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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I found out last week that NOMO (who make the best vegan chocolate) now have their own store on their web site and their easter eggs were 4 for £15...Also apparently Co-op now have their own vegan mac and cheese but my local doesn't stock it  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Both vegetarian for 25 years, we didn’t go all pale and skinny  "
Well that's a relief!  All the vegans on Fab look great (including yourselves) and much younger than their ages (not including myself haha).
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Been vegan for a few months now.
What made you become vegan? I'm interested to know. I'm doing it for the planet. It's a fact that the easiest and most effective thing we can do to reduce climate change is to cut out meat and dairy. So much land is taken up to raise livestock and to feed them, the numbers are staggering. And the alternatives are so good these days. Oat milk is the best. And meat alternatives are mega tasty. |
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over a year ago
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"Been vegan for a few months now.
What made you become vegan? I'm interested to know. I'm doing it for the planet. It's a fact that the easiest and most effective thing we can do to reduce climate change is to cut out meat and dairy. So much land is taken up to raise livestock and to feed them, the numbers are staggering. And the alternatives are so good these days. Oat milk is the best. And meat alternatives are mega tasty. "
Hi!
I turned vegetarian when I was 29. For years I'd thought about it because I knew that we didn't actually need to kill living creatures to sustain ourselves, but needed a push to make the step. Then about 10 years ago I was in a supermarket and noticed how many veggie options there were just in terms of freezer foods, so I decided to try it, and a year later, having found out more about the dairly industry, I went vegan. So, more to do with a general ethical position of 'do least harm' and animal welfare than for the environment initially, but that is certainly a welcome bonus |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yeah for sure the animal welfare is also priority, with our standards being so bad in the UK. "
And about to lower our standards further so that we can do a trade deal with America whose standards are so low they don't meet ours at the moment. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yup. It's a disgrace. It seems the UK is going backwards, rapidly. "
Yep, and it's not only vegans concerned. I've talked about this with meat-eating friends and they're really against the lowering of food standards for animal cruelty reasons. |
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We’ve been vegan since taking part in veganuary 2018. It hasn’t been easy but we wouldn’t go back. Now we’re starting a vegan ski holiday business and doing what we can to encourage and promote plant based food.
We’d love to get to know some Fab Vegans too x |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"We’ve been vegan since taking part in veganuary 2018. It hasn’t been easy but we wouldn’t go back. Now we’re starting a vegan ski holiday business and doing what we can to encourage and promote plant based food.
We’d love to get to know some Fab Vegans too x"
I've not been on the forums for ages so only just seen this but that is *fantastic*! What a cool thing to do. How's it going? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Yeah for sure the animal welfare is also priority, with our standards being so bad in the UK. "
standards of animal welfare in the UK are some of the best in the world no matter what you read in some news paper or a video you see on Facebook,
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Yeah for sure the animal welfare is also priority, with our standards being so bad in the UK. standards of animal welfare in the UK are some of the best in the world no matter what you read in some news paper or a video you see on Facebook, "
Compared to the US, true. Unfortunately we're probably going to adopt the US's standards to get a trade deal with them so...But I take your point and that's all I'll say as I want this to be a positive thread |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Does these people even exist.. thought everyone on fab liked a bit of meat 
I love eating pussy but I'm still vegan "
Well then your not if you like a bit of fish  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?"
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not? |
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not? "
I see what you are trying to say.
You welcomed the veggies tho.... and they are not vegan.
I eat less animal product than they do.....
And what's the point of closing the church doors when the congregation could be widened ?
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not? "
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
I see what you are trying to say.
You welcomed the veggies tho.... and they are not vegan.
I eat less animal product than they do.....
And what's the point of closing the church doors when the congregation could be widened ?
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You said you don't eat animal products but then ask if meat eaters are allowed. Do you mean you eat meat but not dairy? I don't really understand your position - could you be clearer? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi."
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against. |
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against. "
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against.
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care."
You asked a question, but when I answered that you were welcome you continued to talk as though I had said that you were not - asking what the point of a 'closed church' was even when I'd said that the doors were open. That's what I meant by not understanding where you were coming from. If people want to talk about veganism in a respectful way, that's the main thing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against.
