Comments on: The Top Five Reasons Why Vegans Stop Being Vegan http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/ LifeHacks That Work - Unconvential Methods For Outstanding Results Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: chole http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-12191 chole Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:23:10 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-12191 ive been veg for 6 years, vegan for 4 (im 16) and just this past 2/3 months ive been having skim milk (in coffee) and eating food that likely have animal products in them (cafe muffins, ect ect.) but im recommitting as of now, although protien bars (90% of my diet) are hard to find vegan ): ive been veg for 6 years, vegan for 4 (im 16) and just this past 2/3 months ive been having skim milk (in coffee) and eating food that likely have animal products in them (cafe muffins, ect ect.)
but im recommitting as of now,
although protien bars (90% of my diet) are hard to find vegan ):

]]> By: Ravi Raman http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-12107 Ravi Raman Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:47:49 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-12107 @ Sally: Thanks for your sincere and well thought comment. You are so right that vegans need to enjoy certain food products in moderation. Too much soy or processed foods can be disaster for a vegan diet. @ Sally: Thanks for your sincere and well thought comment. You are so right that vegans need to enjoy certain food products in moderation. Too much soy or processed foods can be disaster for a vegan diet.

]]> By: sally http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-12095 sally Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:38:38 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-12095 thank you so much for the post, i also wanted to add one which i have been finding in my circle, more and more. i have been vegan 11 years, and began having severe digestive problems about 4 years ago. after going on rotation diets, and several years of testing, i have found i am now intolerant to soy and gluten. the reason this applies to your list, is because my intolerance formed from years of me eating these foods in nearly EVERY meal for 10 years. a little tofu here, an entire loaf of bread there. several of my friends, who have also been vegan from 15-20 years, have developed similar problems, from overdoing these foods. so here is another reason long-term vegans, too, stop being vegan, and that is after having developed food intolerances. this is for a simple enough reason: food intolerance often develops when we overload our systems with too much of a particular food or food group. there is a simple solution to this as well. it is SO IMPORTANT to eat all your vegan foods in moderation, and include a lot of variety! PLEASE try to include almond milk or rice milks instead of soy when you can, get creative with portobellos instead of tofu as "steak" in recipes, and try not to do the "default" vegan diet of spaghetti and bread when you're out and about in restaurants...opt for salads, beans, rice, quinoa, "new" grains, seaweeds, nuts, and as mentioned in this article, often more "ethnic" foods. so for all you wheat and soy "addicts", learn to vary your diet! otherwise there is a very real possibility of becoming a vegan, like me, who no longer is able to eat soy or gluten of any kind. living healthy as a soy and gluten intolerant vegan is very possible, with some creativity, and there are more and more great resources available, but it is very trying at times. and let me tell you, i really miss soy. i really wish i hadn't overdone it. i ruined a lot of my pleasure in eating. don't get me wrong, there is still a lot of great vegan food which excludes soy and gluten, but some days i would do anything for even some soy sauce, or a vegan candy bar with soy lecithin in it. i can't have it. it is no walk in the park. i promise you you can live a much healthier, much more enjoyable, long-term vegan lifestyle for much longer if you learn to appreciate your tofurky sandwiches and tofutti ice cream in smaller, less frequent servings now! then you will be able to enjoy them in the future as well. as for me, i overdid it. now i just have to stare at them at the grocery store. p.s. i'm a professional vegan pastry chef, who has had many meals of vegan cheesecake and cinnamon buns. now i just have to stare at those, too. ...even in vegan diets, moderation is key! thank you so much for the post, i also wanted to add one which i have been finding in my circle, more and more.
i have been vegan 11 years, and began having severe digestive problems about 4 years ago. after going on rotation diets, and several years of testing, i have found i am now intolerant to soy and gluten. the reason this applies to your list, is because my intolerance formed from years of me eating these foods in nearly EVERY meal for 10 years. a little tofu here, an entire loaf of bread there. several of my friends, who have also been vegan from 15-20 years, have developed similar problems, from overdoing these foods.
so here is another reason long-term vegans, too, stop being vegan, and that is after having developed food intolerances. this is for a simple enough reason: food intolerance often develops when we overload our systems with too much of a particular food or food group.
there is a simple solution to this as well. it is SO IMPORTANT to eat all your vegan foods in moderation, and include a lot of variety! PLEASE try to include almond milk or rice milks instead of soy when you can, get creative with portobellos instead of tofu as “steak” in recipes, and try not to do the “default” vegan diet of spaghetti and bread when you’re out and about in restaurants…opt for salads, beans, rice, quinoa, “new” grains, seaweeds, nuts, and as mentioned in this article, often more “ethnic” foods.
so for all you wheat and soy “addicts”, learn to vary your diet! otherwise there is a very real possibility of becoming a vegan, like me, who no longer is able to eat soy or gluten of any kind.
living healthy as a soy and gluten intolerant vegan is very possible, with some creativity, and there are more and more great resources available, but it is very trying at times. and let me tell you, i really miss soy. i really wish i hadn’t overdone it. i ruined a lot of my pleasure in eating. don’t get me wrong, there is still a lot of great vegan food which excludes soy and gluten, but some days i would do anything for even some soy sauce, or a vegan candy bar with soy lecithin in it. i can’t have it. it is no walk in the park.
i promise you you can live a much healthier, much more enjoyable, long-term vegan lifestyle for much longer if you learn to appreciate your tofurky sandwiches and tofutti ice cream in smaller, less frequent servings now! then you will be able to enjoy them in the future as well. as for me, i overdid it. now i just have to stare at them at the grocery store.
p.s. i’m a professional vegan pastry chef, who has had many meals of vegan cheesecake and cinnamon buns. now i just have to stare at those, too.
…even in vegan diets, moderation is key!

