Ginnifer Goodwin Brings the Quote of the Day
May 16, 2011 in Celebrity Quotes, Ginnifer Goodwin by Versus
“I’m not a vegan anymore… I’m always learning and growing and changing and there were some boring health issues… and so I did actually have to work some animal products back into my diet.
The first thing I ate was an egg that I found from a humane farm… and I scrambled it up. It was the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten. I felt like a hypocrite and I cried and then I scrambled up another one.”
… says Ginnifer.
I’m sure she’s going to get critique for this, but I strongly believe that while veganism is possible for some to be a sustainable diet, it is not for everyone. Some people, no matter how much they try or how correct their diet is, their bodies just cannot function properly without at least some animal products.
I kind of feel sorry for her that she feels like a hypocrite for feeding her body the way her body needs to be fed (and note, I said HER body, not ALL bodies). It is not something to be hypocritical about. She tried it and it did not work for her. There are always other ways to be conscious about animals and their function in our society without having to live a diet that does not work for you.
You can’t imagine how strongly I agree with you.
I agree Casey. I have never really tried being vegan (I’m vegetarian, as I’ve said before), but I do often go for a day or two with no eggs and dairy and I think that is about all I would want to do. I’m not someone who likes or needs a lot of animal protein, but never eating it sounds tough! I think for a lot of people having no animal products is hard to imagine – I think you have to be very switched on and really watch your nutrient intake to be a very healthy vegan. But as you said, that is for most people – there are always going to be people who can be vegan and not have any problems.
I strongly disapprove of industrial farming methods and I don’t like to eat any animal products that come from those farms. In an ideal world I would have my own hens and my own goat/cow for milk and then I would know exactly how they live and what they eat! Unfortunately that is only a dream for most people and you have to do the best with what you have. Maybe Ginnifer should do it though – she has the income for it!
I think it’s great that Ginnifer got humane eggs and I don’t think she should feel guilty about enjoying them – her body obviously needed them! But I do understand her feeling guilty to some degree because she had to go back to eating something that she was originally uncomfortable about eating. Being vegan or vegetarian does take discipline for someone who did not grow up that way and to a certain extent it means rejecting what seems ‘natural’. I think 90% of people would do absolutely fine on a good vegetarian diet, but a lot of people see it as ‘unnatural’ as they have grown up eating meat every day and see it as essential to health and strength. Veganism is more extreme, but has the potential to be healthy for most people if they eat a varied diet. But there is no one diet that works for every single person, of course.
For me, as long as the hens and dairy cows/goats/sheep/camels (I have camel milk every day where I live!) are not kept in cruel and unhygienic conditions like they tend to be in factory farming, then I see nothing wrong with eating eggs and consuming milk products.
It’s funny how we have been getting a few “I’m no longer vegan/vegetarian” celeb quotes lately! I hope it doesn’t send the wrong message – I still believe the world would be a better place if we didn’t treat animals like dumb, unfeeling food-producers!
“I strongly disapprove of industrial farming methods and I don’t like to eat any animal products that come from those farms. In an ideal world I would have my own hens and my own goat/cow for milk and then I would know exactly how they live and what they eat!”
Same here. I used to live in Europe, where we actually did have our own farm. Kind of. we had bunnies, chickens and a cow or two.
It’s nice knowing where your food comes from. We took good care of our animals. The cow had pastures to graze and walk around, and the chickens weren’t stuck in square foot cages (wtf?!). We always made sure that their sleep areas were clean.
I found it actually kind of horrifying when I moved to America and found out how the animals were treated. The way that chickens are treated is especially apalling to me.
I try to buy from local farmers at the farmer’s market if I can, but I can’t say I do it frequently. It gets pretty expensive and I am a grad student so I am often times too busy to make it to the farmer’s market.
I wish we lived in a world though where animals used for human consumption were treated well. It’s kind of sad that it is actually inconvenient to treat animals correctly, and inconvenient for consumers to buy from producers who treat animals correctly. I understand money is involved, but seriously? These farmers complain every time a tax cut on them is about to be lifted, but they can’t use the money they get from the tax cuts to build proper caging for their animals, and maintain good hygiene? Sounds pretty selfish to me.
