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How to Go Vegan Step-by-Step Checklist

In theory, you could decide to go vegan today and immediately eliminate every single animal product from your life. But chances are that, if you try to go 100% vegan overnight, you will end up confused, malnourished, and probably without anything to wear (or at least without any shoes or a belt to keep your pants up).

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Vegan and Eating Out? How to Find Vegan-Friendly Food at Any Restaurant

Today, there are more vegetarians and vegans than ever. This means that you can probably find a vegan-friendly restaurant in your area and that there will be at least one item on the menu that you can eat. Still, it isnt always easy eating out as a vegan. The only vegan option is usually something boring like pasta with plain marinara sauce or a wrapwhich they will charge you full price for even though you asked for no meat or cheese.

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Vegan Hacks

10 Vegan Hacks To Make Life Easier

Beyoncé, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Clinton, Casey Affleck, Ellen Page. What do they all have in common? They’re all celebrities. They’re also all creative in their own right. Oh, and they’re vegan. They’re not hacks, but vegan hacks…? I’m sure they’ve used at least one of these a time or two. Vegans are inherently creative creatures, …

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Easy Vegan Meal Plans by Season – Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter

What do vegans eat? If you are just going vegan, then you probably have an idea of what vegans eat – like veggie burgers, hearty salads, and fruity oatmeal.  But coming up with ideas of what to cook every single day of your new vegan life can be pretty challenging.  This is where vegan meal plans can come in handy.

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How to Tell People You Are Vegan (without making them hate you)

You know those smug vegans everyone is always complaining about?  Well, I was one of them.  I was filled with self-righteous indignation that I was superior because of my morals which led me to give up meat and all animal products.  At least I can blame this on youth.  I was 12 when I went vegetarian and 15 when I went vegan, so pretty much everything I did at the time was indignant.

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Diet Weight Loss: A Vegan Plan To Shed Fat

Big Changes Are Coming First of all, eating a vegan diet will nourishes our bodies best. Most people will notice big changes within their bodies after they become vegan. Some vegans choose to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet. Plant-based diets consist of a balance of fruits, vegetables, grains, modest amounts of good fats. In addition, it …

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Vegan Pros and Cons: 8 Truths You Should Know

Going vegan can be hard and there are some vegan pros and cons you need to consider before you make the transition.

I was vegan for 6+ years.  Then I moved to Serbia, which is really the land of meat and cheese with an occasional tomato or pepper thrown into the mix.  Last year, I was considering going vegan again but presented the problem of how much more it would cost me.  Soy milk here is as much as 5 times more expensive than cow milk.  To get it, I’d have to ride a bus 30 minutes (one direction) and then walk another 15 minutes to get to the health food store.  And I’d have to do that with a 2-year old child in tow.

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