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I don't think it's just pyschological. I've taken toddlers with asthma off milk before, and witnessed the healing; I don't think the 2- and 3-yr-olds had any conscious awareness that their diet was changed...I just replaced cow's milk and such products with soy and/or rice products. ;)
Congrats on going vegan again! Keep it up and I really believe you will find yourself much healthier this year. I very rarely get sick, even dispite being exposed to sick children a lot. :D
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well lecithin I heard is in your brain and required for function soy has it, where as high protein generates acid sucks calcium chromium and trace minerals from your body these are required for healthy cells, healthy cells carry oxygen to the brain more efficiently, ofcourse it makes you think better not to mention the vitamins and antioxidants and such you will be getting from vegetableswhich regulate brain function B vitamins and iron that is for all the iron in meat without vit c it is absorbed poorly and more then likely stripped from you by the meat itself. so yeah ofcourse it has a physcological impact.
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I know that I'm allot healthier but that wasn't my motivation to becoming vegan.. I know that I can look at animals in peace now and know that I don't eat them anymore.
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I'm not sure about healthwise yet, although I was pleased that my dietician had no qualms about my becoming vegan, and seemed to believe that it's an extremely healthy way of life. However, emotionally and mentally I think that I am much happier. I feel good about what I put into my body, and no longer feel any twinge of hypocricy when I talk about living sustainably! :D
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This option wasn't in your list.
The effect of being vegan is that I find myself eating less. Though I FEEL alot better about the environment, I think on a vegan diet I'm SUPPOSED to be eating more. This is confusing. I'm also finding myself struggling a little more with buying groceries cause I have to be so dang careful of every single cent I spend now on food. Everything I have to be able to eat, cause otherwise its $8 for a soy pizza or $6 for a box of only 4 veggie burgers I may not end up liking, and thats money I can't get back. ^^
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Wow, what amazing little miracles. But seriously, better/less sleep, cuts healing faster? Could it be scientifically proved? I just cant believe those things. The things I agree with is that I just feel better in general.
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On a similar note, my coworker put her youngest son, who is diagnosed with seizure disorder, ADHD and autism on the Feingold diet. This diet is centered around whole-grains, fruit, veg, no dairy, no artificial colors or sweeteners....hmm, sound familiar?? Anyway, since she put her son on this diet, people have asked her what medication he's been on because his behavior have improved so much.
Im sorry I don’t believe that a diet could affect ADD/ADHD or autism. I am autistic and it just has NOTHING to do with diet. Maybe the “behaviour” was better because that kid was off of sugar or something.
Last year this is what I ate everyday: White bread toast with butter. Choco milk. Pasta with butter. Rice. Grilled cheece sandwich. Yoghurt. Milk.Chocolate. Ice cream.
Too much milk, but I had no idea it could be hurtful. I mean there is nothing on TV or in the papers. But now I know.
I believe I developed a kind of resistance for diary, especially melted cheece and ice cream. Because I used to eat it everyday, all day. Then one day I stopped. In May I tried being a vegan for a month, and that worked out pretty well. But then I “cheated” and ate chocolate again. So I had to start over like maybe 20-30 times or something. But now I have discovered many famous vegans and vegan chocolate spread so I am defenately not ever going back to that lifestyle again.. So basically it took me about 6 months to become a vegan.
The best thing I feel about it now is that I am defining my personality and who I want to be. I am also setting new standards for myself and demands (as to how I want to be treated by meat-eaters etc)
The bad thing about it is that my mother thinks I am trying to be alternative on purpose, witch I am not. (Sorry to rant about my mom, Im gonna stop it when I move out very soon)
Well basically I have never felt better, exept when I was 13 and got up every day at 6 to jog and bike and stuff… I am planning to loose weight too, I think I need to have more “portion control” and not eat so damn fast and much and late at night.
By the way: does any one of you have a problem with hot meals? I used to as a meat-eater and a vegetarian, and I still do kinda.. I just don’t like it when foodies are hot. Maybe I will go raw after a vegan while…
There is no need to cook stuff is there? For health reasons I mean. And if I cook stuff like; pizza, rice, casserole, whatever and just put it in the fridge and eat it later, will it still be a “real dinner”???
