A lot of you all are not going to like this but with this election it becomes a lot more salient. I’m going to get downvoted like crazy but I want to just say it. It’s absolutely fucked that trump won but it shows the lack of progress and education within American society not necessarily a conscious & immoral thought process. I commented this rant to someone as a response and I’ve modified it to not need context.

We like to pretend that we never ate animal products, when most of us did for a good portion of our lives. Many in this community lack common decency and a basic understanding of the human mind. Many decide that all people who aren’t vegan, which is literally 98% of the world, are just immoral disgusting human beings. Instead of realizing that what we should be doing is blaming the system that normalizes animal products and makes it so easy for others to justify their consumption or quite literally never even become educated enough to question it. It’s understandably easy to forget why anyone isn’t vegan when you go vegan, but this just completely alienates us. This is why I believe that to be “vegan” but not a proponent of other human rights issues (like a right to education) shouldn’t be a thing because by supporting these other efforts you are literally increasing the likelihood that others become vegan. When people have their basic rights met and are educated is when they can be able to understand the fucked up system we have. Reddit is also the worst of it because redditors literally won’t even bother finishing reading a non-vegans question/comment before they start to answer with something short and curt, which again alienates people instead of encouraging education & support to become vegan. Also it doesn’t help that literally everyone in this community fights with everyone all the time. It’s just straight up mean most of the time and we just come off as holier than thou, which just hurts us.

So, for election related reasons I am looking to leave my property as little as possible for the next four years. I can get almost everything shipped to me on amazon or other retailers, but for specialty items (cheese, frozen meat substitutes, ice cream, etc.) And fruit i have to go into town.

What delivery companies have you tried that you liked for those items? I am not eligible for Amazon fresh, we are too rural. I looked at thrive market but their prices seem insane. Any other suggestions?

i see a few comments talking about the election and some people downplaying it because the administration isn’t going to inject animal products into carrots but it ought be said, veganism requires environmentalism, whether animal suffering is wrought at the end of a human forged killing machine in an abattoir or forged by water scarcity as a result of human actions (such as anthropogenic carbon emissions), these are all vegan issues.

while i agree that the path between individual action in climate change as opposed to the direct consumption of animal product is different (unless someone on this sub is on the board of a major oil company) we have less direct impact over the environment as opposed but just because our actions don’t have as direct a correlation with outcome doesn’t mean we ignore it. human domination over nature is just as speciesist as a slaughterhouse.

I have no problems searching for plant based dishes that compliment with high protein content and still have rich taste. Durig my travels, I have encountered lentil and tofu based meals however, I am open to receiving new suggestions on protein packed plant based dishes.

After ordering a few times from topplatemeals.com, I was inspired to experiment with different sources of vegan protein. Have you tried or paid more attention to those?

Hey everyone! I wanted to share an idea I’ve been working on, and I’d love to hear feedback from the vegan community.

I’m developing an app called Safe Plate to make dining out easier and safer for people with specific dietary needs. While it’s designed for those with allergies, Safe Plate can also help vegans by offering: • Detailed ingredient info on restaurant dishes, so you know if a dish is truly vegan or if it includes hidden animal products. • Transparency about cooking methods, cross-contamination risks, and ingredient sourcing where available. • Direct updates from partnering restaurants, so you can get real-time info on any menu or ingredient changes.

I’d love to know what you think: 1. What’s your biggest struggle with finding vegan options when eating out? 2. Would ingredient-level info and restaurant transparency help you feel more confident about dining out? 3. Are there any specific features you’d want to see in an app like this?

Thank you for your thoughts and feedback – it would mean a lot as I work on building Safe Plate to support diverse dietary needs!

Hey everyone! I'm from outside the US, and with the recent election results now in, I'm curious to know how the outcome will affect veganism and animal rights in the country. Were any of the elected officials or parties supportive of plant-based policies, animal welfare, or sustainability?

