Oh heck, just have a giant red bull and a package of ramen noodles, you're already at about 5 bucks and that's just breakfast, then run over to Duncan for lunch for a flavored iced coffee with cream and sugar and don't forget the donuts, those are cheap, 2 for a buck on a good day, now you're up to about 10 bucks, don't forget about those 2 sodas in between, now you can save a little bit at dinner and just get a few things off the value menu at Mickey D's, that should be only about 5 more dollars for a burger fries and another soda, yeah, why eat healthy, just eating regular junk food can save you a lot of time and money, here's a perfect example. Oh and after a year of eating like this, you just may never have to worry about spending another dime on food ever again.
$600/month is an entire minimum wage month earning. So unless you work twice as many hours, have 2 jobs, or already have an amazing job straight out of high school/college then i guess you cant be vegan. My income when i worked at Subway (that was inside a gas station) was $600/month. So if I literally used every single dime to buy food that would be it then. Except i had to pay my car note, car insurance, gas, and car repairs. So by the time all that is paid for, I got @150/month. Plus i got to eat the wonderful wonderful gas station fruit (most of it is pineapple and apple in lemon juice so it tastes like cardboard and costed $5 for a small cup.) and got to eat all the veggies subway had to offer! like the bagged lettuce and bagged everything besides onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. So yea, if only i had prioritized being vegan, i totally could've done it right? And thank you for assuming what people eat/ spend their money on.
If you had a garden you could have some of it for free and even make bunch of money selling food to people who think $20 or more is an acceptable budget. There is a permaculture farm in Austria the guy is called Sepp Holzer he charges something in the range of 20 to 30 times normal prices for his produce as far as I can remeber.
This the FIRST vegan I've come across that I've actually liked. She makes sense and seems approachable. Although I am not vegan, I can respect her position and admire her stance as she does it with tact where anyone can understand her message. She wasn't lying, vegans (in my mind) typically come across as judgmental elitists that are militant, aggressive, and ANNOYING. I like this lady..definitely rare on youtube.
+Brand Dork If you like her, you should check out hot for food :) they aren't military, judgemental elitists, they're down-to-earth, realistic people AND their recipes look delicious!! Their focus is more on promoting delicious vegan comfort food, thereby fighting the bad name veganism has gotten
The Living Fruits Me liking or disliking a vegan is directly connected to how they carry themselves and nothing to do with them being vegan. As I've stated in my original comment, if you took the time to read it, from MY experience vegans come across as "judgmental elitists that are militant, aggressive, and ANNOYING" I wouldn't like this type of person even if they ate meat. However this is a comment left for a vegan on a vegan themed video. It was an observation of what I've witnessed. By the way, I listened to the video and liked her approach as stated I myself am NOT vegan but respect and admire her advocacy for her cause, because of her APPROACH vs say Freelee who I find to be annoying NOT because she's vegan but because of the previously stated, and unfortunately for the vegan movement that is what most people see coming from advocates that come to "inform" them on the vegan lifestyle.
DOnt watch form her ,believe , she just puts fear on people and negative opinions, go watch more positive people, and yeah just do it, i will get better.
I'm an omnivore, who eats his fair share of leafy greens, but I really like this channel. You answer a lot of practical questions I have about the vegan perspective. Thanks for this.
PinkStrawberryy Americans usually spend 11 dollars a day on food according to her 330 a month per person statistic. How could you come to the conclusion that a diet could possibly be only $20 a week, given the title of the video?
@@zain4019 it's possible, on average oatmeal which can be really nutritious and can be about 30¢ a pack, canned vegetables and broth can be turned into a soup (if done right) and it can last 3-4 days, and can be frozen for future use too. Beans and rice bags can be about $10-$15 and will last you a few months depending on how many people you are feeding. So $20 a week is doable, especially if you buy enough of certain things that will last you a while, bringing down the cost in the long run.