I guess I will know for sure when I have been a vegan for a longer while. I have officially been a vegan for 13 days, but I have tried so many times in 2005 and I do feel “lighter” in a way. (I haven’t had as much chocolate and cheece in 2005 as before…I hope you wont tell me to type this in the “not a vegan yet” forum, cause I am a vegan now for real, Im just saying; that’s how it used to be)
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I know that I am not contributing to the meat indsutry. I can look a cow in the eye now!
Uhm... in what situations do you meet cows? I only meet them on my aunts farm, and I dont feel very comfortable in the "stables" because the people on the farm kill them, or at least drink theyr milk . hehe oh was this supposed to not be of literal meaning :cool:
I hope this isnt too off-topic or too long, its just that: veganforum is the only place that understands me and that is so great :)
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My father told me a week or so ago, that when I visited them back in Australia earlier this year I had "a real glow". I had been vegan for about a year and a bit by then, and had not seen my family for 3 years. He then said "your diet really seems to be working for you". :D
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good stuff roxy!
im going to see my 2 sisters for the first time in 3 years soon, so i wonder what they will say about me?
since being vegan my period cramps arent as bad. i no longer suffer from IBS, i feel more energetic and kind of 'lighter' too,i kind of have a more 'pure' feeing, of connciense and body, if that makes sense. :rolleyes:
the only downside is when i travel it takes us ages to find a place to eat (my bf has the patience of a saint!) i have to live on salads in some countries and carry my weight in baked beans and nuts in my backpack!!
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My health has improved.
And I feel more like myself, if that makes sense.
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I was very ill, and a bit overweight as a meat eater. I am now at my ideal weight, and am not plagued by the intestinal problems.
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Well all these changes in my diet have been fairly recent. I tend usually to be an all or nothing sort of person (not with others, but with things I do), so these changes have been somewhat quick - still sorting out a few things though (like sugar, honey, meds). I feel alot better about my choices and as a result myself. Physically it has been another story, my skin has been alive, breaking out, itchy, dry & oily. Also I have altered between feeling run down, like I'm fighting something off (runny nose and stuff but never seem to get the cold) and feeling I have more energy. Feels like I'm in detox - which is not always plesant. PMS :mad: was a bit better this month (I stuggle with severe PMS and have been seeing a specialist). And let me not forget the way I smell has changed and not in a paticulary plesant way :eek: - mostly its my sense of smell, always strong, seems stronger. It's also the different foods though and I think the detox thing, luckly no one else seems to notice! (and I do ask!) Despite all of this it feels like I am healing, more often now I am feeling more energetic, enjoy what I eat and am very satisfied by my choices.
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skye, I've heard that for some people, the vegan diet can result in detox-like symptoms so that could very well be what's happening to u. i think if u just keep up the good work, it sounds like ur planning to anyway, the symptoms will go away and u will reap the benefits of the diet. It's really strange though that u feel u smell worse, i feel that i now smell better than i used to, but it could be a plecebo thing. :D
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I think my health is a bit worse... but that's okay. I wasn't doing this for my health.
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I think my health is a bit worse... but that's okay. I wasn't doing this for my health.
hi anneh
your comment worries me a bit.. :(
if you are eating a well balanced vegan diet, your health should be excellent..
are you sure there is not something you are missing?
its important to keep yourself healthy, not only for your own sake but to provide a good example to omnis of how healthy a vegan lifestyle is.
otherwise if you look and feel ill, itll just reinforce their notion that we need animal products to be healthy..
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I was thinking yesterday that I actually can't remember when I have felt really, really ill whilst being vegan. I have had days when I have been off colour, but it clears more quickly now.
I don't feel more energetic or anything, but I am leaning towards being more healthy and more concerned about what I eat and always eat organic now, despite the fact that it is ridiculously more expensive :(
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My health has improved.
And I feel more like myself, if that makes sense.
i know exactly what you mean..
btw i LOVE your avatar!
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hi anneh
your comment worries me a bit.. :(
if you are eating a well balanced vegan diet, your health should be excellent..
are you sure there is not something you are missing?
its important to keep yourself healthy, not only for your own sake but to provide a good example to omnis of how healthy a vegan lifestyle is.
otherwise if you look and feel ill, itll just reinforce their notion that we need animal products to be healthy..
I know I "should" be, but I'm not -- maybe it's not the veganism, but maybe that's not what's making people feel better either. I wanted to believe that vegan was healthier, but my experience hasn't shown it -- and although I found recently that I was missing iodine because my information about sources had become outdated, I'm as sure as I can be that my diet is otherwise healthy...
