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How to start being vegan ?
Incorporating more plant-based foods into your diet is a very good decision that can be made at any age. However, becoming vegan is a step that goes even further. To adopt this lifestyle and consumption pattern that excludes all products derived from animal exploitation, it is important to understand why you are doing it.
Finding one's reason, one's "why" precisely. It is important to inform oneself and do research in order to understand why to make this change, and above all, so that it is not just a passing phase, but a lasting commitment in the long term.
This is why veganism should not be seen merely as a diet that avoids the consumption of meat, for example: one becomes vegan to no longer contribute to exploitation, to leave our small animals in peace, and for the environment (as we know that a raw and plant-based diet has the lowest carbon emissions). Health factors and savings should be viewed more as consequences, results of a vegan lifestyle, but taking them as motivation might not be enough in the medium term to withstand social pressure, for instance.
How to stay motivated to be vegan?
Find plenty of favorite recipes! It's easy since there are many cookbooks available for sale online or in bookstores that you can use for inspiration.
In addition to the previous point where it is emphasized that it is important to do it for the right reasons, namely for the animals and the environment, it is still much easier and more enjoyable when our favorite dishes are available in plant-based alternatives. The best part is having excellent vegan recipes that you always want to make and that won't leave you any time to regret animal-based foods.
Because there isn't just one, but MANY vegan cuisines: you can have just as much fun recreating the same flavors found in omnivorous diets, testing plant-based meat and cheese substitutes to see which ones are the most convincing, and veganizing your Sunday classics, or you can go in the opposite direction, discovering plant-based cuisine in its unique form, trying new ingredients, new flavors, and completely rethinking your way of eating without necessarily trying to replicate your old diet. But one thing is certain: the curiosity to try new vegan recipes will not make you miss animal products.
Recognizing the benefits that adopting a vegan diet brings to health, when the transition is made with basic nutritional knowledge of course, can also motivate you. It is acknowledged that it reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer. Additionally, a vegan diet is generally rich in fiber, vitamins, and a wide variety of antioxidants.
With all that, it is recommended to start gradually changing your culinary habits in order to be able to change your lifestyle habits in the long term.
What products should you remove from your diet?
All products derived from animal exploitation: meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, honey, colorants derived from insects, and beyond food, objects, materials, and even activities that involve animal exploitation.
It feels like it's a lot, like we might end up eating seeds and rocks, but what you need to know is that there are a lot of foods to discover.
All legumes and grains, as well as the multitude of ways to prepare them, could have a positive impact on your health. Spices that will add flavor and umami to your dishes, incredible condiments for cooking, and even old forgotten vegetables, who knows?
What can you replace your eating habits with?
What can help during a transition to a plant-based diet are vegan substitutes. Fortunately, more and more vegan products exist to replace everything we are familiar with, and some are downright impressive. Moreover, not all of them are bad and filled with additives, but it's important to distinguish the good ones from industrial products that are not necessarily healthy.
These are still processed products: you can consume them from time to time, but not daily. The best option is to stock up on raw plant-based proteins: lentils, legumes, tofu, tempeh, seitan, nuts, sprouted seeds.
For dairy products, it's time to try plant-based milks (there are at least more than twenty different kinds, such as soy milk, almond milk...). Replacing animal milk with plant-based milk can be very beneficial for health as plant-based milk can be more digestible. They are also good sources of nutrients when fortified, such as calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12.
You can also occasionally treat yourself with artisanal aged vegan cheeses, or make them yourself with a special kit like the vegan cashew camembert.
Spices will be your allies: nutritional yeast to capture the umami flavor of cheese, smoked paprika, miso paste, ginger, soy sauce, etc.
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The most important thing is to eat balanced meals to have better health.
A rather unusual piece of advice is to find "your lazy vegan dish." The lazy dish is the one you can make when you don't even have 5 minutes to spare but are extremely hungry, when you come home exhausted from work, when you don't feel like turning on the oven, or when there's nothing in the fridge, for example. It's often during these moments that we give in to something that is neither good for our health nor for the animals.
So the best thing to do is to anticipate these moments and always have in your cupboards or freezer some foods that will allow you to have a more or less complete vegan meal without too much effort. Canned peas or jars of lacto-fermented vegetables, legume pasta for a protein source that cooks in less than 5 minutes, cans of chickpeas or red beans, easy-to-make vegetarian burgers, or homemade soup that you can defrost...
Some additional nutritional tips for becoming vegan:
- Overall, review the compositions of these plates to ensure they have the necessary nutrients, rather than removing the meat and replacing it with a substitute.
- Properly compose your plate by incorporating sources of plant-based proteins (legumes, lentils, soy, etc.) to achieve a balanced diet.
- Avoid the consumption of industrial products and substitutes except occasionally; do not base your daily diet on these products.
- Vary your diet with different grains, legumes, and vegetables to avoid deficiencies.
- Take pleasure in cooking as much as possible at home using raw, fresh, and organic ingredients, with easy recipes.
- Taking your vitamin B12 is mandatory and very important. Also, keep an eye on your iodine intake and incorporate seaweed into your diet.
CORA BOSSUET
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