I'm very curious of veganism but not sure if I can switch completely to veganism or try vegetarianism first? I definitely need a strict change especially with processed foods. Any good resources to see whats not good or good to eat or a vegan for dummies maybe?|||"The word 'veganism' denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to end the idea of animals as property and exclude all forms of intentional exploitation of, use of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing, research or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, including people and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals." This should give you the info to help start off veganism a lot easier: Here is a list of animal ingredients to avoid: http://www.happycow.net/health-animal-in鈥?/a> More things to avoid: Animals as clothes: Leather, skins, furs, wool, silk, down, feathers... Animals as entertainment: Circuses, rodeos, zoos, aquariums, animal fights, animal races, hunting... Companies that DO NOT test on animals(however CHECK INGREDIENTS they only verify testing not ingredients): http://www.leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php Vegan products: http://www.veganstore.com/ (I know them well and they aren't doing as well in this economy but they are a great source for awesome hard to find stuff and they are very friendly and giving even if they really don't have much if anything to give) http://gentleworld.org/vegan-evolution/p鈥?/a> Vegan recipes: http://vegweb.com/ More info on veganism: http://animal-rights.com/ http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm (I get the honey question a lot) http://www.youcanhelpstopthis.com/ Dropkick has the wrong idea. He is right about the ingredients and such but you can easily find all of those products vegan (or you just don't need them to begin with) and if you keep yourself in good health you are less likely to need drugs but sometimes you might and you have to make the right decisions about it. Just because medicine and science have become morally and ethically corrupted in many cases doesn't always have to mean you should keep sick or use their products.|||Go for vegetarian, a true vegan lifestyle is almost impossible to attain in the modern world (most of the people who say they're Vegans either don't know what a Vegan really is or they're lying). A vegetarian doesn't eat meat, a true or hard-core vegetarian tries to avoid any animal products at all (milk, cheese, eggs, jello, ice cream, honey, etc.). This is fairly easy to attain and with care can be a very healthy life style (make sure you get enough proteins, fats and the vitamins that your body needs). - It's a good idea when you start a vegetarian lifestyle to take daily vitamin tablets until your diet stabilizes, and sometimes to continue taking them. And depending on your new diet, a tablespoon of peanut butter or olive oil daily is also often a good thing (fats & protein). A Vegan doesn't use animal products at all, or products tested on animals. If you just concentrate on products with animal derived ingredients - this means no leather - shoes, belts, etc., wool, down filled items, nothing dyed red (most red dye is made from ground up bugs (this includes food and candies), store bought cakes, cookies, candies (contains albumen - an animal derived product, or eggs), most cosmetics, vitamins, supplements, shampoos, skin creams, mouthwashes, deodorants, aftershave lotions, perfumes, SOAP (I've always felt this was a very important product), and many, many, more products as they contain one or more of these animal derived ingredients: allantoin, amino acids, alpha-hydroxy, animal fats and oils, arachidonic acid, arachidyl proprionate, benzoic acid, biotin, caprylic acid, biotin, castoreum, etc. And if you want medical care, your pretty much out of luck, as a tremendous amount of drugs and vaccines come from animals, and almost every medical product has hand animal testing done on it.|||Keep your options symple complete protein vegetarian style eggs and cheese help a lot and you do not have to take the lifestyle of vegan. complete protein for starters this seems to be the hard part let us keep it simple and give you this thought beans or legumes + whole grains are complete protein such as beans of your choice and whole grain rice peanut butter and bread these = complete protein and a second easy way is grains and nuts or seeds of choice peanut butter and Whole Grain Bread Oatmeal and walnuts for breakfast|||start by cutting out one specific meat every few weeks, fish/seafood, beef, pork, poultry. that is up to vegetarian. then to go vegan do the same thing but cut out dairy, eggs, any othe animal derived foods. you will have to pay close attention to ingredients. watch out for things containing gelatin.|||being a vegan is very hard because you lose that protein meat gives you, but they're are many substitutes for protein. for instance peanut butter or beans and various legumes. being a vegan also means you avoid ALL products derived from animals, so do some more research on animal products and you will be well on your way.|||Check out PETA and order their free starter kit. Or the free starter kit from PCRM...they are the 2 best sources to get you started.|||try vegetarianism first then after you get used to it give up dairy, then eggs, then everything else|||http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-li鈥?/a>

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