Cheese?! (Jenny Mustard's Struggles with Veganism)
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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Don't apologize/feel guilty for exercising every day. It makes you a better mother. Being a mother doesn't mean neglecting your needs entirely.🧡🧡
This!!
It’s actually would be a disservice to not show your kids that they should prioritise their health. Lead by example
@MdoubleHB2 Your use of the word abuse really does such a disservice to all the people that are sexually, physically, and verbally abused everyday in this world. Don't agree with her, fine. Say that, but to say it's "abuse" is just false in the very definition of the word as well as what it means in the lives of so many.
....wigga @MdoubleHB2
I've been aware of Jenny's channel for almost...ten year now? Wild.
Same! Jenny and UV are like, the longest RUclips subscriptions I've had, it's crazy she's never heard of her 😂
I’ve been watching her forever as well, like back when she didn’t have eyebrows. I thought, this girl can rock this odd look so confidently, the same way she rocks veganism.
A reason to be vegan that I don't hear people talking enough about is microbial threats. I guess I must add here - I'm a microbiologist. The way we keep animals nowadays - crowded and at a huge scale, genetically uniform, stressed and in poor conditions, often without adequate healthcare - this is a ticking pandemic timebomb. Covid19 was recently spreading in mink farm and serving as a disease reservoir. Bovine tuberculosis causes around 10 000 human deaths every year. Swine flu pandemic caused several hundred thousand deaths in the 2009 pandemic and together with bird flu is a constant threat from farms.
Farms are also a huge source of drug resistance in infectious diseases. Most of the antibiotics we use are administered to farm animals. And the stupidest thing - in many countries farmers still use our precious antibiotics for things like growth promotion and disease prevention (as a substitute for good conditions and hygiene). A terrifying statistic that I like to mention to people - every year antimicrobial resistance kills (as a primary and contributing cause of death) several million people... and the numbers are predicted to just go up.
I really wish this was talked about more, I have no microbiology background at all, but it seems only the people in this field are concerned about this. Not even doctors are seemingly too concerned considering the over prescription of antibiotics to humans still continues.
My handle has never been more relevant lol
I was waiting for her to say chips after reading this, got there 😂
Chips 4 eva!
Congratulations! 😂
your need for chips is needed
😂
I just finished getting my degree in marine biology and it really blew my mind how many of my peers ate seafood
Studied biology so it also blew my mind that besides by friends no one was even vegetarian 😔
I did an sustainability related degree.
I was the only vegatarian. So many didn't even separate their trash!
I'm so happy you found Jenny; she's really great. I am so glad I kept watching her for a bit after I first found her. She has one of those "very pretty" lives and lifestyles however, she is so *utterly unpretentious* . I so enjoy her and her content. She has not built her channel around veganism but does talk about it and/or what they eat along with many other interesting lifestyle topics, book reviews (which I love) and a lot more.
I think originally she actually built her channel quite a lot around veganism but changed after a while to cover more of other topics.
Totally agree with you on her. She’s super fun and unpretentious. I love when her and David talk crap on the Danish language 😭
@@jdmmg4904 Oh, I see. I should have said that it isn't currently all about veganism :) I have been following her for a long time but not since the beginning.
Is she? I quit watching her because I got tired of her condescending tone. She always talked 'at you'.
@@Killjoy_Mel Really? I'm sorry that was your experience. It's so interesting how very differently people can perceive things.
I recently quit meat and my aggression disappeared! I truly believe you are what you eat!
A few years ago, I was behind a car that had a vegan bumper sticker, and I wondered to myself if vegans were less aggressive than meat eaters. There's a notorious super short left turn light in my neighborhood, and many people miss it completely. Well, this guy wasn't moving, so I politely barely tapped my horn. And he flipped me off.
It’s surprising you haven’t heard of Jenny. She did a couple of colabs with Cheap Lazy Vegan back in the day
A veganniversary! As for me, I miss sardines (!) and easy access to a slice of pizza at any pizza place I happen to be near.
