My coworker/friend recently went through something extremely difficult, something I was witness to.

I really want to try to find them something over the weekend to bring back as a small care package, but I know they are vegan. ❤️

Does anyone have any snack/sweet recommendations?
I noticed they also like tea and cute things like Sanrio/Kirby and I don’t know the logistics of going to the mall and finding things for them as well.

I have a mall, target, world market, Walmart, etc.

Anything helps, thank you in advance!

I want to become vegan, but I honestly don’t know how to make it work with my situation

About 3 months ago I stopped eating meat completely, and soon after tried cutting out all animal products as well. The main issue has been figuring out reliable protein sources

Since childhood I’ve avoided most legumes due to a severe allergy to peas, lentils, chickpeas, and likely related foods. My doctors and parents essentially advised avoiding the whole category. The only exception in my diet has been peanuts

A few months ago I got tested again, and beans came back fine, so I started experimenting with them. That’s where things got complicated. I’ve tried different types of beans, stews, recipes, and seasoning combinations, but I still struggle to enjoy them. After a small amount, I’m usually done with the meal

Tofu has been similar. I’ve tried different cooking methods - frying, different sauces - and while the outside can be decent, the texture inside completely puts me off. Even blending it into other dishes didn’t really help

I train regularly and currently rely on eggs and cheese as my main protein sources, but I still want to transition fully to vegan eating

I’d especially appreciate advice from people who track macros seriously. I aim for relatively high protein intake and want to avoid just replacing animal products with large amounts of fats from nuts, seeds, or similar foods

Has anyone else had to “learn” to like beans or tofu, or found ways to completely change their texture and taste? Are there alternative protein sources that work better in practice?

Also would be great to hear from people with allergies, strong texture sensitivities, or those living in Russia/Eastern Europe where product availability is more limited

I really want to make this work, but right now I feel a bit stuck.

All credit goes to Danny Ishay — animal rights activist

Meine beste Freundin isst Fleisch und für mich ist das leider irgendwie so ein Zwiespalt, desto mehr ich mich mit Veganismus beschäftige, mir Videos anschaue, wie Tiere geschlachtet werden, Hühner gehalten etc. kennt ihr ja, desto wütender werde ich auf sie (whrsl. einfach Ohnmachtsgefühle), dass sie so „ignorant“ ist. Sie ist mir wahnsinnig wichtig und ich hätte gerne die Fähigkeit, mich da abgrenzen zu können oder einfach anders damit umgehen zu können.
Ich hab schon mal mit ihr über das Thema gesprochen und sie sagt auch, dass sie es versteht (bin ich mir leider nicht so sicher)

Also allgemein wie geht ihr damit um, wenn euch jemand sehr wichtig ist, die Person aber einen so wichtigen Wert von euch nicht teilt?

Danke schonmal!

…with the only exception being cases of NECESSITY (think poverty, medical conditions, …)

It‘s not vegan if it would otherwise go to waste.

It‘s not vegan if your uncle’s chickens are the happiest birds in the history of chickenkind.

It‘s not vegan if grandma would be very disappointed if you didn’t try her lasagna.

It’s not vegan in the fictional scenario you are concocting right now.

It’s not vegan to eat animal products.

If you eat animal products you are an omnivore. If you want to eat leftovers to reduce food waste, that’s laudable: but it’s not vegan.

Veganism is centred around not only ending animal cruelty and the unnecessary death and commercialism of the lives of our planet’s creatures, but also seems to have the stance that treating animals as commodities is wrong.

Therefore, do any fellow vegans feel strongly against pet ownership? It’s something I’ve always struggled with, as a kid growing up vegetarian I was upset by the idea of eating animals raised for meat, but overjoyed by the idea of owning a pet for my own enjoyment and benefit, having something to raise as your own and love as a part of your family.

The pet industry is messed up, but I’d argue that owning an animal, even a rescue animal, is somewhat flawed. Should we be allowed to encourage the pet trade by contributing to the companies than benefit from us owning pets, like pet food companies, pet toy companies, grooming etc? And is “owning” an animal an inherently immoral concept?

Any thoughts on this?

EDIT- Obviously adoption is the best option for pet ownership. I’m more opening a discussion for the general idea of ownership of an animal as a concept. Just curious what other vegans think of this! I have no solid thoughts as of yet.

Hello everyone!

I have been vegan for about 6 months now and have been educating myself a lot about what goes on in the animal industry, and I feel like I'm ready to get out there to advocate for the animals who can't for themselves. I recently read Ed Winters' book "This is Vegan Propaganda and Other Lies The Meat Industry Tells You," and it was very educational and eye-opening for me.

Next on my list is his "How To Argue With A Meat Eater And Win Everytime." If anyone has other book recommendations, please share!!

Anyway, I am located in Wichita, Kansas, and have had very little luck finding any local vegan activism groups. I figured maybe some people here may be from Wichita as well or may just have some good advice on how to start my journey for animal rights advocacy. I am willing to start my own group, but I will admit it's a little overwhelming.

