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<blockquote data-quote="Bluemarine Josephine" data-source="post: 1416630" data-attributes="member: 213188"><p>Hello Avocado Sevenfold and thank you for your message!</p><p></p><p>All this nutritional experiment started for me when I came across some very informative videos on nutrition. One video led to another and then documentaries like "Earthlings”, “Forks and Knives” etc. I came to realize that I love animals too much to continue to participate in such cruel practices (and, even though others get paid to do them for me, I still feel that I am a part of the cruelty process through financing it).</p><p></p><p>My view on things changed and I really wanted to change my lifestyle. I started to feel the cruelty and I couldn’t ignore it. My journey and attempt to veganism started because of this, I really wanted to try. As I was making my effort I realized that this change in lifestyle became beneficial for my health as well. Because I have type 1 diabetes, I was able to observe within the day the benefits of a raw vegetarian/vegan diet (less spikes, good control of body weight, no vitamin deficiencies – I am well above my 5/day as you can imagine-). Gradually, I saw more benefits… my skin feels smoother and looks more radiant, my hair and nails feel softer and stronger and, (okay I know this is going to sound ridiculous) last month I had my yearly eye sight revision at Boots and my short sightedness reduced to 0.25 and I don’t need prescription glasses or contacts lenses anymore. I do believe that all these are because of the extraordinary amounts or fresh salads and fruits that I eat with every meal (plus I also treat my hypoglycemias using bananas).</p><p></p><p>I do use iron supplements (but, I used these anyway even before converting to a plant based diet).</p><p></p><p>I haven’t thought even for a minute to abandon my efforts and, in fact, I want to manage to become a vegan by excluding even this little bit of protein that I have for lunch daily. I feel very positive and I only have good things to say about vegan diets.</p><p></p><p>What I find extraordinarily difficult is to explain to people why I want to become a vegan. When Diamattic explained this in one of his posts above I didn't give to his advise the consideration it deserved at the time but, I now can understand what he meant. You see, if I told people that I am becoming a vegan because of a religious change then, I suspect they would be respectful and not comment on my choice (or, at least, not openly to me). However, when I tell them that I want to become a vegan because I love animals and I don’t want to kill them and eat them, they look at me as if I am an absolute weirdo!</p><p></p><p>They tell me all stories you can imagine in an effort to persuade me that I am making a mistake. And I don’t understand this reaction… I mean, they eat flesh, tissues, fat, tendons, blood, a bee’s vomit, the fluid coming out of an animal’s breastfeeding gland and the product of a hen’s menstruation cycle… and I eat vegetables, fruits, grains and seeds… and I am the one who is weird???</p><p></p><p>So far, my attempt has proven to be good for animals, good for the environment and good for my health and I feel encouraged to keep on trying.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your post and I wish you a lovely weekend.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Josephine</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluemarine Josephine, post: 1416630, member: 213188"] Hello Avocado Sevenfold and thank you for your message! All this nutritional experiment started for me when I came across some very informative videos on nutrition. One video led to another and then documentaries like "Earthlings”, “Forks and Knives” etc. I came to realize that I love animals too much to continue to participate in such cruel practices (and, even though others get paid to do them for me, I still feel that I am a part of the cruelty process through financing it). My view on things changed and I really wanted to change my lifestyle. I started to feel the cruelty and I couldn’t ignore it. My journey and attempt to veganism started because of this, I really wanted to try. As I was making my effort I realized that this change in lifestyle became beneficial for my health as well. Because I have type 1 diabetes, I was able to observe within the day the benefits of a raw vegetarian/vegan diet (less spikes, good control of body weight, no vitamin deficiencies – I am well above my 5/day as you can imagine-). Gradually, I saw more benefits… my skin feels smoother and looks more radiant, my hair and nails feel softer and stronger and, (okay I know this is going to sound ridiculous) last month I had my yearly eye sight revision at Boots and my short sightedness reduced to 0.25 and I don’t need prescription glasses or contacts lenses anymore. I do believe that all these are because of the extraordinary amounts or fresh salads and fruits that I eat with every meal (plus I also treat my hypoglycemias using bananas). I do use iron supplements (but, I used these anyway even before converting to a plant based diet). I haven’t thought even for a minute to abandon my efforts and, in fact, I want to manage to become a vegan by excluding even this little bit of protein that I have for lunch daily. I feel very positive and I only have good things to say about vegan diets. What I find extraordinarily difficult is to explain to people why I want to become a vegan. When Diamattic explained this in one of his posts above I didn't give to his advise the consideration it deserved at the time but, I now can understand what he meant. You see, if I told people that I am becoming a vegan because of a religious change then, I suspect they would be respectful and not comment on my choice (or, at least, not openly to me). However, when I tell them that I want to become a vegan because I love animals and I don’t want to kill them and eat them, they look at me as if I am an absolute weirdo! They tell me all stories you can imagine in an effort to persuade me that I am making a mistake. And I don’t understand this reaction… I mean, they eat flesh, tissues, fat, tendons, blood, a bee’s vomit, the fluid coming out of an animal’s breastfeeding gland and the product of a hen’s menstruation cycle… and I eat vegetables, fruits, grains and seeds… and I am the one who is weird??? So far, my attempt has proven to be good for animals, good for the environment and good for my health and I feel encouraged to keep on trying. Thank you for your post and I wish you a lovely weekend. Regards Josephine [/QUOTE]
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