How To Become Vegan

Imagine if I said that I tried eating an animal flesh diet, and it didn’t work
for me. And when you asked me what I ate, I shared that I hunted wild
parrots, bears, and porcupines and ate them raw. Then I complained about
digestive issues with the feathers, furs, claws, and spines. You might figure
that’s a really weird way to eat animals, but if I’d never eaten animals
before, maybe I figured it was as good a place to start as any.
A lot of animal eaters figure that since they already eat some vegan
foods, they already know how to eat vegan. Just eat only the vegan stuff in
their diet, and eliminate the non-vegan stuff. For many people, however,
that’s a foolish approach that yields very little chance of sustainable
success. To succeed they’ll probably need to include foods they don’t
normally eat, not just expand their old side dishes into meals.
Veganism isn’t a singular diet. It’s a lifestyle choice, and within that
choice, there are a myriad of different ways to eat a plant-based diet. Just
because you’ve tried one way of eating a plant-based diet doesn’t mean
you’ve tried them all. So be careful not to negate the whole approach just
because you tried a variation that didn’t flow well for you.
I’ve found that some popular forms of plant-based diets caused negative
side effects for me. For instance, eating low-fat (no more than 10% of
calories from fat) is popular among many vegans. It’s also a proven way to
reverse heart disease. But every time I’ve tried low-fat variations (raw or