Should i stop being vegan ?

[Majed]

It's been a month and a week since i became vegan, and i feel great energetically and everything. It's just that i don't feel like i'm eating healthfully, and i also feel like healthy veganism should be whole food plant based for the most part, which i am not doing, and i don't think i am able to do just because it requires lots of planning and effort, and i am just busy with life. So for now i think, i'll switch to a healthy omnivorous diet, since i think it is easier to be healthy on a omnivorous diet than on a vegan one. what do yall think ? 

[Yimpa]

Eat whatever makes you feel good and don’t treat diet like religion.

[Jowblob]

Veganism is pretty much the same like a regular omnivorous diet, it doesnt have any benefits pretty much for spirituality.  Only a sattvic diet which is a diet full of prana/base life force is of benefit according to Bhagavad Gita/ayurveda.

If your nervous system isnt upgraded, you can stay with the omnivorous diet. You will know when you have pain around your solar plexus area or your mind telling you " i should stop with these foods etc" they're not good for me. Then you know it's time to switch to sattvic diet.

 

 

Edited Sunday at 08:08 PM by Jowblob

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

Yes. Veganism is BS

[Jowblob]

With veganism you will still be eating dead foods or processed foods and foods that are rajasic/tamasic , so it's indeed BS. Sattvic diet actually increases your consciousness after about 14 days to 30 days, you will witness your calm mind back in the enviroment

[Basman]

It's obviously easier to be healthy on an omnivorous diet. You have access to way more food options and animal products are much more nutritiously dense than plants. Veganism requires a lot more knowledge and needs supplementation for it to be adequately nutritious.

Something approximate to vegetarianism is probably the most healthy in my opinion, but mileage depends on the person. You want to eat a variety of veggies as a baseline, but just eggs and fish alone in addition can do a lot. 

Personally, I'm also just happier eating animal products. I've tried veganism, and without the accompanying beliefs relative to animal rights I think it lacks a point when vegetarianism/healthy omnivorism can reach the same degree of health while being less restrictive and easier as you have way more options. Veganism does have the advantage that you cut out so much junk with one simple move, which means that most vegans are more healthy than a normative diet by virtue of not having access to most junk food (and the fact that they are on a "diet" which means that they are more conscious about what they are eating as opposed to a normative diet which tends to be driven by convenience and taste). 

Edited Sunday at 08:50 PM by Basman

[croonprince]

You could try simplifying your vegan meals before quitting completely. Sometimes it’s not the vegan diet itself, but how complicated we make it. Frozen veggies, canned beans, tofu. But if you’re really not feeling it, no shame in adding some eggs or fish to make life easier.

[Ramasta9]

Go to the shops once a week. Buy fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, rice and beans. How hard or complicated can it be?

Your mind is making excuses now. If you are feeling great why would you change? keep going.

 

[Sugarcoat]

I am in a somewhat similar boat. I’m very busy with uni and sometimes I don’t feel I have time to go to the store, look for ingredients, to then make these vegetarian meals that I’m striving to eat. So I end up just eating whatever is at home (omnivorous)

I think, eating decently healthy should be priority no matter what, it’s easy to make something like rice and chicken. But I think it’s okay to focus currently on what is most important to you, and then when you’ve got that sorted down. When you feel like you have enough time and are efficient enough: then you can go ahead and work on your second most top priorities : in this case a certain desirable diet. That’s my mindset at least. 

Edited Monday at 03:54 PM by Sugarcoat

[Jannes]

@Majed Why is veganism more complicated for you? If you are cooking at home anyway there isnt much difference between the effort of cooking omnivore or vegan. If you go out a lot I understand, maybe vegetarian could be a compromise. 

That being said acquiring some knowledge and supplementing is important of course, but you learn that once and then its not that complicated afterwards. 

[Ramasta9]

On 10/28/2025 at 11:30 PM, Jannes said:

@Majed Why is veganism more complicated for you? If you are cooking at home anyway there isnt much difference between the effort of cooking omnivore or vegan. If you go out a lot I understand, maybe vegetarian could be a compromise. 

That being said acquiring some knowledge and supplementing is important of course, but you learn that once and then its not that complicated afterwards. 

Never supplemented as a vegan, blood tests always came back fine. Why would you need to supplement if you eat a natural human diet? If anything eating processed foods and junk foods and wrong foods for human body then maybe you would need to supplement.

Problem is people are not eating real whole foods fresh, alive, full of vitamins and minerals, rather a by-product that has no nutrition or enzymes left.

[Jannes]

2 hours ago, Ramasta9 said:

Never supplemented as a vegan, blood tests always came back fine. Why would you need to supplement if you eat a natural human diet? If anything eating processed foods and junk foods and wrong foods for human body then maybe you would need to supplement.

You are in there for ideological reasons.

Thats interesting, have you tested everything? B12, Omega3 included?

2 hours ago, Ramasta9 said:

Problem is people are not eating real whole foods fresh, alive, full of vitamins and minerals, rather a by-product that has no nutrition or enzymes left.

Yeah when you eat whole foods, that reduces the amount of things you need to supplement quite a lot. 

[Ramasta9]

42 minutes ago, Jannes said:

You are in there for ideological reasons.

Thats interesting, have you tested everything? B12, Omega3 included?

Yeah when you eat whole foods, that reduces the amount of things you need to supplement quite a lot. 

Everything, in fact better results as a vegan than omnivore. We cannot deny with the fact that we are biological frugivores, merely with adaptive omnivorous capacity. There are far more people in the world who don't supplement than supplement, and far more vegetarians / vegans than those who eat meat, (think india, asia ect...) and they live a relatively healthy lives. 

 

[croonprince]

On 10/27/2025 at 11:54 AM, Sugarcoat said:

I am in a somewhat similar boat. I’m very busy with uni and sometimes I don’t feel I have time to go to the store, look for ingredients, to then make these vegetarian meals that I’m striving to eat. So I end up just eating whatever is at home (omnivorous)

I think, eating decently healthy should be priority no matter what, it’s easy to make something like rice and chicken. But I think it’s okay to focus currently on what is most important to you, and then when you’ve got that sorted down. When you feel like you have enough time and are efficient enough: then you can go ahead and work on your second most top priorities : in this case a certain desirable diet. That’s my mindset at least. 

If you really hate cooking, keep a few reliable shortcuts. Good frozen veg, canned beans, and a decent pre-cooked grain are lifesavers. Throw them together with a simple sauce or olive oil and lemon and you've got something healthy in five minutes.