Of course there is an argument to present the image of perfect health to make veganism more attractive but I think it's also a bit dangerous. Vegans do still get ill and they also even die, although in the past prominent vegan's deaths have been kept quiet. There seems to be a fair amount of depression and other stuff suffered by the lovely people who gather here and I think it's rather mean to them to say "but you're vegan you're not allowed to get sick, what will the evil omni's think?". (Few people know I am vegan, I don't wear a label above my head or preach so don't worry about my being a negative advert to the world at large!)
It's wonderful that it does make so many people feel better, but I posted here because felt that someone who did not feel healthier, reading this, might think that this was an indication that being vegan was not suitable for them, that they were clearly not "one of you". Or that someone might adopt veganism to cure their ailments and give it up when it doesn't work and as a result also block out the more important and valid messages and reasons that make veganism worth considering...
:)I feel spiritually healthier for it, which is more important.:)
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I know I "should" be, but I'm not -- maybe it's not the veganism, but maybe that's not what's making people feel better either. I wanted to believe that vegan was healthier, but my experience hasn't shown it -- and although I found recently that I was missing iodine because my information about sources had become outdated, I'm as sure as I can be that my diet is otherwise healthy...
Of course there is an argument to present the image of perfect health to make veganism more attractive but I think it's also a bit dangerous. Vegans do still get ill and they also even die, although in the past prominent vegan's deaths have been kept quiet. There seems to be a fair amount of depression and other stuff suffered by the lovely people who gather here and I think it's rather mean to them to say "but you're vegan you're not allowed to get sick, what will the evil omni's think?". (Few people know I am vegan, I don't wear a label above my head or preach so don't worry about my being a negative advert to the world at large!)
It's wonderful that it does make so many people feel better, but I posted here because felt that someone who did not feel healthier, reading this, might think that this was an indication that being vegan was not suitable for them, that they were clearly not "one of you". Or that someone might adopt veganism to cure their ailments and give it up when it doesn't work and as a result also block out the more important and valid messages and reasons that make veganism worth considering...
:)I feel spiritually healthier for it, which is more important.:)
hi,
of course there are other factors that contribute to a persons health aside from what they eat. i never said vegans are not allowed to get sick.... or die! we may be vegan but we are still human..and we all have our problems.
but regardless of whether a person is vegan or not.i think if their health has declined they should seek the reason for this.
i dont 'preach' to omnis or 'wear a label' but i do believe in setting positive examples to people who might also be interested in changing their lifestyles to become more environmentally friendly and cruelty free.
finally people have different reasons for becoming vegan, and although mine are primarily ethical, i do know some vegans who are solely in it for the health benefits, which i dont have a problem with at all, at least theyre not eating animals.
im sorry if you misinterpreted me..i am not saying vegans are perfect or have perfect health..i was merely expressing my opinion and also concern and support for you , a fellow vegan.
carrot ;)
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Of course there is an argument to present the image of perfect health to make veganism more attractive but I think it's also a bit dangerous. Vegans do still get ill and they also even die, although in the past prominent vegan's deaths have been kept quiet. There seems to be a fair amount of depression and other stuff suffered by the lovely people who gather here and I think it's rather mean to them to say "but you're vegan you're not allowed to get sick, what will the evil omni's think?".
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I don't think anyone here tries to promote the image of 'perfect' health. People are just trying to do their best and IMO being vegan is an ethical stance, as opposed to strict vegetarianism, which is about diet. I am not particularly healthy although I am vegan, but have noticed that basics like hair and nail condition have improved since going vegan.
Not sure what you mean about prominent vegan deaths being kept quiet. Personally I am 100% convinced that it is the healthiest way to live and nothing could sway that. If someone dies then I don't think it can be attributed to being vegan, whereas I think meat eaters deaths by cardiac arrest, stroke etc can all be associated with their meat eating. How widely is 'death by meat' journalised? It's not often you read about such and such a famous person dying due to consuming so much saturated fat and colesterol - they just say stroke, heart disease, diabetes, cancer.
