Should a 14 year old girl athlete become a vegan?
It doesn't matter what people "think" you should do. Listen to your body. If your hands are turning blue, breathing has become difficult and your muscles hurt, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG. Obviously. And you've only been doing it 3 days! NOT GOOD. Be smart - all the research in the world isn't going to help YOUR growing body with its OWN, UNIQUE nutritional needs. Freelee the Banana Girl doesn't have your body, isn't built like you and doesn't have the same nutritional and health needs as you. Opinions are just that - opinions. And this Freelee girl doesn't seem like the world's greatest authority on anything. Her name alone should tell you that. If she had any serious credentials, she'd be a doctor and a respected researcher - not spouting her opinions on Youtube for a living. (Yeah, for some stupid reason, I've seen maybe 5 minutes of one of her videos and had to just roll my eyes.) I agree with your family - as hard as that is to hear and accept. Your body is still growing. The fact that you're so concerned with this at your age is a bit alarming. Take a breather, stop with the hardcore mentality regarding food and maybe just enjoy your life. Eat a cheeseburger and don't obsess about it. But first, please go see a doctor and be honest about what you're trying to accomplish. A nutritionist/dietician might also be helpful for you. Good luck.
What classifies you as vegan?
this might be a stupid question. I'm 16 and currently looking into becoming vegan mostly due to ethical reasons. i've watched documentaries and read some things on it. but i'm still confused. would i have to stop purchasing all products that have to do with animals(clothing, makeup, accessories, soap, etc)? if i still bought things with animal products in them but i still ate a vegan diet, would i be considerd a vegan? or just a person who eats a vegan diet?
How to safely lose weight and be a vegan?
Chicken will *not* help you lose weight. Most chicken purchased in stores and restaurants are fed growth hormones. These chickens are prematurely "aged" so that they're large enough to be butchered and sold in the shortest time possible. Because these chickens are artificially boosted with hormones, they don't have the correct omega-3/omega-6 ratio for healthy eating. You'll end up getting too many pro-inflammatory omega-6 acids in the body, which can cause weight gain, swelling, etc. Your vegan friend is on the right track: cut out meat from the diet. Almost all commercial meats contain artificial or genetically modified hormones, even fish. This goes especially for ground meats, but if your weight-loss buddy can't give up all the meats, ask him to give up red meat. Red meat is probably the primary cause of weight-gain besides eating processed junk (like candy or soda pop). Both friends need to avoid trans fats. Trans fats are industrially-made oils that have hydrogen gas pumped into them. These fats act like "normal" fats at first glance, but once inside of the body they're useless. They have all the cons of "good" fats and none of the pros (in other words, the only thing your body can do with trans fats is to put them into your fat deposits along your waistline -- good fats are used to clear out cholesterol and for cell signalling/processes). Although lots of food labels now advertise "No Trans Fat," they're usually lying. Look for "hydrogenated oil," "partially hydrogenated oil," or "shortening" in the list of ingredients to see if the product uses trans fats. For your vegan friend, she may have to cave in and eat egg whites every now and again. Certain amino acids are not available in vegetables (only in meats), and although amino acid supplements may help, they're best delivered in food.
Candy that I can eat, now that I'm vegetarian?
Hi, There are a few things you need to look for in Candy. As Most have mentioned Gelatin. Gelatin is Listed on labels so that is easy. Also watch for Carmine ( a coloring in the red family, but goes into pink, orange and yellow as well) It Is BUG GUTS Confectioners Glaze which sounds so nice is also BUG GUTS .It is usd in many candies that have a choclate covering.Like chocolate covered Raisns or cherries, but lately they are putting it in more and more candies. They also put it in some gum ( the chicklet type) Last companies are being bought and sold at an alarming rate. So what was Vegetarian yesterday might not be today.Always check. Twizzlers were Vegan as well as Milke and Ikes. Now neither are. Some one mentioned Poptarts. It is the Icing that has the gelatin so if you like them buy the plain strawberry and plain blueberry. This is a very good list, but they do not have time to update all the time: http://www.peta.org/accidentallyVegan/Ve... Good luck Vegan Forever
Vegans and pills?! As a vegan do you take medicine?
