Follow me in my journey of being a Raw Vegan!!!

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  • hiddensecant
    hiddensecant Posts: 2,446 Member
    @ Ghanie, I also observe passover so I am wondering what I will do when it comes around next year because you lamb is part of the feast during that time.

    I didn't go vegan during the seder, just the time around it as it was an easy way to make sure I was following all the kosher laws since vegan is the highest form of kosher.

    I must say, I never had lamb during a seder before. I'd be more concerned about the matzot as there is so much tradition that revolves around it and eating it.
  • yentess
    yentess Posts: 167 Member
    I was inspired by the original post and challenged myself to eat more raw food! I love it, and I feel amazing! This has made me interested in the vegan aspect too. I am just curious about how you get your protein??? I drink a soy protein shake for breakfast and eat a lot of beans, but I guess you can't eat beans without boiling them???

    Also regarding the question about raw nuts. You can buy them in the produce section of any groccery store, even Walmart. They are about $4-$5 a pound, which last for 2 weeks, and is also cheaper than the roasted, salted canned variety. And they taste AMAZING!!! Makes me wonder why the roast and salt them in the first place.
  • sailady
    sailady Posts: 26
    sprout lentils, chickpeas, mung beans, adzuki beans instead of cooking them if you want protein although you do get it through leafy greens - it is the amino acids rather than protein that your body needs and this is found in plenty in veg.


    Raw houmous is amazing! once you try you'll (probably) never go back!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Thanks for the clarification.
    So the meat aspect takes on more of a 'cruelty free' vibe. I get that.
    But what about free range animals? Free range and fed chemically free organic foods?
    Is it still (for you, at least) about not killing an animal? The meatless part, anyhow.

    Its not just about the cruelty free thing. We are not meat eaters.
    Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zhL1YUd8Q - very easy to understand & to the point. We are the only animal that has changed the type of food we eat - voluntarily. Our bodies have not choosen this and fight every step but we don't listen. So many people are lactose intolerant because we all are!! However some bodies have just given up dealing with it and now they are labeled lactose intolerant. We are the only animal that drinks milk into adulthood and drinks other animals milk.

    Meat takes 4 hours sometimes to digest - it makes us tired! How can we be limber, energetic, and healing our bodies when we take 4 hours to digest junk? If we eat meat at 3 meals a day we are digesting for 12 hours - and that's just to get it out of the stomach!!!!!!!!! When will we work on cleaning our organs & blood, when will we strengthen our immune system? When will we get a chance to destroy bad bacteria and get rid of cancerous cells....i guess we won't thats why we spend billions of dollars in disease research yet more and more people are dying from this stuff. We need to think of prevention and cutting out meat is the first step in fighting terminal diseases, saving the environment, and a happier population in general.

    OH and at first I stopped eating meat because of the health benefits - not the ethical reasons - I felt much better!! More energy & not sick as much. I actually cured a couple of health problems that I was told I would have to take medications for the rest of my life. I currently take no meds & have never felt better. I don't get headaches or the flu or any of that crap. After a couple months I learned all the horrible things they do to animals & then I learned all the scientific stuff behind how our bodies really work. If you would like to learn a bit more check this out: http://www.rawfoodexplained.com/science.html Just scroll down a little & every question regarding health & nutrition is there.

    Looking at the video tonight.... can't see it from work. Thanks for the response!
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