Is there any cause for concern or optimism for the vegan movement based on the results? I’m interested in hearing how this might influence things like food policies, animal rights laws, and the growth of plant-based industries in the US.

Thanks for sharing your insights!

Hey everyone,

I’m an American visiting Iceland with my wife (and tbh after these election results I truly do not want to come back), and just have to say how great this place is from a Vegan perspective. There are a TON of vegan restaurants, and most places that aren’t strictly vegan have really good vegan alternatives that aren’t just the typical “side salad no dressing” that I see back in the Southern US.

Aside from that, their food is generally less bad for you here-even their junk food. For example, Mountain Dew here has around 1/3 of the sugar and less than half the calories of the same drink in the states.

This isn’t a groundbreaking post or anything, it’s just so different than what I experience in my home state of South Carolina and is a breath of fresh air from all of the bullshit going on elsewhere, so I wanted to share for some positivity.

So far I have:

• Sonoma measure J. Ban CAFOs. Failed, only 15% yes.
• The City of Berkeley measures DD. Ban CAFOs. Currently, at 59%, yes
• Denver Measure 308. Fur ban CAFOs. Failing at 42% yes.
• Denver Measure 309. Slaughterhouse ban. Failing at 35.5% yes.

Are there any other candidates, measures, successes, or failures this election night that I missed?

edit:

• Florida Amendment 2. Creates a constitutional right to hunt and fish. passed with 67% yes.

Saw countless posts of feminists crying about "omg more Floridians voted for the right to fish and hunt rather than the rights of women" or some shit. I'm like, duh??? So do you. Like, every day. Oppression of females is fine and cool with you so long as you're the the one benefiting, I guess. Yum, female cow breastmilk 😋

The nonvegan leftists are out in full force with their virtue signaling and I'm venting. Gr. Anyone feel the same on election night?

Hello fellow vegans I come here today to ask about any of y'all who have accidentally consumed real beef.

I want to share my story and see if this sounds like a vegan who has eaten meat vs. just being food poisoning over something like bad onions.

So later in the evening I ate what I thought was an impossible Whopper. Mind you I was insanely hungry so I wolfed it down without thinking and something felt.... Off about it when it dropped. But I figured it was just since I hadn't eaten all day and inhaled a burger...

So I hang with my buddy for a few hours and go home and go to sleep. Sometime around 4am I wake up and sharted a little bit... Could tell something was churning but I wasn't ready to get up.

So I got up finally and shat liquid for a good half hour. After this I went into town to get a coffee. I could tell my stomach still wasn't right but I thought it was just more diarrhea.... But then the nausea and stomach pain hit.

I've been sick before, I've had the stomach flu, probably had minor food poisoning once or twice... Let me tell you NOTHING has compared to this pain. I threw up a few times. I could feel some of the burger coming up. I had hot flashes followed by cold sweats and multiple moments of having to run to the bathroom. After one throw up sometimes I would briefly feel better .... Only to have the stomach pain return.

I finally decided it was enough to go to the ER but had to have a friend take me in.

They determined it was a mixture of dehydration and food poisoning. I had explained I was vegan and was pretty sure I might've eaten real meat... The doctor did not take me seriously and said "just eating meat wouldn't cause you to be this sick"

Meanwhile I haven't eaten meat in almost ten fucking years ....... UGH.

All they did was IV me fluids and give me some anti nausea meds. after some hours there, I got sent home and pretty much slept on and off the whole rest of the fucking day. Occasionally throwing up. Luckily the meds had a side effect of making me very sleepy so I pretty much on and off slept from 4pm to like ..... 7am.

There were points I had thought maybe something was going seriously wrong inside of me .... I felt like almost near death at some brief moments where I'm seriously asking myself will I ever leave this hospital?

I've bounced this off multiple people and even a handful of my friends who saw me yesterday said it looked SO MUCH worse than normal food poisoning.

So I wanted to bounce this off the vegan sub. Am I crazy? Have you ever had real beef accidentally and suffered similar effects?

