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Handbook of Vegan Studies

Kailash R. Malode

9781774691687
265 pages
Arcler Education Inc
Overview
This book takes the readers through several different aspects of vegan food, vegan diets, comparison between veganism and vegetarianism. This book sheds light on the several concepts of vegan food and diet, its benefits, food justice, public health nutrition and the vegan studies in the discipline of religion, the anthropology and archaeology of food and the future of veganism. A healthy, plant-based diet requires planning, reading labels, and discipline. Vegetarian diets do not contain meat, poultry or fish; vegan diets further exclude dairy products and eggs. In general, vegetarian diets provide relatively large amounts of cereals, pulses, nuts, fruits and vegetables. In terms of nutrients, vegetarian diets are usually rich in carbohydrates, n-6 fatty acids, dietary fibre, carotenoids, folic acid, vitamin C, vitamin E and Mg, and relatively low in protein, saturated fat, long-chain n-3 fatty acids, retinol, vitamin B12 and Zn; vegans may have particularly low intakes of vitamin B12 and low intakes of Ca and vitamin D. This book has been designed to suit the knowledge and pursuit of the nutritionist, dietitian, students, researcher and scholars and to empower them with various aspects of the vegan food so, that they are updated with the information.
Author Bio
Dr. Kailash Malode (1980) is presently serving as Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry, college of Agriculture, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat. He obtained his B. Sc.(Ag.) in 2006 from Marathwada Agriculture University, Parbhani. M. Sc. (Ag.)2009 in Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth,Akola and Ph. D. Soil Science And Agriculture Chemistry in 2014 from Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidhyapeeth, Parbhani. He started his career as Assistant professor in 2014. His field of specialization is soil fertility. He has published 09 research paper in National and international journals of reputed. He has participated many National, State Seminar and symposiums. He has written 02 practical manuals for under graduate course for the benefit of students besides several Radio talk, Lectures in farmer traning programme. Dr. Kailash has also written 16 popular articles in Shati Bharti, Shati pragati and other reputed Magazines. He has Best writer award on 2015 for Krishi dooth popular Magazines of Maharashtra