Im not a vegetarian, but I dont really eat red meat (never have).. but I agree with you about how the animals are treated. Have you read the book ‘Skinny Bitch’? Reading how the animals are treated literally made me sick and (after reading some of it to my boyfriend) we decided to go a while without meat. We ended up going alot longer than planned without meat due to being so turned off by it. After not eating it for a month or so, and thinking of what the poor animals go through, made me feel sick even thinking about it for a while.
I also strongly agree with the first comment though, as I dont think I could remain strong and healthy as a vegan, and I feel sorry that she felt so bad. Everyone has the right to change their way of life but still remain a strong beleiver in what they originally stood for!
I correct myself- I dont think that I would be able to stay strong and healthy as a vegan (*on my salary*). I think it would be alot more expensive (where I live).. and I would need to educate myself a hell of a lot more first.
Actually the farmers involved in factory farming are kind of like the managers at a McDonalds. They’re not really business owners. They can’t alter their practices any more than the manager at a McDonalds can alter the menu. They’re leasing their equipment from the same large corporations that own the patent rights to all the cloned animals, and those same large corporations dictate their farming methods. They complain about taxes because the corporations that act as both suppliers and clients to them keep them perpetually in debt. The only way to change their farming practices is essentially to declare bankruptcy, buy entirely new animals/equipment (difficult to do when you’re bankrupt) that are not patented clones and start from scratch.
I’m glad I live in California, where we passed laws requiring that farm animals have basic amenities like sunlight and space to move.
Yeah, the big corporations are the truly evil ones – not the farmers (though I’m sure some of them are not nice, of course!). My family ran a small dairy farm in NZ years back and basically knew all the cows by name and worked really hard to make a living from them, but they still had good lives. Of course, that wouldn’t be viable nowadays – the huge farms just swallow up the small ones and it’s usually the case that the bigger things get the less important the individual is. It’s the same with people in big corporations – an individual is just a cog in a huge machine and if they lose a few cogs it’s acceptable. It just comes out as a loss percentage on some statement somewhere – no one high up is even going to notice that a life is lost or ruined. It’s really sad and kind of frightening to me, but it’s the way the world is and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change.
Wow, that was happy!
I’m going to go cry into my granola now!
Oops, by farmers I did mean the large corporations. I didn’t mean actual farmers who handle the animals. But I didn’t know there was such a discrepancy between the farmers and the corporations. I thought it was a simple matter of one was just a hiree of the other. I guess today I learned something new!
And I live in California too, but I’m still not completely comfortable with the way that animals are treated. I often drive from LA to San Fran, and I don’t think the cows in California look as happy as they claim. They don’t have any shelter from rain, frost, or snow. It’s sad seeing a bunch of cows huddled together in snow. I’m also used to seeing cows graze on wild, green grass. and Californian ranches lack that. I guess it’s different mentalities, but, in my original country, people would be appalled that cows weren’t grazing on a variety of grass. We used to actually cut up things like apples and feed them to our cows, just to make their diet with lots of variety (because variety = greater chance of getting most nutrients = healthy cows).
Erica, where do you get your Camel milk from? I have read previously that you are from New Zealand – I am also – but I’ve never seen Camel milk before! Or almond milk, which I am on the hunt for!
I’m from New Zealand – but I live in the Arabian Gulf, hence the access to camel milk! As far as I know you can’t currently get camel milk outside the region – though I have heard they are introducing it to the European market.
It’s a shame it’s not more widely available because it’s a great alternative to cow’s milk – a lot more iron, less fat, less cholesterol, high in protein, B vitamins and vitamin c – it’s also more tolerable for those with lactose intolerance (though it does contain lactose). There have also been studies in India that suggest it helps those with type 2 diabetes by reducing their reliance on insulin.
It is an acquired taste though – it’s sort of salty and watery compared to cow’s milk. But much better than soy milk, if you ask me! I have never tried almond milk – sounds tasty though!
