Encouragement for becoming vegan?

Question

I want to be vegan, I'm already a vegitarian, but no matter how hard I try to be vegan I have an adiction to cheese and chocolate.

Can you give me some convincing reason for being vegan?

Any side effects?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

A lot of chocolate is already vegan. Like, for instance, the super-cheap store brand chocolate chips at my local grocery are vegan.

Cheese is harder. Maybe you can compromise by only buying fair-trade or cruelty-free cheese?

The easiest methods of quitting your addictions are 1) just don't buy it, out of sight is out of mind, or 2) have a bad experience with that food. I inadvertently stopped drinking milk after I realized I'd just eaten a whole bowl of cereal with sour milk. It was so gross to think about I haven't been able to even think about drinking milk since. I would say that's probably the easiest way to quit.

Other than that, though, you might think about becoming a freegan - a vegan who will eat animal products if and only if those products would go to waste and only so long as, by eating them, you are not creating any demand for more cruelty. That way if there is occasionally some kind of leftover non-vegan food that will just get thrown away you can eat it with a clear conscience.

Answer 3

You can get soy cheese, and dark chocolate is vegan.

Answer 4

I personally think that veganism is silly. Although as a vegetarian, I don't eat much cheese either, since it has rennet in it, and a cow has to die for that.

But anyway, there are vegan cheeses, and I think i've seen vegan chocolate, so just replace the real stuff with the vegan stuff.

Eventually after you've stopped eating it for a while, you won't even like the taste of chocolate and cheese. I gave up soda and meat, and I can't stand to eat them now.

The thing with chocolate is that it releases endorphins, and that's why you always want it. Find another way to make your body release endorphins, like exercise, or something, and then you won't have that craving as much.

Answer 5

you shouldnt have to try to convince yourself anything, if you want to eat cheese than do it, but then you might as well be eating meat too. eating cheese is just as bad and and senseless as eating meat though. if you want to be vegan then you'll just stop eating that c**p.

Answer 6

For convincing reasons for being vegan, you can watch films about how the dairy industry works and supports the veal industry, and how eggs, even free range, are cruel.

If it's done right, it's a very healthy diet too.  I'm an active vegan cyclist, as are many of my friends. You have to keep track of your diet very well, though.

Start eating high-quality dark chocolate. It's usually vegan, better for you, and so good!  You can also get rice milk chocolate, which is delicious.  Try the hazelnut toffee kind.

Cheese is harder, as it's actually addictive.

I just had to stop eating it, and it took nearly a year before I didn't want it anymore.  Constantly remind yourself of why you want to be vegan.  If there are other vegans in your area, ask them where you can get soy cheese pizza or sandwiches.  Those are a lifesaver for cravings.

Follow Your Heart is probably the best vegan cheese.  You can get it at the site below and many others.  You can grate it on pizza or nachos, but the texture will take getting used to.  For cheesy flavor (and B12!) I add some nutritional yeast (Redstar Vegetarian Support Formula, also available at Food Fight! or your health food store) soymilk, and Earth Balance to rice, quinoa, or amaranth.  Add frozen peas, salsa, or sliced collards after you cook the grain.  Add the yeast last, off the stove, as the heat can deplete the B12.  There are also tasty nutritional yeast sauces.

Tofutti Cream Cheese is available many places and tastes just like real cream cheese!  Get the "Better than Cream Cheese" as it has no transfats.

Side effects of being vegan are always learning and expanding your compassion, appreciating good food more, learning how to cook at home better, being hungry at family gatherings, bringing your own food places, making pretty cool vegan friends, staying slender, having to defend yourself from meat-eaters who feel judged by your choices, and really good cholesterol.

Answer 7

well first of all i would try everything that you are allowed to eat and find something you love enough to replace it or at least help i'm personally neither a vegitarian or a vegan but it pretty much applys to all food changes

Answer 8

All of the reasons that you can apply to being a vegetarian can be applied to being a vegan, whether they relate to health, the environment, or animal welfare. The dairy and egg industry even contribute to the death of animals (if you're buying the regular store brands... this "side effect" can be reduced or eliminated by careful shopping).