Veganism in a Nutshell. Document Sections: What is a Vegan?
Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish, or poultry. Vegans, in addition to being vegetarian, do not use other animal products and by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk, wool, cosmetics, and soaps derived from animal products. Why Veganism? People choose to be vegan for health, environmental, and/or ethical reasons. Many vegans choose this lifestyle to promote a more humane and caring world. Vegan Nutrition The key to a nutritionally sound vegan diet is variety. Protein It is very easy for a vegan diet to meet the recommendations for protein as long as calorie intake is adequate. Almost all foods except for alcohol, sugar, and fats provide some protein. Fat Vegan diets are free of cholesterol and are generally low in saturated fat.
Vitamin D Vitamin D is not found in the vegan diet but can be made by humans following exposure to sunlight. Calcium Following are some good sources of calcium: Zinc Iron Sources of Iron Omega-3 Fatty Acids Books. 6 Tips to Eat Vegan on a Budget. There’s a common misconception that a vegan diet is also an expensive one, but I don’t think that has to be the case at all!
Sure, if you eat lots of fake meat products and load up your cart with out of season veggies, a vegan diet can definitely break the bank. If an omnivore ate nothing bit filet mignon and fancy cheeses, that would get pretty expensive too, right? The keys to stocking a vegan pantry without maxing out your food budget is pretty simple: eat real food, and cook from scratch when you can. Does that seem easier said than done? Don’t fret! 1. Cooking from scratch probably sounds time-consuming, but with a bit of planning it’s very easy to work this into your schedule. 2. The right tools can help you save a ton of time and money in the kitchen.
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How To Eat Vegan For A Week And Love It. Fallacies. This page considers all of the fallacies that come up (at least the ones I can think of :) when discussing veganism.
Even if you're not familiar with fallacies or formal logic, I have tried to make this page like totally digestable ;). It is ready for your intellectual appetites. Fallacies Encountered when Talking with Omnivores Omnivores is a term here that is used to loosely define people who are comfortable ignoring the interests of animals, whether that means exploiting them for fun or killing them in order to eat them (because they taste good), whether that is enjoyable to the person or not. If you can think of a better term, please let me know.
The Naturalistic Fallacy - this is probably the most common fallacy that one will encounter when discussing veganism with omnivores. A further problem with this argument is that regardless of whether or not something is natural that does not automatically make it right. Alright, alright, I digress! Farmers are not ethologists.