I've made a few posts here already but I've yet to properly introduce myself... ?
My name is Matt, I'm 34 years old, and I live in the UK. I'm not new to the vegan diet, I've been vegan for about 7 years now, and even before that, I was eating a vegetarian diet from 2007 to 2012. And before that, when I was 18 years old, I switched to a diet which was largely plant-based with a little bit of fish, while doing something called CR, which is known to slow aging.
Changing to a vegetarian diet was initially for health-related reasons (I thought it would be better) but over time and the more I learned, the ethical reasons were just as important to me. I would never go back to eating meat now!
The switch to a vegan diet was in part because of my GF at the time but also because I wanted to lower my protein intake and going vegan was a good way to do that (to help lower igf-1). It was a fairly easy transition to make and never experienced any issues until later on and it was my own fault for being a bit complacent. Rather than ditching the vegan diet, I examined my diet more carefully and figured out what the issue was (zinc deficiency) and everything resolved quite rapidly. I've not even been sick once in years since I started supplementing.
I'm not the most perfect vegan out there and never claimed to be. About 98-99% of the days out of each year my diet is strictly vegan. The odd day in the year I might accidentally eat something that isn't vegan (something with dairy or egg) while eating out. I try to do my best and don't purposefully go out to buy anything that is non-vegan.
I'm not very judgemental about other people's eating habits, I regularly eat with people who eat meat. Maybe it did bug me at first but I live with it. I try to live more by example, but as I'm also a Blogger, I have an outlet to help people stay healthy on a vegan diet and to promote veganism. I've learned a lot over the years and have a lot to share...
I haven't really got any vegan friends here where I live, so I wanted to get involved here and make some vegan friends and help people. Even though I've been eating this way for a long time, I've not been that active in the "vegan community."
But here I am now lol... ?
My name is Matt, I'm 34 years old, and I live in the UK. I'm not new to the vegan diet, I've been vegan for about 7 years now, and even before that, I was eating a vegetarian diet from 2007 to 2012. And before that, when I was 18 years old, I switched to a diet which was largely plant-based with a little bit of fish, while doing something called CR, which is known to slow aging.
Changing to a vegetarian diet was initially for health-related reasons (I thought it would be better) but over time and the more I learned, the ethical reasons were just as important to me. I would never go back to eating meat now!
The switch to a vegan diet was in part because of my GF at the time but also because I wanted to lower my protein intake and going vegan was a good way to do that (to help lower igf-1). It was a fairly easy transition to make and never experienced any issues until later on and it was my own fault for being a bit complacent. Rather than ditching the vegan diet, I examined my diet more carefully and figured out what the issue was (zinc deficiency) and everything resolved quite rapidly. I've not even been sick once in years since I started supplementing.
I'm not the most perfect vegan out there and never claimed to be. About 98-99% of the days out of each year my diet is strictly vegan. The odd day in the year I might accidentally eat something that isn't vegan (something with dairy or egg) while eating out. I try to do my best and don't purposefully go out to buy anything that is non-vegan.
I'm not very judgemental about other people's eating habits, I regularly eat with people who eat meat. Maybe it did bug me at first but I live with it. I try to live more by example, but as I'm also a Blogger, I have an outlet to help people stay healthy on a vegan diet and to promote veganism. I've learned a lot over the years and have a lot to share...
I haven't really got any vegan friends here where I live, so I wanted to get involved here and make some vegan friends and help people. Even though I've been eating this way for a long time, I've not been that active in the "vegan community."
But here I am now lol... ?
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