How To Become Vegan

So whatever you’d find in those stores, that isn’t something I’d even
consider food. They’re okay places to buy toilet paper though.
Also, be on the lookout for bogus, healthy-sounding words on food
packages like whole or natural, which are largely meaningless. Organic (or
Bio in Europe) is a word that actually has legal meaning. When I see legally
meaningless terms that are obviously trying to make a product sound
healthy, I usually assume that the product is as phony as its labeling. The
products that look like they’re trying too hard to appear healthy are usually
crap.
An increasing number of packaged vegan foods are including the V in a
circle logo to show that they’re vegan. That’s a nice shortcut. Some
products will include the word vegan on their packaging too. But many
vegan products don’t use these easy identifiers. And even if a product is
technically vegan, that doesn’t mean it’s healthy. So I always look through
the ingredients to get a better sense of what’s in there. If it looks like
chemical soup, I’d rather not serve as a waste disposal unit.
As a quick shortcut, look at the cholesterol line on the nutrition label. If
you see anything other than zero mg cholesterol, the food isn’t vegan since
plant-based foods never contain any cholesterol. Cholesterol only comes
from animal ingredients, so if you see any cholesterol at all, it’s definitely