In my area mod pizza has vegan options
@@Amyjwashere Sadly, the nearest Mod Pizza for me would be in Pennsylvania, which is a few hours away from my location on Long Island, NY. I know there are some vegan options near me, but I'd like to be able to go to *any* good pizza place - there are tons in NY!
I ate a lot of sardines during my transition to veganism in college !
@@earthyvibrations11.11 Yeah, sardines are a very convenient source of high quality protein that also has a ton of DHA and EPA omega-3 fatty acids. They also have the lowest amount of heavy metal contamination of all fish. They were the last thing I gave up during my own journey to vegan eating.
I love celebrating veganniversaries! 💚
But if I could magically make any one food vegan, I'd definitely choose cheese. I've never yet found a vegan cheese I like as much as I used to love cheese, and I've tried dozens of different kinds. Also, like the OP said, cheese is so ubiquitous, it makes it much harder to find vegan alternatives for things like pizza in many parts of the country.
I love your content! Thx so much ❤
This might sound weird, but I used Bitchin' sauce (original - but other flavors would be good too) on nachos in place of cheese. I also made a broccoli cheese soup that called for sour cream and cheese. I used some vegan sour cream with some of the Bitchin' sauce, and it came out REALLY good. I don't like most vegan cheese, so I'm glad this works very nicely as an alternative for me.
I love Jenny's channel! I've been watching her for years. She is just so unique and her style has changed over the years. She has the best granola recipe ever. I rarely make it because I can't stop eating it and I just eat the whole batch in one go. I also love listening to Jenny and David's banter on their podcast. They are not putting out new episodes atm
Two very intelligent creators. Love both channels. ❤
You'd be amazed how many comments I get just as a reducetarian. And the stares when I tell friends that one day we will look on the way we treat animals the same way that we view slavery today.
Sorry that you live in a place where plant based eating is so uncommon. I live in one of the most vegan-friendly places in the world and most of the people I hang around with are at least vegetarian anyway. Being vegan for ethical reasons is still relatively uncommon, but it is rare to get comments.
That said..., and don't take my comment the wrong way..., but I would stare as well if I heard a reducetarian say that. Because, if you lived 200 years ago, would you have said something like that to the reduced percentage of slaves that you decided to keep exploiting?
@upgradeplans777 you're totally right, of course. Reducetarianism isn't enough.
@@upgradeplans777 Your problem is that you want everything right here, right now, without offering any ways to make it happen right here, right now. I live in a place where we largely depend on seasonal local produce, and when 6 months out of 12 is winter and you only get 6h of daylight, you can guess what our options for vegetarianism and veganism are. In my part of the world, vegetarianism and veganism with proper nutrition literally are a luxury for those who have three things: time to shop mindfully and cook at home, and the money to pay for both the time and energy spent, as well as money spent on the product itself.
I get what you're saying and why you're saying it, but you're saying it from a massive ivory tower, and that is why you're met with hostility and refusal. People simply aren't able to make the instant change you demand of them, even if they're ideologically aligned with you, and want to go vegan.
And to knock you down from your throne a bit... 200 years ago, my people were serfs. Serfdom is a form of slavery. So I don't know what I would've said, but I would've most likely been too busy worrying about surviving subsistence farming (which my family did until late 90s. Eastern Europe was a poor place then).
Rapid and radical change was never driven by the poor and the peasants, even the French Revolution was financed and spearheaded by unhappy aristocracy exploiting the suffering of the poor, all its major leaders were nobility. So if you find yourself in a position to enact this rapid and radical change, make that change possible for those who cannot afford to make that change themselves.
Reductarianism might not be enough for you, but you'll just have to deal with it, because you have the convenience of living in a vegan-friendly place, but most people do not, and you stand in front of two realities: the unattainable 'do it perfectly and do it now', and 'do what you can, and try to do more'.
@Killjoy_Mel this is so true. If you live somewhere where veganism is accepted, it must be really hard to imagine contexts where it is hard or even impossible to eat vegan. To say nothing of people with eating or sensory disorders.
