Does being a vegan dramaticly change your lifestyle?!
Does being a vegan dramaticly change your lifestyle?
I know being a vegan or vegetarian is good for your health, and i wanted to know if becoming one will totaly change my lifestyle? will it?
Answers:
What being vegan has changed for me:
-Got rid of a particularly evil "friend" of mine. Apparently she talked behind my back constantly, but I only heard about it after going vegan... I guess she had a huge problem with my veganism for reasons unknown to me... I DO NOT shove veganism down people's throats at all.
-I shop at a health food store now instead of Pick N' Save. It's not much farther away, and I LOVE the store.
-I switched toothpastes, soap, shampoo. I won't put anything on my skin or in my body that isn't vegan (besides prescription medicine, which, unfortunately, I can't avoid).
That's all I can think of right now. Overall, I'm very happy with the changes I've made. I like all of my new products better than the ones I was using before, as well.
You will never be 100% vegan, so as long as you do the most you can, I think you're doing a great job. (: No one's asking you to stop driving a car.
"However, makes it harder to fit in with everyone else when you go out or to go to their home for dinner.
It is meant to be better for your health, but my opinion would be to be selective. Choose to eat that way at home and most of the time, but just be easy going when out with friends. No one likes fussy eaters."
You are SO wrong. When I go over to a relative's house for dinner, I simply eat only fruit, vegetables, and bread. They certainly don't mind, and neither do I. I'll eat some pasta or something else if it's vegan, as well.
Equating fussy eating with veganism is not only rude, but wrong. Vegans don't eat animal products because they are morally obligated not to. Fussy eaters don't eat something because they don't like the taste. It's like telling a Jew that they should eat something that's not kosher because they're being fussy if they don't. You won't understand the difference unless you're a vegan, and I don't expect you to, but you could be a little more understanding of the beliefs behind veganism if you're going to answer questions in this section of Y!A.