthy-diet-weight-loss-food-bd9f82a3d677df19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13785\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reed Mangels, PhD, RD and Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD wrote an article in a previous issue of <em>Vegetarian Journal<\/em> that shows individuals how to lose weight on a vegan diet. This piece was written to provide suggestions for vegans, or people who are interested in following a vegan diet, who want to lose weight. The weight loss plan is designed for non-pregnant adults. If you have a medical condition such as kidney disease, heart disease, diabetes, or high blood pressure, please consult your health care professional to make sure these ideas will work for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article features two eating plans. The first has\napproximately 1,500 calories and is designed for most women who want to lose\n1-2 pounds per week. The second has about 1,900 calories and is designed for\nmost men who want to lose 1-2 pounds per week. One to two pounds per week is a\nsafe rate of weight loss that is more likely to be maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will also find several recipes in the article found\nhere: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2006issue1\/2006_issue1_weight.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2006issue1\/2006_issue1_weight.php<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe to Vegetarian Journal in the USA only by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also subscribe to the Kindle version of Vegetarian\nJournal in the USA and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the USA,\nvisit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544727482&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=B07LBY2Y7K\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544727482&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the\nUnited Kingdom, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544731957&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=B07LBY2Y7K\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544731957&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reed Mangels, PhD, RD and Chef Nancy Berkoff, EdD, RD wrote an article in a previous issue of Vegetarian Journal that shows individuals how to lose weight on a vegan diet. This piece was written to provide suggestions for vegans, or people who are interested in following a vegan diet, who want to lose weight. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13786,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13784\/revisions\/13786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}