Anyone else vegan
Posted By: just me on 2009-06-20
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The last few times I have had meat I have gotten very sick. I buy from different sources (all good), looked at expiration date, smelled good, everything's but we just end up sick (doesn't matter what type of meat). So am trying to go vegan (again).
I'm hooked on lentils (can't get enough of them), and we know about salads, beans and soups, but does anyone have ideas of other stuff. I've got tons of rice and was wondering what I could do with that and I've also got some canned italian tomatoes.
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As I said already, I am a vegetarian, but not a vegan.
Vegans do not eat ANY foods originating from animals.
I eat eggs, drink milk and eat fish.
That's it.
I am very healthy and slim.
guess you are a vegan too, since killing cows - sm
and pigs is murder, then again eating the vegetable is murder too since you are killing a living thing. We can twist this 1000 different ways.
This vegan agrees! Veggies and no animal products are the way to go! nm
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I have been vegetarian on/off for 35 years, was vegan for about 5 years sm
not that hard. Right now, I am having so many issues with food allergies and celiac disease, having to give up nightshade veggies...nothing left to eat. I am eating some meat now, but not when the gastroparesis sets in!
Being vegan is not hard...unless you are a celiac. This is how I figured out the celiac part because so many of the meat analogs and vegan packaged foods use gluten for the protein and I got really sick from it. I gave up all the premade things and the whole grains with gluten and I was fine.
There is vegan and then there is VE-GAN. By definition, vegans don't wear, use or consume anything that is derived of animals...no leather shoes, most shampoos and toothpastes are off the list, as are deodorants. No wool or silk. Anything with soap usually has animal byproducts. It is very involved and rather difficult to do.
Giving up meat, eggs and dairy is no big deal, except for cheese. You hear that ad about "comfort proteins" in a baby formula and there is such a thing. Mother's milk, be it human, cow, goat, whatever...contains a chemical that triggers the release of endorphins in the brain so that feeding feels good in more ways than one. The purpose of this is ensure that the nursed young want to nurse and thrive. Human milk has a lot of these, so does cow's milk and cow juice triggers the same reaction in the adult human brain. Cheese is concentrated milk and therefore these chemicals are also concentrated. As a result, cheese is an addictive substance. This is the hardest thing to give up when going vegan. Vegan cheese substitutes are nasty and they don't melt. If a dairy-free cheese melts, it contains casein, an animal protein and not vegan.
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