Vegan Anyone??

courtneyh · Aug 29th, 2008, 09:33 AM

i worked with a women who was a vegan and she was sick all of the time.... she was a vegan for 15 years and i sware when i say always she was always sick.... she finally started to introduce dairy into her diet and then more protein and chicken and finally went back to eating "Everything" and for a while she got sick but then i sware after about 4 months she was back to normal and barely gets sicks now...

elli · Aug 31st, 2008, 12:25 AM

I would absolutely love to go vegan.
Mostly for health reasons, I guess.
The problem is that living with my non-vegan family, I'd have to buy all my own food, and at 15 years old, that really isn't possible. So I'm going to wait until I move out before I attempt to be vegan.

allie06nd · Sep 1st, 2008, 03:05 PM

If you're wanting to go vegan, I might try vegitarian first. I gave meat up for lent this past year, and it was MUCH harder than I thought it was going to be. Also, make sure you invest in some iron supplements. My energy level went WAY down and I felt like crap until I started taking them. Eating vegitarian was difficult, but I can't even imagine how hard it would have been if I had gone straight to vegan. Like any permanent change in lifestyle, it's probably best to ease into it instead of trying to change too much all at once, which can be totally overwhelming. A lot of people make that same mistake when dieting, and if it doesn't feel manageable, it's not likely to work in the long term. If you're really committed to this, I would treat it like any other goal. Work toward it in smaller, manageable steps, and you WILL get there.

allie06nd · Sep 1st, 2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by courtneyh

i worked with a women who was a vegan and she was sick all of the time.... she was a vegan for 15 years and i sware when i say always she was always sick.... she finally started to introduce dairy into her diet and then more protein and chicken and finally went back to eating "Everything" and for a while she got sick but then i sware after about 4 months she was back to normal and barely gets sicks now...

I actually got pretty sick when I went on my vegitarian diet as well, even after I started taking iron supplements. Everyone's body has different needs, and vegitarianism and veganism are not for everyone. While your interest in an animal-friendly lifestyle is very admirable, don't sacrifice your own health.

lily25 · Sep 3rd, 2008, 06:33 AM

Nutritionally I'm vegan, although I carry leather bags and wear leather shoes, and cashmere sweaters. So I guess I'm a vegan hypocrite. But I just can't eat animal products...

surferchick2 · Sep 9th, 2008, 01:13 AM

There's a great book called Becoming Vegan: The complete guide to adopting a healthy plant-based diet, by Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina. It's all information (not recipes) and is thorough about how to go about it nutritionally. It also talks about disease prevention, preservation of our environment by adopting this diet, and how to deal with a non-vegan society and it's myths. The authors also wrote one called Becoming Vegetarian.

Aug 29th, 2008, 09:33 AM	#31
courtneyh Autumn Greetings! Location: Bucks County!	i worked with a women who was a vegan and she was sick all of the time.... she was a vegan for 15 years and i sware when i say always she was always sick.... she finally started to introduce dairy into her diet and then more protein and chicken and finally went back to eating "Everything" and for a while she got sick but then i sware after about 4 months she was back to normal and barely gets sicks now... __________________

Aug 31st, 2008, 12:25 AM	#32
elli Obsessed Much? Location: iPodland	I would absolutely love to go vegan. Mostly for health reasons, I guess. The problem is that living with my non-vegan family, I'd have to buy all my own food, and at 15 years old, that really isn't possible. So I'm going to wait until I move out before I attempt to be vegan. __________________

Sep 3rd, 2008, 06:33 AM	#35
lily25 trigintillion $ babe Location: Athens	Nutritionally I'm vegan, although I carry leather bags and wear leather shoes, and cashmere sweaters. So I guess I'm a vegan hypocrite. But I just can't eat animal products... __________________ Bags and shoes... Is all I need...

Sep 1st, 2008, 03:05 PM	#33
allie06nd Member	If you're wanting to go vegan, I might try vegitarian first. I gave meat up for lent this past year, and it was MUCH harder than I thought it was going to be. Also, make sure you invest in some iron supplements. My energy level went WAY down and I felt like crap until I started taking them. Eating vegitarian was difficult, but I can't even imagine how hard it would have been if I had gone straight to vegan. Like any permanent change in lifestyle, it's probably best to ease into it instead of trying to change too much all at once, which can be totally overwhelming. A lot of people make that same mistake when dieting, and if it doesn't feel manageable, it's not likely to work in the long term. If you're really committed to this, I would treat it like any other goal. Work toward it in smaller, manageable steps, and you WILL get there.

Sep 9th, 2008, 01:13 AM	#36
surferchick2 Member	There's a great book called Becoming Vegan: The complete guide to adopting a healthy plant-based diet, by Brenda Davis & Vesanto Melina. It's all information (not recipes) and is thorough about how to go about it nutritionally. It also talks about disease prevention, preservation of our environment by adopting this diet, and how to deal with a non-vegan society and it's myths. The authors also wrote one called Becoming Vegetarian.