Why do vegans, who in Italy represent a small percentage of the vegetarian population (which does not exceed seven percent), eat carbohydrates and lose weight, indeed, are they always very thin? If you look at the “before and after” of vegans, or at the photos before they changed their diet and after becoming vegan , you will immediately notice that in general even those who approached vegan for ethical reasons have lost a lot of weight.
Now, the point is not everyone becoming vegan to lose weight , but the news that the vegan diet would be better than the Paleo diet and other protein diets with a high percentage of animal protein for weight loss. If carbohydrates are bad, as everyone who subscribes to a lifetime of protein says,how is it that vegans, whose diet is essentially based on the consumption of carbohydrates, lose so much weight (and no, they do not lose muscle)?

According to this study conducted by the University of Carolina , out of five samples of people who had to lose weight and who did five different diets, those who followed the vegan diet lost almost double their body weight, especially in fat. But according to the experts who analyzed the data, it is not a carbohydrate-only diet, nor a protein-only diet, that makes the difference, but the fact that those who follow a vegan diet are generally very knowledgeable about all of them. the plant resources that can provide it with proteins, fats and carbohydrates, and chooses a balanced but above all varied diet. While those who make a normal diet often forget to vary, always eat the same things and continue to be ignorant of the incredible richness of the plant world: add to this that the food industry has gradually impoverished our eating also of tradition, while a vegan is attentive to the quality of what he puts on his plate.
In short: to lose weight we should learn from vegans. Balanced diet, attention to variety and quality and a predominantly plant-based diet can be three useful lessons against the war on extra pounds.