]]> By: ravisraman http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9369 ravisraman Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:35:17 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9369 Hey Craig, yup I've read that book. It's a good eye opener. I also really like John Robbins books "Food Revolution" and his latest "Healthy at 100" that looks at the diets of some of the healthiest ethnic groups on the planet. I didn't realize Pollan is coming to Seattle though, I will definitely check his talk out. Hey Craig, yup I’ve read that book. It’s a good eye opener. I also really like John Robbins books “Food Revolution” and his latest “Healthy at 100″ that looks at the diets of some of the healthiest ethnic groups on the planet.

I didn’t realize Pollan is coming to Seattle though, I will definitely check his talk out.

]]> By: Craig http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9368 Craig Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:19:20 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9368 Have you read 'The Omnivores Dilemma'? I just finished it a few weeks ago, and was floored by the expose of the food industry. It's not a book that prescribes a particular diet, but it's just really informative about the food industry in the US. Michael Pollan takes 4 different meals, and traces them back to where they came from. Pollan is also coming to Seattle next week. The 13th at Town Hall and the 14th at Microsoft. He'll be talking about his new book 'In Defense of Food', but it should be good. He wrote an article called Unhappy Meals in the NYTimes if you want a good sample of his new book. Have you read ‘The Omnivores Dilemma’? I just finished it a few weeks ago, and was floored by the expose of the food industry. It’s not a book that prescribes a particular diet, but it’s just really informative about the food industry in the US. Michael Pollan takes 4 different meals, and traces them back to where they came from.

Pollan is also coming to Seattle next week. The 13th at Town Hall and the 14th at Microsoft. He’ll be talking about his new book ‘In Defense of Food’, but it should be good. He wrote an article called Unhappy Meals in the NYTimes if you want a good sample of his new book.

