The professor. Calabrese on the vegan diet

correct-nutrition-Mediterranean-diet-pasta-wine-coupled-ideal In a recent episode of the Porta a Porta broadcast, prof. Giorgio Calabrese , one of the defenders of the goodness of the Mediterranean diet, talked about the vegan diet together with some guests, including the well-known vegan pediatrician Leonardo Pinelli . I share the idea that if Italians did (or went back to doing) the true Mediterranean diet , with a minimum consumption of red meats and sausages and a large consumption of cereals, fruit and vegetables, probably no one would feel the need to follow a vegan diet. as a health choice, but ultimately only ethical. Obviously I do not discuss ethical choices, but I would like to summarize the points of the episode for those who are interested in the vegan diet as a lifestyle or would like a healthier diet.
1) Vegan weaned children who follow a vegan diet apparently have slower development than those on an omnivorous diet, and are leaner

2) The American Academy of Pediatrics on the vegan diet for children literally says “Children can be well fed in all three diets (lacto-ovo-vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian and vegan) but it is very difficult to achieve a balance. nutritional in a complete absence of dairy products, cheeses and eggs “. So prof. Was right. Calabrese when he said that it is generally not recommended.
3) An excellent diet, on the other hand, seemed to me the Planta Vitae method: fruit, vegetables, animal and vegetable proteins, no sugar, whole grains including wholemeal pasta. To the biologist who enunciated its merits, demonizing traditional pasta because it is refined, I remember that normal pasta has an average glycemic index if cooked al dente, and is therefore not “pure sugar”. It is also made from durum wheat, and not from common white refined flour. Apart from this I hope to be able to document myself better on this method.
4) Mediterranean diet yes or no? The ideal would be to do it, but to do it well. If you read up on the Mediterranean diet, you would discover that perhaps your diet is Western rather than Mediterranean, with all the damage that the difference entails.
5) Vegan diet: the big question mark is the quality of many foods. Seitan is full of gluten, many vegetable milks are rich in sugar (something that cow’s milk does not have), normal and non-wholemeal rice milk has a high glycemic index, on all products derived from soy, there are many doubts on soy derivation and its safety. I invite those who want to receive constant information on the origin of the food.