Calling All Vegans

A_Shannigans

How do you do it???

I used to be Pescatarian, but haven't been again for almost a year now. I chose to be Pescatarian because I wanted to cut out meat from my diet (due to heart disease in my family I especially wanted to cut out red meat, but since I'm not a huge poultry fan anyway I had cut that too), but I wanted to keep some sort of protein so I kept eggs, fish and seafood.

I recently have been thinking about going back to my old lifestyle, but this time I am thinking of cutting all animal products. I do a lot of reading and it horrifies me to think of some of the things I am ingesting by eating farmed animals. Not to mention the inhumane way these animals are slaughtered as well.

So for all of those Vegans out there....I need some suggestions on how to make this lifestyle work long term. What are some substitutions you use? What are some of your favorite brands? How do you stick to this lifestyle on a budget?

For those of you that don't agree with the Vegan lifestyle....good for you. Keep your judgements and preaching to yourself. There are other sources of protein and nutrients besides animals and their products (dairy and eggs).

Thank you.

Not trying to change your mind or judge you. However what you ingest and the treatment of the animals we ingest depends on the source. There are a growing number of small farmers who not only don't subject their livestock to the same conditions as large outfits but also don't use pesticides or hormones and many of them only graze their livestock feeding them little to no grain.

I just feel it needs to be said that there are options out there for people who want to eat clean meat from animals that are well treated during their lifetime.

localharvest.org is a good place to find farmers like these as well as vegetable farms and farmers markets in your area.

If you just want to be vegan/vegetarian regardless simply ignore this post.