I know that reducetarianism isn't enough. For me, it's the best I can do right now to reduce harm. And we're sure as heck not going to convert anyone else to a less harmful path by shaming them.
By the way, just wanted to add that it's Swayzes channel that has really influenced me and my views on reducing harm wherever I can. Thanks, Swayze!
I can’t believe you’re covering her! Two RUclips worlds colliding 😊. She’s been a favorite of mine for many years.
I used to follow Jenny for years and idk how she disappeared from my feed. I always enjoyed her vibe lol like she seems super cool. Good video!
I used to be vegan for several years but now that I'm unemployed I haven't been able to make ends meet eating the same vegan diet I used to eat since a lot of high protein vegan foods are too expensive, if I didn't eat a high protein diet I would still be 100% vegan.
Atm I eat like a 90% plant-based diet, with a bit of tuna, eggs and low-fat dairy (I emphasize that it's low-fat dairy and not just dairy in general because the reason I eat dairy in the first place is because of protein, and when dairy has less fat in it it also has less calories so the protein to calorie ratio is higher as a result - and since the reason I eat non plant-based products is because of protein it would be hypocritical of me to eat low-protein animal-derived products. So I don't eat any fatty cheeses, or butter, or fried chicken, or ice cream, or burgers, or cakes, or anything like that).
When people invite me out for dinner I'll always pick something vegan or if they ask me if I have any dietary restrictions I'll always say that I'm vegan. I hope that I can one day go back to eating a 100% plant-based diet once I have a full time job again.
I've been Vegan and unemployed for years. Don't abuse animals because of economics.
That sucks. Where do you live? Plant based protein is super cheap here in The Netherlands (beans, tofu, tempeh…). For instance, ground beef costs ~ €10 per kg, tempeh costs ~ €6 per kg but has the same amount of protein (based on prices at Albert Heijn supermarket).
@@OmegaPointZen I'm happy for you but I'd assume that you don't have an interest in bodybuilding and don't require an above average protein intake? I definitely believe that your average low-income or unemployed person could get enough protein eating a plant-based diet, but someone who has protein needs that are higher than average and can't afford plant-based meat substitutes and yoghurts and so on on a regular basis would have to buy animal-based products to meet their goals
Tvp is really cheap, I eat it a lot
@@carstenaltena I live in Sweden. Yeah meat is pretty expensive here as well, the only meat I eat is tuna, I eat that once or twice a week, and horse meat, which I eat a few times a year. But I still definitely eat more meat-substitutes than actual meat.
I'm more so talking about eggs, and low-fat yoghurt, and cottage cheese - if you look at the cost of that it's significantly cheaper than meat and meat-substitutes.
I do eat beans and lentils every now and then as well, but that's just because I like the taste, they don't have quite enough protein in them to regularly appear in my diet, they don't really stack up to meat-substitutes that are soy or wheat-protein based, or low-fat dairy and tuna.
Take 100g of black beans, they have 102kcal and 7g of protein.
Meanwhile my favorite soy-based chicken-substitute has 151kcal and 23g of protein.
Low-fat cottage cheese has 79kcal and 13g of protein.
Tuna has 71kcal and 17g of protein.
ohhh two of my favorite vegan channels together
I LOVED this video!
I just read that 4.2 million chickens are being killed in Iowa because of a bird flu outbreak at an egg farm and that 92.34 million have been killed since the outbreak began in 2022. This is heartbreaking 😢
It's even more heartbreaking that they were bred into existence in the first place.
8 billion killed in the US annually for food is heartbreaking too. I can't comprehend that number as individuals suffering tbh... it's too much
And historically speaking we won’t abandon these industries just bc there’s an alternative that’s more ethical like it’s said in the video. Renewable energy technologies were heavily subsidized to the point where they’re extremely cheap now but we haven’t transitioned to them. Why? It’s almost like businesses are very risk adverse. Instead the goal is to prevent competition and innovation. The animal industry succeeded in having vegan products branded as discs and other unappetizing descriptions. Why would they not try anything in their power to prevent animal free products from jeopardizing their position? Wishful thinking might allow us to sleep at night it however has nothing to do with reality. We won’t get there trusting dairy and meat businesses to wake up and become ethical all of a sudden. We’ll only get there if we advocate for better animal rights protection mandating to put an end to this and if not at least heavily regulate and reduce it.