I would have to disagree that some bodies absolutely need animal products. There are entire cultures of people who never eat any animal products. The people of vilcabamba, ecuador are some of the healthiest people on the planet. 1 in 60 live to 100 (1 in 1.8 million americans live to 100). They are living proof that you can def live without eating animal products. Not to mention they virtually never get cancer, heart disease or dimentia. Plus there is so no cruelty free egg. The hens come from eggs and when those eggs hatch, the male chicks are destroyed bc they will never lay eggs. They are either ground up alive or thrown in trash bags to suffer. We need to broaden our horizons and realize that just because we have been raised with the idea that milk is healthy and essential (milk drinkers have some of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the workd and one egg has entire day’s limit of cholesterol which causes heart disease) doesn’t mean it’s true.
On the other hand there are groups of people who eat diets based on meat like the people of scandinavia. They are also pretty healthy despite their meat heavy diets. However american meat and scandinavian meat are very different. They eat animals that are raised in natural environments. The chickens are free range and eat what they would eat in the wild. Cows do not eat grains and chicken manure. American meat is a whole different story. American meat is tainted with transglutaminase and ammonia from washing the filthy beef. The animals are sickly and maltreated. Eating the meat available in america is unhealthy.
The bottom line is humans are very complicated organisms. We can thrive on a vegan diet and we can thrive eating lots of healthy animals. Eating sick animals seems to do a number on the human body. Not to mention “chicken fries” and mcdonalds burgers should not be intended for human consumption. I just find it obnoxious that people adamantly decla that the human body NEEDS animal proteins bc there is so much evidence that that is not true. Instead of being so set in our wys we all need to make sure we really do know what we are talking about whewe take such a strong position (i.e. Vegans NEED meat and that is the end of it).
I agree Bunny feet – it is obnoxious when people say the human body needs animal protein, it’s just not true. And you are right that depending on the culture/country people do adapt to different diets. The Inuit have eaten basically just animal protein for generations and those people in Equador you mentioned are the opposite. But I understand that genetics do play a role and that may be why some people really don’t function well with no animal products and others function better without them. Lactose intolerance is rare in Scandinavia where people have been consuming dairy for centuries, but Asians and Amerindians have a high prevalence of lactose intolerance as it is a recent addition to their diets. Same goes with alcohol for some races.
My point is that it can take time – like generations of time – for people to develop a particular affinity with or aversion to certain foods. Maybe those that cannot live healthily without animal products no matter how balanced their vegan diet is, are simply not genetically predisposed to uptake vegetable protein and/or nutrients as well as from animal sources. I don’t know, I’m no expert – but that seems logical to me. But I do think the vast majority of people can adapt and thrive on a diet without meat, especially, but also without any animal products.
I’ve raised hens and I’d like to add something: if you raise them for eggs, they go unfertilized and therefore never hatch, thus you never wind up throwing any chicks out.
and….dietary cholesterol does NOT raise blood cholesterol levels, therefore eggs don’t contribute to heart disease.
When eggs hatch, the females are used for egg laying in the future bc they are hens. The males are destroyed bc they will never lay eggs. Therefore “cruelty free” eggs don’t exist bc males chicks die as a rsult of the egg industry.
I get what you are saying Bunny Feet, but mia is right. After a while, hens used for egg laying do not produce eggs that are capable of hatching into anything…hen or rooster. And most of the time, the male chicks are grown and then used for chicken meat, if it so happens that the eggs hatch.
“I would have to disagree that some bodies absolutely need animal products. There are entire cultures of people who never eat any animal products.”
Yes, there are. But that’s my point. There are some cultures that never eat any animal products, thus veganism is quite easy and natural for them. The thing about them is that they have not eaten animal products for thousands of years, thus their bodies have become acclimated to not consuming animal products.
A person who comes from a geographic location that has used animal products as a staple is going to find it very challenging to live in a healthy manner without them. Not just because it’s going to be hard to find vegan alternatives, but also because the body won’t accept vegan alternatives.
It’s nice to think we are all equal and the same, and while we are for the most part, we are also different based on our genetic history. Some people’s stomachs and bodies just don’t metabolize vegan food as efficiently as others, making them susceptible to malnutrition, while some people thrive on that same food.
