I am really motivated to become vegan...any advice? Any really good websites or food items that I should know about?
2007-08-27 13:32:37 · 10 answers · asked by leaf07 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Good for you! Here are some websites for information:
www.cok.net for information about animal issues
www.vrg.org for information about nutrition.
www.vegweb.com for recipes
www.veganstore.com, www.veganessentials.com, www.foodfightgrocery.com, www.alternativeoutfitters.com for shopping.
Fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts, beans/pulses--enjoy. There's tofu, tempeh, seitan, and plenty of meat analogues out there.
Watch for: lactose, casein (a dairy protein), whey, eggs, albumin, carmine (crushed cochineal beetles), beeswax, propolis, royal jelly, gelatin, and many others.
Good luck!
2007-08-27 13:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
okay so first of all vegans do eat :lentils, beans, whole grains, rice, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds and soy.
when you go to the grocery store, make sure you check labels ( animal ingredients tend to pop up every where.) just by not having non veggie food in the house makes it a thousand times easier to live a vegan lifestyle. :) and there are alternatives to milk and eggs and meat. there are of course meat substitutes (some better than others), there are egg substitutes and for milk there are either : rice, soy or nut milks you can choose from (i love almond breeze by blue diamond. the chocolate taste just like regular chocolate milk!) there is even vegan 'buttery sticks' (which are made of vegetable oils rather than margarine. .. i am actually not sure what margarine is made of but i know its not good for you!)
a brand i like a lot is amy's. there are frozen meals and soups offered by them. the only thing that i suggest NOT buying from them is any vegan soup that have noodles in them. they are reallly gross!
if you need any help at all, just e mail me. i'd be more than happy to help you with anything :)
2007-08-27 21:36:15 · answer #2 · answered by chikka 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
start out being a vegetatarian then if u stick to it progress to a Vegan! Start slow..i'm a vegetarian right now...Just do research and do it for the animals! Go for it! :) look online! Um..i like Cheesy shells! YUMMY!! =D
2007-08-27 20:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by pugglelover1207 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this website is very useful in all things to do with vegans, including clothes!
2007-08-28 07:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by Kruger, Freddy Kruger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read "Eat Right, Live Longer" by Dr. Neil Barnard and check out his website http://www.pcrm.org/. John Robbins' books are also a good read. Good luck! You will be so happy and healthy.
2007-08-27 21:10:03 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but you shold do research before you become one. Stay away from meat and diary products is all I know about veganism.
2007-08-27 20:37:03 · answer #6 · answered by RentHead 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would recommend going to meat.org
and watching the video they have.
also, they have many vegan websites.
2007-08-27 21:08:51 · answer #7 · answered by jessica <3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont. You will live a shorter life and have an unhelathy diet. Dont listen to peta or some other biased website. Meat is best!
Meat is might!
2007-08-27 21:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
start of slow..if you stop all of a sudden your body will go threw shock...start to eat smaller quantities of meats...
2007-08-27 20:38:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yea start off slow
2007-08-27 20:51:50 · answer #10 · answered by RKO R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