The Jenny Mustard channel was recommended to me by RUclips a few weeks ago. The vegan episodes are interesting but there is a strong lifestyle guru vibe in others. Many people seem to be mesmerized by influencers who appear to lead "perfect lives."
Talk more about the back stuff please! 😅 how long ago did it start, what is the pain like, what’s worked for you, etc. ☺️
Didn't expect to cry like a baby at this! It really upsets me that the people I love & respect argue all the non-vegan bingo card excuses as if I've made this decision without knowing the true facts like how animals are actually treated.. I'm thinking more & more that we're basically just programmed & few of our thoughts are original or unique to us. It helps me feel less ridiculed & misunderstood anyway.
I like the lady you featured & will subscribe to her X
🫂 even if they don't change, I'm sure you lead by example & that's still very necessary & helpful even if you're just increasing cultural acceptance & understanding for veganism
@@allyson-- Thanks pal, that's a very sweet comment! Hope you're doing well * hugs *
I think there's a lot of truth in what you said about us coming programmed with thoughts. There's a "if bad was done to me you should suffer too" and "if I bad was done to me I want to save you from it" way of seeing things. And for some people no matter how much abuse or cruelty to animals they learn about, they'll still think it's right to use them for food.
@zulemapalito Yeah, sadly, I think you're right 💜
ADHD here, there is something about cheese (animal or vegan) that just hits the dopamine spots. I will say, animal cheese hits a different spot than vegan cheese (VioLife is the best) but yeah...in the ADHD community, it is known that cheese is a hit.
It's them casomorphins.
i have been watching Jenny Mustard for YEARS! great minimalist esthetic....❤❤❤
I always hated cheese, so that one was easy for me :D
I have been a fan of Jenny for years, i'm surprised to hear you didn't know about her! She has made a ton of great vegan recipes/sit down videos over the years. ❤ thanks for giving her more visibility!
lol love this crossover
I hated cheese and milk. They have this weird aftertaste. The one thing that was really difficult for me was sweets/candy/chocolate. There are so many vegan alternatives available these days tho so I can easily satisfy my sweet tooth.
Swayze, do you have any safe vegan resources for a type 2 diabetic? I went vegetarian this year, but protein and carbohydrates are my two primary concerns.
Would love this too, as I cook sometimes for diabetic friends.
Would love a video on how to fit exercise in with kids. I actually have the time its just hard to prioritise it with so much laundry to do
Fun video. ❤
i’d love a video from you about simone and malcom collin’s, and your perspective
Hi from WI 👋🏼😋💕
Crazy. I’ve been following her for years! Glad you found her.
Seriously, I make my own "cheese sauce" for lasagna, tacos, pizza, etc. It's affordable, relatively quick to make, I guess it's healthier than most options, and it just tastes great (even for non vegans).
I put like 3 tbsp of oil and a tsp (or two) of chopped garlic in a small cauldron until the garlic is fragrant and a little bit brown.
While thats going on (or beforehand), i put a package of silken tofu, 1 tsp salt, approximatly 1/3 cup of water (could be beer instead) and 1 tbsp of tapioca starch (which add the gooey, stretchy feeling of melted cheese) in a blender and i blend them together. If I have nutritional yeast on hand I'll sometime add some.
I then add the hot oil and garlic mix to the blender and blend again, then put everything back in the cauldron and heat it up for a few minutes while whisking quite often to monitor the texture. Once it boils, the tapioca starch will work it's magic, and when I feel like it's thick enough, i take it off the heat and pour it on whatever I want to cover in cheese. I've starded even bringing my own cheese sauce to events where every body else eats pizza or pasta with cow cheese. I can't tell how much money I've saved using this recipe!