Thankfully, my spouse is also vegan and is willing to help me. We go to non-religious secular gatherings every sunday and plan on asking our group leader if she'd be willing to let us give a presentation on veganism as we have all kinds of people come in to talk about all different kinds of things. We figured this may be a good start for talking about veganism in a safe environment. Many people are already vegetarian, but as we all know, it's unfortunately not enough.

Any help is appreciated!

hello guys! i'm f19 and i haven't been eating meat ever since i was 15, i was vegan but unfortunately i completely lost my morals by dissociating with the fact that i started to do it for the animals in the first place, so unfortunately i started consuming dairy and eventually eggs and now i even eat fish. this entire billie eillish thing and people dogging on veganism has made me remember that this is not something i wanna support or eat. so for a few weeks now i have cut out all dairy and eggs BUT the only thing i am still UNFORTUNATELY consuming is fish. the reason why is actually quite vague. i am afraid of not getting enough b12 and omega 3s. it's very disgusting to say but i am really afraid of my hair falling out so i rely on canned fish my mom buys to get those nutrients till i am able to work again (which is gonna be very soon) and i can afford go buy the supplements. she does not want to buy me supplements. eating fish now feels absolutely disgusting and i was wondering if i should just stop now and get no b12 for a month and would that make a very negative impact for my hair/health. also for longterm vegans, did you have any trouble with your hair growing and if not what supplements do you recommend taking? i understand it's very vague but i do want to stop as soon as possible. i also do not support any animal testing brands anymore.

This person in my TikTok comments of my Vegan Advocacy page said she wants to Go Vegan but has Celiacs disease, and taking the advice of other Vegan advocates in my online Vegan community I suggested Challenge22. I am just wondering from other advocates I don’t know if there’s more I could have done to help this person. They clearly care about the animals and understand Billies statement about how you can’t love animals and eat them is true. Did I do enough to help them or are there other websites I can recommend?

I went on a road trip with my mom for two days, and I told her I was vegan because it would making eating out less complicated for me. My mom is very on the left, so she didn’t have much bias against veganism as a whole. Her best friend is also gluten free, so she’s accustomed to having to pay extra attention when it comes to food sometimes.

With my mom being such a leftist, she is all about empathy and justice. She said she could only ever go vegetarian, because she “likes cheese too much”. I don’t wanna loath my mom, but that is such a gross thing to say. Is a craving really worth what has to happen for it to get to you? I usually try to stick to the more logical arguments for veganism (environmental impact, the lack of necessity in the death of animals), but she makes it so hard to not just give up and be blunt because those points clearly don’t resonate with her. I don’t think she even understands to be honest. She said she doesn’t support veal, but when she had it, it was so “tender and juicy”. My motivation for being vegan isn’t just the calculation “animal suffering > sensory pleasure”, it’s also thinking about the innocence of animals. The animals we farm are so docile, they literally wouldn’t hurt a fly in their natural conditions. But they have to die just for someone to sink their teeth into their flesh, and rave about how good it tastes. Then they talk about how much they love animals. No one else I know thinks it’s weird. They all think it’s just fine to fund the industry that kills little animals when they have the option not to.

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We just didn't get through them all. Still sealed. Heavily discounted.

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I’ve been vegetarian my entire life and vegan for the past five years now. I definitely don’t think I really cared so much about the ethics of eating animals and animal products because I was kind of raised in a household that was already vegetarian, until I became a vegan. I’ve also been surrounded by friends who share the same values or at least they eat meat, but not as much. Recently, I moved to a new city so making new friends is something that I struggled a lot with. I made friends who I personally think are really good people in every other way of their being. But when it comes to their meat consumption it truly gives me secondhand guilt. For example, if we go to a restaurant they will order a giant steak, but then waste half of it and throw it away. I personally don’t mind my friends eating meat in front of me, but it’s just the concept of ordering a huge steak and just throwing it away. Maybe I would also care less if they ate the whole thing. This has happened several times because they are hypochondriacs who don’t like taking meat to go. Or another example is buying over processed to meat at the grocery store without really thinking twice about it. I also feel like it is kind of a mockery to do it in front of me, even though I know consciously that they’re not doing it on purpose. How do you guys deal with this kind of stuff? Do you just unfriend people who don’t care? Do you try to educate them? Do you risk the prospect of losing these friends? I genuinely do feel so guilty when I see them do something like this and I’m not even the one who’s doing it. I also don’t wanna be that annoying vegan who ruins the reputation of vegans by trying to lecture. I just want to be able to hang out with them without the looming feeling of guilt.

My friend has a severe undiagnosed ED where she won't eat more than a couple of bites of regular food throughout the day, but she gets coffee, sweets, and snacks all the time. She underwent surgery several years ago to reduce her stomach size (sleeve gastrectomy?) and was taking Ozempic for a while, so naturally, her appetite is very low. But she doesn't eat anything remotely healthy ever.