To put it kind of dumbly, let’s say soy is a vegan alternative (I know it’s not the only one, but just putting it simply). Some people are allergic to soy. Some people cannot get as much energy out of soy as others because their intestines don’t absorb soy as much. Some people actually develop a toxic syndrome with excessive consumption of soy. Same with other vegan alternatives.
If your culture and your ancestry have not eaten something for a long time, it is quite traumatic for the body to suddenly start consuming it. Same as vegan cultures…if they suddenly started eating an excessive amount of meat, it would be bad for them.
I’ll have to respectfully disagree that that is “quite traumatic” to change your diet from that of your ancestors. There are many people who lose their western diet of chemical laden and high fat foods and become vegan and are healthier than ever. It is troubling that you present your opinions as fact. I am vegan and i am healthier than i have ever been. For the first 23 years of my life, i ate a typical american diet. Now all i eat is whole foods. I don’t eat vegan meat substitutes like soy meat or tvp. I eat food that it is in its original state. I no longer eat chemicals either. I feel very healthy and look better than ever. My ancestors didn’t eat anything like how i eat. My brother became a vegan too. We were raised on meat, mac and cheese, mcdonalds, junk food and corn on the cob lol. It has not been traumatic for my bpdy in the slightest.
“I’ll have to respectfully disagree that that is “quite traumatic” to change your diet from that of your ancestors. ”
That’s okay, you are by all means entitled to disagree, but it actually IS traumatic for the body to deviate wildly from a diet of their ancestors. Our absorption, metabolism, and excretion pathways of food are so, so complex…involving tens of millions of different proteins. And even a slight change in a single protein (by genetics) can greatly affect how something is absorbed, metabolized, or excreted. Any two people do not absorb a piece of cake the same way.
“There are many people who lose their western diet of chemical laden and high fat foods and become vegan and are healthier than ever”
Absolutely. People in Western nations tend to overeat fatty foods, and chemical laden foods are not really in anyone’s ancestry. They are a modern invention. But this is not what I am referring to. I am referring to natural diets of various geographic locations. Eating unhealthy of any diet is bad for you, whether omnivorous, vegetarian or vegan.
“It is troubling that you present your opinions as fact.”
It is a fact that people respond to different foods in different ways, and it is a fact that certain people live off of vegan diets better, while others live off of omivorous diets better. I am sorry that you find it troubling; I didn’t think anything I said would trouble anyone. Maybe you are percieving my comments as some kind of attack on veganism? Far from it, I completely concede the fact that for certain people, veganism is a better option, even better than omnivorism (especially if their ominvorous diet includes fatty, processed, and high chemical foods; but keep in mind, that vegan diets can be guilty of the same if most of your food comes pre-packaged).
I wish I could have this discourse with vegans without getting percieved as threatening. I understand some people are adamant about their view that OMNIVOROUS DIET IS THE ONLY GOOD DIET, but I haven’t expressed that view.
I am glad that you had such a great experience with going vegan. I am just saying, there are certain people in the world, that do the vegan diet correctly, but find that their health is affected. I guess I kind of just wanted to stand up for them, because they are often blamed as being hypocritical or “bad,” when it is not their fault that their bodies don’t function optimally on a vegan diet. That’s all.
Your comment is not making sense to me. It sounds like you’re equating the diet of your ancestors with the diet of your childhood, which is very obviously not the diet of anybody’s ancestors because fast food didn’t exist until modern times.
You seem to be confusing the “western diet” with an omnivorous diet. You know these two can be mutually exclusive right?
I am an omnivore and I eat whole foods. So please, stop assuming that omnivores eat unhealthy. It’s annoying.
You basically summed up what I was trying to say further up – but more eloquently and succinctly! I agree with you completely Casey – ancestral diet does have a lot to do with how people respond to certain foods today. It can be changed, but it’s not easy for the body to adapt to something it is not genetically pre-disposed to. Soy is something I find hard to eat much of – I always have found it ‘rich’, I don’t know how else to put it. If I eat more than a very small portion a couple of times a week it throws off my digestion. I wouldn’t say I’m allergic, but I certainly don’t tolerate it very well.
