Celebrating Health With Julie Atri

This female-owned plant-based business is making serious waves all across Los Angeles. From health food stores to co-ops, from home delivery to vegan restaurants across the city, her company, Bago Health, is one of the best quality plant-based providers in Southern California. Paired with her childhood upbringing in Ayurveda is a genuine facility for taking the healthiest ingredients available and elevating them into delicious products and wholesome meals. She offers a bounty of products, from mouth-watering cashew cheesecakes to garlic aioli dips, to dairy-free dressings, and cauliflower bread alternatives.

And having piqued the attention of some serious health food stores such as Follow Your Heart, Julie has become something of an ambassador for health, explaining the very important distinction between Veganism versus the Plant-Based Diet. While often mistaken for the same thing, these two branches of the health food movement are actually quite different. Taking a closer look at what makes a Plant-Based diet so unique to health, it becomes obvious how important it is to discern between veganism and plant-based. Julie’s food is wholesome, clean, contains no preservatives, and most importantly, is plant-based.

What does Plant-Based mean?

The term “plant-based” most often refers to a diet that is entirely removed from animal products, and heavily relies on plants to fill a typical protein needs. Most people who undertake a plant-based diet are 100% vegetarian and do not consume any animal by-products, however, some plant-based diets also include a small amount of dairy or meat. This can offer flexibility for those who want to eat healthily, reduce their animal-derived food consumption but also center their diet around fruits and vegetables. The other facet of a plant-based diet is its emphasis on health-centered food, rather than simply a diet removed from animal by-products. This diet includes lots of vegetables, grains, lentils, fruits, and nuts and tries to eliminate processed foods, sugars, and saturated fats.

What is the Vegan Diet?

While plant-based is a more flexible diet and encompasses a variety of definitions and lifestyle choices, Veganism completely eliminates animal-derived foods and products altogether. The main reasons for converting to veganism are considering animal-welfare, the environment, and personal health and wellness. Yet the normal vegan diet doesn’t necessarily take into account the reduction of processed foods and in fact, a lot of vegans find themselves eating unhealthy vegan food purely because it’s removed from dairy or meat. There is a whole industry of vegan junk food that is unhealthy, not plant-based, and serves no dietary purpose, yet because it’s vegan, people think it’s okay to eat. Replacing animal products with vegan “junk food” is not the solution to adopting a healthy lifestyle. Eating plant-based foods is the way to sustain your best health and feel good about your impact on the environment.

Bago Health is Real Food

Julie’s main mission through Bago Health is to provide top-quality health food that is not just vegan but it’s also built on plants. This distinction is what makes her food and products one of a kind, especially in an oversaturated vegan industry. Bago Health provides delicious plant-based alternatives to modern American classics, such as cashew-based cheesecakes, cauliflower buns, dairy-free dressings, and “cheese” sauces. When you buy a product from a conscious kitchen like Julie’s, you’re buying the very best food, removed from preservatives, refined sugar, and unhealthy fats. You not only support a locally owned Los Angeles business, but you also nourish your body and your conscious lifestyle.

Check out Bago Health to see our many products, catering options, and deals! Currently offering convenient Local Delivery, Bago Health makes it easier than ever to satisfy your needs with the best vegan food in Los Angeles!