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care.
You asked a question, but when I answered that you were welcome you continued to talk as though I had said that you were not - asking what the point of a 'closed church' was even when I'd said that the doors were open. That's what I meant by not understanding where you were coming from. If people want to talk about veganism in a respectful way, that's the main thing. "
Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff"
I take the Holland and Barrett vegan multivitamin - vital right now as it provides 100% of your daily vitamin D, which apparently helps fight coronavirus. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff
I take the Holland and Barrett vegan multivitamin - vital right now as it provides 100% of your daily vitamin D, which apparently helps fight coronavirus. "
I'm not sure it ' helps fight coronavirus' but yes, it supports your immune system |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'm not sure it ' helps fight coronavirus' but yes, it supports your immune system"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jan/10/does-vitamin-d-combat-covid |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
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"I've considered going vegan before, but it's eggs I couldn't give up. Cheese and milk all have good alternatives. How do you manage without eggs?"
Tofu, as well as a variety of egg replacers for baking, I understand. Veggie doing Veganuary here *waves* |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against.
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care.
You asked a question, but when I answered that you were welcome you continued to talk as though I had said that you were not - asking what the point of a 'closed church' was even when I'd said that the doors were open. That's what I meant by not understanding where you were coming from. If people want to talk about veganism in a respectful way, that's the main thing.
Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff"
At the moment a multivitamin. A nutritionist could probably do you an online consult if you want to tailor your supplementation more? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I've considered going vegan before, but it's eggs I couldn't give up. Cheese and milk all have good alternatives. How do you manage without eggs?
Tofu, as well as a variety of egg replacers for baking, I understand. Veggie doing Veganuary here *waves*"
Hello! Well done for trying Veganuary - how's it going? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Been vegan for a few months now.
What made you become vegan? I'm interested to know. I'm doing it for the planet. It's a fact that the easiest and most effective thing we can do to reduce climate change is to cut out meat and dairy. So much land is taken up to raise livestock and to feed them, the numbers are staggering. And the alternatives are so good these days. Oat milk is the best. And meat alternatives are mega tasty. "
I think you will find the biggest thing we can do is stop China from polluting the earth and destroying fish stocks
China is responsible for more pollution than the EU and US combined.
Greta failed to mention that
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Been vegan for a few months now.
What made you become vegan? I'm interested to know. I'm doing it for the planet. It's a fact that the easiest and most effective thing we can do to reduce climate change is to cut out meat and dairy. So much land is taken up to raise livestock and to feed them, the numbers are staggering. And the alternatives are so good these days. Oat milk is the best. And meat alternatives are mega tasty. "
good thing oats don't need land to grow on isn't it |
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By *elethWoman
over a year ago
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"I've considered going vegan before, but it's eggs I couldn't give up. Cheese and milk all have good alternatives. How do you manage without eggs?
Tofu, as well as a variety of egg replacers for baking, I understand. Veggie doing Veganuary here *waves*
Hello! Well done for trying Veganuary - how's it going?"
I'm getting sick of peanut butter?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against.
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care.
You asked a question, but when I answered that you were welcome you continued to talk as though I had said that you were not - asking what the point of a 'closed church' was even when I'd said that the doors were open. That's what I meant by not understanding where you were coming from. If people want to talk about veganism in a respectful way, that's the main thing.
Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff
At the moment a multivitamin. A nutritionist could probably do you an online consult if you want to tailor your psupplementation more?"
Ive already done lots of research into nutrition
I was interested in other peoples views
Like, does anyone take flax oil for example? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Vegan since November 2019. My reasons for being vegan are:
Environmental concern,
Animal welfare,
Personal health.
No going back for me!"
Sounds great - welcome! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Are vegetarians welcome?
No
This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info."
Im not sure you can dictate who posts tbh |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Are vegetarians welcome?
No
This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info.
Im not sure you can dictate who posts tbh"
Thankyou |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Are vegetarians welcome?
No
This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info."
I’m very much a meat eater, but I refuse to drive through towns or cities with ‘ham’ in the name and have zero interest in getting further info, but I, like many others value the chance to talk on a public forum about any topic if we wish to do so. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Are vegetarians welcome?