She posted a video of "what i eat in a day", and in it she drank 5 or 6 $9 dollar juices and probably another $30 of produce. Thanks for making me feel less crazy.
+Christina M she was in a privileged position to start with. she came from a well off family. so no..probably no huge struggle with finances like people who really start from the bottom
dinkaDPB What makes you think so? Most rich people earned it, some are born with it. What bothers me are people who are that much out of touch with people of average wage that they think $20 a day for food is affordable.
+Nordic Mermaid honestly, vegan is possible on less than $1 a day if you try. Like if you eat mainly rice or oats as your main calories and avoid exotic, expensive produce, and use canned or frozen vegetables. $20 is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS
+Swathi Ramaprasad Well, yeah. I looked up oats on Amazon Fresh (which I only use to calculate hypothetical pricings, and never order from them), and got $3.49 for about 30 150-calorie servings. To get this at about $1/day, you would need to buy two canisters, making that about $7, and using 1/7 of it a week. The two containers contain (150 * 30 * 2 = ) 9000 calories, so 9000/7 = ~1286 calories.That said, just eating oats and water all day forever is not that healthy.
+Eliran Sobel ik im not advocating to do that, but showing $20 is a benchmark for veganism is rediculous. Kind of like when ppl do those $1.50 challenges to show how ppl in poverty are forced to live on a diet of easy mac and cup of noodles packages, but it would be quite possible, and more healthy to do that vegan. My point is, veganism can be as cheap as u want it to be.
+Reza Alaei Yes, this. If I hadn't found this channel, I would have a very different idea of veganism. Instead, I am eating less and less meat and am eating more and more foods that I have seen on this channel. You'd think the 3 mentioned would learn something from UnnaturalVegan.
DeluxeGods not that they are bad people, but they are a bit out of touch with reality. They strongly push a specific diet that may work for some but does not work for others, and when confronted they attack them offering no real explanation as to why their way is superior. The diet they preach is not sustainable for many and is expensive yet they claim this is the only way to lose weight and be healthy. They make psuedo scientific claims that have no backbone and speak hatefully of others , condescend and attack others for not being slim and reject those who do not fall in their niche. This does not make them inherently bad people, they reach a lot of people with a vegan message but they push an equal number of people away.
I feed my two kids, my husband and myself on EUR 550/month and we have a huge range of variety. I strongly dislike FullyRawKristina, because she's just so completely detached from the real world and acts like her diet choices are so easy to follow for everyone. I still remember seeing one of her videos making a raw vegan chocolate cake...and I checked the prices for the ingredients and it amounted to $60...for one cake. That's insane.
+Fran Tastic I wish I had Kristina's huge privilege to think that $600 isn't a lot of money. She was raised in what I assume is an upper middle class to high income home and she owns multiple businesses, sells a book, and gains revenue from youtube videos so she definitely isn't hurting financially and she never has. Kristina has no clue what it's like to not have large sums of money because that has never been a concern for her. She really needs to check her privilege before she tells millions that a raw vegan lifestyle is affordable for all.
+Lily THANK YOU! She's so blind to how privileged she is and it's sad. It's extremely unrealistic and she went to Whole Foods in the video, like come on
Fran Tastic I want to be understanding of where Kristina is coming from, but believing and trying to make others believe being raw vegan is attainable for everyone is just ignorant and harmful. She is a very intelligent woman and I know she knows what she is saying isn't true. Kristina is promoting veganism the wrong way for money, I see right through her.
+Tabatha Hall I agree. I've been called a murderer and rape-supporter for eating meat and animal products by radical vegans. Do they really think that this is a good way to convince people of their diet/lifestyle..?
About to give up on veganism? Do it for the animals not for other vegans. I don't even know any other vegans in person. I don't give two shits about other vegans. Never harm animals just because other vegans are stupid.