]]> By: TomOfMaine http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9365 TomOfMaine Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:28:26 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9365 Thank you for this encouraging article, I'm sure it will help many folks to ease the transition to becoming vegan. My wife and I have been vegetarian for 14 years and vegan for the past 6. Being veg for a while first really helped us to acclimate well and learn quite a lot. Becoming vegan after that was a cinch, and we've never looked back. There are a set of ingredients that I always recommend being stocked in the veg or vegan kitchen to insure total nutrition, in addition to a well balanced diet of fruit, vegetable, nut, seed and bean products of course. They are... 1.Nutritional Yeast (the Red Star VSF variety) - this is a powerhouse of nutrients, and quite tasty to boot. Great for making all kinds of cheezy sauces, pizzas, pastas, etc. 2.Flax Oil/Flax Meal- the ultimate source of Omega-3's, as well as great fiber and such. Drizzle on toast, salads, rice & beans dishes, in guacamole dips, hummus, etc. 3.Blackstrap Molasses- one of the highest sources of Iron, Calcium, Potassium and Vitamin A available. Goes great in veg baked beans, on pancakes, waffles, in veg Sloppy Joes, etc. 4.Iodized Sea Salt- provides the very necessary nutrient Iodine, especially for those of us who don't care for the taste of seaweeds. Thank you for this encouraging article, I’m sure it will help many folks to ease the transition to becoming vegan. My wife and I have been vegetarian for 14 years and vegan for the past 6. Being veg for a while first really helped us to acclimate well and learn quite a lot. Becoming vegan after that was a cinch, and we’ve never looked back. There are a set of ingredients that I always recommend being stocked in the veg or vegan kitchen to insure total nutrition, in addition to a well balanced diet of fruit, vegetable, nut, seed and bean products of course. They are…
1.Nutritional Yeast (the Red Star VSF variety) – this is a powerhouse of nutrients, and quite tasty to boot.
Great for making all kinds of cheezy sauces, pizzas, pastas, etc.
2.Flax Oil/Flax Meal- the ultimate source of Omega-3’s, as well as great fiber and such. Drizzle on toast, salads, rice & beans dishes, in guacamole dips, hummus, etc.
3.Blackstrap Molasses- one of the highest sources of Iron, Calcium, Potassium and Vitamin A available. Goes great in veg baked beans, on pancakes, waffles, in veg Sloppy Joes, etc.
4.Iodized Sea Salt- provides the very necessary nutrient Iodine, especially for those of us who don’t care for the taste of seaweeds.

]]> By: Tracy http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9352 Tracy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:55:05 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9352 I just wanted to thank you for listing solutions instead of simply the reasons people fail. I just wanted to thank you for listing solutions instead of simply the reasons people fail.

]]> By: ravisraman http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9344 ravisraman Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:44:17 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9344 Hi KS, What are some of your favorite vegan foods? Ravi Hi KS,

What are some of your favorite vegan foods?

Ravi

]]> By: ravisraman http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9343 ravisraman Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:43:33 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9343 Hi Maigan, thanks for checking out my site. I will veganadam.com for sure! Hi Maigan, thanks for checking out my site. I will veganadam.com for sure!

]]> By: Maigan http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9340 Maigan Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:49:42 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9340 I really appreciated this post! I've been vegan for almost 2 years, too, and everything you said was right on.. It's nice to know that other vegans have felt the same way. I live in a small town in Oklahoma, and it gets hard sometimes. You should check out veganadam.com. Have a great day! I really appreciated this post! I’ve been vegan for almost 2 years, too, and everything you said was right on.. It’s nice to know that other vegans have felt the same way. I live in a small town in Oklahoma, and it gets hard sometimes.

You should check out veganadam.com.

Have a great day!

]]> By: KS http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/comment-page-1/#comment-9339 KS Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:52:11 +0000 http://www.sethigherstandards.com/the-top-five-reasons-why-vegans-stop-being-vegan/#comment-9339 Thanks for the well thought out information! Been vegan for almost 2 years, and your tips are right on the spot. It's amazing how many new foods I eat now versus before. Thanks for the well thought out information! Been vegan for almost 2 years, and your tips are right on the spot.

It’s amazing how many new foods I eat now versus before.

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