Ask Me Anything: Vegan & Vegetarian Lifestyle Tips
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In the FriendZone | Make Friends & Chat ⋅ Active Social Fun ⋅ Chill ⋅ VC server, members recently hosted an insightful Q&A session about vegan and vegetarian lifestyles. The discussion covered practical tips for transitioning to a plant-based diet, the ethics of the meat industry, and common questions about food sources like mushrooms. This engaging conversation highlights the diverse and supportive community atmosphere found within FriendZone.
I live in a family filled with vegetarians and vegans for my whole life and I would love to educate people on it! Ask me any questions and I will answer them
do u eat mushrooms, ive heard thats kinda on the fence of vegetarian and carnivorous?
Yes I do! Mushrooms don't have any sense of pain, or feelings therefore it isn't considered an animal, actually mushroom is used to make some really good meat replacements!
i have a friend whos jain (its like a religion that practices veganism i think) and she doesn't eat mushrooms bc it thrives on dead matter
but that makes sense
Oh fair, I guess I never really thought about that😅 it checks out though
Do you think there will ever be an ethical way for the meat industry to function?
Honestly it could but I don't think it ever will happen, I mean chemicals and hormones make the animals grow abnormally bigger therefore adding more of a cost to the meat. Its disgusting what they do but for some reason it won't be stopped if it hasn't been stopped already then it probably won't ever stop. I could be wrong but it's a sad business
That's awful. I'm a meat eater but I will always respect vegans. One of my favorite influencers is one, and I have been thinking whether I should start going through the same route.
Was it hard for you to transition? Or you were raised as a vegan?
Honestly i transitioned into being a vegetarian when I was around six, you definitely have to slowly transition but once you get a taste for artificial meat it gets really easy to go on without meat, I don't miss it whatsoever, there are so many replacements that taste just like the real stuff! If you want to transition into becoming a vegan I definitely recommend trying to be a vegetarian first, that way you can still eat cheese, milk and eggs just not any meat. I'm a vegetarian so it does open up my food options but being a vegan is also great, my grandma has been a vegan for 10 years straight, her food is great! Being a vegetarian or vegan does not mean you can only eat veggies, it's always very adventurous trying new stuff
Sorry that was a lot😭😭
I love reading paragraphs. I don't mind. I definetly understand that, I feel like I have already eliminated milk but my culture's food is really based on meat 😔 I have eaten some substitutions and I couldn't even tell it wasn't the real one. It's honestly amazing. Is it more expensive to get the replacement?
Honestly yes it is more expensive but only by a few dollars, it is worth it tho
I might check it out! Thank youu
No prob!
A funny question, do you'll think all the herbivores are vegetarians?
Not to be a know it all or anything but what you thinking of Is a vegan! Vegetarians eat cheese and eggs, just not any meat, vegans eat only things that are grown either in labs or in the ground lol but yeah vegans are herbivores
Mb I forgot to tag you lmao
Beans
The biggest source of protein in the world is lupini beans!!
If u don't like them u can add them into stuff and u won't even taste them 😄
That's interesting
They are really good tho
How does it taste?
Bitter?
No actually they are super savory and salty
Really good
U can get them picked and it's better than any other bean
So you are a fan ig?
are you a vegan???
Why do vegetarians hate people who eat meat while it’s not a forbidden in the most of religious
Honestly I don't hate people that eat meat at all, it's such a bad stereotype but honestly we don't care about what anyone eats
eating meat isn't bad but vegetarians and vegans have their reasons
It's not bad, it's just how the animals are processed, it's inhumane and genuinely cruel
They are filled with hormones and chemicals, trapped in small cells where they cant move and where they become covered in their own feces and are then slaughtered, also most farm animals are smarter than dogs, sorry not trying to ruin meat for anyone I'm just educating ppl
I'm close to a vegan, I'm a vegetarian, the only difference between the two is that I eat eggs and milk products just not meat meanwhile vegans don't eat anything that comes from an animal including milk or eggs