With regards to depression, I like to think I can tell it from the other point of view. I suffered from clinical depression for over 10 years, was hospitalised and told that I would be on lifetime medication. Shortly after going vegan I came off antidepressants, came off contraception, and never take drugs unnecessarily now. I have changed my food lifestyle completely and only eat organic. I have not felt severely depressed since. So for me, that is a positive side effect of living a compassionate lifestyle. Of course you will read about people feeling down/depressed on here, but I think that is simply because this is a lifeline for so many people and an opportunity to share how they are feeling. I don't think it is associated with veganism in any way, shape or form. If omnis set up a site to promote meat eating, they would also talk about depression and bad days.
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I know I "should" be, but I'm not -- maybe it's not the veganism, but maybe that's not what's making people feel better either. I wanted to believe that vegan was healthier, but my experience hasn't shown it -- and although I found recently that I was missing iodine because my information about sources had become outdated, I'm as sure as I can be that my diet is otherwise healthy...
Of course there is an argument to present the image of perfect health to make veganism more attractive but I think it's also a bit dangerous. Vegans do still get ill and they also even die, although in the past prominent vegan's deaths have been kept quiet. There seems to be a fair amount of depression and other stuff suffered by the lovely people who gather here and I think it's rather mean to them to say "but you're vegan you're not allowed to get sick, what will the evil omni's think?". (Few people know I am vegan, I don't wear a label above my head or preach so don't worry about my being a negative advert to the world at large!)
It's wonderful that it does make so many people feel better, but I posted here because felt that someone who did not feel healthier, reading this, might think that this was an indication that being vegan was not suitable for them, that they were clearly not "one of you". Or that someone might adopt veganism to cure their ailments and give it up when it doesn't work and as a result also block out the more important and valid messages and reasons that make veganism worth considering...
:)I feel spiritually healthier for it, which is more important.:)
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i cannot understand why you think a vegan lifestyle makes a person un-healthy...
you say that vegans get sick and die....... yeah some vegans do...
and so do some omnivores...
as far as depression goes...yeah, people get depressed...studies show that as many as 4 out of 10 people may be depressed at any point in their life.. and that 8 out of 10 will or have had depression at one point in thier life.
i really dont understand why you think a vegan lifestyle is "dangerous"??.... :o
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anneh, I have to say that i too am a little confused about your response to this thread and to most of those that posted. i don't think anyone on here expects everyone to have perfect health and condemns those that do not. However, i do think that if u r feeling worse physically being vegan, there may be something lacking in your diet or something becuase there has been study after study that a vegan diet should, if not improve your health, then at least keep it relatively stable, there is nothing indicating that health should decline from a vegan diet. i think that anyone who said something to u about ur feeling worse was only concerned about whether or not u r getting the proper nutrients, not attacking u in any way. i hope u can find the reason that u r not feeling well lately, and i hope that, if it is diet related, u will see that it is still easy to be physically healthy on a vegan diet and that it shouldn't be expected for health to decline. also, there is no one that i've seen saying that depression shouldn't ever come, it is kind of a natural part of life, and as someone priorly stated, people post a lot on here, and they will not always be in the best of moods, no one ever is, not even the happiest most even tempered people r like that ALL the time. :)
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I have been becoming a "junk food vegan" lately and I'm pretty sure I've put on some weight. I don't own a bathroom scale, but I'm almost certain my pants are tighter than they were a couple of weeks ago.
Right - time to wean myself OFF the junkfood and back to better eating!!
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anneh-
i cannot understand why you think a vegan lifestyle makes a person un-healthy...
you say that vegans get sick and die....... yeah some vegans do...
and so do some omnivores...
as far as depression goes...yeah, people get depressed...studies show that as many as 4 out of 10 people may be depressed at any point in their life.. and that 8 out of 10 will or have had depression at one point in thier life.
i really dont understand why you think a vegan lifestyle is "dangerous"??.... :o
That's not what I said!! I said that personally, I don't feel that I'm physically healthier for it. Perhaps I'm not allowed to say that? I just felt that the existing posts on this thread were giving the over-riding impression that gong vegan wold cure all your ills. I'm sorry if I spoke out of line, I thought I was participating in a poll. Also most of my explanation has been deleted which I find interesting.:(
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I have been becoming a "junk food vegan" lately and I'm pretty sure I've put on some weight. I don't own a bathroom scale, but I'm almost certain my pants are tighter than they were a couple of weeks ago.
