My wife suggests locating popular bloggers and getting The Modern Vegetarian Kitchen as a starting place.

If you are going to watch that, you might want to watch this as well:

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I am not endorsing Kesser, but many of his counter-arguments sound reasonable, and he come across as fairly well-informed. YMMV...

Any vegans here? How do you deal with gas pain and bloating?
 

I’ve been on a plant based diet since mid November and I’ve lost about 8 lb and feel really good. However, I can’t handle the gas pain and bloating from eating beans and lentils so I’m getting my protein mainly from pea protein shakes, other veggies and tofu. I’d like to add beans to my diet but the effects bother me and, I suspect, others around me. Where do you get your protein? If from beans, don’t you get bloat and pain?

Not a vegan, but maybe look into (more) nuts, nut butters, whole grains/oats, etc. I think there are quite a few vegan protein powders/shakes out there as well.
Or, if you want to cheat a bit and consider vegetarian vs. strict vegan, then eggs/dairy would certainly help fill the protein gap.
Or, if that still isn't cutting it, then maybe cheat a bit further into a Pescatarian diet.

I think anything other than a balanced omnivore diet is going to present more challenges WRT nutritional deficiencies (and not just protein). YMMV.

I have switched to a mostly plant based diet as well, but still eat egg whites and a couple pieces of meat a week. I also do shakes with pea protein.

Legumes for me 2-3 times a week. Your system should get used to it, I don't have any issues but always had beans weekly even before focusing on more recently.

One thing you could try is a product called "beano", an enzyme that helps prevent excessive gas. I had an acquaintance that swore by it.

Keep up the good work,

G

I have found that eating less red meat, and carbs, and more yogurt keep my weight down, and on a regular, clockwork schedule.

I have also noticed that local, farm raised beef agrees with my system far better than the GMO grocery store crap, with preservatives.

Rogan with Kresser and James Wilkes(of Game Changers)

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315380/


The primary aim of the plant-based diet is to maximize the consumption of nutrient-dense plant foods while minimizing processed foods, added sugars, oils, and animal-based foods.3 A plant-based diet encourages lots of vegetables and fruits and is low in fat.4 Broadly defined, a plant-based diet has significant health benefits, and studies have shown that a plant-based diet can be an effective treatment for obesity,5–9 diabetes,10–14 hypertension,15 hyperlipidemia,16 and heart disease.17,18

The Lifestyle Heart Trial found that 82% of patients diagnosed with heart disease who followed this plant-based diet program had some level of regression of atherosclerosis and 91% had a reduction in the frequency of angina episodes, whereas 53% of the control group, fed the American Heart Association diet, had progression of atherosclerosis.17 In addition, the study showed a reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (37.2%) that is similar to results achieved with lipid-lowering medications. Similarly, other researchers showed that compared with a control group, the plant-based diet group had a 73% decrease in coronary events and a 70% decrease in all-cause mortality.15 In 1998, a collaborative analysis using original data from 5 prospective studies was reviewed and showed that, compared with nonvegetarians, vegetarians had a 24% reduction in ischemic heart disease death rates.19