No
This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info.
Im not sure you can dictate who posts tbh"
Is this comment aimed at me or the person who said 'No'?
I'm not sure how much more open 'for anyone who is genuinely interested' can be. That was the aim of setting up this thread. If I'd said 'This is a thread for people who love sci-fi to discuss their favourite books and films' I don't think I'd be being criticised for 'dictating' anything so I'm not sure why I am here. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Are vegetarians welcome?
No
This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info.
I’m very much a meat eater, but I refuse to drive through towns or cities with ‘ham’ in the name and have zero interest in getting further info, but I, like many others value the chance to talk on a public forum about any topic if we wish to do so. "
Discussion threads have a purpose - to discuss a particular topic, or play a game, for example. The first post usually explains what that purpose is. If I started a thread about everyone's favourite bands would you have posted 'But I want to talk about my favourite cars and don't like being told I can only talk about music in this thread'? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Veggie for 30 years, recently swapped dairy for oat milk but as said above I do like eggs (free range) and probably couldn’t do without.
Always been fit and healthy, fingers crossed, but of course there’s a lot of luck involved as well as diet and exercise. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sorry
I love my MEAT mmm
I'd run away if i were you
OP might put you on the naughty step"
I've welcomed everyone to this thread - vegans, veggies, and made it clear that meat-eaters are fine too if they want to join in. I'm not sure what the problem is here. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Sorry
I love my MEAT mmm
I'd run away if i were you
OP might put you on the naughty step"
Also a couple of people have come on just to make meat jokes and I've had a laugh with them, not told them off. So I'm not sure why people are acting like I've done the opposite. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"A record 500,000 people have signed up to the Veganuary challenge to eat only plant-based foods for a month. The milestone is double the number who pledged to go vegan for January in 2019.   "
That's fantastic! Hopefully some of them will keep at it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Vegetarian for over 25-years and nearly vegan— ramped down to just a little cheese, an occasional egg, and a bit of cottage cheese each week. Hard to give-up the cheese and Sunday brunch eggs!   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area "
You can buy them on Amazon but quite expensive. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area "
I get my galaxy bars from Morrisons or sainsburys |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area "
Welcome!
There are a few different vegan galaxy bars. I've had the caramel but there's orange and mint versions too. I find it in my local Tesco. |
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area
Welcome!
There are a few different vegan galaxy bars. I've had the caramel but there's orange and mint versions too. I find it in my local Tesco. "
I've just bought lime and sea salt vegan chocolate as a gift for someone. Sounds like an interesting flavour! |
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"Yeah for sure the animal welfare is also priority, with our standards being so bad in the UK. standards of animal welfare in the UK are some of the best in the world no matter what you read in some news paper or a video you see on Facebook, "
I agree, its not easy to know the source of the product, how it was cared for and the handling after slaughter.
Thats why I only eat meat that I shoot myself. It certainly tastes better. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area
Welcome!
There are a few different vegan galaxy bars. I've had the caramel but there's orange and mint versions too. I find it in my local Tesco.
I've just bought lime and sea salt vegan chocolate as a gift for someone. Sounds like an interesting flavour! "
Lacey Red: Very intriguing and helpful   |
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"This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info.
Come say hi! "
Thank you. We have been in the past but have “backslided” in the last year or so. The ethical, health and environmental arguments for veganism are unbeatable, yet it is still difficult for us. We have discussed redoubling our efforts again this month!
We still drink soya milk (which has its own production concerns) or oat milk and eat lots of fruits and salads and rarely touch diary or cheese so it isn’t all negative!  |
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area
I get my galaxy bars from Morrisons or sainsburys"
Oh really! I got told there too, but ours doesn’t have it unfortunately, will keep hunting, sure it’ll be worth it x |
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"Vege for 35yrs, my downside is chocolate!! Other than that no dairy! I heard galaxy have made a dairy free bar but yet to find one around my area
Welcome!
