The Practical Aspects of Being Vegan
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
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🗓️ 2 August 2007
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Now that I'm vegan, what do I do with my leather couch, my leather shoes, and my wool sweaters? What should I do with the meat and other animal-based products in my kitchen? How do I know about animal-derived ingredients on food labels? Can I still call myself "vegan" if I eat something like honey? These are some of the questions that arise for people who find themselves newly conscious of animal suffering and who don't want to participate in it. And these are also some of the issues that deter people who may be interested in "becoming vegan" but who think it would be too difficult or who think they have to live up to some kind of "vegan perfection." Join me as I address these concerns and offer some suggestions for the practical aspects of living a compassionate lifestyle.
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| 0:00.0 | And I'm and Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Udo from Compassionate Cooks. |
| 0:22.0 | I founded Compassionate Cooks to empower people to make informed |
| 0:25.4 | food choices and to debunk myths about vegetarianism and animal rights. You can learn more |
| 0:30.6 | about who we are by visiting our websites |
| 0:32.8 | compassionate cooks.com or joy of vegan baking.com. |
| 0:37.8 | Hi everybody, it's wonderful to be here doing the thing that I love most, |
| 0:42.1 | which is talking to all of you and I'm not just |
| 0:44.9 | saying that as much as I hear from many of you who feel connected to an old friend when they |
| 0:50.8 | listen to this podcast I too feel very enveloped by all of you. It means a lot to me and I want you to know that. |
| 0:57.4 | Jenny Feeney is the sponsor of today's episode and it's been a pleasure receiving her very enthusiastic emails even before she became |
| 1:05.7 | a sponsor she wrote to tell me how much she enjoys or in her words loves in all caps the |
| 1:12.2 | podcast she decided to sponsor the podcast when well |
| 1:16.4 | I'll tell it in her words she said I was driving with an acquaintance of mine and |
| 1:21.6 | he began talking about his girlfriend and her issues. |
| 1:24.9 | He said, well thankfully she's not vegan anymore because it was just too unhealthy for her. |
| 1:29.9 | And I said, actually there are tons of studies that prove that veganism is way healthier than |
| 1:34.4 | eating meat. There's no cholesterol in a vegan diet and beans and tofu are way healthier than |
| 1:39.0 | eating animals, not to mention kinder. So then he says, well I'm glad she's off it for now because I just |
| 1:44.9 | can't afford her vegan diet. It's so expensive to which I replied, actually that's not true. |
| 1:51.2 | First off, beans and tofu and those kinds of plant-based |
| 1:54.4 | whole foods are way less expensive than meat. It's a processed vegetarian type |
| 1:58.8 | stuff that costs more and it's not as good for you anyway. And in truth, the government subsidizes the cost of meat |
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