I have an adverse reaction to many medications. In fact, the reason I became vegan is because I got disabled while in the US Marine Corps and there's no cure...just sedatives and pain killers, and I can't live like that. I read veganism could help manage my condition, and it does. For vitamin pills, I stay vegan. There are vegan options for every vitamin supplement, so there's no reason to get a non-vegan one. I don't advocate taking multivitamins because I believe a person should just eat a proper diet. However, due to a medication change (there is a medication I have to be on long-term to manage one of my conditions), I have been unable to keep food down so I went ahead and bought a multivitamin. I take Vitamin Code's Women's Multivitamin. It's not only vegan, but it is raw, comes from food, and contains probiotics to age in digestion. I only take it because I can't keep my food down...as soon as I can start eating normally again, I'll be off it. But the point is that it's a vegan multi despite all the non-vegan options out there. For medication prescribed from a doctor, I typically refuse medication but I did so before I was vegan. The reason is because medication isn't something our bodies were made to take in. Whether you believe we were created or evolved, our bodies aren't supposed to live off of bullsh*t fake crap, but from what's available around us. In a life-saving situation, or in a situation where nothing else is available and I need to take the medicine, then I will take it. If not, I don't believe anyone should rely on medication, vegan or not.
Why do vegans use leather accessories?
Hello there !Vegans consider that no animal should be killed if you can find another way to produce the same thing without killing an animal. Because of that statement, a person who considers herself/himself as a vegan will never buy leather goods.So leather is a big deal for vegans, as they consider animals lives as important as human beings, they don’t buy leather. But it happens that they do own leather products, bought at a time they were not aware of the pain and suffering hidden behind these products manufacturing.As leather is a skin, the full life of an animal is wasted, Vegans don’t want to throw leather in the trash bin. It would be disrespectful to the creature who died.But Vegans don’t feel at ease when using leather goods, because it’s like wearing a Lady Gaga meat dress, death is all upon them. It’s quite difficult to handle, they are torn between the respect of an animal’s life who has been sacrified, and the actual feeling of wearing a dead skin.I hope this explanation will lead you to a better understanding.A simple picture to make you understand how Vegans see leather goods :
Am I still a vegan if I eat honey and wear leather?
You’re the one holding yourself accountable to this.While no one is ever perfect, and ‘stuff happens’ and sometimes you bought the bread, and you didn’t know there was honey in it, and so on and so forth.Personally, I think you’re vegan until you start routinely making excuses for yourself.If I eat bread with honey in it (usually on occasions where someone is trying to be helpful and buy me ‘vegan bread’ that is absent everything except honey) I’m aware of what I’m doing, and I don’t feel good about it. I forgive myself and move on.But if I find myself routinely buying bread with honey in it, and shrugging and saying “oops” and pretending I didn’t know, then I don’t really care anymore.And I’m thus not really vegan. Not under the current standards to which I hold myself to account.Part of the idea of veganism is that your own taste or convenience aren’t supposed to be placed over the life of another animal. When necessary, or in cases of self-defense, sure, but only when absolutely necessary, when you don’t have any other choice.Once you’ve moved from occasional, accidental, or “one off” situations to a regular occurrence that you excuse on the basis of, “Yeah, but how much harm does that really do to just a few bees?” or even, “Yeah, but that leather was already harvested from an animal, what difference does it make if I buy it?” you have (at least by my standards) stopped being vegan.You are still taking without consent, and for another animal it’s a matter of life and death.When you start giving yourself that right again, to take without consent from another animal, you’ve stopped truly being vegan.But you’re the one holding yourself to account. If you’ve got leather shoes from before you went vegan, go ahead and wear them.But if you buy leather shoes after going vegan, when there are alternatives, then you need to confront that. That doesn’t mean you aren’t vegan anymore, but if you’re letting yourself off the hook for it and making an excuse, you need to get real with yourself.