I remember being told that the reason that Mahatma Gandhi was not a vegan was because of health reasons. Indeed he was a proponent of drinking goat’s milk. It was suggested that a vegan diet had made him ill over time so he returned to a vegetarian diet.

That being said I’ve not come across any hard information on the subject so I would be glad if you could use the comments section below to add any information or link you may possess!

Because this is World Vegan Month we thought it would be useful to feature a discussion about the diet on our blog.

However there do seem to be a lot of conflicting claims made about the health value of a vegan diet. So to find out more we at PatientTalk.Org thought we would ask our readers. Given that there are many different diets for different medical conditions and general health such as the paleo diet.

So first off we thought we would run a short poll which you can see below.

Secondly it would be great if you could use the comments section below to share your views on the health value of veganism.

Thanks very much in advance.