Also should I contact burger king? I didn't save any of the burger so I can't prove if it was or was not beef... No idea what to do from here other than just be happy I'm not dead and not in pain anymore.

And all the build-your-own bowl places, for that matter.

WHY is the cheese container always halfway spilled into the guacamole?

WHY do you have to touch the serving spoons to the meat as you're adding the salsas?

Why is the meat not added last?

It makes me so nauseous to watch that I can't even eat there.

What my non-vegan friends think is a reasonable option for a meet-up makes me look even more like an extremeist (I guess I am?) and inconvenience because I literally just can't deal with them dragging the salsa spoons over flesh chunks and then plopping them back into the bulk salsa. How many times per minute? hell no.

EDIT: a lot of people seem to be making this about money.. and by not buying meat I'm not supporting animal expoloitation, etc. I get that. If anything, I would argue that Chipotle is not somewhere I would normally "support" with my business, because that *is* supporting a huge company that expoits animals. I would much rather support a vegan eatery.

But on that note, that's not what I initially made this post about. I simply just wanted to vent about how frequently the serving spoons are dragged over meat. It's gross. I cannot stand in line and watch them do that 10 times and then feel good about ordering any of that food. Especially the salsas because they are literally putting meat contaminated spoons to rest in a liquid. It's disgusting. I end up eating a $12 rice and bean bowl with lettuce.

Hi, I’ve recently been on a vegan diet for one or two months now (for ethical considerations), and I’ve lost a few pounds putting me at a 0.86% percentile for BMI (121lbs at 5’ 11” / 55kg at 182cm).

I’ve talked with a doctor and I’m going to talk with a nutritionist soon as well. The doctor said for me to at least consider changing my diet because my body mass/weight needs to be higher.

Is the vegan diet really viable for me? What should I eat to gain weight? Any ideas would be great, thank you

ISO: fiction books written by vegan authors or even better centering vegan characters or themes! I already have a long list of nonfiction reads, but I mainly read fiction books so I'd love some suggestions!

(This coming off a conversation I had with a friend about Tender Is the Flesh [which I have not read, but they did] and from that convo we wanted something of this ilk but... better)

Hi everyone, I'm checking here to see if anyone has undergone (or will undergo) bariatric surgery as a vegan?

I have had the vertical gastric sleeve (VSG) as well as the SADI-S surgeries in the past 5 years, though I am a relatively new vegan overall (I was vegetarian for many years though) and I was wondering if anyone else had struggles in terms of getting nutrients and such. I am struggling with a lot at the moment such as vitamin d, calcium, and protein, even despite supplementation and daily vitamins, so I am starting to do a lot of research to see what foods I can eat to help with obtaining the proper nutrition. Thankfully, I do not struggle from B12 which I realize a lot of vegans have some trouble with, because I have B12 shots for the rest of my lifetime.

Unfortunately I am also dealing with a bit of nausea right now and struggling to eat due to recently starting the drug ozempic to sort of boost my weight loss a bit more. Sometimes all I can eat is about the size of a cooked egg maybe, although my surgeon has said that the nausea will likely fade as I take the medication more. Of course if it becomes unbearable, then I will not be taking it any longer. I'm coming up on week 7, and the nausea is less than what it was, but it is still present currently.

I really need to plan and meal prep a lot more, but I struggle with doing that for a variety of reasons, like extreme brain fog. I admit that I have gone back and forth from eating fully vegan to adding back in some animal products like eggs, which leaves me feeling extremely guilty and disgusted with myself. I am trying to do my best though and want to be 100% vegan going forward, I just need to plan things a lot more because I already suffer from a high risk of malnutrition due to the malabsorption aspect of my second surgery and the restriction from my small stomach due to the VSG.

Anyways, if you got this far, thank you for reading, and any tips are appreciated! Especially if there is a group of vegans here with the same struggle! 🤞

Hi,

My current motorcycle gloves are not cutting it in the winter.