The problem is just associating yourself with an -ism. Vegans are too dogmatic. I eat a plant based diet but do not want to associate myself with veganism, which people rightly have too many negative associations with.
of course they're not all crazy! :D (the thing is.. most of us vegans get quite angry and frustrated because we care for animals so much and people are still torturing and killing them and it seems sometimes like we're being ignored and that we haven't achieved anything.. and it kinda makes you go a bit crazy sometimes :D)
Raw veganism? Wow. Just when you thought veganism couldn't get any more self-prohibitive, you have vegans who aren't even allowed to eat lentils. Coming home after work to a jar-full of green smoothie... how lovely. At least give me some rice and beans ffs
+Baris G LOL Yeah, I hear you. I don't care how pleasantly it's served, I just can't see a smoothie as a meal, part of a meal maybe. And I'm not a smoothie lover, so it would be really hard for me. I think a bit of raw and cooked in a diet is healthy. Like salad is raw. Guacamole is raw. That's about the best I personally can do.
+2011Ohmygoodness It seems totally nuts to me. I eat a lot of grains, legumes, vegetarian pasta dishes, etc., so I think I could just about be fine on a vegan diet. But eating cold fruit and veg all day, every day... What will they come up with next, I wonder
+Baris G I believe in fruitarianism and that the homo sapien is a frugivorous species like our primate relatives. Is that self prohibitive or just logical? Everything about the human being points toward it being a fruit eater. If some people want to follow that logic, let them...If others want to continue eating cooked foods because they taste good, let them...There's no need to say that someone following logic is "self-prohibitive". In turn I could say that you are being self-prohibiting of your health by eating cooked. But the reason that you believe that more foods( including cooked foods) in one's diet is better is because you simply have not been exposed to certain knowledge. But hey! You're pretty close to the truth! ...almost there.
If my family spent $20.00 per day/per person on her fully raw example, we would be spending more on fruit than on our monthly mortgage payments, utility bills, car payment, and student loans COMBINED. No. Nope. I'll stick to my regular vegan diet that costs us at most, $6.00 per person per day. Thanks though Kristina.
When she made that video calling it affordable, I was like wtf? Affordable to who? millionaires?? haha. I spend $60 a week on two people to eat vegan so roughly $5 a day. I think I win fullyrawkristina
moncj66 I work in healthcare as well so my job is just fine thank you very much. There is no need to spend $600 a month on food, that is way too much especially when you are supporting more than one person like I am and both are going to school. Why would I spend $20 a day when I can spend $5-6 and be just as satisfied and get all my nutrients? Dont tell someone they need a better job when you dont even know what their job is, you need to learn some manners.
+MBTV Vlogz Modern healthcare is the biggest joke around. overcharging customers with dangerous drugs that dont work. If people lived and ate healthy and if people like you werent pushing up medical bills or promoting stupid drugs people would be better off.
dinkaDPB lol wtf. I do not promote the use of prescription or over the counter drugs. I dont take either for my own issues, I rely on food and essential oils when I have an issue. I work in physical therapy where we literally dont prescribe or suggest any form of drugs. The only thing we prescribe is physical movement and food choices. . THere are many forms of healthcare. Why dont you ask before making ignorant comments toward someone.
+MBTV Vlogz You tell em girl. You are so right, people are so ignorant when it comes to healthcare. Not everyone promotes drugs. And I work in real estate and make enough money that I probably could afford $600 a month of groceries, but who the hell would want to spend that much on food!? You can definitely eat raw vegan or even just vegan on less than that. Kristina is crazy.
