Tips for going Vegan?!
What tips can you give me about going vegan?
I know I have asked similar questions, but I want more answers.
Thanks for any advice!!
All answers will be read and appreciated!! :-)
Answers: Hi everyone!
What tips can you give me about going vegan?
I know I have asked similar questions, but I want more answers.
Thanks for any advice!!
All answers will be read and appreciated!! :-)
Heya, go to http://notmilk.com/. Also don't buy or keep dairy products in your vicinity. You might still live with parents so that might be hard.
You have to learn how to read ingredients and labels. Study this here: http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in...
Many bath/body products and household products are tested on animals so you may want to seek out the alternatives. Go to a large Health Food shop or order some online. Here is a list of companies and products that do and don't test on animals: http://www.caringconsumer.com/resources_...
Those were some helpful resources for me. Also that animal ingredient list is on the Happy Cow website, you can find out veggie restaurants near your area with that great site.
Power to the Hottie!!
You can go vegan at any time, just be sure to combine proper protein combinations (beans and rice, etc.) as well as keep a varied diet.
Also consider taking a supplement.
Conduct research to make sure that what you are eating is actually vegan.
There are a few really good vegan cookbooks out there, such as How It All Vegan. check them out.
dont eat meat
Avoid animal and animal byproducts.
Those meats they eat are corpses
hi scottie! :)
try these websites for info on staying a healthy vegan!
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/people/...
http://www.veganvillage.co.uk/health.htm
and for recipes there are a few on here, dont know if there is a sainsburys near you but all the ingredients should be easy to find!
http://sainsburys.co.uk/food/specialdiet...
:) hope they help my veggie friend!
oh thats brill scottie, i might even go there myself now i found those recipes, they sound lush!
if youve never tried polenta, its worth trying, i personally love it! :)
1. Eat a diversity of foods
2. Stay away from from processed foods.
3. Switch out white rice and bread for brown rices and whole wheat (the heartier the better).
4. Have some veggie patties and dogs on hand in case of an emergency.
5. Make sure to include a variety of raw foods.
6. Use vegan cheeses (cream, slices, cedar, etc) when hankering for cheese like products (i.e. pizza, cheese dogs, graded for tacos and salads.
7. Quinoa (complete protein, bio-diverse) just cook in in with your brown rice, or make tabouli with it, etc.
8. Broccoli (40% protein)
9. Don't go out to eat as much or if you do go to a vegetarian or vegan restaurant. This will help reduce temptation as well as reduce the chance you get something by mistake.
10. Also if you are eating with non-vegans it may make things harder on you. This all depends on the state of your vegan mindset.
11. Make sure you read your labels and know the sources of everything on it.
12. Research
13. Community for support and education
14. Best of wishes : )
I felt the easist way is to get used to eating stuff without meat, eggs and cheese in them while you are still not a vegan it makes the transition a little easier. Because you can still enjoy your favorite foods after the swich. Find cheese substitutes if its hard to give up cheese. Be careful as many have milk products in them (it does not make sense but its true). I wanted to add more salt to everything when I gave up meat. I wanted more olive oil when I gave up cheese.
Or you just take the meat and cheese out of your current fave foods. Pasta w/o meat or cheese, burritos only beans and veggies, use soymilk in your cereal, (I like silk vanilla)
Learning to cook is probably the most important since they sneek animal products into everything. If you are into cakes and cookies you will need to learn to make your own, most commercial ones have eggs and milk in them. www.theppk.com is a good recipe site.
You could also read a bunch of stuff online that will gross you out and you wont even want to eat and drink unvegan. Going completly vegan can be a little difficult when you consider they use animal products to fine wines, to make shampoo, lotion, cosmetics, shoes, etc. You dont have to follow a specific mold of vegan. Its not really an all or nothing event, if you cant stop using lotion with animal products in it, so what.
Milk is not even natural for humans to drink. We are supposed to drink humans milk first couple years of life thats it. I think its natural to eat some animal but its gross and I would never kill an animal.
Take it one step at a time so you are not as likley to give up. I hope i have helped.
My number one recommendation is always to read "Becoming Vegan" by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. Both are registered dietitians and it's just about the bible of vegan nutrition.
My number two recommendation is always to cook for yourself. Veganism can be frustrating, limiting and expensive if you're mainly trying to rely on prepared convenience foods. But it can be inexpensive, delicious, nutritious and varied if you're cooking for yourself. A lot of reading on animal welfare and the environmental impact of intensive animal agriculture convinced me that I wanted to go vegan, but the recipes in "Vegan with a Vengeance" convinced me that I *could.* I've been doing it for 6 months now and I've never eaten so well in my life.
Otherwise, all I can say is seek support from other vegans if the going gets tough. I've learned so much from the forums at http://www.theppk.com.
being vegetarian i can understand being one myself.....as long as you dont hurt the animal or kill it it should be fine right? the egg we get is unfertilized so we aint harming the chick, nor do we kill the cow...so you decide...thing with the vegan diet is it is very low in certain imp vitamins...better being a vegetarian...my opinion...