When sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide combine inside plants, photosynthesis can begin. Plants then make glucose, which gives the plants the nutrients they need to grow. Plants also give off oxygen as a waste product, which people and animals need to survive.

Flowers are for reproduction, not photosynthesis. All flowering plants rely on photosynthesis for the energy to carry out their metabolism.

Photosynthesis happens in chloroplasts within plants, which typically are found in the green parts. Other parts, like the flower petals in a peony bouquet, would not have chloroplasts, and do not collect energy this way. Chloroplasts are organelles in plants and some algae.

Plants are autotrophs, which means they produce their own food. They use the process of photosynthesis to transform water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide into oxygen, and simple sugars that the plant uses as fuel. These primary producers form the base of an ecosystem and fuel the next trophic levels.

Jaggery is natural brown sugar made either from palm sap (from coconut, date, sago, or toddy palms) or from sugar cane juice. Either way, it retains that brown hue, as well as loads of flavor—think fruity, earthy, almost spicy caramel, or buttery toffee, possibly with notes of smoke.

Let’s start with why some sugars are not considered vegan. To make refined sugar from sugarcane, the sugar cane stalks are crushed to separate the juice from the pulp. The juice is then processed, filtered, and bleached with bone char. Not all refined sugars practice this unnecessary bone char process.

Coca-Cola does not contain any ingredients derived from animal sources and can be included in a vegetarian or vegan diet.

Maple Syrup is made by tapping maple trees. But, organic maple syrup cannot be processed with animal products. Because the final product and production of organic, pure maple syrup do not involve any animals or animal byproducts, it is a vegan syrup.

No, despite wine being essentially alcoholic grape juice, a lot of it isn’t vegan at all (or even vegetarian). This is due to fining agents being added to speed up the clarification process. These additives can contain the following: Gelatine (derived from animal skin and connective tissue).

1. Moby. One of the most high-profile vegan celebrities who has been vegan since 1987 is American musician and animal advocate Moby. The musical legend first cut meat from his diet aged 19 thanks to his beloved pet cat Tucker.

The reason that all wines are not vegan or even vegetarian-friendly has to do with how the wine is clarified and a process called ‘fining’. Traditionally the most commonly used fining agents were casein (a milk protein), albumin (egg whites), gelatin (animal protein) and isinglass (fish bladder protein).

Vegan alcohol includes spirits, beer, wine and cider which are free from animal products. Like the food we eat, vegans choose to avoid non-vegan alcohol and any products with animal-derived ingredients.

Vegans avoid animal products. For strict vegans this means avoiding honey because of the exploitation of bees. That seems to imply that vegans should also avoid vegetables like avocados that involve exploiting bees in their production.

There are currently no vegan sandwiches, wraps, or breakfast items available on US menus. To add insult to injury, US McDonald’s locations still include “Natural Beef Flavor [Wheat and Milk Derivatives]” in their French Fries even though the rest of world’s McDonald’s fries are vegan.

When separated from the rest, vegans had a 15% lower risk of dying prematurely from all causes, indicating that a vegan diet may indeed help people live longer than those who adhere to vegetarian or omnivorous eating patterns ( 5 ).

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 99% vegan. And is the star of my 100% favourite Christmas film, Jingle All The Way. The 72-year-old action legend has been living on a meat and dairy-free diet for the past three years, only making very few exceptions regarding his food intake and usually when filming.

Being Lean Can Make You Look Older And vegans as a group tend to be leaner. So in this regard, vegans may actually be at risk of more visible wrinkles—but only due to being leaner. I know for myself, I only noticed the first wrinkles in my face after I lost a bunch of weight and started getting a 6-pack.

Many large population studies have found that vegetarians and vegans live longer than meat eaters: According to the Loma Linda University study, vegetarians live about seven years longer and vegans about fifteen years longer than meat eaters.

Well … Although many humans choose to eat both plants and meat, earning us the dubious title of “omnivore,” we’re anatomically herbivorous. The good news is that if you want to eat like our ancestors, you still can: Nuts, vegetables, fruit, and legumes are the basis of a healthy vegan lifestyle.

Read on to find out more about six species which have a taste for human flesh.

• Hyenas.
• Leopards and tigers.
• Wolves.
• Pigs.