I think it is important to acknowledge that it's more accessible than people think... It's partly about priorities. I prioritise healthy eating. I work part time in disability support, and am on a low income here in Australia (our minimum wage is higher than yours, admittedly). I live a very frugal life. I don't waste money on clothing, for example. I buy second hand, and keep it simple. I own only a few outfits. I am part of a community garden and grow my own vegetables. I live a lifestyle that might be considered Spartan by some. I do this so I can live a healthy life, eating fresh food and not working myself into an early grave. When people say they can't afford to eat healthily, I get cranky, honestly. We don't have to buy all the crap at the mall.
kristina seems like a nice person .. but this fullyraw BS is kinda hilarious .. i watched a video of hers called fullyraw mashed potato (without potatoes) . and fully raw coffee (spoiler alert : its a smoothie) and some weird shit i honestly couldn't believe
+Nordic Mermaid One year later I sooo regret that I even bought a spiralizer (Yes, I know, shame on me) they do taste good a little coonked with normal pasta but for that you just don't need a spiralizer. 😒 I can honestly say it's one of the dumbest things I bought...
+clara_you? You can still use it for other things, like making hashbrowns or slicing up apples for baked goods...But agreed, unless you love zucchini noodles (does anyone?), it's not a necessary device.
I have to feed a family of 3 on $12 a day,. I think she has a very warped view on what is and isn't affordable if she thinks $20 a day for ONE person is an "affordable" amount for the average person.
I love you. You're a completely logical vegan and it's such a nice breath of fresh air from all the other crazy, in-your-face vegans. Your tone is informative and not condescending and you back up your facts. You just earned yourself a subscriber :)
I spend $25/week on groceries. I eat a mostly plant-based diet with a little bit of meat, ground turkey. Eat like a peasant and lose weight lol It helps that I live close by foreign grocery stores and my parents have a costco card. You can get a 3lb bag of spinach for $3-4. That usually last me 2 weeks. It is possible to eat healthy on $100/month.
This is so interesting! I've never though through so many negatives to organic. Thank you so much for always putting so much research into these videos ♥
I have multiple friends that are farmers, some of them organic and others conventional. If you think there's nothing wrong with conventional produce I'd encourage you to maybe spend some time on farms and look how it's actually done. Not to mention that almost all of the conventional fruit you will find at the supermarket tastes like bland garbage compared to organically grown fruit in good soil. The difference is so HUGE, it's not even the same thing.
+The Vegan Swan I appreciate much of what the uploader has to say, but you are correct, she is completely wrong on her organic stance...in fact way off, according to respected research proving the pesticide burden/load on the body goes down with organic over conventional; there have been tests done proving this conclusively from independent organizations unrelated to either industry. I was going to post with one actual study from about two years ago, I know I have it, I just don't have time to look for it. There have been several studies from reliable sources absolutely proving organic is better as far as pesticide exposure goes, even tho of course organic is not pesticide free, nor what most of us would hope (and there are several standards/labels of organic, many people aren't even aware of that).
Join The Progress Actually in EU standards for organic are much higher then in US for starters and organic not only tastes better but they use far much less chemicals then conventional food growing - that is always good... not to talk about deadly GMOs that UV is promoting all the time and vaccines ... she is NOT a good source for the truth or science, she is doing PR for corporations.
BeeZee Ouch...I'm new to her, but if that is true, that's a shame. But based on what she said, it sounds believable. Yeah, GMO's are a whole other topic. I try to let people know that organic also does not always guarantee the food is gmo-free. Her organic stance shocked me, so if I see much more of that kind of mis-or-dis-info, I'll unsub pronto.
I've grown up on around and on farms (both organic and conventional) and if you think that organic is somehow healthy or better then I would suggest you spend more time on organic farms to see that they are no different than conventional ones. Also, there is no difference to the taste of organic vs conventional. Feel free to watch that episode of Penn and Teller bullshit where they do the blind taste tests or do one yourself. I did in college and literally no one could tell the difference or pick out the organic food in the blind test at a higher rate than a fifty-fifty coin toss. I had a sample size of just under two hundred people. Many of them were farmers who grew the produce and many were people who swore up and down that organic tastes better.
Ha Ha ha I have about $6 a day for a gluten free vegan diet FEEDING 2 PEOPLE My diet consists of buying oats and rice and low salt tomato sauce from bulk restaurant supply stores 😂
Martin Thompson what makes you think it is "probable" that she has a car "and all sorts" ? you have no evidence for this based on her comment, assuming you've never met.
i can see Ella has enough money to buy hair dye. probable because so many people do. even people who earn a lot of money seem to think food is a good place to budget and it really isn't.