My father’s ancestry is entirely British and he is a real ‘meat and potatoes’ man – he’s tried being vegetarian (was the one who started me off when I was a kid) but he feels better when he has some meat in his diet. I don’t like it, but I have to accept it. He doesn’t do well with lots of pasta, bread and olive oil – which I love, maybe because I am 1/4 Italian from my mother’s side.
I certainly believe that diet genetics exist. Look at some American Indians – they have huge problems with obesity and related diseases because many of them (I’m talking those from the historic Plains) basically lived on a diet high in lean meat from Buffalo and only a little fruit, vegetables, grains, etc. If they went back to that diet and stayed away from the high carbohydrate, high fat so-called Western diet, they would probably be a lot healthier.
All of this is the reason I don’t believe in diets. They are all created for certain individuals with perhaps similar genetic backgrounds when it comes to food – the high protein diet will work for some, but it will make others sick. Just as high carbohydrate diets will make some fat, but others will do just fine on. The individual really has to find the best diet for themselves – but of course, that is hard, which is why so many people just follow a pre-planned diet that may or may not work for them.
” Soy is something I find hard to eat much of – I always have found it ‘rich’, I don’t know how else to put it. If I eat more than a very small portion a couple of times a week it throws off my digestion.”
Same here! There is such a thing as soy intolerance, not just soy allergy, and I maybe we have that. Every time I eat more than a little soy at a time, I get incredibly bloated, and sometimes even heart burn.
But it makes sense, in Southern Europe people have rarely consumed soy. I can try to force my body to digest soy all I want, but it will probably be futile, and I’ll probably just harm my intestines.
And I agree with everyone who said that ancestral diet is not the same as a childhood diet; that’s exactly what I meant. I am not talking about bad habits that you may have picked up like eating too much fast food (fast food is modern; I can’t think of any culture of people that would thrive on that kind of diet). I’m talking about things like, “This group of people have never had cattle, so they are lactose intolerant.” If they were to start eating milk products (deviate wildly from their ancestral diet), it will be bad for their bodies. Their body would be struggling to get vital nutrients from milk products.
Casey, i love you for this comment of yours. This whole “you can thrive on a vegan diet but you don’t because you are not smart enough to make the right choices” thing really starts to annoy me. First we were cruel and selfish and now we’re just olsun idiots? i am living in the homeland of kebap and I’m not going to feel guilty for not having soy-somethings as a substitive in my diet. it just isn’t realistic.
So people, just stop judging us meat eaters already! You may Or may not realise but It’s offensive to call someone ignorant based on their food choices. Everyone has their own mind and morals to decide which foods to avoid thank-you-very-much.
That’s true..
yuck.
But she would have asked herself WHY she was a vegan…
Cause I’m a vegetarian and I would NEVER eat meat again.. or egg. If you know something about egg and all that stuff.. you wouldn’t enjoy eating an egg as much as I think she did..
And by the way.. eggs is so disgusting.. baby hen’s..
learn grammar please.
HEAR HEAR
I’ve been a vegan since birth, so its not too bad, but when you go from eating animal products throughout your whole life to an all-vegan diet, it takes immense discipline.
Yes, and some bodies can’t stand it… I couldn’t imagine myself as a vegan… As a vegetarian, well, I’ll need some discipline but I could do it.. But as a vegan… It’d be impossible for me since I practice about 3h/day of intense sports…. Besides not all bodies are built to work only with vegetables and vegetal protein…
However, I gotta say I admire people who live this way… Its healthy and it shows up a strong state of mind…
You do realize there are vegans in every sport who do incredibly well. Google it. There are even mixed martial artists fighting in the ufc who do not eat meat or consume dairy. You do not need animal products to be an athlete.
Yea, my parents have always been insanely health-conscious, so growing up it was strictly fruits, vegetables, nuts, and water. No juice, soda, salt, sugar, not even rice (we’d eat quinoa instead).
I can’t say I wasn’t curious to know what other foods taste like, but since I wasn’t allowed to eat anything but vegan, I didn’t really dwell on it.
