The person has a narrow view of veganism and what you can eat.
I’m going to out myself as a person who has been vegan for over a year. I eat pizza (there is vegan cheese, but I usually do without it), I make vegan cupcakes and muffins, I eat wonderful foods that are filling, exciting, and interesting. I eat Chinese, Thai, Indian,and Mexican food. I make my own ‘ribs’ that taste like meat ribs. There are tons of vegan cookbooks and recipe websites. If people are eating boring food, that’s their problem.
Besides losing weight and getting off a bunch o’meds, what I’ve found this year is that being vegan makes me give a thought to all the food that surrounds us. I used to just eat ‘cause the food was there - stuff at work, fast food, etc. Now I think about it more and it is easy to pass up food. I’m diabetic, so there is stuff I shouldn’t be eating in the first place; being vegan makes it a lot easier to walk away from temptation.
I still enjoy looking at cooking shows, I enjoy seeing a nice piece of steak, I admit to missing chicken and bacon, but I don’t need these things to live and I certainly don’t need them if they come from dirty factory farms, as does most food in this country.
I went vegan overnight and haven’t looked back. I don’t know why FReepers are so against people who decide not to eat certain foods. I’m not crazy, I’m still a conservative, I don’t leave my cell phone on in the movie theater. I just choose not to eat animal products.
flame away...
Isn't there a direct connection? Diabetes is a carbohydrate disease and vegetarian diets are mostly carbs. India has a severe diabetes problem. Why would you continue to mostly eat what caused the disease?