$20 a day?! Sweet Christ, that made me choke on my water. I remember when a grocery budget of $5 a day was luxurious for me; for many people, $5 a day is a distant dream.
Agreed. When I seen this video I thought that was an excessive amount of money for most people. I spend around $100 to $200 dollars a month on food and that's what I can afford. Sometimes I can't even afford that. Her video is ridiculous, and unattainable for most.
I don't know about raw but I am pretty sure I can eat vegan for $200 a month. $15 for 10 lbs or basmati rice. $10 for 20 lbs of potatoes. $20 for 3 bags of oats. Raisins, molasses, beans, lentils, some spices, fruit on sale, fresh vegetables on sale frozen vegetables are cheap. I can keep going but I agree $600 for a raw diet when there is little benefit over a regular vegan diet is just foolish.
Freelee and fully raw kristina really REALLY make me want to eat meat just to see the self righteousness and indignation in there bullshit vlogs lol. Your video did exactly what you wanted it to do, it's made me want to try your NON CRAZY vegan diet! I want to have a healthier lifestyle and diet, NOT JOIN A CULT!
Kristina is out of touch about money, because she comes from money. Most rich people who have never had to live paycheck to paycheck are very out of touch with the rest of the world.
Be happy for her then! Shoot! That girl puts in WORK! If people want videos from someone who makes less money then find them! Or become that person who makes videos for those with a certain price point or income. It's like people want her to apologize for not being poor... Not you specifically but the people who have beef with her in general. Sheesh! #
AR Chery I'm a person who was fortunate to come from a family that had their own successful business. Even though my family was successful, I had to start working at the age of 15, because my mom did not allow me to not know what hard work meant and what it meant to have to be independent and support yourself. I actually met Kristiana at the second raw fruit festival and the meeting was not a pleasant one. There are many people who share their stories about meeting her and how rude and snobby she is in person. I will not go into detail, but I will just say, she didn't come off as a person that I would want to be friends with. That may be why my comment seems a bit rude, but when you encounter someone and that encounter is negative, sometimes your words about them come off blunt. Even saying all this, I'm glad she is successful. Any woman who works hard to brand themselves deserves all the success they get.
Ah, I understand. Her heart is whoooole another issue. But what I see of her work...the girl gets it in and I have to give her props. Let's just hope her heart is changing as well 💕
Of course Kristina can afford a $600 a month price tag, she lives rent free with mommy and daddy (whom seem to be well off with money). I spend $500 on FOUR people and sometimes that's not even enough! :/
+Kirbythecat It was just that she got a request to make that video. She said multiple times that she does not shop at whole foods and spend that much but instead at her local co-op, making everything considerably cheaper!
Kirbythecat she might have been too outraged by the fact that Kristina gave off the vibe that $20 a day is super affordable to really pay attention to what she said. If you watch the original video, she starts the video in front of whole foods stating she doesn't usually shop there and just picked it because most people don't shop at co-ops, AND also says I quote "I know that $20 a day is a little for some and a lot for many, but regardless, this video was requested to me..." She later goes on to talk about how much cheaper it is to shop at a co op like she does, as well as offers tips on more money saving alternatives, such as going to a cheaper grocery store, buying in bulk/ non-organic, and of course, shopping at a co-op. So basically, this response video is a bit misled.
My family of 5 takes between $700 and $800/month. Before I graduated college we were on a $600/month budget. Since I actually got a dietetics job we're a little more liberal with our spending now though. But there are 5 of us (and I'm a competitive strength athlete) living on 1.3 times what she's using for 1 person.
Thank you for saying this!! Whole Foods is great, yeah, but it is EXPENSIVE. My food bill is already my biggest monthly bill (after rent)......and I get no end of shit about how much i spend on produce and fruit. I couldn't buy organic even if i wanted to..... Just agreeing with you.