I can’t even imagine. I’m too careless to remember to look at a label. I know I’d make mistakes. “You mean that barbecued ribs have meat in them? I HAD NO IDEA!”
That kind of thing. I’ve had some vegan food that was delicious.
I would miss honey
Yes, this!! I love honey so much. And Greek yogurt and kefir.
I think veganism has come into fashion and people really need to do their research before changing to a lifestyle without any animal products. It can be hard. It’s great that she was able to try it, but I applaud that she realized that perhaps it wasn’t healthy for her. I don’t think I could ever try being vegan! So kudos to her.
I love her hair! and I like her figure too =)
she looks lovely and dresses well. I would love to see her eat some long pork sausages
Good for her. I’m a vegetarian and I couldn’t be a vegan. I just couldn’t stop eating cheese. Or a good potato and onion omelette… hmmmm with cheese. I’m hungry now.
I agree with you 100 %!!!
I’ve been a vegetarian since i was about 13 and never had any health problems with it, however, I have been thinking about becoming a vegan for quite some time.
Being a student though I’m wondering if I would have the time of money to sustain the lifestyle. Plus I live in a city where there aren’t really any trendy vegan or organic stores or anything…
anybody have an opinion?
I like Ginnifer. Although i do not like the spelling of her name.
If she felt the need to go back, she felt the need to go back to being just vegetarian. I think it’s a private choice and that others should not judge someone based on what nutritional choices they make. That being said obviously I believe in not eating animals, but if somebody else thinks differently I’m not going to try and convert them…
All I can recommend maddie is doing lots of research and maybe talking to a nutritionist about it. If you decide to try, I think it’s most important to eat as wide a variety of foods as possible and I would be great to have a good organic shop in the vicinity. I have never attempted it myself, but as I said in my (too long!) comment above, I don’t eat a lot of animal products and I do fine. Cutting them out completely would be hard though – you need an iron will to avoid cheese and any cakes etc that have butter and eggs! Oh, that would be so hard!
I admire you for considering it, I really do! Best of luck!
I don’t like the way her name is spelt either, btw, I find it hard to type correctly and I’m usually good with spelling!
I eat eggs and i don’t feel the slightest bit guilty
It’s not that they’re even fertilized, so i don’t really see how that harms any animal, if the chickens are taken care of properly. But vegans also don’t eat milk products so i guess it’s not just about harming animals. (Though i know some milk cows do live in poor conditions) I support animal rights, but i don’t condemn killing in every form. To me being lacto-ovo-veggie has more to do with how natural it feels to me, if it feels like a struggle i don’t think it’s worth it.
I hate this, but I love it, too.
I’m a vegan. I can understand where she’s coming from! I will NEVER say that I will always be vegan. It’s not for everyone, and it’s NOT the healthiest way to eat.
You can be a healthy or unhealthy vegan, just like you can be a healthy or unhealthy omnivore.
And if doctor ever tells me that I need to eat animal products to survive, and the second opinion doctor says that same thing, I will add animal foods back into my diet.
I think that she is brave for admitting this. I am a fan of Ginnifer, and will stand by that. I hope that the crazy vegans don’t get all angry over this. Diet is a personal thing. Celebrities that “come out” as vegans take a big risk.
Hey Leah, I’m a vegan and I agree with you too
I know vegans can be quite harsh so hopefully they’ll still support her because she is getting her eggs from a humane farm. If I ever find that I’m lacking in a nutrient that I’m not getting and I’ve tried all other plant food options, I think I’ll start to introduce eggs into my diet. My family knows a guy that has his own chickens and sells eggs and the chickens are all happy and fluffy white. Besides, eggs are the by-product of a chicken’s menstration because it’s unfertilized and not a chick fetus in any way
You can still eat animal products or whatever and still support animal rights imo. I’ve never met a person who was pro commercial factory farming
Anyways, I hate labels; they’re so constricting
See I might be wrong here, but I always thought the reason vegans don’t eat dairy or eggs is because of the inhumane conditions in which most of these products are manufactured, animals in cramped conditions, pumped with hormones, poorly treated etc etc. I can understand not wanting to support that. But if you can get your eggs and diary from say, a local free range farm where you know the animals are treated well, then why not? Ginnifer said she knew her eggs didnt come from a bad place, so why did she feel guilty?
