Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Somewhere I read eating as a vegan (or was it vegetarian) may cost a little more than maintaining the regular American diet. I can't see why that would be. I'd think vegan would cost less! Anyone have an opinion from your experience? Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 I definitely spend a lot more now that I watch my diet. Produce costs a ton! And then there's the beans, nuts, spices, etc., etc.. Compare that to the S.A.D., with it's $0.99 mac and cheese boxes, canned veggies, and so on, and you can see why vegan (or any healthier lifestyle) is more expensive than the S.A.D.. -Erin , " Wendy Jeffries " <salt@l...> wrote: > > Somewhere I read eating as a vegan (or was it vegetarian) may cost a little more than maintaining the regular American diet. I can't see why that would be. I'd think vegan would cost less! Anyone have an opinion from your experience? > > Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Wendy, I find I spend a little more being vegan, trying to get a lot of variety and get mostly organic vegetables. I think if you cook a lot of dried beans and rice you could save a lot of money. The SAD, standard American diet, has a lot of relatively cheap starch and fat. Meat and dairy are partially subsidized by the government, otherwise it would not be affordable for the masses. from Maida Citizens for Pets in Condos, http://www.petsincondos.org South Florida Vegetarian Events, http://www.soflavegevents.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 I would absolutely agree - vegetarian me*t substitutes cost quite a bit more than the real stuff, and that's just a start. Erin made some excellent points in her message, and that's the really sad truth. Too bad, huh? We're incentified by cheap priced to eat a poor diet! Soy milk costs more than cow's milk, organic more than pesticide/herbicide laden food... I wonder how many years it will take for that to change. Cathrine cronzen wrote: > I definitely spend a lot more now that I watch my diet. Produce costs > a ton! And then there's the beans, nuts, spices, etc., etc.. Compare > that to the S.A.D., with it's $0.99 mac and cheese boxes, canned > veggies, and so on, and you can see why vegan (or any healthier > lifestyle) is more expensive than the S.A.D.. > > > -Erin > > > , " Wendy Jeffries " <salt@l...> > wrote: > > > > Somewhere I read eating as a vegan (or was it vegetarian) may cost a > little more than maintaining the regular American diet. I can't see > why that would be. I'd think vegan would cost less! Anyone have an > opinion from your experience? > > > > Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Dear Wendy, Certainly i would agree on your opinion,i could still remember those years that my four kids are not yet a vegan(total vegetarian)i really suffered a lot budgeting and still we have to minimize our expensies just to be able to maintain our food budget.To my surprise after a year of leaving them when i worked in Saudi,my children are all vegan and we really saved a lot for the food budget and were able to provide for others needs,and also,the medical expensies were really cut off and i cant really explain how it all began.I was not listening to them till i had the mild stroke and all they did is to force me follow their lifestyle and thats how my being vagan started and just relating the benifits we derrived out of being a vagan Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Sad to know that.Here in the Philippines we have to resolve on the seasonal organic vegetables that are really cheaper,except of course from other sources to enable us get complete food nutrients,but still the cost of medicine is greatly minimized from the time we turned as vagan as we seldom get sick Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 my daughter is 8. She is not a vegetarian as I am, but since I greatly reduced her meat intake over the past year she has not gotten all those colds she used to get. Blessings, Chanda -------------- Original message -------------- Susan Baylon <sansunick2004 Sad to know that.Here in the Philippines we have to resolve on the seasonal organic vegetables that are really cheaper,except of course from other sources to enable us get complete food nutrients,but still the cost of medicine is greatly minimized from the time we turned as vagan as we seldom get sick Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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