Hahaha Jenny is spot on about having to go to the "tiny, very smelly organic shop to buy tofu"! Who thinks burning incense in a small store is a good idea?! I still have one of these stores near me haha
The algorithm is such a mystery.
You’ve never seen or heard of Jenny as a long term vegan yourself.
Whereas I am a lifelong omnivore, who has never looked up vegan content, and yet, Jenny Mustard and Edyn Jacks. As well as Ellen Fisher were all heavily suggested to me by the YT algorithm in my early YT days.
Edyn is no longer vegan on the advice of her medical team, but the way she made veganism relatable and the food she ate was actually appetizing- she’s the only one who made me consider veganism.
near me... for some reason... almond, cashew oat, all super easy to find... but soy is hardly ever available. and it doesn't seem to be because it sells out. if it is in stock it is just one tiny row. -shrug- probably some regressive fear about "estrogen".
Weird. What country are you in? It couldn't hurt to kindly request the store manager order more in? Or email head office? There might be more people silently irritated too!
@@hannahmitchell87
The country of Florida 😅
Same here, all kinds of plant milks available, but unsweetened soy is hardly ever in stock. No soy yogurt, either, which is a shame since it has more protein than almond, cashew or coconut yogurt. I'm in Massachusetts.
That's so strange! There was a shortage here (in my area at least) of the UK but usually soy gets the same shelf space as the other milks.
I'd be peeved too if nut or oat water were my only options! Where's the protein??
Yes, I’m from the US but was living in the UK for a few months and was delighted by all the non-dairy soy options! There simply isn’t the stock/variety/market available stateside :(
I SWEAR I only ever heard of her channel because you watched a clip of hers once and commented on her cute accent!
I love your comment about them being swallowed by their clothes. Jenny does a lot of fashion stuff and was very into oversized clothing for a long time (not following her closely now), she has a very specific aesthetic and style. For years, she would shave off her eyebrows, for example.
When I tried plant based for the first time, I thought I would miss cheese but honestly I had no cravings for cheese, meat was something I didn't think I would care all that about but had massive craving in grilled lamb chops for some weird reason.
For 60yo are my staple was bread, smoked salmon, Philadelphia amd gouda for a snack … I completely miss them.
Chao shreds are the best for pizza... even over the pourable..
Did you do those taped workouts when you ate raw? some of those can be pretty intense, I'd be worried about lack of electrolytes on that horrifically saltless diet
Recently discovered Jenny and I really like her.
I've been vegan since 2006, and I still miss real cheese. The only plant-based cheese I actually like is the Daiya cheddar cheese sauce. It's really gooey, and works great in mac n' cheese.
My food which I never realized I even liked that much was marshmallows. I miss them sooo much. And I know you can find them without gelatin, but they don't carry them in my city.
I love her! Suprising you haven't heard of her.
Jenny Mustard is a treasure.
You forgot Sydney Cummings. I've been doing her workouts for over 3 years. Also, yoga with Adrienne for fellow yogis!
Pizza cheese side note: we used the Trader Joe’s vegan mozzarella the other day on a pizza and it was GREAT! Same with their vegan pepperoni-10/10 to us!! 😊
Really? I don't need another reason to go to Trader Joe's... But.. 🚗
They have pepperoni? 😯
What i miss the most is so random but sour cream (there are few that are ok imitations but they are to fatty and not the same), and eggs just plain boiled eggs.
My great aunt told me that if I don’t eat meat then I won’t get protein and then I’d die. I’d been vegan for over a year and vegetarian for two years longer than that at the time so I found that statement pretty funny
Please talk about your back lol I have 3 kids and my back is so messed up and I always wonder if working out would help
Yay
After I stopped eating cheese I really didn't miss it even though I thought I would. I remember smelling something and it smelled awful and so I asked what it was, and it was cheese. So for some reason, now the smell of cheese just digusts me. And I don't really like vegan cheese either.
However, nutritional yeast has some cheese-like characteristics and it's amazing, I put it basically in anything.