Right - time to wean myself OFF the junkfood and back to better eating!!
i went to whole foods today and went a little crazy with the junk food, too. in the bulk section i bought what ever candy was marked vegan. i got some low fat gummy candy, semi sweet chocolate, and dark chocolate covered almonds. the almonds are so good. i bought potato chips, also. haven't had any of this stuff since going vegan and i have to drive at least a 1/2 hour to get to any vagan friendly stores so i feel the need to stock up.
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That's not what I said!! I said that personally, I don't feel that I'm physically healthier for it. Perhaps I'm not allowed to say that? I just felt that the existing posts on this thread were giving the over-riding impression that gong vegan wold cure all your ills. I'm sorry if I spoke out of line, I thought I was participating in a poll. Also most of my explanation has been deleted which I find interesting.:(
I don't understand y u have this strong impression that anyone is trying to sensor what u say...it does seem weird however that u seem to be prectically saying that a vegan diet is unhealthy. I don't believe it to be a cure-all or even to cure anything necessarily, but exepting bad health due to veganism is a bit strange...
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I don't understand y u have this strong impression that anyone is trying to sensor what u say...it does seem weird however that u seem to be prectically saying that a vegan diet is unhealthy. I don't believe it to be a cure-all or even to cure anything necessarily, but exepting bad health due to veganism is a bit strange...
Maybe because what I posted was deleted. I think that a vegan diet should be healthier, I really do. I'm sure it is for most people. The poll doesn't ask "Do you think that being vegan is unhealthy?", it asks "How has the change to a vegan diet has affected you?" and I was trying to answer that. I'm sorry if my answer upset or mislead anyone.
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it didn't upset me, and i'm very sorry about ur post being deleted and that u haven't experienced very good health. i hope everything (including the post issue) gets sorted out :o
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Urbandryad - I too have struggled with the cost of trying new things, it seems extra costly to try new vegan foods and not like them. Luckly I have a neighbor - her family is vegetarian, her son can not eat dairy - so mostly they buy vegan. We have started taste tests at each others houses whenever one of us buys something new - eveyone in both familys tries a bite. Its helped a lot to avoid making the wrong purchases.
In regards to health and the vegan diet, I would like to say that diet is only one aspect of a persons health. I have had times in my life where I have been active and eaten healthy and been constantly sick because of stress and/or lack of rest. Diet is only a part of our health. I think that there are a couple of misconseptions about being vegetarian or vegan - one is that being vegetarian or vegan means you are healthier, although this choice can certainly impact your health/wellbeing it is not the only factor. The other misconception is that being vegetarian or vegan you have a healthy diet - I have a vegetarian friend who lives on coffee, diet coke and pasta. I myself have gone through many times that my diet/lifestyle has been lacking in some area and my overall health has been affected. Being Vegan doesn't make you healthy - A healthy person is healthy due to the overall choices they make. That said for myself a vegan diet has improved my health but in switching to a vegan diet I also gave up most refinded and processed food. I think people go through an adjustment period too - its like working out if you haven't for a while it may not be so pleasant right away. I went through what felt like detox - not fun.
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Vegans dying???? Hmmm in the 17 years that I have been vegan I have to say that I have never heard of that unless they were of old age or died throught an accident or something, but never their diet. I have seen my health improve since being vegan and seen the health of others improve too. My son is nearly 7 and a life time vegan and wow is he a healthy little guy!!
Of course a balanced diet is important but I see more people die from illnesses caused from eating meat and dairy than I have ever of vegans (ok I know the proportions are different in relation to the amount of meat eaters etc..) I see meateaters/dairy consumers eat worse diets than me, thats for sure. All meat and no veg some of these people. Why have we got high cases of obesity, heart disease and cancers, apart from outside pollutants, it is down to what people eat. There are more allergies nowadays then ever before many caused by diary products.
And why is the British Government and media on one about the health of the nation .... because the nation eats crap. As a pregnant woman (27 weeks now) I am advised to basically cut out most dairy and meat because the possible affect on the unborn child. Well I cut it all out anyway so that's cool and I am totally convinced my children are getting the best start in life.
Anyway, don't be fooled by the misled media or stories you have heard. Veganism is not only ethically sound by healthier too!!!
Love and light
Xxxx Stormy xxxX
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Yes, emotional as well as physical well being are important in relation to health but being vegan will give you a good head start there!! The purer the body the purer the spirit I believe.