I'm looking for a recommendation from a fellow rider on what works and is vegan.

Something water proof and can handle 1 hour-ish of highway riding in the greater Seattle area.

Our winter's are not that bad, but the wind is the killer.

I already checked through Revzilla's list, but 95% are not vegan, and the rest don't seem like they would hold up well in winter or a crash for that matter.

Thanks.

I'm looking for some advice, I'm doing a quick day trip to NYC to the Chinese Embassy for a work visa. I land at JFK at 9AM and leave out of LGA at 8pm. Looks like it should take me a little over an hour to get to the Embassy at W42nd and 12th St. Not sure how long I'll be stuck there, but I'll definitely have some time to kill and am wondering where I should go eat. Yeah I could use Happy Cow, but I'd love a some personal recommendations that won't be too hard to get to and will still allow me time to get back to the airport. Now I have been to the city before, but it was like a times square/Broadway/central park touristy trip maybe 10 years ago, so this will be my first time navigating the trains/subways and actually first time flying in and leaving the airport (took AMtrack before). I'm not really that interested in the big tourist trap spots because we hit those last time, and honestly once was enough for Times Square lol and I tend to lose myself in a museum so I think it's best I steer clear on a short stint. I'm just looking for a cool spot to explore a bit and some awesome vegan food. I'll be making this trip twice since I do need to go back in like a week to get my passport back, I might try and stay overnight if this first trip is too hectic, so bring on the recommendations and advice. Thanks in advance :)

Edit: I just had a thought- should I hightail it to Queens after the embassy to be closer to the airport and explore that area?

I don’t see myself as fully vegan as of now but I have turned more and more vegan this year.

I think I would enjoy a good steak still and find it delicious, so I don’t have any qualms about the eating in itself.

I have had a policy that if someone offers me food and they don’t have a vegan option I can have it. But that is probably still an increase in demand for those foods so I’m thinking of stopping that too.

If there is something that is consumable but is still going to be thrown away for some reason or is in the trash already I can have that and have also done so. I don’t see how that would increase demand. Some people throw away perfectly good food apparently.

Through information from the internet and a good friend of mine that is vegan I realize that I don’t want to support industries that are killing the environment and breed animals for consumption. And the animals are often kept in bad living conditions. So no meat from those, dairy, eggs, honey or fish for me.

Hunted meats are different and I still can eat those. Provided that it’s not from poachers without regulations. My reasoning is that those animals are living their natural life and hunters end their life in a more humane way than nature is likely to do. Regulations are important here to keep the hunted animals population level healthy and the hunters should be licensed and trained(as they are).

And if there is an invasive species like the feral hogs in Texas for example that are disrupting everything and are destroying crops(not unlike humans hehe) I think it’s still ok to hunt and eat those.

As for plants I don’t know really, they are alive and might feel. So I just have to live with that I guess(life eats life) or do some more research.

With this said. I would eat the hunted meats mostly for my own enjoyment and I wont at all probably unless someone offers me some. Because where I live I don’t think anyone needs to eat meat, eggs or dairy. There is plenty of plantbased foods and supplements available to eat healthy and deliciously.

I've made 2 posts on this subreddit so far. The first one about how I want to be vegan but was hesitant because of my partner and my eating disorder
The second post was about how I talked to my partner and we decided to try being vegan for a week

So this post is to say that yesterday was day 1 of that week (Though I started a day early) and it was a little rough. We had to do a food shop and my partner was ill so didn't really like the sound of anything. Despite that, I put together a tasty sounding meal plan and I'm looking forward to trying it out (Especially tofu. I love to cook and tofu sounds pretty versatile so I really hope we like it). I think it's a little bit easier for me because I cut out dairy and cut back on meat 2 years ago so I've tried a lot of vegan alternatives and meals.
Yesterday we tried a pie from a local baker but we didn't really like it which is unfortunate but he's determined to make it through the week which makes me happy and I'm optimistic. I know this is something I can do