Lol I'm adopting so every cent I can spare is going to agency fees. My grocery budget is only $25 a WEEK. There is no way I could spend $600 a month when I have so many fees to pay to get my daughter home.
This is exactly what I thought when I initially watched Kristina's video- $560/month is NOT cheap by any standard. I know people who feed their whole family on that amount. We spend a lot on groceries each week, but it's nearly always less than $140!
I eat a mediterranean diet, since I'm from Italy. Lots of vegetables, lots of fruits, legumes, whole wheat bread and pasta are the daily basics, fresh fish quite frequently; dairy products, white meat and eggs once every two weeks and red meat once a month. I use olive oil and balsamic vinegar as condiments. I understand that I'm privileged 'cause these ingredients are available at a reasonable cost here, but really I can' t understand why in the states fruits and vegetables are more expensive than junk food. I can't really even begin to understand, it doesn't make sense to me.
watching your videos I feel more interested in veganism. I've been really avoiding the vegan lifestyle mainly because they get so rude that you say you're still eating meat yet interested in the lifestyle and not to mention it's expensive for some of us! I love how you're informative about the lifestyle without being rude! it's definitely making me think of the vegan lifestyle for myself in a more positive light!
Been watching some videos. If anyone is going to push me over the edge to become vegan or at least vegetarian, it will be you. Rational, calm, interested in evidence and science, can admit later where you were wrong ... my kind of persuasion.
I'm trying to go vegan, and you are the only channel i can watch. All the others (freelee, durianrider, all the raw ones and so on) are absolute garbage that make me angry to watch.
Technically, I can afford $600 per month, but since I eat low fat, high carb, starch based vegan, and not fully raw, I only spend about $200 a month! I can buy 10 pounds of potatoes at Safeway for $5 or at Wal-Mart (yes, but I don't) for $2. And this IS saying something since I live in one of the most expensive places in Northern California (and probably the U.S.)
You are so logical and refreshing. I've been cutting animal products out of my diet, but it's been a struggle to find someone who can back their statements with science and not anecdotal evidence. When I first went looking for info (over a year ago) on changing my lifestyle, I found both Kristina and Freelee, balked, shuttered, and shut the door on that idea. After meeting a vegan who wasn't a conspiracy theorist, I have since shifted to a pescatarian based diet and am slowly transitioning to vegetarian with hopes of vegan sometime in my future. It's sad that people like you don't pop up in the search bar, because Freelee is doing more harm than good in terms of changing people's lifestyles. The shouting and insults might work for teenage girls, but most logical people will need evidence to make the change. Thanks again!
Swayze, I just want to say, please continue making videos like this. I come to your channel and I watch your videos because you employ logic, not just in your response videos, but all of your videos.
I e been watching since the fan base was TINY and now the comments are over 1700!! She will never even see this... But if by chance you do, I want you to know that YOU have made a difference in my family. I am not vegan and my generational roots are dairy farming (not factory but large) Anyhow, once my baby was found dairy and gluten intolerant we tried vegan and failed (no meat no dairy and no gluten... A huge change as most alternative foods are not gf- and those that were were gross) Anyhow, I would watch a million vegans and had to unsub all but a small handful because of the mean nature and cool girls club mentality. You truly gave logic and tips that helped my kitchen become DAIRY FREE! Next I'm working on egg free too. And we do abide by the Vegan till dinner rule on most days. You are encouraging and inclusive and because of this, we have reduced our animal product consumption drastically. Thank you for your approach!
I really enjoyed hearing your viewpoint even though I am a huge fan of Kristina's. I have been trying to make the move toward veganism; I feel much better when I eat a vegetable diet. I grew hundreds of organic tomatoes, peppers, and dozens of pumpkins in my backyard last summer. You don't have to pay $20 a day if you can find a way to grow some of your produce - even if all you have is a window garden. I know many people who grow on their balconies. I also detest animal husbandry to feed people who could be eating other things. It's disgusting how animals are treated in the farming industry.
