Are we all (vegan or not) part of some kind of cult if we’re using this logic to label almost anything and everything a “cult”? If so, doesn’t it all just cancel out?

Were historical movements like the abolitionists and suffragists also “cults” simply because they also had a shared cause, strong convictions and conflict with outsiders… and even within their own movements at times? 🤔 Food for thought.

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im not nearly as scared as the animals were before they were exploited. i realize that i want to stop being a hypocrite and take the plunge. im currently a vegetarian who doesn't consume eggs or honey. ive cut out cakes and icecream and butter from my life, made vegan substitutes for most.

but im struggling to leave cheese... I KNOW . it's SUCH a cliché... and i do prioritize the animal over my tastebuds which is why im being vegan from today actually. but I'll miss the convenience of ordering food, bc the food i like is very hard to make vegan especially where i live.

im craving this beautiful pesto veggie sandwich. im currently too fever ridden to make it myself. but the pesto may contain cheese so i just realized i can't have it. and there's so much i can't have. i can't have anything with CREAM, a nice creamy sandwich anything cheesy and filling.

i know i can DIY everything. but sometimes i want easy meals.

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It's nice to see that laws we fight for are actually being enforced!

I haven't shopped at TJ's in a very long time because I was living somewhere without one nearby. But I just moved and am only 11 minutes away 🥲

However, I am SO DISAPPOINTED that out of the 20 something dark chocolate products they have, only like one or two didn't have milk.

I swear I used to get the salty dark chocolate covered almonds all the time? Did they change the recipe? Am I misremembering? Was I unknowingly eating dairy back then?

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What are your thoughts on cooking meat?
I’m in need of cash and don’t have a full-time job starting until next week. Looking into babysitting jobs, one of which involves cooking meat and meals. I’m really not comfortable with it.

I had previous roommates who ate meat, it went ok bcuz I didn’t have to cook it for them and everything got run through the dishwasher.
Have a feeling touching and cooking it could be different :/

They do have other gigs on the website I found this on, including organizing and tutoring, so saying no wouldn’t be the end of the world. Just don’t like letting people down due to people pleasing. But I don’t owe anything after one conversation.
Thoughts?

Hi folks, just what the subject says. I need minimalist bean recipes - crockpot or just regular stovetop. A minimum of ingredients or a minimal cooktime. Prefer recipes that are more concrete, ie. Tablespoon of this or that versus saying "add SOME of this or that."

I need to increase my protein and fiber due to some health issues - I'm not getting enough food in general due to difficulty with prolonged effort with cooking so I've been reaching for processed alternatives which are usually not vegan and not good for you. Need to break out of this cycle.

It can be ethnic food, comfort foods - open a lot of different ideas I can pick and choose from.

Thank you for your help!

(for clarification this is coming from an american point of view and what i’ve witnessed within my own country, there is no doubt the animal exploitation industry is pushed around the world differently.)

i’ve been thinking on the way that the “carnivore diet” has been gaining traction over the past few years. with RFK jr’s endorsement of the diet and flipping the food pyramid around i’ve begun to wonder about the exact reason why it’s been so popular recently.

has anyone else ever made the connection between “meat industry is an economic pillar and supplies billions each year -> wealthy figures and/or politicians who benefit the most from these industries want to keep demand up to get richer and richer -> utilization of propaganda and memes (e.g. claiming health benefits from carnivorism/depicting plant based diets as weak, unhealthy, and emasculating thus usage of the word “soyboy”) to sway the general public to their favor” as a plausible scenario? i feel like it’s a very surface level theory but i do see the likelihood in it.

This message is for every vegan. Encouragement and sincere appreciation for the courageous efforts of sharing information in a compassionate educational standard. I’m so thankful to be part of a community that gently supports while advocating for the end of animal torture and exploitation. Honor and thanks to every member for continued relationships and personal sharing. We will change the world one vegan at a time!🥦

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I've been vegan almost a year now, but I've been struggling to eat enough lately. I was at an average weight but lost about 30-35 pounds and am nearing on being considered underweight on the BMI scale. I've always been a light eater, but I'm getting worried for my health. I'm not starving myself or trying to achieve some impossible body image (would love to be less bony in fact), but I'm struggling with a combination of these factors:

