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Comment on Getting started: avoid the weakness trap by Marcella

Marcella — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:23:16 +0000

You forgot another possible culprit to the tiredness symptom: B12. Even eating loads of nutritional yeast won't always have you meet the daily requirements. Every vegan should supplement with a sublingual B12 daily (unless they are well-versed in obtaining exactly enough B12 from plant sources).

Comment on 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan by Weakness on a vegan diet: 2 traps to avoid

Weakness on a vegan diet: 2 traps to avoid — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:51:11 +0000

[...] to get yourself on whole foods as soon as possible. As I suggested in 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan, you only really need four good recipes to get things going, and you’ll find yourself feeling [...]

Comment on What’s your ideal meal? by Green Smoothies on St. Patrick's Day!

Green Smoothies on St. Patrick's Day! — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:25 +0000

[...] green smoothies for a while, and recent emails I’ve gotten as part of the Taste Better “ideal breakfast” series suggest they’re pretty popular, so I finally went for it – it turns out [...]

Comment on Cheap Vegan: The 3 spices you need to get started by marcylangworthy

marcylangworthy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:38:44 +0000

Don't forget a high quality sea salt… in moderation of course! A little sea salt can really enhance the flavor of a dish. Cayenne pepper is my bestfriend, along with garlic powder (plus loads of fresh garlic) and gomasio adds a little something, something to asian dishes. But I definitely have to agree- black pepper is a must!

Happy Cooking!

Comment on How to eat more raw fruits and vegetables by Share your ideal meal

Share your ideal meal — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:18 +0000

[...] fresh pineapple (cut earlier, as per my thoughts on how to eat more raw fruits and vegetables,) with some blueberries. I eat it on a white plate at the kitchen counter (we got rid of our [...]

Comment on Take it one meal at a time! by Share your ideal meal

Share your ideal meal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:42:28 +0000

[...] I call “Your ideal life starts with breakfast.” You can read part one here and part two here, but basically the idea is that if we can get our meals to be as awesome as we can imagine, a lot [...]

Comment on 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan by jasondoucette

jasondoucette — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:33:37 +0000

Thanks Jack, I think “it just became too much” has been the epitaph for far too many vegan attempts, and you've just reminded me of something I'll be talking about later this week, so thanks and stay tuned!

Comment on 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan by jackbennett

jackbennett — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:43 +0000

Great advice. For myself, my first “vegan experiment” went off the rails because it was also an extremely low fat, minimal junk food diet and it just became too much.

During my second attempt, I took the tip of “Figure out your biggest problem” and decided that I would not count fat grams or calories, and instead just prioritize the vegan diet. As a result, I wound up reducing my weight by 45 lbs and was able to continue the vegan diet until now (almost 1.5 years).

Comment on 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan by jasondoucette

jasondoucette — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:55:21 +0000

Great suggestions, thanks! I don't think I've been burned on an ingredients change yet, but it's something I wonder about (and check) from time to time.

Comment on 3 quick tips for getting started as a vegan by Al_Nowatzki

Al_Nowatzki — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:46:55 +0000

I think the best thing you can do as a new vegan is to know WHY you are a vegan. Seek out blogs by vegan activists (I suggest Gary Francione as a starting point). Watch the horrible videos of animal exploitation (I suggest Earthlings). Buy books about animal rights and veganism (I suggest Introduction to Animal Rights by Gary Francione and Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy).

Once you have a firm grasp of the arguments FOR veganism and AGAINST speciesism, then not being vegan will be harder than being vegan.

As far as food goes, always read the ingredients. Even if something is marked vegan, read the ingredients. This will remind you of all the stuff that IS vegan and will also help you in your own cooking (knowing what kind of spices go in what kind of food and all).

Also, do an ingredient check of your regulars every once in a while. I used to buy these great little frozen diced potatoes that I'd make skillet dishes with and one day I looked at the ingredients and BAM: Casein. Casein! On diced potatoes! It didn't used to be there, but some time between 2002 and 2009, they changed the ingredients on me.