Vegan Forum

Hi ccvegan, I’ve given your post some careful thought :) First, there is no “everyone else” – just me making these comments. I do not speak for the rest of the community, and I have a biased agenda :wink: Plus, I am under no obligation to be supportive: this is a discussion board, and I am discussin...

Don't panic, Evut! :) Are you thinking of having botox? Or are you in a community where it is widely used? Healthy living CAN significantly slow the ageing process - Smoking, sun, poor diet and lack of water all damage the skin. Most anti-aging creams have sunscreen as their active ingredient 8) If ...

Hi Evut! I was just about to reply to your 'Hello' post but it doesn't exist any more. So Hello! :) I had a bit of a rant at the botox post ;p CoolBuddy - do you recommend any vegetables in particular? My veg soups always go a bit wrong... :lol: 4. American dairy products are controversial in the EU...

Whatever it is made from, I wouldn't touch the stuff! Who would inject themselves with a poison to paralyse their muscles? It's crazy! And people who have botox look really false and unnatural! Wrinkles and laughter lines look nice :) I understand the need to have some beauty treatments (and believe...

Hi Nadia! This looks like it's going to be a really good film - I hope the production goes well, and I look forward to seeing it!

There is a vegan contraceptive pill, but I have no idea what it is called - There's some details on the vegan society website here . Bear in mind that many contraceptive pills (and injections, implants, HRT) are made from animal-derived hormones. Personally, I don't like the idea of taking unnecessa...

Actually, my friends and I have been talking about exactly the same thing. In the 80s we were being told in school that Europe might have to adopt a 'one child per family' policy like China before long. Instead, the governmnet encourages people to have many children because they want a high populati...

I had heard about the use of dyes in food. Did you know that much of the red meat for sale in the Supermarket has been dyed red?

Hi Herschs! I just wanted to add a couple of points to this fascinating thread :) I'm no philosopher, so I hope neither of you mind me butting in :wink: Question one is important because the annuals that we eat [soy, corn, lettuce, etc] require a tremendous amount of energy input to keep sustainable...

It is true that a change in diet may make your period lighter or irregular. But it is NOT "super healthy" for your periods to stop. Periods are a natural part of being a woman! From what I have read, your periods stop because your hormones have been affected: you could also stop ovulating ...

I haven't tried eithoer of those. I have 'Mayola' occasionally, but the ingredients list is long and sinister! So normally going on I stick to olive oil, mustard, tomato salsa, guacamole, that kind of thing

A fellow cheese-head! :cheers: Well, you still have a lot of control over what you eat as a vegan - I could give you a recipe for french fries to eat every day, but you wouldn't be a very healthy vegan :wink: I found it took a little while of experimenting with different foods before I felt healthy,...

No problem Laforet! My mother was telling me just the other day that she had also heard something about vitamin B and hair loss. In any case, Vegans are usually advised to take vitamin B-12 supplements because they tend to be lacking in a vegan diet. You can also get it in yeast extract, soya milk, ...

I did not experience this when I became vegan, and I don't know of any other women who experienced this. :o I calculate that you may be underweight. (I'm not used to lbs, so you might want to google for a "BMI calculator" and check yourself). A lot of people lose weight when they become ve...

Well done for dropping the weight and cholestorol :) A few years ago I read about lack of Iodine being linked to hair loss, although I subsequently wasn't able to find anything out about it :roll: Basically, in the UK most people get their iodine through cows' milk because we don't tend to use iodis...

Hi Sandyloam! I haven't read this book. Would you mind summarising what these destructive properties Mr Campbell found are?

Wow - I haven't seen "Happy Meat" (yet) :o Although I have noticed a movement towards "humanely raised" products (free range chicken, sustainable fish stocks, etc.). They are often promoted as healthy too. It is so scary what power the media have to feed people these stories :( O...

Andy, would your wife mind sharing her recipe for mushroom and linen seed cake? It sounds like a good snack. I know loads of people who buy seeds but don't know what to do with them :roll: My father insists that bread is "the staff of life" :) if it's good quality bread (and you don't need...

The sources I've seen seemed to think that Gladiators were eating a lot of carbs to give them the energy to train every day (the same as modern athletes), and that they wanted to be fat in order to sustain flesh wounds. But I don't know why they were completely vegan. Maybe meat and dairy were too e...

Thank :) I found a "WP Super Cache" plugin which speeded everything up - something to do with wordpress pages being dynamic amd not static? And I've been playing with lots of different templates... I seem to have become the tech-person in my group :D I now have a healthy respect for webmas...

AndyBa wrote:With the new version of the forums you can upload images, so now it is easier to post your photo here.

So it is! Unfortunately, balancing all the colours and stuff is not so easy, so here I am in glorious technicolor!

I hope I've not left it too late, Iris! I usually have a traditional roast dinner for Christmas, with a nut roast instead of the meat. You can easily get gravy powder and stuffing mix that are vegan. And I roast the potatoes in olive oil instead of animal fat. Tomorrow I will be making mushroom parc...

Thanks Vegangirl! Do you know who designed the dress made from recycled bottles? I'ld love to see it! :) Andy'Ba - I find it strange that people in Siberia find animal-derived clothes cheaper than synthetic fibres: over here it is wool and leather that are expensive, and the synthetic clothes are pr...

Our perception of physical perfection can be summed up by the Roman Gladiator :love10: Did you know that Gladiators were vegan? Archaeologists examining the remains of gladiators in Turkey have concluded that they were vegan, because of the wear to their teeth and the levels of zinc in their bones. ...

I disagree, Irahat. I (and many people like me) was raised to eat a very unhealthy diet and do little exercise - family, teachers and government all contributed to this problem. It is very difficult to change the habits of a lifetime, and your body always seems to fight you! If you cannot believe th...

I agree for having natural look of hairs and they kept changing according to our age that also looks nice on us..!! It is nice of you to say so, Irahat :) But when I started to go grey (age 22) men only pointed and laughed at me :wink: A little grey hair is nice on women over 40 perhaps... Would yo...

You could make a line of vegan Christmas cards... To really put people off their Turkey

In which way is it liberating? :o I mean, you spend your life trying to please other people, and planning to do things for yourself next year... And once you start living like this, people will exploit you: they make you work harder and harder, and you only get the minimum reward for your efforts b...

You are not considering the fact that currently it is quite difficult to find a vegan partner - which already diminishes the chance of having vegan children, the child can follow the steps of his omni father etc. Well, any child has free will - even if both parents are vegan, the child will have gr...

I agree, veggirl21! Well, having sex is different to having a realtionship with someone... I used to hate kissing guys in bars because they always tasted of steak or fried chicken or burger fat :puke: Living with an omni isn't so bad, so long as he eats meat that doesn't smell - I've had to hide ups...