To obtain the needed animal products such as meat, dairy and eggs, animals have to be reared and intensively fed. Human dietary choices, therefore, transcend individual interests. They concern human health both public and personal, ecological health, the economy and even animal welfare. Currently, the inordinate appetite of the western world for meat consumption has resulted in health problems such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and antibiotics resistance Abioye-Kuteyi et al. The complications resulting from animal agriculture are expansive, for example, animal agriculture can be linked to the starvation experienced by about 1 billion hungry people in the world FAO, The current grains production in the world is more than sufficient to feed about 9 billion population, however, these grains which should have been consumed by humans are been fed to animals which subsequently produce meat with a poor grain to meat ratio Foer, ; Godfray et al. Contrastingly, these developing nations, in most cases, grow sufficient grains to feed their human population but the grains are feed to livestock animals locally or through exportation Godfray et al. Nutrition : The process of obtaining the necessary food for maintaining health and growth. Developing Country : A country which is not industrialised. Since , the World Bank and the United Nations no longer use this term; instead countries are classified based on their per capita Gross National Income in the following categories: low-income, lower middle-income; upper middle-income and high-income economies.
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Hi there! This blog is truly helpful for me I to am a fellow vegan I’m from montreal Canada and am married to a Nigerian. My favorite is jollof rice that I have already altered to being vegan. Thank you again and I hope to see more classic vegan nigerian recipes. Hi Jessica, thanks for your comment! I’m so happy to hear that you find the blog useful. Jollof rice is also my favourite!
W e as Nigerians always feel the need to be extra and that also applies to our meals. Yes, being vegan is not an impossible lifestyle but on the contrary, very easy to adopt in this part of the world. Just remove the meat, fish, chicken, prawns, etc. Every year, more people around the world are making the decision to go vegan and for good reasons: think weight loss, lowering blood sugar, improving kidney function and more. Vegan or not, a diet high in fruit and vegetables is a good starting point for a healthy lifestyle. Also, seeing that meat contains a high amount of calories which is related to hypertension, stroke and various cardiovascular diseases common in this part of the world, it is understandable that vegans who consume fewer calories have less risk of heart diseases. A redefinition of what is healthy should be done as this will help us value our health and evade sickness. We need a reorientation on what healthy living truly is and the understanding that our food is our medicine.