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How This Couple’s Love For Veganism Nearly Killed Them

Posted on April 15, 2016 By 26 Comments on How This Couple’s Love For Veganism Nearly Killed Them

Admittedly, I have read a lot of stories about how people went vegan or what kind of experiences they gained during their vegan journey. However, when I read the title of this story saying “our vegan diet almost killed us” I was really curious to find out how a vegan diet could have almost killed this couple. The end of the story will surprise you as it surprised me.

“Our Vegan Diet Almost Killed Us – No, Really

Okay, vegans. I know what you’re thinking. There have been many articles with similar titles circulating around the internet for years, and after you read the article you realize the person, although technically vegan, also had a serious eating disorder like anorexia or even the lesser-known “orthorexia,” or was on a restricted calorie cleanse consisting of lettuce water, or they were homicidal parents feeding their baby one carrot a day – or something like that. Somehow, people like this even manage to wind up on the Today show with book deals, as we saw earlier this week. 

Well, this is not one of those stories. For me and my fiancé, our regular vegan diet actually almost killed us. If you’re thinking about veganism, you’ll want to read this – and vegans, please hear us out.

The Best of Intentions

I believe people are vegan for really, really good reasons. In a nutshell, they’ve learned that we make the choice every day to either pay people to breed and intentionally kill vulnerable animals for our pleasure – or to just not do that. After all, these animals value their lives as much as our pets do and are just as worthy of love.

Then they learn that dairy and eggs are as bad as animal meat, because newborn males are an unfortunate byproduct of egg and dairy production and are typically killed – while their sisters and mothers are forced into production before being butchered once “spent” a mere fraction into their lifetime. And they learn that this is part of the typical process even if the farms are “humane,” small, local, organic, pastured, cage-free, or free-range.

They learn about the many scientific and academic sources showing that vegan diets represent perhaps the most significantenvironmental effort one can make, requiring about half the water and emissions to produce compared to typical Western diets. This is starting to become more mainstream information, especially since Cowspiracy hit Netflix.

Oh – and this is not a small point – vegans learn that plant-based diets feed far more human beings. As a recent Chemical and Engineering News cover story explains, producing meat and animal products “requires a lot of animals raised on huge, unsustainable amounts of plant protein,” adding, “A switch to plant proteins by those who can afford meat would go a long way to feeding the growing global population while using fewer of the planet’s resources.”

So how could we just sit by and continue to opt in to this human-created nightmare called animal agriculture when we could just make a very simple, doable lifestyle change to create less harm?

With that background, hopefully you can understand why we chose to go vegan. Our hearts were in the right places. I’d been totally vegan for about 3 years after dabbling in varying degrees of vegetarianism throughout my life. My now-fiancé Craig made the shift after we’d been together for a few months, which you can read about here.

What We Ate

Unlike the typical negative stories of vegans eating very restrictive diets, we basically ate everything under the sun other than animal products, of course. Craig’s an amazing cook and I’m not so bad myself. Since there are 20,000+ edible plant species on planet Earth to choose from and tons of ways to enjoy fresh, frozen, and prepared fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, mushrooms, beans, legumes, nuts, and seeds, it wasn’t hard. We made rich cheeses, sausages, ice creams, gravies and more, all without animals. It’s not like we were stranded on a desert island without a plentiful supply of food. And when we got lazy, there were plenty of yummy pre-made vegan meats and cheeses to choose from at the store, even after we moved from an urban to a rural area.

We stuffed our faces full of delicious, nutritious food basically every day with few exceptions – say, that time on a business trip I was stuck with omnivores who looked pityingly at my wilted salad and plain baked potato at the restrictive omni restaurant they took me to. (I snuck out after for a real meal at Native Foods.) But generally everywhere we went, we could get satisfying vegan meals, even from popular chains like Subway to Taco Bell to Chipotle.”

Read the full article at eatplantsdrinkbeer.com!

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Comments (26) on “How This Couple’s Love For Veganism Nearly Killed Them”

  1. Daniela Federico says:
    April 15, 2016 at 5:58 pm

    Great story!!