Also I did watch dominion as a few people recommended and it was horrific. I started crying at about 6 minutes in and didn't stop for 30 minutes. Then I had to take a break and watch the rest later in the day. I got through it but it was so so difficult. I tried my best to keep my eyes on the screen because I knew it was important that I knew exactly what happened to get that meat on my plate and I'm glad I watched it. Now it's all I can think about when I see meat. My partner still hasn't watched it yet but I know he will eventually. He may have been put off a little by my reaction to it

I'm struggling a little for lunch ideas. I like to have a cooked lunch that is fairly filling because I hate snacking too much

And to end this on a positive note, we went to a market this weekend and there was a vegan baker there who was selling a delicious nut roast that is currently sitting in my freezer until Christmas. I was feeling a little worried about Christmas because I have to find my own alternative to the turkey so I'm thrilled I found one so fast and I even got to try a little already so I know it's delicious

Oh! One more positive thing that happened recently. My aunt (who's currently pescetarian) told me she's seriously considering going vegan so she only wants vegan Christmas gifts which makes me happy because the rest of my family aren't so supportive

Sorry if that was a little all over the place. Thanks for reading and have a great day <3

Greger's books on nutrition have been great touchstones for health over the years, but his recent video talking about toxins in the blue-green algae supplement were false. Glad phychologists and algae experts are responding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwEJAcLsNII

I'm in a pretty bad place mentally at the moment and I've been losing quite a lot of weight (it's hard to find the motivation to eat). I'm cautious of accidentally becoming underweight/ deficient in some vitamin because I hate to feed into the stereotype of an anaemic skinny vegan. It's tricky though because most of the vegan stuff I eat requires prep and is filling but fairly low calorie.

Does anyone have tips on calorie dense vegan foods or foods that don't require any prep (without being very expensive)? I think one of the things stopping me eating enough is that I meal prep but that still involves getting the food out of the freezer, heating it up and usually cooking some rice or pasta to go with it. Ideally it would just be something I can stick in the microwave for days I don't feel well enough to cook.

Thank you so much!

I started to go vegan but am struggling a lot. I tried to make a bolognese with alternative meat but the smoke flavor vaporized after like 30 minutes or so and now it has this bitter pea protein isolate taste.

yesterday I did tofu but all the herbs I used for the marinate didnt penetrate into the tofu.

Before going vegan I was primarily eating chicken and grilled vegetables. It was quickly prepared, cheap, healthy and with almost no carbs. I do not want to give up cooking, I do not want to use Ultra Processed Food but I am struggling to find high protein low fat ingredients that are quickly prepared and allow for creativity. Any recommendations highly appreciated.

Vegan here. I’m not doing this, I was just wondering. I had a guy come remove some bees from my property. He takes the hives alive back to his property. His wife uses the hives and collects honey and other stuff for some products I don’t remember. I was told that in production, the bees are killed to collect semen for reproduction. Since these guys aren’t doing that, what is the argument against using their honey. Again. I’m not considering doing this. I’m not looking for a reason to start eating honey. I was just curious. I don’t really know much about bees, other than it cost me a few hundred dollars to have a few thousand of them removed from a shed. And they’re kind of cute as long as they aren’t chasing a 7 year old me around a park as a kid, causing me to run screaming until I clotheslined myself against the handle of a large lawnmower. I think they wanted my lawnmower. Or maybe to take me back to their hive to be their king.

My user flair is a little misleading, I was vegan for 4 yrs before moving to college. I was poor and dependent on the food hall and they didn't have good options (booo) so I had to go back to omnivore diet unfortunately.

Now I'm about to graduate and was just diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. I want to go vegan again to help but I can't afford meatless meat rn.

So what's a good somewhat affordable protein powder that isn't chalky?? One that I can mix into different meals? And has a good amt of protein... 20g/scoop? Thanks :)