any vegans or raw vegans?

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I want to be a vegetarian, but I dont think soy is worth it.

I know a lot about this subject. I'd love to be a raw vegan again, but when you're raw vegan, it's very hard to do anything social, because most people like to eat meat, and it makes dating more difficult than it already is. It is, however, the absolute healthiest food choice you can make. Your energy levels and your mental clarity will be greatly increased, along with glowing health.

I went raw vegan for the whole month of August last year, and honestly, I never looked better, felt better or stronger. Oh, and another unexpected side effect: you'll have increased joy, happiness, and a strange sense of union with the earth. I kid you not.

If you knew the horrors of animal farming, you wouldn't want to eat meat ever again. They are diseased, weak animals pumped full of antibiotics and steroids to stay alive, crammed in the smalest spaces, often without light ("Gourmet" veal is white because the poor animals never see the light, so they're actually anemic, chickens have their beak tips chopped off, without anesthetic (!), to prevent them from pecking themselves to death because they go crazy, thousands and thousands barely able to move), and turning around in their own feces. Charming.

But like I said, it's very hard to be raw vegan, first to actually get the foods you need to be on that diet unless you live in a big city, and it's hard to stay on it. I'd sometimes go to a restaurant, and there would be nothing at all for me. But you can get a lot of food online, like at Rawplanet and such.

The best books on raw veganism are written by Dr. Gabriel Cousens, who is the leading holistic medical doctor in the world. He is the authority. His books are amazing. In "Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine", he not only explains raw veganism, but also offers great recipes.

Good luck with this, I sincerely wish you become a raw vegan, It'll change your life!

If you want to be a vegan then i'd say go for it, it seems like a good thing.

I dont get vegetarians tho its like "we dont eat meat its wrong to kill a living thing" but you dont seem to, have any problems eating fish. A fish is a living thing why eat, it but not a cow or a sheep ?

Vegetarians do not eat fish (or poultry or meat). People who eat fish are not vegetarians. I do not eat anything from the ocean (except seaweed). I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian - I eat eggs and dairy.

I get really annoyed when I tell people I am vegetarian and am then offered seafood.

Cathy

Meat/Wheat/Dairy/Egg/Yeast/Soya/Sugar/Nightshade/Salyclate/everything free diet ; p Mostly green leafy vegetables, Pumpkin/Butternut squash, beans, seeds and herbs (more recently baby rice ) Though the dietician wants me to keep flax seed pastes ec and start eating herring/mackeral or salmon three times a week, um

Last edited by Jenk on 08 Aug 2008, 9:38 am, edited 1 time in total.

Meat/Fish/Eggs/Grains/Bread/Dairy [except well-aged cheese]/Yeast/Sugar/Mushroom/Potato/Starch/Onion family/Beans/Soya free diet;
I mostly eat fruits, green leafy vegetables or broccoli with carrots, tomatoes, nuts and well-aged Dutch cheese.
Don't care much for raw, even apples and pears I avoid.

You're misrepresenting it. Severely. If anything vegan diets generally are superior in terms of cholesterol intake. The very idea of making a transition from vegetarianism to meat-eating again if it shoots up is a fatalist decision, too: there is obviously the possibility of being a vegetarian with a balanced diet, like me, or just someone who lives on cheesy nachos. When there are even exceptionally fit fruitarians around, why question diets inclusive of fruits and nuts, with a broad, broad selection of other foods? Basically, the fact of the matter is that a balanced diet can be obtained by practically everyone eating veg*an.

As for me, I'm vegetarian and kind of hating it, the reason being that the day I move out I will immediately make the transition to veganism, it being pretty much the strongest position I have on anything ever. For now though, my mom still decides to believe that despite the existence of healthy vegans dotted across the globe, it is impossible to stay alive in the diet.


Oh! And if ANYONE needs advice on veg(etari)anism, or wants to learn more about it, or has qualms with it to argue—anything of the sort, feel free to PM me. I'm always at hand with it.

I've been a vegan for a little over a year now, and would reccomend transitioning. Cut things out a little at a time, and meanwhile, read up on nutrition so you know how to take care of yourself. You can also learn about hidden animal ingredients and what products to double check. As for websites:

www.theppk.com is a free forum for vegans where you can browse or ask questions, share recipes, and advice.
www.goveg.com also has alot of good recipes and advice.
www.caringconsumer.com has lists of vegan and non-vegan products for non-food items. This will be helpful if you are choosing to go vegan mainly for ethical reasons.
www.vegweb.com is an AWESOME recipe source as well. It's organized, has reviews, and a wide variety.

Good luck!

I used to be vegan and loved it. But quit when my parents quit. I wanted to stay vegan and will probably do it again in the future when I get my own place.

My friend was a raw organic vegan, but she wasn't getting enough nutrition, so now she's just vegan.

Just make sure you're getting the right vitamins and minerals and enough calories.

Me, I'm a vegetarian, and it's pretty fun. Annoys the heck out of people trying to take me somewhere to eat, though. XD I'd be a vegan (because of how they treat the eanimals), but my mom doesn't like the idea. She thinks it would 'restrict my diet'. However, my vegan friend said that a diet eating all of the plants in the world is less restrictive than eating only meat, which makes sense.

I've been mostly raw vegan over 25 years.

I'm not an adolescent but was just searching forums for raw food and autism.

I didn't get diagnosed with asperger until age 40 so tend not to use the label as I find it disempowering due to others predjudice of what it is.