I do too! My friends call it hippie dust, lol
As a kid my dad took me to a pig slaughter house it was the worst thing for me I was 6 years old I went vegan when I left home
The daiya oat cheese melts nice but it has a weird taste. I do miss quesadillas and I crave meat sometimes but I won't eat it cuz I kno it will taste gross and I will feel gross. 😅
Jenny is great, I've been following her for a while. Minimalistic and feminist best friend! ALso, she is a Swedish transplant based in London!
She is also a good writer.
I love cheese and I will never stop eating it. I do try to source it from less horrific sources though, but thats not due to ethical concerns alone. Cheese needs to come from livestock that is healthy and not from overcrowded settings. The more overcrowded it is, the more chance of nasties, although the processes tends to kill of most serious problems. Local farms with a normal amount of free range livestock is preferable, for your own health and for ethical concerns. People who want to end all enslavement of other species at all costs, may not comprehend how nature works. A sudden change is never good. It takes a lot of time to chance nutition world wide and we need to slowly alter according to what science can do for us.
Omg, cheese was definitely the hardest for me. They used to call me a cheesatarian because I loved it so much. Then, one day something clicked in my mind. I stopped eating cheese years ago and do not miss it. 🙌
Jenny used to have some really good cooking videos years ago when I first went vegan (I think she deleted them at some point). I still make her simple rice and green beans + tofu dinner every now and again :D
I pretty much disliked all cheese before I went vegan. It all had a nasty sweet/sour taste I never got used to. However I do occasionally like vegan cheese, it has it's own taste that is nicer to me than dairy cheese. Cathedral City "cheddar" and Applewoods smoked are the GOAT.
Seems like you have deleted or unlisted A LOT of your older videos? Why?
Cheese? For me, it is marshmallows 😅 and the convenienceof eggs. Can't get vegan marshmallows in my country. Just Egg is like $15.
I love, love, love Jenny Mustard ❤ She covers style, culture, society, ethics... the veganism is not really a feature of her channel. Personally, I became plant-based after many years of being vegetarian. I still miss cheese and eggs.
3:43 well then a freeze drier, it keeps nutrients and makes crunchy snacks
Powdery snacks 😬
1:08 If you are vegan and you make a mistake do you have to start over counting days like alcoholics do with sobriety? 😅
Lol, I recently drank an ant that had gotten in my water and my boyfriend said, ok "Day one of veganism" 🤦♀️
@@Jedidinehahahaaaaa
Depends if it was accidental/non-consensually, i.e. someone serving you something with animal products without you knowing about it; or intentionally, i.e. you buying it or asking for it. If the latter, then definitely. You blew it. You're not vegan any more. But if it was non-intentional, then it wasn't your fault. More like someone holding an alcoholic down & forcing a drink into them.
It's a pain. As soon as you know think you know every angle for them trying to stick some animals in you, you'll find another one you didn't think existed, e.g. a restaurant or takeaway will change their processes & start frying chicken in the deep fry oil, or a new chef will be sloppy & use the same grill as for meat.
It sure does requires a similar vigillance as an AA member,, but it will toughen you up as a person.
Aw you haven’t heard of Jenny? 😮
Well.. we've never eaten a lot of processed cheese but we did eat home made cottage cheese...and it was my favourite..
But we don't have any substitute for any of this.. atleast not economical.. I haven't found any alternative but I can't go back to eating regular cottage cheese becuz of my love for animals..
I just learned different recipes that tastes good but doesn't use dairy products.. (meat is gross.. i don't miss it but cottage cheese.. ) ..
I really like cheese but for me it’s not really something I can’t live without. My biggest craving is milk chocolate tbh
I never liked cheese or dairy milk, which made it easier to go vegan.
