Self Care: Going Healthy Vegan Diet Vs Vegetarian Diet

A negative and positive experience

When I tried the vegan diet for the first time, I expected it to sort of be like a fun project. I thought ” Hey it’s a chance for me to learn new recepies and try out different foods!” I liked the idea about saving animals and going green because less meat meant less processing and packaging right? Except it was not fun at all. It was stressing having to find all the ingrediants at the store. Like mustard seeds, what are those? Himelayha pink salt? What’s it taste like? I suppose it should taste like Salt, so what is the difference? Some of the ingrediants I was looking for weren’t familiar to me and I had to look online to do research. I also had to travel alot farther to get the ingrediants I was looking for. After I bought the ingrediants, I still had to make the recepie and just ended up throwing everything away because I didn’t like how it turned out. I found out that there were vegan meal kits that could be delivered to my door, but that was just too expensive for me. It was $80 for just four meals. Thats like what I would earn in a day. That was just not an option. The first meal I prepared was was the first and last. I decided to go eat at a vegan restaurant every once in while instead. That sounds alot more reasonable. Props to everyone else who is vegan!

The vegetarian diet continues to stand as the most reasonable diet plan for most people. Vegtables are easily recognized by many and they are available almost anywhere for cheaper prices. Although it isn’t a completely animal product free diet, it beats eating meat every so often. It’s a great way of keeping healthy and of preventing many types of cancers. Not only that, it prevents further animal harm as well. Trying out the vegetarian diet meant cooking and blending a colorful mixture of healthy foods. One recepie, such as lentil soup with many vegetables inside a bowl looked beautilful when it was made by myself. I added salt and pepper to my liking and it turned out great! Roasted brussel sprouts with lemon juice and olive oil are also the best! There are so many options in terms of recepies that are available and easy to make. It’s no wonder there are so many vegetarian people.

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