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The ethics of honey
Aug 18th, 2010 07:59 PM
Milk
Dec 2nd, 2009 07:56 AM
what are your views on honey?
Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum, and to veganism. I am researching all the benefits of being vegan. I would like an opinion from all vegans....I have some products that are definetly not vegan-friendly, (shoes, make-up, soaps, etc.) is it ok to still use these products once I become full vegan?...
I was just wondering what other vegans thought of Organic/free range meat. Veganism is best but I know loads of people who just would never become vegan. The most to hope from them is that they make some effort to source their meat instead of getting facory farming which I feel is much much...
Hi all, our thread about vegans and eggs are now closed. It's also very long - it contains more than 400 posts. I've started this new thread in order to offer a very short explanation to non-vegans, lacto-ovo vegetarians and others who have questions about why vegans don't use (organic or...
List the vegan foods that you like to keep in the kitchen on a regular basis
I'm trying to become a vegan, done a lot of reading, trying to educate myself - I've started with removing dairy products... milk. So far, I have tried 'sogood' soya milk which was vile and 'alpro' soya sweetened milk, and although alpro seems to be slightly better than the 'sogood' it's vile...
I thought it'll be a good idea to have a thread of links to refer new vegans to. To start off, HERES the " Veganism in a Nutshell " link to vrg.org . :)
My mom said that it's possable to die from being vegan. Is this true? If so how do I get all of the vitamins, minerals, etc. that I need. (she is seriously thinking abouting taking me to an eating dissorder clinic)
The worldwide number of animals killed for food in 2000 was 45 billion, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. This included 306 million cattle, buffalo, and calves, 1.2 billion pigs, 795 million sheep and goats, and 42.7 billion chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese. The figures exclude...
Hey, I'm a new vegan. I have some questions on what vitamins I should take and how much I need. I've been vegan since the 16th..so like 2 weeks now, and I want to make sure that I'm getting enough nutrition. Basically my day consists of eating some spaghetti before work, then going to work and...
http://www.nealhendrickson.com/mcdougall/030200pufishisnothealthfood.htm
I've yet to have someone claiming meat is good for them explain anything in detail to me. It usually goes: Joe: Meat is good Me: Why Joe: it's got protein Me: name something without protein Joe: Uh, meat isn't bad Me: What about cholesterol and high fat content? Parasites and...
http://www.lpda.pt/vegetarianismo/ada_dc_veg.pdf A little excerpt: A few comments (already posted elsewhere):
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http://www.flashback.se/archive/ar_man.html ( THE MANUAL OF ANIMAL RIGHTS, by David Cowles-Hamar) 176 questions & answers about veganism/vegetarianism.
Hi Everyone! My first post here. I have been vegan for just under a week and with not enough research or long-term studies done on soy, I want to keep my intake of it to a minimum. I work out 6 days a week, 2-3 of which are weight training. I do use a vegan protein powder which gives me about 20g...
I was just wondering... if you kept chickens as pets, would you eat their unfertilised eggs? If not, why not? Do you think that it would be better to let their eggs go rotten than to eat them?
Why are vegans vegans? <- link to a number of threads explaining why vegans are vegans...
Hi! I'm male, and my partner is 6 weeks pregnant!!! :happydance: well we went up to see her parents in the Easter, and 4~5 hours drive caused her to throw up a few times. Now we are back at home, but she is not feeling well.(she says she feels as if she has car sickness) She has not been...
Hi there, Ive been a vegetarian for the past 19 years, but recently i have decided to become a vegan. The main problem is i love all food stuffs with cheese in (vegetarian of course!!!) and am worried that i will give in!!! Can anyone suggest any tips on how to slowly change my diet, or am i best...
Dilemma - should my vegan friend eat rescued chickens eggs? She is a committed vegan, but she says, if battery chickens are rescued and continues to lay, she thinks it is ok to eat the eggs. Her rationale is that by paying the rescuer for the eggs, she is helping the upkeep of the chickens. No...
http://www.animalfreedom.org/english/opinion/argument/eatingmeat.html
It's Not So Hard to Switch to a Vegan Diet: Report Thu Aug 5, 2004 03:20 PM ET By Alison McCook NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Making the switch from a regular meat-and-dairy diet to an all plant-based, vegan diet may be easier than it would seem, new research suggests. Among a group of...
Hello. I've only been a vegan since September, so I guess my mother still thinks she has some chance to deconvert me. (Not going to happen though.) She has come up with a clever way of guilt-tripping me though, so I could use some advice on how to counter it: Before I visit, she does a bunch of...