    Reply
  2. Jane Doherty says:
    April 15, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    Aha hahaha

    Reply
  3. Nicole Richardson Bryan says:
    April 15, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    McKenzie Bryan

    Reply
  4. Linda de France says:
    April 15, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    Most startling, and disappointing, are the negative comments on the original posting from those who just really have heartburn to kill and consume animals. That has always been strange to me. The way we choose to live is peaceful and tries to make sure no harm comes to animals or the resources necessary to raise them. Yet the meat-eating proponents are angry and militant and usually try to force their views on us. I don’t say ANYTHING to anyone about how they eat, but yet meat-eaters often either relish making fun of me and trying to gross me out, or try to “correct” me in terms of diet choices. Weird.

    Reply
  5. Petty Loxx says:
    April 15, 2016 at 9:52 pm

    I recently became vegan I too experience this

    I honestly think it’s jealously and it’s the inability to change

    Envious to the fact that they could never have the strength to do what they know is the best choice for their body and the environment.

    Reply
  6. Angela Wright says:
    April 15, 2016 at 10:38 pm

    Hahaha! Great article!

    Reply
  7. Gisela Fiege says:
    April 16, 2016 at 2:13 am

    I couldn’t read the whole thing, curious what was the surprise ending?

    Reply
  8. Paola Estefania Navejas says:
    April 16, 2016 at 7:00 am

    Well said Petty Loxx

    Reply
  9. Cher Bear says:
    April 16, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    They ran out of cashew milk to make a smoothie I believe it was and while walking into the store were almost ran down by a reckless driver.

    Reply
  10. Gisela Fiege says:
    April 17, 2016 at 3:03 am

    Cher Bear Thank You for telling me. How horrible, glad it was a good outcome.

    Reply
  11. Jo Finey says:
    April 17, 2016 at 4:15 am

    Love it 😉

    Reply
  12. Chrissy Annie Cobain says:
    January 20, 2017 at 9:43 pm

    Can’t say I did. It was mocking at best. I certainly did laugh or crack a smile. Just being honest

    Reply
  13. Terry Cohoe says:
    January 20, 2017 at 10:04 pm

    Yeah, I just found that annoying.

    Reply
  14. Joan Morrison says:
    January 20, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    Classic ! LMAO
    Vegan 7 years, Vegan forever !

    Reply
  15. Taylor Adamson says:
    January 20, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    This article is a great troll for omnivores who get off on hating vegans, but the vegans see the punchline coming a mile away.

    Reply
  16. Silvija Žvirblytė says:
    January 20, 2017 at 11:04 pm

    http://www.eatplantsdrinkbeer.com/readup/2015/11/12/our-vegan-diet-almost-killed-us

    Reply
  17. Emily Lawton says:
    January 20, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    John AndTrish Mowczko

    Reply
  18. Megan Smallwood says:
    January 21, 2017 at 12:26 am

    I’m a vegetarian.

    Reply
  19. Steph Kinsinger says:
    January 21, 2017 at 1:33 am

    Lol!

    Reply
  20. Stephanie Ilia Juricic Laranjeira says:
    January 21, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    Christopher A. Caulfield read the whole story lol!

    Reply
  21. Valerie Leppard says:
    January 21, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    Clickbait

    Reply
  22. Antoine Gregoire says:
    January 22, 2017 at 12:15 am

    That’s a good one haha! It’s a bit long though ^^ for a non-native English reader at least

    Reply
  23. Kevin Coquelle says:
    January 22, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    Stupod and timewasting .

    Reply
  24. Nagev Chimp says:
    February 1, 2017 at 9:31 am

    vegeterians still abuse animals

    Reply
  25. Megan Smallwood says:
    February 1, 2017 at 10:49 am

    Nagev Chimp really how?

    Reply
  26. Joan Linda Tarett says:
    March 5, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    Totally vile person who wants you to choke on a carrot!

    Reply

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