Vegan for Life

Level 1 & 2 CPE 

Suggested Performance Indicators: 1.1.5, 1.2.6, 1.4.1, 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.8.5, 2.2.3, 4.1.2, 4.2.2, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.5, 8.2.3, 9.4.2

CPE Type: 720 for Printed/Paper Tests, 740 for Web-based/Online Tests

Upon successful completion, the users will be able to:

1. Identify three benefits to the Earth from people eating a vegan diet.

2. Discuss three health benefits to a person from eating a vegan diet.

3. Name five most important and most eaten protein sources on the vegan diet and explain why protein needs are higher in a vegan or vegetarian diet.

4. Name at least three often missing essential nutrients in a vegan diet and identify suggested sources of the nutrients.

5. Discuss two nutrients that vegans consume more than most omnivores.

6. Describe the importance of DHA and identify four possible vegan sources. 

7. Discuss two benefits of eating fermented and sprouted foods.

8. Identify which two minerals are not absorbed as well as from plants as from animal foods.

9. Describe three considerations when a pregnant woman is eating a vegan diet.

10. Describe three considerations when an infant is breastfed by a vegan mom and for the vegan child’s diet.

11. Identify the supplements recommended for all vegan teens.

12. Discuss the strategies for an older person eating a vegan diet to avoid too much muscle and bone loss.

13. Explain why a vegan diet may be ill-advised for the following persons: those on dialysis, those with many FODMAP challenges, or those with eating disorders.