Conversation in Plant-forward
Alex
chickencat06
hi Alex! plant based is more plant focused, like no products made for vegans, like cheeses, tofu sausage, and that type of stuff. A plant based diet cuts out, animal products, vegan products, and oil. While vegan diets cut out animal products, you can still have tofu, oils, and vegan products. A plant based diet can reverse diseases and can keep artery's from clogging up.
Mary D D
Vegans eat non animal sourced foods, e.g. no honey, no Meats, and some don't use sugar due to some companies' sugar processes, gelatins, etc. Plant based is a bit vague depending on several interpretations making it a little more confusing, being that you can include vegetables and fruits but with other foods that would not be considered vegan.
대나 오
Veganism isn't a diet. it is a rejection of violence, an act of compassion. Veganism is done not for health reasons, but for the respect of all living beings. We do not use our money to cause the murder of animals. And it just so happens that vegans have a plant based diet which is healthier. When you refuse to put death in your body, your body flourish.
Storm Weaver
There is also a difference between 'plant-based' and Whole Foods Plant Based. WFPB is a vegan diet with no refined foods and minimal added sugars, with fats coming only from whole food sources like nuts, seeds, and avocado, and sweetness coming from only whole fruit sources like dates and a small amount of dried fruit. it also tends to reduce added salt. Plant-based, in and out itself, merely means a diet mostly based on eating plants, but it is the broadest definition. Vegan is more of a philosophical stance on a human's relationship to the rest of the animal kingdom, and, as such, tends to be more of a judgment ... strict and very inflexible, because, in a way, it is kind of a 'calling' rather than just a way of eating, so in a sense, you could consider vegans, for the most part, to be sort of clergy for not harming animals. Interesting to me is how, in their judgment, many in that community forget to be as gentle and peaceful with their fellow human animals and show them the same compassion.
chickencat06
yep!
Robert Boyer
It honestly depends on who you ask. But both labels define a person’s personal choice not to consume animal products.
Hello Lagom
Hello! Jumping in here a little later but from more of a dictionary definition and the direction marketers of food companies have taken is that plant-based means, literally there is a 'base' of plants. So it does not mean the diet or a food product is 100% plants. Initially, this was very much the case where people would use the term 'plant-based' interchangeable with vegan. Now there are quite a few food brands using the term plant-based to describe their food products that have a base of plants but also contain things like cheese and milk or even meat! I work as a marketer and for vegan brands so when using plant-based I always put 100% in front so people are really aware that what they are buying is vegan. I hope that helps.
Michelle Poletti
@hello lagom has given the factual answer...finally. WFPB and PB are newer terms and it does not mean meat or animal product free....it's "morphed" into most people thinking it is. The old days you just called yourself a vegetarian if you were not a typical American "meat" person. If someone asked questions you would say you were either: vegan, ovo-lacto or pescetarian with a quick explanation and moved on.
What's most important is love and compassion for yourself, other humans and other life forms. ❤️
Alex
Ah, so its basically a "non refined/processed foods" diet, just based on fresh ingredients :) thanks @chickencat06! a lot clearer now 🥦