I might be wrong about the whole thing, vegans feel free to correct me if I am.
vegans can not eat dairy for ethical reasons OR they can not eat dairy for health reasons (or a combination of the two).
when i first went vegan i felt so much better without dairy. my food digested better and i had less mucus, so much more energy! but as time went on i developed a gluten/wheat allergy (i theorize from eating too much of it due to lack of calories from animal products) and being a vegan made me very sick.
now i eat mostly fruit in the morning, green juice, raw and cooked veggies, and seafood. a hybrid of raw vegan and paleo, i guess with the emphasis being on glutenfree and easy digestion.
I find it difficult to go completely paleo. I eat pretty much the way you do, only I allow whole grains. Though I suspect I have an allergy now, even though my celiac test came back clear. I know that dropping it from your diet might actually increase sensitivity when you try to reintroduce it…? I’m afraid to give myself an allergy that I don’t want!
Hey Snoops, well said! (I’m a vegan)
I do agree with what you’ve said, and like I wrote earlier (just above) I would consume eggs if that’s something I HAD to do to be my healthiest, but for the years that I have been vegan, I feel great without animal products. I wouldn’t ever consume milk and products made from milk (butter, cheese, yogurt, etc) because I still think that milk is meant for newborns to very small children. Though if I have kids and I couldn’t give them breast milk, I would give them raw goats milk because it’s the closest thing in macronutrient composition found in breast milk. Milk is also mucus forming in the body, but that’s a whole other subject lol
But I think you’re pretty spot-on for the primary reasons why vegans abstain from animal products
I’m a vegan. If ALL animals used for dairy and eggs were treated humanely, and not sent for slaughter once they began to underproduce, I would allow small amounts of dairy and egg products back into my diet. However, humane treatment for cows and chickens is not the case in our factory farming society. Even if there was a company that DID treat these animals in a humane way (without slaughtering them), I would still abstain from animal products because the message I would be sending would be very inconsistent. The reason for inconsistency is because most people do not understand veganism (i.e. my mother-in-law thought vegans could eat chicken!), so it is important that the message we send is very clear. Therefore, we should not eat animal products WHATSOEVER, regardless of how the animals were treated, because even if you buy a ‘cage-free’ egg, this is not the norm for the egg industry, and so you should avoid them all together so that the message we are sending remains clear.
No comment(for the quote),Anyway , nice ankles and feet.
boo fricken hoo. If this is the biggest problem in her life right now she should keep it to herself cuz it just sounds petty and spoiled.
Are you serious? Someone probably ASKED her about her diet. She’s answering a question, she’s not just wandering up to random people and telling them what she ate that day. Nor did she imply that returning to a non-vegan diet was a huge deal in her life. She simply said that, at first, she felt guilty.
I was a vegetarian for 5 years (vegan for 2 of the 5). I ended up being diagnosed with celiac disease, and returned to eating a more standard diet for ease and convenience — it’s a LOT of work avoiding gluten and being veggie. Not saying it can’t be done, but I needed to simplify my life. Perhaps she had a similar issue — I don’t think anyone should be judging her unless they know the whole story.
Actually she went back to eating all animal products. She said she made a bacon meatloaf. I dont have any problem with her going back to eating animals and animal by-products…I do have a problem with how she came across during the interview. She basically laughed about the entire thing and openly said she makes fun of some of her still-vegan family members. That’s not cool.
Wow, really? I haven’t read the interview. This may change my earlier opinion on this subject…
Geeez, I hate to reed such things. I mean why did she went vegan anyway? I’m vegan for ethical reasons and I thought most vegans are too. I could never eat anything from an animal again. Seems like ethic doesn’t mean so much for her.
Love the shoes!!
I found the quote irksome. It’s difficult to say why exactly. I respect the vegan lifestyle. I’m sort of on the fence whether some bodies actually need animal products or not. I can see why genetically this may be the case but on the other hand I also don’t see why detailed meal planning couldn’t combat this. Personally, I have no interest in veganism or vegetarianism but kudos to those that do it right.
