[header] How to switch to a vegan diet for heart health [title] Replace meat with healthier proteins. [step] When going vegan, you are obviously cutting out all meat. Instead, you need to eat other forms of protein that are plant-based, including beans, grains, tofu, and nuts. 
One thing you do need to be careful about when going vegan is making sure you still get complete proteins. [substeps] Meat-based proteins are considered " complete " because they contain all of the nine amino acids your body needs.