This is part of an article I found in last week's Observer magazine. Although not directly promoting veganism it does conclude that eating animals is very bad for the environment. It raises some useful facts for igorant omnis. Hope you find interesting. "A typical European meat eater will devour...
What do you all think about milk? I know that you are all vegans, but do you really think milk is bad for you? Or do you think it's good for you but it's against your beliefs? (I'm not sure if that's true for any of you, I just want your opinion.) Personally, I think milk is a gross pus that...
Hi everybody, here are some links about vegan and honey: Why Honey is Not Vegan Is honey vegan? Joanne Stepaniak on honey The Vegan Society on bees The Vegan Society on honey True - and we know what their conclusion was! :)
I recently posted the following on my blog: World Hunger And Meat Production Basically, my contention is that meat production takes more natural resources, namely land. Thus, it not only contributes to the world hunger and poverty epidemic, but also is unfair, in that meat-eaters essentially...
Hello & welcome! If you have registered yet, you may have noticed that this is a site for vegans or for people who have decided to go vegan (or seriously consider it). Like all other boards, we've had people who just come here to argue, for example people who pretend that they consider going...
The 2003 version of the American Dietetic Association statement about vegetarian and vegan food: "It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the...
I wonder at times how to explain to an omni or a lacto-vegetarian what's so bad about consuming dairy. I understand the health aspects, but I want to go beyond that - I want to engender an understanding of why it would be wrong even if cow's milk were the healthiest thing in the world for humans to...
Hi. As anyone who has read my previous couple of posts will know,i am currently in the process of becoming vegan. To do that, i need all the info that i can get! Excuse my ignorance,but what is the objection to the use of wool and silk? I am not asking that question because i think it is ok to...
I have been trying to eat Vegan and I notice all of products have Soy in them. Then I have people telling how bad Soy is for your health and that it raises estrogen levels. Just wondering if anyone has any solid evidence that shows whether soy really is good or bad. Thanks for the help.
If you had kids, would you push them into living a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle? If yes than at what age and why, if no then just why. Personally, if I had kids I'd leave it up to them, if they wanted meat I'd have no problem with that, it's their choice after all, and it's not like giving them...
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Inspired by the 'I'm Struggling thread' I am starting this one to 'protect' people who may crave animal foods. I was concerned reading the post by this particular post by Savannah: As we all know, some people get offended by vegans having cravings, and it is not always wise to be open about it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygE2Wwy8bKo I thought it'd be a good idea to show this educative video to those who still arent vegans.
Hi- The bulk of my diet is now brown rice and lentils, mixed together. It is basically all I eat other than veggies. My one weakness is fish. So, has anyone else a craving for fish and how did you kick it? I would like to go vegan and feel good. Thanks for having this site!!
Hey gang! I've attempted Veganism several times but succumbed to cravings during pregnancy. I really don't feel comfortable living vegan most of the time and want to fully commit. Any tips that you found helpful on your journey that helped you stay on ur chosen vegan path? Particularly regarding...
Okay. So, it started out as a bet. My husband and I were watching a documentary on veganism and he bet me I couldn't go vegan for a month. I bet him I could. Anyways, we agreed it would start on January 1st and last the entire month of January. To prepare myself, I started reading and watching...
I'm 33 years old, half life vegetarian, about 3 years vegan and last year vegetarian again ( but always vegan in my soul ) I had B12 deficiency and a lot of health problems connected with that Dizziness, tired all the time, strong heart problems, sleeping problems, weak memory and...
Hi, I have been lurking here for a bit, and finding so much information! Thank you for all the wonderful resources! I am a Type 1 Diabetic, and I've been vegetarian for 2.5 years. I think I'm ready to go vegan. I'm on my 4th day of a completely vegan diet, and almost vegan lifestyle. I've...
Hi and I hope it is ok for me to post this as a non vegan but I am looking for some advice to support my child. My eldest child is 11 and has been vegetarian for a long time now. She was never a fan of meat and gave up eating for ethical reasons also. She is very opinionated and has...
Hello! I have been looking into this lifestyle for quite sometime now, and just have some questions for you veteran veg heads! I only got one now but HERE IT IS! I am currently an owner of reptiles, and its something I hold very close to me. I love watching them, taking care of them,...
Where can I find a high quality source of information on Vegan Nutrition that will allow me to put together balanced meals supplying all the required vitamins and minerals (excluding B12)? I would like to use basic foods for this not packaged things or supplements (again excluding B12) and if you...
