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i want to be vegan but...

Discussion in 'Vegetarian' started by PeaceAndLove, Aug 16, 2004.

  1. PeaceAndLove

    PeaceAndLove Member

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    i am currently a veg. (as long as i can stop eating chicken out of chicken salads) and i would like to become a vegan. But how are you always supposed to know what's in things. Like, i dont know if there's milk in something. Is it always going to be listed on the ingredients of the food?
     
    PeaceAndLove, Aug 16, 2004
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  3. inbloom

    inbloom as the crow flies...

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    you're not always going to know. you have to realise that once you're vegan, along the way you're gunna eat something with an animal product in it. it's GOING to happen, but the point is to learn from your mistake and not eat that product again. and as you progress, you will be cutting all that stuff out of your diet, more and more. it's not a sudden transition. good luck, and i hope it works for you! :)
     
    inbloom, Aug 16, 2004
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  5. InTheFlesh

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    Foods that are produced by the masses are probably more likely to have extra ingredients in them, but usually it will warn you on the package.
     
    InTheFlesh, Aug 16, 2004
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  7. Stalkz

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    Most of my vegan friends are REALLY anal about what they eat. A lot of chemical compounds used in processed foods have animal things in them, with complex names, and they dont want to memorize them all and probably cant, so they wont eat something unless they know for a fact what's in it.

    Example: I handed my friend Sam a Strawberry Nutri-Grain bar, because theyr'e the most amazing thing in the world, and he wouldn't eat it because he couldn't be sure there was no animal in it.
     
    Stalkz, Aug 18, 2004
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  9. Willy_Wonka_27

    Willy_Wonka_27 Surrender to the Flow

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    is there?...
     
    Willy_Wonka_27, Aug 18, 2004
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  11. SweeperOfDreams13

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    I believe that there's Geltain in those little buggers.
     
    SweeperOfDreams13, Aug 19, 2004
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  13. Stalkz

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    I'm almost sure there isn't any gelatin. But I have no idea if there IS infact animal in it...
     
    Stalkz, Aug 20, 2004
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  15. Tnerb

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    i would be weary of milk products myself. i cant see there being geletain in nutrigrain bars. ]
     
    Tnerb, Aug 20, 2004
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  17. Orsino2

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    I know there's gelatin in Pop Tarts... I don't think there's any in nutrigrains though....
     
    Orsino2, Aug 21, 2004
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  19. acetonephish

    acetonephish lickage

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    You know what I hate??? When I'm reading the ingredients to some meat alternative product that looks really reallllly realllllllly good. Then I get to the bottom "contains whey" orrrrrr "contains protein from whey" orrrrrr "Contains honey"

    I WANT FAKE FISH


    But I want animals to live happy lives more.
     
    acetonephish, Aug 21, 2004
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  21. Orsino2

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    I wonder what fake fish would taste like.... I feel the same way though.
     
    Orsino2, Aug 21, 2004
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