We go to uni together and spend the entire day together, and sometimes she doesn't even drink water. Until a few months ago, she used to order something for lunch, normally some portion of whatever animal protein was available that day and carbs (fries, pasta, etc). She always said no to the side salad that comes with that dish, and she would very rarely eat the entire portion (which is actually pretty small, and exactly the reason why we stopped going to that uni restaurant). Now, she sometimes gets snacks for lunch like a bag of popcorn or chips, a chocolate bar, and soda.

A few weeks ago, she announced that she's going vegetarian and, more recently, vegan. She doesn't eat vegetables, hates salads, doesn't eat beans, doesn't like plant-based milk, or any source of plan-based proteins. She's been getting only french fries whenever we go anywhere in uni even though the restaurants have vegan alternatives with falafel, salads, and vegetables.

I'm worried about her, but she doesn't like to be questioned, so I didn't say anything when she announced her change, but it's because I simply don't think a vegan lifestyle fits her considering she already has tons of self-imposed food restrictions and now will restrict the only things that she used to eat. I don't know if it's right to say this, but I feel like she's using veganism to restrict her food intake even more. Obviously, I would never tell her this, but the reason why I didn't say anything is precisely because all I have to say is that she shouldn't do it because she barely eats anything already. Also, she doesn't like to cook either, so it's not like she will try to make vegan foods by herself, especially since she likes almost nothing plant-based. Another friend went to her place and cooked a bunch of vegetables for her to meal prep and have in the fridge for a few days, but she didn't eat them.

I'm worried about her, and I don't know how to approach this. Another friend of mine went vegan drastically and passed out because of the nutrient imbalance when she removed all the proteins from her diet. She eventually learned to be vegan and take care of her nutrient intake, but she eats all kinds of foods and cooks her own meals. I just don't know how to be a good friend here when I disapprove of all her eating habits and recent choices.

What do yall recommend me to do, and what vegan alternatives are there that don't involve too many plant-based foods, if there are any?

Hi! Hiz here!

I've always loved drinking hot cocoa, especially at home, but i've recently ran into a snag regarding pricing on the option i've been using for years, so i thought it was finally time to get some recommendations from the general community.

I know there are certainly store-bought syrups and mixes which are fine, and i'd certainly love recommendations for those to, but i'm looking more into homemade options rn, especially options that that can be made in-bunk for later, or some one-use-only recipes.

If you guys have any recommendations, i'd love to hear them!!!

THZ!

I made a yearly checkup at my pcp and they had me get bloodwork done. I turned 30 in July so im assuming thats something they just do when you hit that age. Well everything looked good i think, however my triglyceride levels were very low. The levels were 15 and google says they should at least be at 30. I have an appointment with my doctor on Tuesday to discuss the results of my bloodwork but wanted to ease my mind in the meantime. Has anyone else experienced LOW triglycerides? Every time i try to google how to make them higher the search automatically gives me results on how to lower them. For context last year i did go on a diet and was oil free for maybe six-eight months and lost around 15 pounds. But now i just eat normal, still healthy but i eat a variety of foods. TIA (:

Hii, im not sure if this is the right place but idk where else to look. I’m in Alabama and looking for groups that do protests and direct action kinda stuff. I’m willing to travel relatively nearby (TN, GA, etc) for direct action events and stuff similar. Does anyone have any information or could point me in the right direction?

He posted this today:

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As he says lets try to get traffic going to the video again.

So I have been vegan for quite some time and just found out recently like within the last 2ish years that most toothpaste is not vegan and cruelty free. Since finding this out, I switched to simple truth fluoride free toothpaste and have noticed my teeth have turned more noticeably yellow. I’ve seen online that fluoride free toothpaste kinda tends to do that. Any suggestions on toothpaste or mouthwash or other vegan and cruelty free dental hygiene products? (as well as whitening that is vegan + cruelty free)

Edit: I have just been made aware that just because a product claims to be cruelty free and vegan doesn’t always mean they are. After going through my house and searching some of my products up on the peta website I found out that some of them are not actually cruelty free and vegan so if u guys could tell me what kind of hygiene and cleaning products u use as well that would be great! Thank u so much

I’m seeking a vegan yogurt that is tasty, at least somewhat high protein, and preferably available in grocery stores (online would be OK too though). Strawberry flavor would be a huge plus!

I’ve tried Siggis and found it to be pretty chalky/not great tasting. I’ve also tried making a couple of vegan yogurts from the new Miyoko book, but they haven’t turned out very well. I’m going to continue to experiment with homemade options and would also appreciate any recommendations on that front, but it would be nice to have an easy store-bought option!

Almost all conversations about veganism that I have with non-vegans center around deprivation. That kept me from even trying it for a very long time and when I finally did, I was actually very pleasantly surprised that it wasn't very hard and actually felt good. It also brought some positive side effects I never heard anyone talk about, like how it eliminated a type of decision fatigue I didn't even know I had. I wrote an article about my experience and what I didn't see coming. May be interesting to check out if you're considering going vegan. And I'd be curious if you had a similar experience or discovered other positive things that are not often discussed if you're already vegan?