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What is the term for people who only eat home raised meat?
Many non-meat eaters make this choice because of the way commercial meat is produced and because of the negative impact that it has on the animal's well being. Most or all of this negative impact can be eliminated in a home farm.
Is there a term…
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An easy vegan meal plan that covers all dietary needs
If you want to get enough of a particular nutrient X, there are always plenty of resources showing how to do so. For example, here are articles showing how to get enough protein, calcium, and iron. They include meal plans for the whole day and break…
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How to respond to people who consider vegetarianism "different" or "weird"?
Many people I encounter and eat with aren't used to vegetarianism and how do I handle them when they look at me funny when I can't order the meat at the BBQ place, for example?
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What do anti-vegetarians mean when they say "Any consumption under capitalism is unethical."?
Quite often, anti-vegans are saying "Any consumption under capitalism is unethical." or some variant thereof. Can somebody explain to me what they mean by that? How can every consumption under capitalism be unethical? Why would, for example, eating…
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What evidence is there that death by CO2 poisoning is painful to slaughtered animals?
Today, most animals in slaughterhouses are killed by CO2 poisoning. That's thanks to the HSA (Humane Slaughter Association) and similar organizations.
Critics of HSA, including but not limited to BiteSizeVegan, claim that killing animals via CO2 is…
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How is taurine for cats synthesized?
I've read that taurine can be synthesized and given to cats, so that they may follow a vegan diet.
I was wondering if anyone could please describe in detail how this is done in practice, describing the whole process of synthesis.
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Milk not associated to cow slaughter
Is it possible to purchase milk, perhaps at an increased price, that carries the label that no cow slaughter is carried out at the dairy (and, you pay, for the cows to be fed as they later age and no longer carry milk)?
Can you provide some images,…
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Is L-Cysteine (E920) Vegan?
Is L-Cysteine (E920 -- the dough conditioner) vegan?
I'm looking to buy a pizza from a restaurant. While most pizza dough is very simple and vegan by default -- on review of their pizza dough ingredients I saw L-Cysteine (E920).
What is…
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Are there any vegan leathers suitable for tooling?
Before going vegan, I appreciated the art of tooled leather. I'm curious whether there are any vegan leathers that are suitable to be used for tooling? I'd also be curious to learn about any artists doing it.
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Does bean/pea milk made by just blending cooked beans/peas come out just as well as making it by blending soaked beans/peas and boiling them?
So I am vegan and make my own bean and pea milk using mostly Northern White beans and green split peas(finding the yellow ones is a bit hard). I have not made soymilk yet. Anyway, the way I make the bean/peamilk is by cooking them in a crockpot,…
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Should a vegan be concerned about choline intake?
Choline is an essential nutrient for human health and may be hard to get for both vegans and vegetarians. The daily Adequate Intake (AI) for choline is 550 mg for men and 425-450 mg for women (up to 550 for breastfeeding women), and many people…
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What can I make for a Passover dinner (vegan)?
What can I make that's vegan for Passover?
I'm going to a Passover dinner with family. There will be some vegetarians there, but it will mostly be omnivores. What can I make and bring to share with everyone?
I want to make something that will…
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"Vegetarian Food" or "Vegetarian Alternatives"?
People use the method of, introducing Vegetarian or Vegan alternatives for Meat based food products, as a way of making a person enjoy his interested meat based food without having to kill an animal in the making process of it. But in some cases,…
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What types of diets exist where people avoid meat (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, kosher, jain, raw, etc)?
Can someone please list out and define all the different types of meatless diets (including diets where only some animals are excluded from their diet)?
I'm trying to learn about avoiding/reducing animals from my diet, but my head is spinning trying…
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Natural Flavor, Natural Flavors, and Natural Flavoring
Products that list "natural flavor" as an ingredient (deceitfully, IMO) rarely if ever inform consumers that "natural flavor" is usually -- not always -- an animal byproduct. I've resorted to emailing companies to request information on this…
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