You would think that people, when faced with the choice between two equivalent choices of foods with identical taste and texture, would indeed pick the less cruel option. But even that's too much to ask apparently. Look at the push against cultivated meat in the US. After Florida, three other states (Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee) are currently debating the approval of lab-grown meat. We're not even talking about replacing "real" meat entirely or forcing people to only eat cultivated meat. They are refusing lab-grown meat to even be produced and sold in some states. People seem to be willing to go to unbelievable lengths to protect their way of life despite overwhelming evidence that this way is immoral, unhealthy and destructive of the environment. It makes you wonder what hope there is for animals when people still reject veganism when offered what seems like a perfect cruelty-free alternative with no downsides to them...
I’m sure you’ve mentioned it before, but what’s the vegan stance on invasive animals? Is it okay to kill those to protect the native ecosystem?
I made the mistake of buying a daiya pizza on a whim. Never again. That stuck thing you mentioned with the not melting. Nope
I had a friend tell me recently, that even if they make eggs, meat and cheese that are comparable, in terms of taste, nutrition, availability, and price that are vegan to their non-vegan counterparts. She still wouldn’t eat them. She doesn’t agree with eating anything that’s fake and she says that we might as well just eat the real thing. I tried to explain to her that the whole point is that we get to eat some thing that’s similar, without harm being done to billions of lives and she basically said that she still doesn’t agree and that humans are meant to eat animals and we have no other choice. She’s also against any diet choices that aren’t for health reasons so to her environmental and ethical reasons aren’t a valid reason for changing a diet. She also basically told me that all the stuff about veganism in the environment was fake. I was so disheartened after that conversation, I wanted to cry.
SO YEAH!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Personally, I believe our most sacred goal must now be to make absolutely sure that Veganism *is* attainable and feasable - not only for the people at all the "obvious and easy" places, such as Portland or San Francisco or Tel Aviv, all of which do already have *a HUGE* bunch of Vegan food variety to choose from, but also _and predominantly_ for the people at places such as ❤Babruysk❤, Velikiy Novgorod, sandomierz or Samarqand, where - and I can now speak from 100% personal experience - being *a Vegetarian* is an ultra-draining and constantly demanding full time job, while being Vegan does not seem to be at all possible!! Where there simply *isn't* any Tofu to be had anywhere, most Cafés hardly have _one_ Vegan milk (for a scandalous extra pay), dead bodies are being openly roasted on the street, and people do *still(!!)* believe, that Vegans and Vegetarians eat the dead bodies of murdered fish. We must somehow bring Veganism - both products *AND* awareness - to all of *these* places. It is very easy, to be Vegans in Re`hovoth or Vankuver, but we must make it possible and easy, also, for the people in Urgut and Gomel.
Yeah, When I was a kid and teenager growing up in Russia, we never ate beans or other vegan proteins and I don't recall even seeing beans/legumes available in stores. I know many vegans like to say that you can find plant foods anywhere in the world, buuut living on just veggies and fruits long term is hard to do in a healthy way. I'm not even talking about how veganism/vegetarianism is still relatively unknown in Russia and I think people look at it weird and think there's a religious or cult undertone to it.
@@oksanakaido8437 Yes, exactly - from all I've seen thus far, in the brief few weeks I've spent in Russia and Uzbekistan, it is both what can be obtained at the supermarket, but more than that, the very mentallity - You simply get kind of _"driven into"_ buying and consuming only carnist stuff as a matter of course, there is absolutely zero awareness to any Veggie ideas. There are beans and stuff, but even they(!) would contain that horror or another, and there's no real _interest,_ it seems, in having any Vegan, Vegetarian, or Environmentally sustainable kind of groceries. The society simply has no awareness - pretty much like what I've heard (though have not seen for myself) of (for example) the American deep south.
@@CitrianSnailBY ugh, it's a shame to hear that the vegan grocery situation hasn't improved there. Do you mean that animal products are added to stuff like dried or canned beans in stores? Cause that sounds very weird🫤
Also, where in Russia were you, was it the bigger cities or somewhere more remote?
Ah yes, Uzbekistan, where the vegan alternative to meat on skewers is vegetables on skewers. Okay enough to visit as a tourist, because the fruits and veg are amazing 😍, and the bread is delicious, and who cares if I don't get enough protein for one week, but actually living there and being vegan has got to be so rough. Can't just live on melon, grapes and flatbread.