There are a few different vegan galaxy bars. I've had the caramel but there's orange and mint versions too. I find it in my local Tesco. "
Thank you, omg they sound amazing, I need to try them all! My daughter is dairy intolerant so maybe I’ll hunt those down and buy a joblot for her birthday, haha then I’ll get to try too! None of our supermarkets stock it, strange x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Maybe when it's allowed there should be a Fab Vegan meet
I would definitely be interested Fab Vegan Social Meet post-pandemic  "
Good shout, I’ll bring some vegan energy balls - date, walnut, cardamom and coconut before anyone gets any funny idea |
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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago
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I think supplements is a very personal thing. It’s not just your diet but how your body works too
I have flax and chia everyday on my breakfast, but my husband feels the need to take an omega complex.
I take calcium supplements even though I eat a lot of tofu, leafy veg, beans etc, I’m just a woman of a certain age. But, if your vitamin D is low your body won’t process calcium properly and so maybe for some people that’s what they need to look at.
My husband and I both take B12 even though I use fortified foods and sprinkle nooch everywhere. Yet my son manages to get enough through his vegan diet, and yes it’s been checked by the doctor.supplements are a complex thing and so many meat eaters aren’t getting enough of everything they need either. It’s very personal.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Becoming a vegan is not easy.
But worth it.
I found having to take vitamin supplements,was essential.
Still became anaemic.
Soo much to learn still.
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"I think supplements is a very personal thing. It’s not just your diet but how your body works too
I have flax and chia everyday on my breakfast, but my husband feels the need to take an omega complex.
I take calcium supplements even though I eat a lot of tofu, leafy veg, beans etc, I’m just a woman of a certain age. But, if your vitamin D is low your body won’t process calcium properly and so maybe for some people that’s what they need to look at.
My husband and I both take B12 even though I use fortified foods and sprinkle nooch everywhere. Yet my son manages to get enough through his vegan diet, and yes it’s been checked by the doctor.supplements are a complex thing and so many meat eaters aren’t getting enough of everything they need either. It’s very personal.
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I just take a generic multivitamin as well as omega 3 . My blood tests were fine before the multivitamins but I feel the benefit. |
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"Becoming a vegan is not easy.
But worth it.
I found having to take vitamin supplements,was essential.
Still became anaemic.
Soo much to learn still.
Hmmm, i wonder if you are eating the right food groups? Have you checked out Dr Greger's daily dozen? "
I make sure I have my 5 a day.... |
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"Becoming a vegan is not easy.
But worth it.
I found having to take vitamin supplements,was essential.
Still became anaemic.
Soo much to learn still.
Hmmm, i wonder if you are eating the right food groups? Have you checked out Dr Greger's daily dozen?
I make sure I have my 5 a day.... "
It's 12 a day |
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"This is a thread for Fab's vegans to meet and chat, and for anyone who is genuinely interested to get further info.
Come say hi!
Fingers crossed we will be at the Vegan Camp out in August 2021 "
I hope it goes ahead for you! |
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I moved to a plant based diet lady year for dietary reasons more than anything, I still have an oily fish twice a week and maybe a few eggs a week but that’s about it.
I even made a vegan candle today which I’m quite chuffed about |
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"As vegans do you live completely without animal products or is it just in your food that you stay away from them.
Also what's your stance on honey?"
As far as possible, yes... Obviously I have leather items, but these were purchased before going vegan. As and when they are replaced, it will be with vegan appropriate products.
This seasons flu vaccine wasn't vegan, (they are grown in eggs) but I'm assured next years one will be. There are also pharma products that are unavoidable. Other things can cause issues. Photography for example. I'm a photographer, and going vegan put an end to any desire or interest in returning to film seriously with large formats. Gelatine is used in bonding the emulsion to the celluloid. As I have a digital alternative, it's a no from me.
Honey? Simple, it's made by animals for their use, so it's any from me, and the official vegan line would be no.
I'd love to see a vegan planet, but I don't have a crusade to stop people making their own choices. If someone is vegan one day a week, that's a win. People can slowly move to veganism. Every little helps. |
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Great thread!
I turned veggie after listening to Meat Is Murder by The Smiths, when I was a teenager.
