Am i a bad vegan?!
Am i a bad vegan?
Here's my dilema: I want to be a paid volunteer for a medical reasearch clinic. The catch is the volunteers stay 24/7 at the clinic testing a pill for diabetes, something like 5 days. They do not serve vegan or vegetarian food. Even if i can not eat or throw out the meat, will it make me a bad vegan( i am now)? I really need the money.
Additional Details6 months ago
Volunteer is their name for it.
I would be the one studied not the studier
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6 months ago
Volunteer is their name for it.
I would be the one studied not the studier
No, you're not a "bad vegan." You do what you can...
Your food choices shouldn't impact your life down to a good job that you want to take.
Couldn't you pack lunch, though?
According to the dictionary (link below), if you don't "eat" the meat, then no. However, you must consider that meat has already been prepared. If you a vegan, because you prefer not to have animals slaughtered for the sake of food, then yes you are a bad vegan. If you really, need the money, I suggest that you donate plasma, or find some other means for making a quick buck.
Good luck with your decision.
Will they be able to give you extra helpings of the vegetables or allow you to bring in some food? I would also think about whether the medication research previously involved vivisection, and how you feel about that. Also, if the medication is pills, there might be gelatin or other animal products involved. Really, it comes down to your own conscience, and the benefits of participating in the study versus the costs.
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Not necessarily a bad vegan, just not a vegan. Whether it's bad or not is really for you to judge, not anyone else. A lot really depends on why you became vegan- for ethical or health reasons?
what would happen if you ate some vegatable soup that had a chunk of meat in it. Are you going to go to Vegan Hell? Be struck down by God of Vegetables? Its a label, a name, nothing else. I dont smoke, but I might have a few puffs one night in a bar, does that make me a bad non-smoker?
If you are not a vegan you will not meat. Be respectful to your employer...but take you own dinner to work or wait till you get home to eat.. Vegan's absolutely do not consciously eat meat.
Do you take pills with a gelatin capsule ever? Or eat jelly bears? Or do you ever go to a restaurant and order rice or mashed potatoes and not ask if they were made with chicken stock? What matters in my mind is that you do your best not to kill animals for a craving, I'm sure if you told them you are a Vegan, then they will not serve you meet, just like if you were Jewish and only ate kosher they would not prepare a non kosher hot dog. There are many Diabetic who are vegan (I work with one infact) and so to test this pill covering the whole spectrum of Diabetics then they should be pleased to cover your dietary needs. If they are not willing to supply you with the food you need then make a friend and give someone in the program you are in the extra meat!!
It's pathetic that a medical clinic that wants to research diabetes will not accommodate a food preference that's followed by millions of people worldwide. This is a golden opportunity for them to see the effects of their diabetic pill on a vegan. Can you bring in vegan food?
I am a vegetarian (not vegan). If you are like me, you would not be able to eat the food even if you wanted to without becoming sick. Morals, ethics, and beliefs aside, the absence of animal enzymes in your body after a certain period of time makes the digestion of meat almost impossible. If you can eat the non-meat items or bring meals with you (frozen maybe???) then simply being with meat eaters 24/7 will not harm you in any way. It is no different than when you go out to eat and share dining space with non-vegs. Meat is not for me and I do not eat animal-flavored things either -- i.e., soup bases, gelatin, stuffing, etc. but I cooked it for my ex husband and I cook it now for my boyfriend. In the USA (and just about every other place on this planet), it is unrealistic to be isolated from meateaters or to expect meateaters to understand why we do not eat meat.
If you eat the meat, you definitely are in conflict with the path you have chosen as a vegan. This may or may not be as important to you as getting the money you need, or as important as contributing to the diabetes research work.
I have some concerns about other factors influencing this decision; are you a paid volunteer on whom they are doing research, or a paid volunteer who is completing test research on others? If they are doing research on you, then if you do not eat the exact diet the others eat, you will possibly throw off their curve badly as this will impact your blood sugar levels. In addition, if you are a long-time vegan and have not eaten meat in some time, doing so now could cause some systemic disruptions as you get used to it - and something like chronic diarrhea could also influence your test results. You may be a poor choice as a test subject for a consistent subject base.
If you are a paid volunteer who is completing study work but not being studied, i would inquire as to whether they have an available refrigerator for you to be able to bring and store basic food items from home to get through the week.
i thought volunteers worked for free???
u should suggest they open a wing for veggitarian/vegan patients.... maybe u could help there...
I don't think so, at all. It's just a temporary situation based on need, which in the "wild" is perfectly acceptable. I guess it depends on why you feel eating meat is wrong, but to me necessity speaks volumes.
I don't think so at all. Being vegan isn't like being a religion or something. It's your personal choice. You're not going to be "kicked out" of anything if you aren't consistant with it.
First of all be care full about the research pill you are testing. I was in a research test on a chewing gum that fought cavities. It destroyed the protein in my blood to the point that I had to drop out of the study along with several other people. Your a guinea pig for these people, and they don't know the side effects of this new drug. As far as throwing away the meat that they give you for dinner, it would bother me to do that, even seeing it on my plate. I would recommend not taking a strange med. for health reasons, and there are cases of people dieing or going blind from studies like this. Think twice about doing a study, and try going to a sperm bank instead. They pay better, it's something you already do, and there is no risk. The sperm bank is a private way to make money plus they give you reading material that you may enjoy more then being locked up in a room eating meat. Good luck, and hope you don't do the study!!
You are helping people... you are trading one sacrifice for another. Just throw out the nasty meat and you'll be fine...
if YOU personally can deal with eating animal products then your'e not being a bad anything.
i dont think i could make it i'd pack my own lunch.
yawn. NEXT! Your body needs a balance of everyhting. eating too much of everything is bad 4 u. and hoo cares u eat meat once in a while, u not gonna die! u get wat u get & u don't throw a fit! & volenteers help for the propse, not the money. if u think that way, then ur selfish cuz u only care 4 the money, not the ones that need help. Shame shame. If they changed the volenteering 4 free, would u quit? i thought so.