If you are a new vegan, prevegan, plant curious or just wondering what the heck do vegans really eat this post is for you (Swipe to see 👉👉👉)
If you are a new vegan, prevegan, plant curious or just wondering what the heck do vegans really eat this post is for you (Swipe to see 👉👉👉)
by thebodybuildingvegan
11 Comments
VeganLee
It’s mock-meat products like these that I feel are detrimental for new people that want to eliminate meat from their diet. Nothing on here will serve as a replacement, only a pale reminder of what you’re missing. IMO its better to show off simple and enticing recipes and meals that don’t seek to mimic animal products with an ingredient list a mile long.
indiscernable1
I am a plants only consumer except for the only animal products I consume, which are eggs. The protein and minerals, like choline, available in an egg are very important. My wife has been a vegetarian since the age of 15, and the inclusion of eggs has solved some issues she was having even though she was correctly supplementing protein and minerals from other sources. My ethically raised chickens are treated better than most Americans who live in cities.
The manure from the chickens allows me to grow all of the plants I need. Without dangerous synthetic fertilizers.
mallow6134
It would be nice to have all the brand-based recommendations seperated out from the generic foods. It’s no fun when you don’t live somewhere with access to most of those brands trying to decipher which things mentioned are relevant and which are not.
Even if it was formatted generic on top, space, recommended brands.
ndhl83
I feel like “Vegan” posts, on this sub specifically (WFPB) should have to have a caveat or note about what is being featured that is NOT “Whole Food Plant Based”.
If a WFPB newb comes here and sees a bunch of ethical veganism posts that contain oils and heavily processed “meat substitutes” and assumes they are WFPB/good food choices, that is not cool.
I 100% get that many Vegans fall under WFPB practices in terms of their own food choices, but Veganism is an ethical practice, not an eating methodology, and it inherently allows foods that ARE NOT WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED…only “Plant based”, and often high processed and preserved (to say nothing of oils).
The “Whole foods” part (and no oils) is *critically important* to following an actual WFPB methodology.
Not trying to be exclusionary, just accurate and sticking to the standards this specific WFPB sub was founded on.
foursixntwo
PlantBased =/= vegan. Vegan is a choice of ethics, not a diet.
LolaPaloz
How does apple sauce replace eggs in baking? To create moisture? But it wont be bouncy
Far_n_Away
All of these fake meats are really unhealthy. Defeats the purpose of being a vegan for health reasons to begin with.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve eaten tons of this crap..
I’ve been vegan for 7 years, in good shape and 38 years old.
I just had a blood test and my cholesterol is super high thanks to all this fake meats. Its loaded with unhealthy oils
1710manifesta
These work for me as a replacement 🤷
Framemake
Just a heads up. Separate brand names from type names (e.g. Unreal vs Setain)
Also expand on what *TVP* is. A new reader won’t know what TVP is. Same with *Nooch*. You have to consider your audience.
chrisrayle
Also, ben and Jerry’s puts egg in their non dairy ice cream. Just to give you a heads up.
kblk_klsk
I would love to finally try Just Egg, but they still aren’t available in Poland (dunno about the rest of Europe, there are some articles from 2021 that it was going to be introduced in Germany but that’s it).
11 Comments
It’s mock-meat products like these that I feel are detrimental for new people that want to eliminate meat from their diet. Nothing on here will serve as a replacement, only a pale reminder of what you’re missing. IMO its better to show off simple and enticing recipes and meals that don’t seek to mimic animal products with an ingredient list a mile long.
I am a plants only consumer except for the only animal products I consume, which are eggs. The protein and minerals, like choline, available in an egg are very important. My wife has been a vegetarian since the age of 15, and the inclusion of eggs has solved some issues she was having even though she was correctly supplementing protein and minerals from other sources. My ethically raised chickens are treated better than most Americans who live in cities.
The manure from the chickens allows me to grow all of the plants I need. Without dangerous synthetic fertilizers.
It would be nice to have all the brand-based recommendations seperated out from the generic foods. It’s no fun when you don’t live somewhere with access to most of those brands trying to decipher which things mentioned are relevant and which are not.
Even if it was formatted generic on top, space, recommended brands.
I feel like “Vegan” posts, on this sub specifically (WFPB) should have to have a caveat or note about what is being featured that is NOT “Whole Food Plant Based”.
If a WFPB newb comes here and sees a bunch of ethical veganism posts that contain oils and heavily processed “meat substitutes” and assumes they are WFPB/good food choices, that is not cool.
I 100% get that many Vegans fall under WFPB practices in terms of their own food choices, but Veganism is an ethical practice, not an eating methodology, and it inherently allows foods that ARE NOT WHOLE FOOD PLANT BASED…only “Plant based”, and often high processed and preserved (to say nothing of oils).
The “Whole foods” part (and no oils) is *critically important* to following an actual WFPB methodology.
Not trying to be exclusionary, just accurate and sticking to the standards this specific WFPB sub was founded on.
PlantBased =/= vegan. Vegan is a choice of ethics, not a diet.
How does apple sauce replace eggs in baking? To create moisture? But it wont be bouncy
All of these fake meats are really unhealthy. Defeats the purpose of being a vegan for health reasons to begin with.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve eaten tons of this crap..
I’ve been vegan for 7 years, in good shape and 38 years old.
I just had a blood test and my cholesterol is super high thanks to all this fake meats. Its loaded with unhealthy oils
These work for me as a replacement 🤷
Just a heads up. Separate brand names from type names (e.g. Unreal vs Setain)
Also expand on what *TVP* is. A new reader won’t know what TVP is. Same with *Nooch*. You have to consider your audience.
Also, ben and Jerry’s puts egg in their non dairy ice cream. Just to give you a heads up.
I would love to finally try Just Egg, but they still aren’t available in Poland (dunno about the rest of Europe, there are some articles from 2021 that it was going to be introduced in Germany but that’s it).