I turned vegan about four years ago after watching films like Earthlings, Cowspiracy and Racing Extinction.
I’ve recently (October 2020) lapsed back to veggie by eating cheese and eggs again, whilst in lockdown. I found it really difficult to cut out cheese when I turned vegan. That transition took a long time. But, I buy eggs from a family friend who has an extensive chicken hutch in her back yard, all rescued hens, and they all have an incredibly luxurious lifestyle. So I don’t even call that exploiting animals - in fact, I’m helping them keep their hutch clean. Lol I know that some die-hard vegans would have differing opinions on this, so I’d like to know how others feel about how I get my eggs, and if that is justifiable to you.
All other dairy products I’ve been able to stay away from. Oat milk is infinitely more delicious than cow’s milk.
It’s just cheese, for me, now. Ugh... it’s my arch nemesis.
I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick. |
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick."
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle. |
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By *20cplMan
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"Great thread!
It’s just cheese, for me, now. Ugh... it’s my arch nemesis."
I'm ok with cheese. Miss the stilton etc but Violife extra mature is ok and I'm loving the applewood vegan cheese. Melts wonderfully on toast. |
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"Great thread!
It’s just cheese, for me, now. Ugh... it’s my arch nemesis.
I'm ok with cheese. Miss the stilton etc but Violife extra mature is ok and I'm loving the applewood vegan cheese. Melts wonderfully on toast."
I’ve been there before. I didn’t eat cheese for four years, but now I’ve started again I’ve got a lot of work to do to get off it again... I’m a cheese junkie and I’m sorry!!! Lol. I don’t even buy nice cheese, either. I get the cheapest, mildest supermarket cheddar and have it on crackers... so maybe I am still vegan based on the fact that it has more plastic in it than cheese |
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I'd love to see a vegan planet, but I don't have a crusade to stop people making their own choices. If someone is vegan one day a week, that's a win. People can slowly move to veganism. Every little helps."
I love this |
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"
I'd love to see a vegan planet, but I don't have a crusade to stop people making their own choices. If someone is vegan one day a week, that's a win. People can slowly move to veganism. Every little helps.
I love this "
My DD...the biggest meat eater ever! Is doing vegan 2-3 times a week  i adore that man |
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By *20cplMan
over a year ago
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" I don’t even buy nice cheese, either. I get the cheapest, mildest supermarket cheddar and have it on crackers... so maybe I am still vegan based on the fact that it has more plastic in it than cheese "
In that case have a look for Koko vegan cheese, tastes like bog standard supermarket Cheshire cheese  |
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" I don’t even buy nice cheese, either. I get the cheapest, mildest supermarket cheddar and have it on crackers... so maybe I am still vegan based on the fact that it has more plastic in it than cheese
In that case have a look for Koko vegan cheese, tastes like bog standard supermarket Cheshire cheese "
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick.
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle."
I'm compleatly the opposite I walk through a field of sheep and think bet ewe would test amazing with a bit of mint sauce and don't get me started on actual flesh I swear I could just eat crackling on its own. |
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By *ttoWoman
over a year ago
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick.
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle. I'm compleatly the opposite I walk through a field of sheep and think bet ewe would test amazing with a bit of mint sauce and don't get me started on actual flesh I swear I could just eat crackling on its own. "
And yet your profile describes you as well mannered.... |
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick.
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle. I'm compleatly the opposite I walk through a field of sheep and think bet ewe would test amazing with a bit of mint sauce and don't get me started on actual flesh I swear I could just eat crackling on its own.
And yet your profile describes you as well mannered...."
so meat eaters are not well mannered?. |
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By *ttoWoman
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick.
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle. I'm compleatly the opposite I walk through a field of sheep and think bet ewe would test amazing with a bit of mint sauce and don't get me started on actual flesh I swear I could just eat crackling on its own.
And yet your profile describes you as well mannered.... so meat eaters are not well mannered?."
