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Veganism and its possible impact on organism
MAZÁNKOVÁ, Andrea
This thesis is called Veganism and its Possible Impact on the Organism. People who opt for a vegan diet should have extensive knowledge of this diet, as ignorace could bring many health risks. In the theoretical part of my work, I deal with the concept of veganism, what a vegan diet entails, possible reasons for choosing this type of diet, and the characteristics of the food vegans consume. I then focus in more detail on nutrients that do not occur in the vegan diet, or they occur in significantly smaller amounts, and also where to find them in the diet. I deal with their recommended daily intake and describe the consequences of a deficiency of some of the nutrients. In the practical part of the thesis I set two goals, the first of which was to map the respondents' knowledge of potentially hazardous nutrients in the vegan diet, and the second goal was to evaluate whether the vegan diets of selected respondents meet their energy and nutritional needs. To complete the first goal, I used my questionnaire, which was filled out by 73 people over the age of 15 following a vegan diet. To meet the second goal, I randomly selected eight respondents from the questionnaire who recorded their diet for seven days for my research. Subsequently, I processed their daily menus in the Nutriservis Profi program and compared the resulting values of energy and macronutrients with their recommended daily intake. According to the results, respondents have certain knowledge of the vegan diet, but within the individual questions there are also some wrong answers. On average, the energy intake of selected respondents was lower than their recommendations. Furthermore, the composition of the diet did not match the daily recommendations, average protein values were higher in contrast to fast and carbohydrates, which were significantly lower.
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