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[jaderedux]

Curious I thought vegans only ate veggies, fruit, beans and such. No animal products at all just curious.

Back in my rebel days I was a vegan and didn't use any animal products at all.

Just curious ...so many labels....so little time.

Jade the curious.

[pet lover]

jaderedux,

What did I say I am eating that has animal in it? Seriously, please tell me. I'm new at this and completely astonished at what all has animal in it. The only thing I KNOW I'm still eating that has animal is honey. I'm not giving that up because I think it is still better for me than sugar (which has bone char anyhow) and I need SOMETHING sweet to put in my oatmeal.

I'm still crushed that my nature's valley cinnamon granola bar has animal products in it. I have a huge box of them I got from Costco that hasn't even been opened yet and half of another box of them.

[peppermint]

Why not just be vegetarian for a while and let your body adjust to that before taking the last few steps? Personally I like my life too much to spend it reading labels looking for trace amounts of animal, but I respect people with the discipline to do that.

[jaderedux]

Geez touchy. I am sorry I didn't mean to imply you were eating dairy. I was just curious.

So Vegan means ONLY fruits, veggies, legumes and the like. No animal or animal byproduct at all.

Be very careful if you eat Korean food they always try to sneak some meat in.....have a veggie friend and they aer always trying to convince her that ham and fish are NOT meat.

Jade the contrite

[xtchr]

Pet lover;

if by oatmeal you mean porridge then throw a few raisins or sultanas in after it's cooked. Nice and sweet and no need to add sugar. By the way, what is bone char, and why would it be in sugar?

Also, where abouts in Korea are you? I'll gladly take those granola bars off your hands

[pet lover]

Xtchr, I'm north of Seoul. You any where near?

Jaderedux, By asking a question for clarification, I'm touchy? I'll try not to ask you any more questions!

Peppermint, the main difference I've found between vegetarian and vegan is dairy. Since I've discovered that dairy makes me sick, I figured, why not go whole hog? Hmmm...will need to learn some new expressions. But, yeah, it's pretty tough. However, the results are so fantastic that it's totally worth it. For me, anyway.

[xtchr]

Pet lover, no, sadly I'm nowhere near Seoul. Was worth a shot though.
Best of luck with the new diet.

[The Hammer]

Eat a lot of kimchee. Kimchee cures everything. Besides kimchee farts don't stink.




(Sorry... I can't help myself sometimes.)

[pet lover]

hammer,

I'll never be hardcore enough to eat kimchi. Blech~!

By the way, I'm working on convincing some of my kids that if there was a such thing as kimchi candy and if they ate it, it would make their teeth whiter and eliminate all cavities. Think they'll believe me?

[Son Deureo!]

Pet lover, believe it or not, there really are kimchi chocolates. They sell them at the Incheon and Cheju airports. I can't imagine who the hell eats them, though, and I'm sure they still cause cavities.

BTW, if you really want to be vegan, you shouldn't eat kimchi either unless you know who is making it. Most kimchi is made with ������, teeny-tiny fermented shrimp. That's what gives it that fishy taste sometimes.

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

An honest question for vegans:

While staying away from meat and anything else which contains animal bi-products, do you also weave/sew/knit your own clothing, or do you wear shirts, pants and dresses manufactured in countries in South America, Southeast Asia and elsewhere, where the workers who make these clothes -- actual human beings -- are subjected to abjectly cruel injustices?

Sparkles*_*

[red dog]

Tiberious asked:

[Global]

Hey Pet Lover,

I'm new to the forum and have been following this thread. I've been vegan for about 3 years and my wife for about 4. I can tell you that I experienced a lot more gas when I first made the change (although mine was probably less drastic being a vegetarian first for a few months). In my experience that goes away. I think that your body adapts to the high fiber content your diet. In any case you have made a great choice and believe me your colon will thank you in the years to come. Since becoming vegan I have lost over 25 pounds and have more energy then ever before. If you are looking info beyond what your body is telling you read Food Revolution by John Robbins. I'm reading it right now and I'm blown away!

Tiberious,

I actually became vegan as a result of my pursuits towards fair labour. I will exhaust every option that I can to try and find clothing and other products made in an environment where the workers are not exploited. As a result a mainly buy second hand goods, and from companies that do some form of independent monitoring of their production facilities. Basically I do as much research as I can before I chose to spend my dollar. Am I 100% perfect? No, but I try to do the best that I can given the money that I have. As for how that made me vegan, I just figured how can I can I consider myself a compassionate person when I know the meat in my next meal probably comes from an animal living in constant pain and it is so easy for me to not eat meat. People have this idea that a vegan or vegetarian diet is really hard to maintain and for the first few months it is. But once you become accustomed to eating a plant based diet it is amazing how good you feel and how little you miss the things you used to eat.

Cheers

[red dog]

Global,

Seriously, if you have any info about ethical clothing companies I'd be very interested in looking into it. I'm under the impression there aren't a lot of them around. I know here in Korea you can get secondhand clothes at the Beautiful Store, but they don't seem to have the kind of selection available at thrift shops back in North America.