Mostly yes but for you to come in and be an arse on a vegan thread makes you ill mannered and seeking attention in all the wrong ways |
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I didn't think we are allowed to have discrimination on fab forums, there open forums for everyone to enjoy with no discrimination certainly not allowed to have threads where only certain people are allowed to comment next there will be homophobic threads where gay people aren't allowed or racist threads where black people aren't allowed to comment. so not sure why having a compleatly normal opinion on a compleatly nornal subject can be seen as not having manners |
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By *ttoWoman
over a year ago
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"I didn't think we are allowed to have discrimination on fab forums, there open forums for everyone to enjoy with no discrimination certainly not allowed to have threads where only certain people are allowed to comment next there will be homophobic threads where gay people aren't allowed or racist threads where black people aren't allowed to comment. so not sure why having a compleatly normal opinion on a compleatly nornal subject can be seen as not having manners "
Ok, enjoy your bacon. Can I object to shit spelling or are you trying to be funny? (It’s not working)
I see nothing normal with eating flesh. |
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"I didn't think we are allowed to have discrimination on fab forums, there open forums for everyone to enjoy with no discrimination certainly not allowed to have threads where only certain people are allowed to comment next there will be homophobic threads where gay people aren't allowed or racist threads where black people aren't allowed to comment. so not sure why having a compleatly normal opinion on a compleatly nornal subject can be seen as not having manners
Ok, enjoy your bacon. Can I object to shit spelling or are you trying to be funny? (It’s not working)
I see nothing normal with eating flesh."
you can object to my shit spelling and you will notice the grammar is shit as well that's due to me been dyslexic I do try quite hard to spell but as you can see I do get some wrong so anougher thing that you discriminate against is people with dyslexia nice. The ewe instead of you was on purpose tho I quite liked it as far as a pun goes. |
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"I didn't think we are allowed to have discrimination on fab forums, there open forums for everyone to enjoy with no discrimination certainly not allowed to have threads where only certain people are allowed to comment next there will be homophobic threads where gay people aren't allowed or racist threads where black people aren't allowed to comment. so not sure why having a compleatly normal opinion on a compleatly nornal subject can be seen as not having manners
Ok, enjoy your bacon. Can I object to shit spelling or are you trying to be funny? (It’s not working)
I see nothing normal with eating flesh. you can object to my shit spelling and you will notice the grammar is shit as well that's due to me been dyslexic I do try quite hard to spell but as you can see I do get some wrong so anougher thing that you discriminate against is people with dyslexia nice. The ewe instead of you was on purpose tho I quite liked it as far as a pun goes. "
Wow, you come onto a thread where people openly object to animal slaughter, make fun of it and then object to someone calling you out. Play the victim, the real victims are those you eat. Please report me.... |
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"I found out last week that NOMO (who make the best vegan chocolate) now have their own store on their web site and their easter eggs were 4 for £15...Also apparently Co-op now have their own vegan mac and cheese but my local doesn't stock it "
Lidl now stock a good range of vegan food including some ice cream. |
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"Hello.
I'm a non eater of animal products. Not the same as Vegan........ i'm heading toward vegan and NO im not a vegetarian.
Does this group exclude meat eaters ?
It's a group for vegans primarily, but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me. But it's a bit like asking if a thread called 'Sci-fi fans' excludes people who don't like sci-fi - why would you want to post in it if you're not?
Because I might want to join a discussion and learn about Sci-Fi.
In that response I said;
'but if non-vegans want to join in and do so respectfully, that's fine by me'. I'm not sure what you're arguing against.
Im not arguing.
I asked a question.
I won't come back in take care.
You asked a question, but when I answered that you were welcome you continued to talk as though I had said that you were not - asking what the point of a 'closed church' was even when I'd said that the doors were open. That's what I meant by not understanding where you were coming from. If people want to talk about veganism in a respectful way, that's the main thing.
Sooooo
Who takes supplements?
Tell me about your supplement taking please
Cos Ive done alot of research on nutrition, but Im still not really sure Im taking the right stuff
At the moment a multivitamin. A nutritionist could probably do you an online consult if you want to tailor your supplementation more?"
My daughter is veggie/vegan since she was 12 and I bought her some B12 vitamins as I read that is important to take as difficult to get enough. |
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My daughter is veggie/vegan since she was 12 and I bought her some B12 vitamins as I read that is important to take as difficult to get enough."