I honestly think it boils down to the fact that food is a way to comfort yourself nowadays. It is a reward. It is entertainment. It is not for nourishment. I am a vegan and i eat brown rice, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruits and vegetables. That’s it. I buy the beans dry and cook them myself. I add spices and cinnamon for added flavor. Being a vegan is WAY cheaper than when i was buying a $3 box of cereal. For $3 i get 24 cups of cooked beans! I eat way mroe produce now than i ever have. My food bill is SO cheap. To say being a vegan is too expensive is a bit off. If you try to replace all your feel good foods with vegan versions, then yes it is quite expensive. However if you eat for nourishment instead of entertainment, it’s the cheapest way to eat. I would like to add there is no detailed meal planning involved. It has been very easy for me although i used to be addicted to sugar and double cheeseburgers and milkshakes. It is so much easier to feel great about what i am eating and why i am eating rather than tryong to resist the temptation of tons of processed meat and junk food. It’s silly that people act like going vegan is dangerous or crazy. I feel better than ever. We do need to take b12 though since our produce is way too filthy to eat unwashed which is how other vegans get their b12.
Eating comfort food isn’t bad as long as it’s healthy. For me, comfort food isn’t a bad of chips or something with a load of butter. Comfort to me is a nice big salad or a great veggie chili or soup.
Her face looks off, she really needs to grow out her hair. On top of that, this vegan business is total BS, people need to be able to eat different types of things in order to be healthy and yes this includes animals and products that come from animals, I don’t blame her for going back.
humans are omnivores.
our dna says so. our teeth say so.
how is it hypocrite to eat an egg. please, all her quotes are consistently silly and attention seeking.
I’m so over all these quotes about vegetarianism/veganism.
Haha me too! I have no knowledge about either at all. I really have no comment on the subject.
I dislike her hair. That’s all i have to say.
I thought this site was about skinny vs. curvy, not omnivore vs. vegetarian.
Yeah, didn’t read all the vegan/vegetarian talk. (No offense to anyone; it’s just not of interest to me.) I don’t like Ginnifer’s hair like this. I think she is cute, but not pretty enough to pull off a pixie style. Plus her face is round-ish, and I think a longer style would be much more flattering to her face shape.
You do not NEED meat or eggs/dairy to survive. No matter what anyone says, dairy is NOT natural! Milk is meant for baby cows, not adult humans! Humans are the only animals that drink milk from another species of animal as adults.
I don’t believe her at all. She does not have health issues, she’s just using it as an excuse. It doesn’t matter if her Doctor supposedly told her she needs to eat meat, doctors don’t have the answers to everything, especially not nutrition! Nutrition is NOT taught in medical school, so most doctors have little to no knowledge of nutrition. Also, many doctors are against veganism because they do not know better. It is not a mainstream diet, so they automatically oppose it without any knowledge to back up their opposition.
The most common reason for people going back to eating meat is anemia. IMO, this is a bad and very lazy excuse. Iron is very easy to get in the vegan diet. Leafy greens, legumes, and grains are all high in iron.
It sounds to me like Ginnifer just wanted to start eating meat and eggs again because she missed the way they taste and she’s blaming it on her health. The video was just bad and she was extremely awkward about the situation. She doesn’t want to talk about her “boring health issues” (yeah right), but she has the time to make fun of her vegan family members?
She’s a phony.
By the way, to whoever said that its difficult for people from certain backgrounds to adjust to veganism– NOT TRUE! My mom is russian and she grew up eating a LOT of meat and not much else. In Russia, they love bacon and pork, and my mother said she ate pork every single day and various sorts of meat at every meal like pork, chicken, fish, or even bear. Yes, bear meat! (i’m being serious here, people really eat bear in some parts of Russia).
Anyway, she has been a vegan for the past 6 years and she hasn’t had any health problems. In fact, she lost a lot of weight and she said she feels better than she did when she was in her 20′s. She said being vegan makes her feel light and energetic, which makes sense because meat is hard to digest and weighs you down.
What she eats is her business. She looks great, too.