@@oksanakaido8437 Indeed, it is very weird... right now I'm in Velikiy Novgorod, a Lovely town, but it wouldn't be possible to be Vegan here.
There might be canned beans that are absolutely fine, but some time ago, in Belarus, I had accidentally bought canned beans which, along with the tomato sauce, also contained murdered Animal's body-parts; after the shock from that, and as my Russian is still very basic, I do not take any more chances...
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Cathe Freidrich is the best, been doing her videos forever
Hi, I'm only here to say taking ONLY an hour a day just for yourself is not selfish. I think it's possible you'll be a better person for it and in turn an even better mother. ( :
There still is an issue with protein. it's almost become a religion.
Kale chips!
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I can't understand how cheese and all other dairy is the hardest thing to give up. It's the exact opposite for me. Even as an omnivore I despised all dairy, especially cheese. If I was forced to choose between eating a hamburger or eating anything vegetarian with dairy, I would absolutely choose the hamburger. I absolutely despise all dairy products. I hate eggs too but not as much as dairy. Being a dairy and egg free omnivore would be much easier for me than being a lacto or ovo vegetarian. I won't even eat vegan cheese.
HUSBAND! Congrats!!!
I honestly vegan cheese lmao I feel like the only one
Isabel Paige and Hitomi are both no longer vegan. Isabel never addressed it, which honestly bothers me. I bought her old cookbook for her vegan recipes. When she published a new one I was hesitant because she has been cooking with eggs and cheese…
I missed a chapter, my bad because I remember you having 2 kids 😂❤
A former coworker of mine who was in chronically poor health due to a terrible diet (she was obese, had shockingly high blood pressure, and suffered from diverticulitis due to chronic constipation) always had damning things to say about my vegan diet. Everything from my snack bars being "so bad fer youuu," and "My friend went vegan, but her doctor told her to stop because it raised her cholesterol," to "I went vegan once and I had to stop because I was going blind." 🙄🙄🙄
Some people just think they can make up anything and people will believe them. I once had someone say you shouldn't eat too much fiber because it turns into fat in your stomach 😂
I've been thinking about obesity in the context of animal welfare, environment, and world hunger... obesity (overeating) seems unethical. I recognise how offensive that take will be to many if not most ppl. But that's what I am seeing, overeating as a secular sin.
Well, greed and gluttony are two of the seven deadly sins.
@emmaponymous
Yes, overeating is a sin. It is just like using a cellphone and other electronic devices that depend on child labor in dangerous cobalt mines.
Your clarity and straight-forwardness never ceases to be extremely refreshing. Thanks for keeping on Swayze.
Problem with vegan cheese is often it contains coconut oil, which is terrible for cardiovascular health. Almost the same health damage like animal cheese.
Yes, and minus the actual nutrition in cheese made of cow milk. I don't buy any.
Swedish dairy cheese is delicious. Västerbotten that she mentions is wonderful. There is absolutely no vegan equivalent, but I do well without it.
@@thatsalt1560you don’t need cow milk for nutrition. You eat cheese for your tastebuds, stop fooling people and stop exploiting cows. You do know that most calfs need to be killed for milk? It is disgusting.
Most likely worse, unfortunately.
It’s much worse than any animal fat
@@Livingwithadog Well the saturated fat in cheese and yogurt has a different impact than saturated fat in meat and butter, the latter of which is most likely worse than coconut oil.
I never remember liking cheese
Jenny is the salt of the earth
Aww, you said husband 🥰😄
I work raising awareness for our non-human friends online and that alone (“alone” compared to those who witness it irl) is EXHAUSTING emotionally 🥺😞
Maybe you just get exhausted so fast bcs not enough animal food.
@@MadamoftheCatHouse LOL. No, it’s definitely the murdering of others by the billions every year.
I am not and never have been raw, but salted raw cauliflower dipped in salsa is delicious and does actually work for, like, 80% of chip cravings.