You don’t necessarily need to take a B12 supplement if you are vegan. There is B12 in fortified breakfast cereal and fortified dairy free mills, such as oat milk and soya milk. B12 is also in nutritional yeast, and I think it might be in Marmite, too. Anyways, B12 doesn’t need to be supplemented if you watch what you eat.
The only supplementation one might need is Vitamin D. We live in the UK, so we’re all Vit-D deficient. Meat eaters or non meat eaters. Everything else can be obtained from a healthy and balanced diet. |
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"I know I’ll never eat flesh again, though. After 25 years meat-free, just the thought of eating flesh feels so incredibly wrong now. I can’t even walk past the butcher’s counter in the supermarket without wanting to barf - the metallic smell of blood knocks me sick.
That's it though, isn't it? It's flesh. It's dead animals. I walk down the meat isle in the supermarket and just see death. Slaughter. Bloodshead. The dead zoo.
Once you're in that mindset, no meat is no hassle. I'm compleatly the opposite I walk through a field of sheep and think bet ewe would test amazing with a bit of mint sauce and don't get me started on actual flesh I swear I could just eat crackling on its own. "
And Im sure your body thanks you for it |
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My daughter is veggie/vegan since she was 12 and I bought her some B12 vitamins as I read that is important to take as difficult to get enough.
You don’t necessarily need to take a B12 supplement if you are vegan. There is B12 in fortified breakfast cereal and fortified dairy free mills, such as oat milk and soya milk. B12 is also in nutritional yeast, and I think it might be in Marmite, too. Anyways, B12 doesn’t need to be supplemented if you watch what you eat.
The only supplementation one might need is Vitamin D. We live in the UK, so we’re all Vit-D deficient. Meat eaters or non meat eaters. Everything else can be obtained from a healthy and balanced diet."
We both take vit D3 each day. |
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"Ive been a Vegetarian 33 years now, tried to be vegan but i missed cheese too much, however i do try to buy everything ethically sourced and do buy vegan shoes etc. "
What are vegan shoes made of? |
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"Ive been a Vegetarian 33 years now, tried to be vegan but i missed cheese too much, however i do try to buy everything ethically sourced and do buy vegan shoes etc.
What are vegan shoes made of?"
Plastics, like most shoes |
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"Ive been a Vegetarian 33 years now, tried to be vegan but i missed cheese too much, however i do try to buy everything ethically sourced and do buy vegan shoes etc.
What are vegan shoes made of?"
It depends but mostly faux leather (polyester, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polyurethane) also cotton and recycled or virgin rubbers can be purchased. Recently I’ve seen recycled corks as well. |
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By *iss KissWoman
over a year ago
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"Definitely fully vegetarian and nearly fully vegan (having difficulty eliminating cheese). Seeking other playful spirits on a similar journey ... "
I'm vegetarian, almost vegan. I eat eggs sometimes. My friend has pet chickens, and too many eggs going to waste. I figured that was ok.
Cheese is addictive. I struggled to give up cheese too. I used to love the stuff. It takes about 3/4 weeks and your cheese craving will be gone. Now I never think about it. At all. I eat vegan cheese. But hardly any. Just as a topping really for pizza, macaroni cheese and stuff. My other weakness. Cream cakes!. But found Elmlea do a plant cream. That whips!!!. So problem solved. |
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I've been vegetarian for 7 years and now vegan as of 2 years.
My ex was a butcher's daughter... She couldn't get it. Don't blame her, of course.
Similar values on plate in a relationship are very important. Only on our side, though. Do you agree. |
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I've been wanting to add more vegan options to my diet as I don't believe the current rate of meat consumption is sustainable.
However, it's been pretty tough to do while also trying to maintain my bulking goals at the gym. Does anyone have any tips for how I could do this? |
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"I've been wanting to add more vegan options to my diet as I don't believe the current rate of meat consumption is sustainable.
However, it's been pretty tough to do while also trying to maintain my bulking goals at the gym. Does anyone have any tips for how I could do this? "
I use vegan protein powder. But I know there's lots of vegan bodybuilders, so maybe check them out. |
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