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  1. Meyersaurus

    I just found out today that the only reason meat contains B12 is because livestock are supplemented.

    I am literally so furious right now.. I just read an article that 90% of all the B12 supplements produced in the world are fed to livestock, because they don't naturally contain it. Is this a joke? This was literally the main "argument" thrown at me my entire life, the only point about the...
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    (How) can you make foam with homemade plant-milk?

    Hi there, I recently started making my own plant-milks (my favourite one is cashew milk, and I've experimented with almond and pistachio so far) in order to achieve my zero-waste goals. Now I buy my coffee beans, as well as my cashew seeds in bulk and I have been doing pretty well for the past...
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    Due to African Swine Fever, they attempt to shoot all hogs/boars near the border

    I don't think I have ever been this ******, but the national news just got me raging today. In Belgium, the ASF has occured a couple of times, and as a consequence Luxembourg (where I live) is "forced" to shoot all (and I mean all) the wild hogs along the border of Belgium. There are 100 hunters...
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    Severe acne after stopping birth control (pill)

    Wow, thank you so much!
  5. Meyersaurus

    I lost 15lbs / 7kg at University

    Thank you all:) Actually it's true, I don't look like a stick, I don't feel weak(er than usual), so why even worry about that?
  6. Meyersaurus

    Severe acne after stopping birth control (pill)

    My weight loss has been continuous since +/- November though, so I'm afraid this is unrelated... But I guess acne is probably caused by the hormones. Thanks
  7. Meyersaurus

    I lost 15lbs / 7kg at University

    That's good, I guess.. But I also keep losing weight somehow, aren't there any healthy ways to gain/stabilize weight? Or do I just need more time?
  8. Meyersaurus

    Severe acne after stopping birth control (pill)

    T took the pill for 4 years (16 years old till 20) and I never had any acne before taking the pill (nor during). I only had one or two pimples when I got my period and that was it. But now my entire forehead, chin, neck are covered in gigantic painful pimples. Please tell me this goes away after...
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    I lost 15lbs / 7kg at University

    I've been vegan for over 3 years now, and my weight and health have been stable (in good shape) even before that. But since I started University I have been feeling blue a lot of the times, and I also stopped taking birth control (pill) 1 1/2 months ago. Now, people kept telling me that I looked...
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    Shopping Challenges

    It probably takes some time to find all your (favorite) alternatives, not all of them will be to your liking. But once you do find them, it's really not that big of a deal. The problem I'm struggling with more is packaging and palm oil. I like to avoid both as much as possible, which mostly...
  11. Meyersaurus

    Newbie: Looking for Support

    I wanted to avoid becoming one of "those" vegans as well, when I transitioned because the majority just finds them to be super annoying, and tbh I often get the feeling that these vegans only transitioned so that they could boss other people around. But, on the other hand, I have also decided to...
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    Newbie: Looking for Support

    Yes, me too. When I went vegan I suddenly found so many things that I had never eaten before, and you get to create so many different meals that you wouldn't even have thought of otherwise. It made me realize that maybe it's not the vegan who's missing out on stuff, but the person who refuses to...
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    Newbie: Looking for Support

    I didn't have much of a problem with my parents because my mother had been a vegetarian since she was 3 years old and she followed my example just about a year later. But you should have seen the look on my grandparents' faces. My grandmother didn't say anything to me (I was a vegetarian before...
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    I give up on vegan-Please help

    Actually, I have recently read an article (of which I do not remember the name, if If find it again I will post the link in an edit) that said that our ancestors did not actually eat large quantities of meat. And when they did hunt they valued the insides of the (herbivorous) animals' intestines...
  15. Meyersaurus

    Working at animal sanctuaries

    Thank you so so much, you speak to my soul! I think the "Michael Heseltine" approach will eventually probably be the most efficient one, especially when I do volunteer work. You calling this "further education" has actually touched something! You know, all my life I've been taught that going to...
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    Working at animal sanctuaries

    Hi there, I have recently been thinking about my goals (professional and other) a lot and I have pretty much come to the conclusion that running (or rather working at) an animal sanctuary would be my absolute dream job. In the best case scenario I could even include psychotherapy with animals...
  17. Meyersaurus

    Vegan for five years and considering eggs

    Yes, I guess they have been genetically manipulated so that their "production" increases, but I assumed that the number of eggs will only decrease (back to the natural amount) over time and generations that are not drilled to lay as many eggs as possible. I will read the article though, thanks...
  18. Meyersaurus

    Disappointed in cholesterol test results

    Those are the oils I was referring to, I think.
  19. Meyersaurus

    Disappointed in cholesterol test results

    I don't think I am spreading misinformation. I have been a vegetarian for my entire life and as a kid my favourite foods were salad and broccoli, I hated cheese and eggs, and I was picky about everything (even pasta and such) so I'm pretty sure, I would have developed something by now. I grew...