How I did it: It took me 90 days going from meat eater to vegan. I went instantly vegetarian without any knowledge about that veganism exists. Anyway, when I searched for nutrition and recipes, I became more informed about animal rights and veganism. So I became vegan.

Lessons & tips: Be sure that you are eating healthy when you are going vegan. Read some nutritional material and don't rely on junk or other processed foods. When you wouldn't consider healthy to eat only bacon as omnivore, how could you think that eating only potato chips would be healthy? You don't have to over-plan, just make meals from variety of foods.
Becoming and staying healthy vegan is more important than going vegan instantly, although it is the only way for some people and it is not difficult. But if you think that you'll probably quit veganism if you're doing it wrong, you can take it slower, but make sure that you are going vegan. Quitting meat instantly is in my mind the best choice, because when you haven't eaten it for a while, the smell and dead body parts will repulse you (it smells like urine for me).

Some tips:
- Composing grains and legumes provides you all essential amino acids. However, you don't have to include all essential amino acids in one meal. Variety is important.
- Some foods contain all the essential amino acids: quinoa, buckwheat, hempseed, amaranth and maybe soybean. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid#Use_of_essential_amino_acids
- Flax seeds or flax seed oil gives the best proportion of essential omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
- Let your doctor take a blood sample once a year
- You can change a doctor when yours is hostile about veganism, you can change you doctor (I haven't told my doctor about my veganism, because it is unknown here)
- Take B-12 if you are not eating unwashed or unpeeled foods that you have grown yourself. I don't recommend eating unwashed foods.

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Oct 12, 2008, 01:36PM PDT | 2 comments | 7 cheers