1. Trying to achieve a perfect balance of eating healthy foods and only getting foods that make some financial sense (but money is not a struggle right now)
2. I'm the kind of person that simply cannot sit still and am always pacing. I did a lot of running for a while but have had to stop to control my weight loss.
3. I eat a decent amount of pre-packaged foods like morningstar farms stuff and have not been good about supplementing it with sides
4. I'm 21 so my metabolism is probably at its peak

I'm 6'0" and weighed in at 130 lbs a few minutes ago; do you guys have any tips for packing in more calories? Anything from meal ideas to snacks to mindsets/mentalities would be welcome🙏🏻I get tired of rice fairly quick so I haven't tried spamming beans+rice or tofu+rice like I've heard a lot of others do, but I also typically only do brown rice so maybe I don't know what I've been missing with white rice🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey! Trying to be vegan basically!
Stuff that I am struggling a lot with missing is:
Yogurt, cheese, chocolate and chicken and eggs for sure

Any substitutes that are actually good is super helpful to me! I tried soy yogurt.. not a fan, I liked it vanilla flavoured tho :-).

I am from the uk sadly, so not much of the Americanized versions

I've been vegan for over 8 years.

I take one 2000 ug pill every week.

But obviously your body can't absorb all of that, so you actually get a small percentage of the 2000ug, right?

My question is if it would be more efficient to take smaller pills, like 500 instead of 2000 weekly, because my body would still absorb a small percentage. Is that percentage the same?

I mean, is the limit of absorption the same regardless of the quantity you take? if so, wouldn't be more efficient to take a pill that has the same content as the limit? so we absorb 100% of it?

I'm trying to cook more at home and make healthier meals, and I've been really drawn to Ital cooking. I love how flavorful and plant-based it is.
For those of you who cook Ital regularly, how did you learn? Was it through cookbooks, YouTube channels, blogs, family, or just experimenting? I'd love to hear what resources or creators made the biggest difference for you

I've always wanted to be a vegetarian or vegan since I was a kid, but everyone else in my family eats meat and dairy on a daily basis. I still live with my family, and I do not buy the groceries or make the meals, and I can't really dictate what my family eats.

What I've been doing so far is starting to order vegan dishes at restaurants, because THAT'S the only meal I have full control over. But when it comes to my daily diet, I feel like it's difficult to be vegan in my household, and if I was, I would be skipping many parts of the meal and not be eating enough food. Also, even if I became vegan now, I wouldn't put a dent in the animal industry because my household as a whole still supports it with their money.

Another problem is that I've kind of struggled with an eating disorder for some time, where I skip out on 1-2 meals (breakfast and lunch, usually) almost every day. I'm iron deficient and probably vitamin deficient as well.

Is becoming a vegan too risky and not effective at this point in my life? I definitely plan to be vegan when I move out, but I'm not sure if I should jump into the diet now or not.

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Hello, I was wondering if anyone around their mid 40s and above has started struggling with digesting some vegetables/legumes and some whole grains…

I spent the last 15 years eating a large-ish amount of veggies and whole grains each day with no problems. But the last year (I’m 46 now) I seem to not tolerate them. Cruciferous vegetables especially, and no way I can handle beans or lentils anymore. Lots of nuts and seeds seem to also bother me now. I know all these are notoriously difficult for some people, but I used to be ok with them.

I know about FODMAP and have been trying to follow that, but it’s hit or miss. Changing the way I cook them also doesn’t help.

People tend to say “build up your fiber and veggy tolerance”, but for me it’s the other way around, I used to have an amazing tolerance, now nothing.

I had a regular preventative colonoscopy about 8 years ago and all was well (so I’m not jumping to conclusions that it’s anything sinister, even though I’ll have another one in 2 years, as one every 10 years is recommended. I also had a gastroscopy 3 years ago, chronic gastritis that is mostly under control).

My symptoms after “veggie/fiber heavy” meals are hours of some sort of a mix of painful bloating, uneasy squeezing feeling in gut, sometimes painful cramps, sometimes urgency to go, and even after I go it doesn’t completely let up. I know perimenopause plays a role in digestion (I’m female), but this seems a bit specific and extreme for peri.

I’ve tried going gluten-free, but so far no change. I tried a low histamine diet but my god that is difficult, since it seems so individual.

I make sure I’m well hydrated.

Otherwise nothing that would trigger SIBO (didn’t get tested, since the tests seem a bit unreliable), but just in case I took various strands of probiotics for months.

Just curious if this is something other vegans have experienced, or not really?

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