Hi, I'm Mike, and I'm seriously considering a switch to a Vegan diet. I've very nervous about it all. I live with three other people, none of whom have any inclination to become Vegan, but who I believe would be supportive of my decision. I am also on a fairly tight budget, and nervous about how...
Why "wheat free"? Is wheat bad for you? I see a lot of products being advertised as wheat free and I'm not sure why.
Hi, I am very close to being vegan but am afraid what my peers will think of me, and that I may be branded a "hippy weirdo". How is it best to deal with any criticisms I may receive and do you have any words of advice for a budding vegan? Flower
my biggest obstacle : mum i'm no longer a teenager or living at home have been reading and listening a lot about animals and their plight in becoming our food - and the unethicalness of even eating eggs and animal products like milk and honey. It's in my interest to become a vegan. Have also...
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Okay my family is planning a scalloping trip this weekend. Now I won't eat them, because flesh is flesh. Basically scalloping you just snorkle and pick them up, if I was to pick them up and do the actual harvesting of the scallops would that be wrong? Please explain why or why you would or...
Hello. I am so excited about my choice of living as a vegan and eating as a vegan. But I feel a bit overwhelmed. What is some advice on how to 'jump in' and get started (besides 'just eat anything without animal products in it'?). I want this to be a healthy lifestyle choice - and try to avoid...
Hi, my name is Pug and I am on the verge of going vegan. First for health reasons, and second for animal rights reason. I had always been interested in becoming vegetarian or vegan but one day I went to a friends website and he had a video on how many animals are processed for food. I cant even use...
Hi there... I've decided to go vegan.. I know there are things out there that people do to animals that they wouldn't do to their children (and make money doing it) so that's a big turn-off. I don't go looking for those things, and I don't like hearing them (they're really depressing!) but I know...
Hi, Here's a tip to potential, new (and existing) vegans: The simplest way to find our threads about what vegans prefer to eat and what our favorite foods are, is to to go to the search menu, and perform a 'Tag Search'. Currently, we also have a display of the most searched for tags on our...
Hi all, here's some important info about our little section for people who are not vegans yet. This areas is dedicated to two groups of people: 1) People who have questions about veganism because they are seriously considering going vegan. In other words, it's not a section for questions like...
Just a quick question for vegans. I understand not eating things or having anything to do with products where the animal has had to be killed such as meat, eggs, leather etc, but why do you not eat and drink things like milk and cheese? That doesn't harm any animals. And do you wear woolen...
Something strange has been happening to me today and I was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else before... So I've been a vegetarian my whole life and went fully vegan about 3 weeks ago (?) but I've been slowly becoming vegan for about 8 years (long story), so I haven't had any...
What's wrong with ingesting organic milk and cheese?
Hi, im new on the board. someone (sorry i cant remember who) started a thread about what you would do with your pet chickens eggs.i dont keep chickens but i was wondering, it would be cruel to kill the chicken, but if it naturally laid eggs, would that be acceptable to eat. because it is not like...
Hi Everybody!!! I'm new here so I'll give you a little background. I was born and raised a Seventh Day Adventist (no longer practicing) so I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian on and off my entire life. I started working at a poultry slaughterhouse about a year ago in the Cutting & Packaging...
I really don't want to become a junk-food vegan. I don't know why that bothers me, as I was a complete and utter junk-food omni until recently. But, because I have always lived with such a fast food, take-outs, eating-on-the-go attitude, I am finding eating vegan a bit hard and frustrating. Not for...
Hello everybody, I am new to this forum. I am an Indian, currently pursuing higher studies in the United States. I was raised as a vegetarian, which is not uncommon in India. But Indian vegetarians use a lot of dairy products. After coming to the United States, I decided to become a vegan....
hello all. Well about 3 months ago, i decided to go vegetarian... and then i decided to go vegan. The whole lifestyle,diet change was AMAZING..in too many words. I moved to Australia, and am living (until tomorrow) with my auntie and her children.. basically it is a total different...
Whether or not the leather was made from cows (which I'm pretty sure it is) or any other farm animal, for that matter, you are still buying an animal product and that animal had to die for it.
Hi there everyone. I just decided to be vegan for the reasons of the animals, my health and the environmental impact. My confusion is the definition of a vegan. I personally stopped eating animal products does this alone make one vegan? or is the combination of no use of products (hair stuff and...
I just found out today that my son, who is 14 months old, is allergic to a whole lot of foods. The list includes dairy, soy, peanuts, and eggs. Now I have always made his own food and know the importance of getting enough calcium and good fats and such. My family is not vegan yet, but certainly...
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