Love and light
Xxxx Stormy xxxX
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Well maybe a vegan diet works better for some people. I cant remember how i felt before i was vegan so im not going to say i feel super healthy now. I remember being ill alot a few years ago due to working to hard, feeling emotional and not eating much. I dont blame it on being vegan, i blame it on not looking after myself and doing to much.
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I don't know if it changed me or not really. I find it can get a little stressful sometimes with not being able to eat any of the vegan products because they contain gluten or something. I find I feel better when I eat properly which isn't all the time as I get depressed and stop eating sometimes and just don't want to cook. Never being able to eat out with people gets annoying sometimes and people find me annoying because I refuse to eat until I know 100% what is it what I am eating. :p I still eat honey at the moment sometimes not always though just in the bars and stuff and I don't eat organic or anything because I'm not going to make my mum pay for all that when I am paying myself I'll eat that sort of thing. ;)
I do argue more though sometimes with non-vegans as they never think my diet is healthy! But really most meat eaters are not healthy they still don't get enough calcium or vitamins even though they eat meat. :rolleyes: Well I know what I am getting at anyway. ;)
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Did anyone lose weight when they first went vegan?
Im a brand spanking new vegan and I was just wondering if anyone else lost a chunk of weight when they first changed their diet. I don't know if im just being paranoid ( maybe because everyone keeps saying Im going to make myself ill by being a vegan) but is is normal during the period of adjustment for the body to react like that.
Its totally wierd as Im eating far better than I ever did, less in terms of the crap I used to shove down my gullet but we're talking quality food now rather than existing on processed snacks and ready meals. Im not eating all the stuff I used to eat between meals either (crisps and chocolate bars). I eat LOADS of fruit and veg now. Im confused and getting a bit freaked out at the same time. Do you think you have to eat more as a vegan?
If anyone has any advice it would be much appreciate:D
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Try body mass index calculator to check if your weight is normal or not:
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm
Yes, vegan food is more tasty to me too... I don't know if I eat more or less, I just try to keep the variety to get everything my body needs. I eat loads of fruits and vegetables but think that "heavy" foods are important too, like nuts, cereals, brown bread, boiled potatoes, etc.
Btw, I was and am thin :) It just doesn't matter what I eat.
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Hey Medus, thanks for posting.
Im just scoffing a huge tofu stirfry!!:D Its just new diet anxiety with me I think but I'll check out that BMI thing. I think you just have to be more prepared when you're vegan so you don't end up having houmas and pitta for every lunch! Im looking forward to the weekend so I can go out and get some vegan recipe books and start getting a bit of variety. Its quite exciting.
I was never much of a cook but Im kinda getting in to it. Its a pleasure to spend time preparing fresh food and everything seems to taste so much better. :)
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My boyfriend had his cholesterol tested 2 years ago and the doctor told him it was a little bit too high.
He just went and had it checked again last week and the doctor said it was excellent! :D This made me very happy because he has been eating a mostly vegan diet for the last year and a half and I think this attributed greatly to the lowering of his cholesterol!
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that's excellent news Roxy!
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Hi I Have been Vegan for 20months now and I haven't been sick in 13months no colds or sniffles or sore throats or bronchitis. that usually hamper me for about 3 months of an average year. It was my aim to go a year without being sick and I have done it. I think also the fact i changed my job from office to gardening has helped alot although my work mates still got colds this winter. Also I have taken up chi kung which is absolutely brilliant on calming the mind and body. Vegan just rocks my world i have never felt better people who haven't seen me for a while ask what my secret is because i look so healthy and relaxed. The only thing that upsets me is the sad case of animal cruelty and the total destruction of nature and the planet. It makes me sad to be human. But as far as me personally i have no problems whatsoever. So that is how the vegan diet has affected me in the last 2 years.
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Re: How has the change to a vegan diet affected you?
I feel fantastic since going vegan, my skin is glowing and I feel happy every morning wheras before I used to wake up in a bad mood still exhausted. I am 43 but still have hardly any lines on my face.
It's not just the diet though, I also gave up smoking, lost a lot of weight, started exercising regularly and using only natural products such as crystal deodorant and Green face creams and moved from a polluted town to the countryside all of which contribute to well being.
As a nurse I have seen countless people who are being killed by their diet, smoking, obesity, taking too many drugs, pollution and stress. All these issues need to be addressed.