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New vegan from Norway
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by Thea Wien
on February 2, 2011
I just wanted to thank Alicia for writing "the kind diet". It gave me the motivation I needed to go vegan. I was a vegetarian a couple years ago, but the pressure from family made me go back to a meat eating diet. But now, I know whats best for me, and that is living the best I can without hurting any more animals.
I already feel better, but I wonder, is it normal to have an intense headache and bad breath the first days?
Thank you, greetings from the cold north:)
From Thea
Hi Thea congratulations to u for standing up to what you believe! I was a vegatarian for 3 years and have been vegan for 32 days. I also face much pressure from family and friends, one day it just hit me how much of a hippocrite i was being. claiming to love the animals and then coverering everything i ate with chesse. I find that my body has gone through a definate detox, its funny i no longer crave foods (which if u knew me would find that impossible)! I would imagine the headache u are experiencing has something to do with that. Are you taking some sort of B12? i am using nutritional yeast and a B12 melt in your mouth, i hear that if lacking can cause problems. The bad breath i have read is common, it will go away your body is releasing many toxins. I feel so much better, energy level is so much higher and I have lost ALL my nasal allergies!! So i think with all those positives I really dont care what the people around me think! Best to you, and great job for the animals!
Hei!
Bra å høre fra andre veganere i Norge:)
Jeg vet ikke hvor du bor, men siden jeg bor i nærheten av Oslo er det ganske enkelt å få tak i masse fine kjøtt erstatninger og andre veganvennlige matvarer. Men det er jo uansett ideelt å holde seg til upreparert mat:)
Magen min oppfører seg også litt rart til tider. Tarmene må jo vende seg til denne livsstilen og spesielt til bønnene, hehe. Hvorfor kan du ikke spise brød? Melk har jeg ikke hatt noe problem med, sannsynlig for at jeg aldri har spist mye melkeprodukter. I tillegg gir det meg kviser som synes fra månen, så motivasjonen for å holde seg unna melk er ganske høy.
Hvorfor bestemte du deg for å bli veganer?
Hi Thea!
Welcome and congratulations on your diet change! I think it is normal to have some affects, like headaches, when you do a major change like cutting out a food group. It's your body detoxing and realigning itself. Don't worry.....you are making the right decision! Please keep us posted on your journey! Have a great day! Megin
Hi Megin!
The headache and bad breath dissapeared a couple of weeks ago, so like you said, my body was detoxing. Now, my body feels increadably light, I feel almost "high", hehe. That is proof enogh for me that this is the right thing to do.
Why and when did you become vegan?
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