Junk Food Vegan

I was talking with a lady named Karen today, and the subject clean eating came up. Karen mentioned that she has a friend who is vegan. The interesting thing that Karen talked about was how her friend has a pantry full of vegan and gluten free junk food! Karen, who is not vegan, does not eat junk food. I reflected on this because I have some personal training clients who are vegan, yet they struggle with weight loss.  As a personal trainer, I am elated to find out that my clients are vegan, because when trying to lose weight, diet is approximately 80% of the health and fitness equation, and vegans don’t have the added burden of meat and dairy in their diets. Unfortunately, these same clients are not losing body fat the way they should. Naturally, I have to wonder if these same clients are eating vegan junk foods like French fries, breads, pastas, cookies, chips, cereals, and processed foods. People, pay attention! Whether you are vegan or not, you must eat clean whole foods! The only place for "junk" anything is in the garbage. In order to lose the weight, you cannot regularly eat sugary or processed foods. If you’re eating a vegan meat substitute, it is processed in order to taste like meat, which means the nutritional value is probably diminished. Don’t just say you are vegan because it sounds cool. Do your research! Eat clean whole unprocessed plant-bashed foods!