Vegan

Definition: Vegan

August 30, 2007

Vegan
A purist vegetarian with an extremely limited diet. This type of person chooses to not eat foods that come from animals including butter, cheese, eggs, milk, and meat. Vegans are forced to get their protein from grains, legumes, and supplements. Strict vegans also do not wear products derived from animals, ruling out clothes made from leather, silk, suede, etc.

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3 years 15 weeks

Going vegan last year has opened up a whole new variety of foods that I never even considered before. If any diet is limited it is the SAD diet (Standard American Diet). Most Americans get way too much protein - probably why there is so much osteoporosisin the population. Vegetarians and vegans have things in better balance.

3 years 43 weeks

Limited diet??? I could bet just about any dead animal eating person that I consume more of a variety of foods then they have even heard of and receive a more balanced nutrition from it. I'll repeat what another said...you're either vegan or you're not..there's no such thing as a "strict" or "semi" vegan as it is a lifestyle based on an ethical belief. The diet is only part of it.

molly143 5 years 9 weeks

Seriously, guys made this out to sound like we're all deprived and starved, and lusting after other protein sources. I have been vegan for over a year, and I eat more varieties of foods than I ever did when I was an omnivore. I experiment, try foods I would have never given a chance before, and stretch my boundaries in what I cook to include more healthful options. When you don't rely on animal flesh for the staple taste in your food, you learn to be creative, and because of that I've regained a LOVE for eating. We are not FORCED to get our protein anywhere, and our diet is anything but "extremely limited".

malzie89 5 years 37 weeks

i was a vegan...for like a weeek. lol i didnt miss meat so much as sweets! lol..but i did notice a difrence while vegan...very cleasned, my skin was different..

CamperEnglish 5 years 37 weeks

Vegans are not "forced" to get their protein from certain sources in their "extremely limited diet." They choose to. Way to make it sound like a handicap.

rosaxoxo 5 years 37 weeks

Is this how a veg diet is, Kind of like mine i mostly only eat carbohydrates which is kind of bad for eating so much.

tralalala 5 years 38 weeks

um....Real vegans don't wear animal products. Being strict has nothing to do with it. If you won't drink milk but you'll still wear leather you're just a strict vegetarian. Oh, and most annoying thing in the world? people who say "I'm a vegan but I still eat cheese"

kiddylnd 5 years 38 weeks

My Dad's GF is a strict vegan. Which I find funny since my Dad eats Menudo. Anyhow, this has made it nice for my son who is now exposed to both vegans and bloody meat eaters and gets to try lots of foods he wouldn't be exposed to otherwise. He also gets to learn about proteins and such in all sorts of foods so he will be able to make his own good choices when he's older.

cadillacrazy 5 years 38 weeks

the juxposition of this article next to the meat lover's one below it on YumSugar is very interesting...

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