If anyone wants to become vegan, I recommend the vegan sourcebook. this book has the low-down on everything you need to know about nutrition, and also the issues surronding veganism (there is even a vegan food pyramid).

While I don't really care what anyone else does, I find it aggravating when people who aren't vegans themselves make false statements about the diet. Done properly, it is very healthy, not only as far as nutrition, but as far as not consuming the high amounts of hormones in meat and dairy products (which are fed to the animals, and thought to have a link to both cancer and earlier periods in girls). Unless you know a man who milks a cow himself and sells it on the side of the road without the use of hormones, these chemicals are hard to avoid.

But I do think that skipping dairy products is a treat to your digestive system and your body in its entirety. I actually daresay that there would be way less problems concerning cholesterol (and what comes along with it: heart and blood vessel problems, diabetes, excess weight…) when people would consume them less.

Ever since I became a vegan (which is now about 5 years ago), I have my blood checked every 6 months, and besides a minimum of B12, the results are absolutely perfect… way better than when I was still a regular milk&cheese stuffing vegetarian.

So if you want to be healthy, I would say you start eating half the amount of meat you usually eat (and stick to fresh, preferrably organic meat), eat more veggies and veggie protein (beans, lentils, chick peas,..) to compensate and cut back your use of dairy products drastically, more than anything else.

haha I wouldn't even eat that

and totally unfair to veganism, Veganism isn't hard (at first, it is I admit) but once you figure out what taste good and what taste like playdough, then it is EASY, and you feel 100% better

I'm vegan, I eat "so delicious" non-dairy ice cream,

I love Haagen daz sorbet

Soy "ribs" soy chicken, soy hot dogs, soy grilled cheese, soy mayo, tofu "eggs", fake honey, lasagna, bacon, sasuage, burgers, steak (not just mushrooms lol), chicken nuggets, fish,…

if they have a bad for you version, they have a good for you version that still tastes right

it's trial and error though, I admit, that Tuno is NASTY (hence the "no" in the name) a gun can not make me eat that crap

but

“As a vegan, you’re stuck eating a lot of beans and carbs, and eating tons of vegetables and fruits wrecks havoc on your digestive system.”

Um No, you are wrong.

yeh, ACTUALLY, meat rots in your colon (and causes cancer and allergies)

you have a long digestive system like herbivores! and teeth to chew veggies.

carnivores have "canine teeth" to shred meat, and a short system for meat to pass through

Veggies take a while to break down, meat needs to pass through so it doesn't rot inside of your body =p

At first, since your body isn't use to eating right (for a few weeks)

you get upset stomachs (like when starting using xylitol instead of sugar)

but

Now I eat brocolli, beans, whatever, and it does nothing to my stomach

but to each his/her own I guess

"As a vegan, you’re stuck eating a lot of beans and carbs, and eating tons of vegetables and fruits wrecks havoc on your digestive system."

I am not a vegetarian, but fruits and veggies are hard on the digestive system and meat isn't? Or dairy (never mind most of the world is lactose intolerant…cow's milk is mostly a European tradition anyway)?