hey guys it's Lucy Fink and this week
I'm trying five days of being vegan
vegan donuts are totally a thing I don't
really know what to say except for that
I just don't know it a vegan is I've
been asking you guys what you want to
see me try for five days at a time and
an overwhelming majority of you have
suggested that I try five days of being
vegan veganism is a lifestyle that
rejects the use of any animal products
dietary vegans are the ones we hear
about most frequently those are people
who in addition to not eating animals
also avoid eating any animal products
eggs milk butter sometimes even honey
then there are ethical vegans who are on
a vegan diet but who also avoid the
exploitation of animals for any purpose
whether it's clothing science
entertainment and more and then the
environmental vegans avoid animal
products on the basis that the animal
farming industry is damaging to the
environment so there is definitely a lot
to think about here and I decided that
I'm going out for dinner tonight because
even though I could stay home buy a
whole bunch of vegan ingredients and
cook vegan recipes in my apartment all
week part of adopting a new lifestyle is
being able to integrate your new habits
into your already existing world let's
see how I do so this guy took me on a
date once to this vegan restaurant he
suggested I get a tempeh lettuce and
tomato sandwich and he said it what kind
of taste like bacon it didn't taste like
bacon day two so far I've gotten a lot
of jokes a lot of people saying oh
you're vegan one thing I definitely
noticed was that after yesterday's meals
I didn't have that uncomfortably full
feeling that I sometimes get after
eating and that's good
I went out for dinner last night and I
was a little bit disappointed to see
that there was only one vegan item on
the restaurants menu today I'm gonna go
check out Gotham Greene's it's an urban
rooftop greenhouse in New York City
where they grow pesticide free produce
indoors and then they ship the produce
to local markets and restaurants it's
incredibly important for vegans
especially first-time vegans to ensure
that they're getting enough nutrition in
their diets as they make this switch so
in this high-tech climate control
greenhouse we can ensure that farm-fresh
produce grown using a lot of precision a
lot of control can make it onto a super
market shelf or a restaurant plate the
very same day Wow so this basil and this
lettuce medley was harvested just this
morning this morning from this
greenhouse and now it's lunch I've been
a vegetarian since I was seven so when I
went to art school the natural
progression was to obviously become a
vegan until two years down the road
everyone else started doing it so it
really wasn't cool anymore I've been
feeling a little bit more alert
energetic awake I noticed that I wake up
a little bit easier I don't need to
snooze 17 times awesome I spent some
time on the phone with a nutritionist
since I can't get my iron from meat I
needed sunflower seeds dried raisins
legumes dark dark leafy greens as for
the omega-3 can't get it from salmon so
I've been getting it from flax seeds
just this morning I made scrambled tofu
I put some salt pepper onion powder
black beans and onions in there it was
delicious I think that a lot of people
are very judgmental about tofu because a
lot of people say that it's tasteless
but I kind of feel bad for tofu because
that's not tofu's job tofu's job is to
be a flavoring agent it's supposed to
absorb the flavors around it and that's
exactly what it did I think the tofu did
its job I have friends that are vegan
they love talking about how they're
vegan oh my god have you tried this
vegan cheese have you ever put chia
seeds in your milk Tofurky I think I
must be a walking contradiction I'm a
big supporter of animal rights I love
animals I have two dogs in my family the
thought of animals being hurt or
mistreated literally hurts my heart yet
I have fur scarves leather boots wool
sweaters and down jackets I am literally
the worst a positive note from today I
found a website called negan essentials
calm and they have literally everything
you could ever want and need living this
lifestyle fragrances
face wash candles food clothing I spent
more time today on vegan essentials calm
then I spent on all forms of social
media combines there's no good vegan
hangover food so I Chi probably every
like Saturday morning when I wake up
after a Friday night it's been an
awesome week I feel good I feel clean I
don't feel like I've been restricting my
diet for five days in fact I actually
feel like I've expanded my diet I've
tried a whole bunch of new things I'm
not saying that I'm gonna become a vegan
now honestly I really enjoy eggs I like
milk I love cheese
but I certainly will become more
conscious of what types of meat I'm
eating and where this meat is coming
from doing research for this episode I
watched a whole bunch of documentaries
and honestly I feel way more educated I
feel vegetative that's the name of the
documentary you should go now and watch
the documentaries about veganism and
then make your own choice so what should
I try next any ideas comment below let
me know save the animals' fish are
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