Another similarly ridiculous promotion of Vegan diets are recipes that demand impossible to find ingredients and usually created and promoted by ignorant people who have no idea how hard it is to find these ingredients, when common substitutes should be used. We need to make being Vegan both affordable and easy to find ingredients in our recipes we promote make it easy as fuck for people to go vegan, not the opposite.
+Daniel Manahan You don't even know how right you are :) I live in Prague where veganism is almost non-existent and cooking by recipes usually found on vegan websites is quite difficult. Even avocados, that are thrown around often in vegan videos, are not readily available at every store. And I believe I've never seen coconut oil in my life. Don't even start on dozen kinds of crazy spices in every recipe. I admit that I've never been a great cook and I'm new to veganism, but it really is kinda off-putting for a beginner :)
Not vegan, but I enjoy hearing people with whom I disagree make rational arguments. Certain foods such as spinach have more nutrients cook, then when raw. Great video.
I would love to see you make a grocery haul type video to see what you buy for a week/month. It's nice to see vegans who have a more common budget in mind
Many people choose to eat organic produce not because of perceived nutrient superiority, but because of the health risks posed to farm workers who are regularly exposed to synthetic chemical pesticides without proper protection. Being vegan is not just about fleeing from anything that has seen an animal, but being ethically conscious as it pertains to animals, the planet AND humans.
eating meet and dairy it makes people sick so vegans can be concerned about the health of others. there is dark energy with all the bad treatment of the animals and that goes into the food and effects the people who eat it. this is how they then don't care about wars and all sorts or atleast it is a factor.
"Conventional" farming uses synthetic chemicals that produce toxic runoff and pollute our water and air, causing wildlife to suffer. Organic is also a human rights issue, because people have to mix these chemicals to create the pesticides and fertilizers, and farmers themselves develop health issues from working with these chemicals long-term. I'm definitely not one of those people who's like, go organic or go home! and i'm glad you shared a perspective that it's not wholely superior to conventional, but it's within people's rights to choose organic, and it's not worth shaming them for. There's no real grounds to describe things as "less vegan." all industrial food production - whether of animal products, organic produce, or conventional produce - is destructive to the environment, animals, and human communities. The best we can do is to eat locally and seasonally as much as possible, and to try and grow our own food!
I was thinking the same thing all that food she fixes I'm like "Man that's a lot of food for one person" she either eats it in a few days or invites people over to help her eat it.
Ikr!!! One must be much wealthier than I am, to be able to afford $600 per month! 🙁 Being vegan is not only for the wealthy; but that's how the original video makes it sound.
Thank you for these videos because you really do show the more LOGICAL side of veganism. I would also like to say I really really hate it when people shame others into this lifestyle! It's people like Kristina, who are lost in their own dimension of bliss, that forget that not everyone has that kind of money to live that lifestyle. On top of that it isn't even a HEALTHY lifestyle and more of a fad diet.
Man, I think I finally found a um.... normal vegan. For several weeks I've been researching the heck out of Internets for information about how to reduce the meat intake or maybe eventually become vegetarian/vegan for health purposes (all honest- I'm ignorant in everything diet-related) and love for animals. All of the videos I've seen seemed like the people promoting the diet/lifestyle were crazy and brainwashed. I seriously felt like I stepped into some new religion type community where everything is "the truth" and "right to do". I kept clicking on the "x" and closing their videos because I honestly just couldn't stand them. Your knowledge and they way you spread it is so NORMAL that it's almost unnatural lol (hence your name!) I love your response to Freelee's video on children as well. You seem like a warm person with a great personality who's truly compassionate in EVERY aspect. This is really cool! Subscribed!
I'm not even close to raw, I don't think I even ate anything raw today, but this doesn't have to be true. In the summer I tend to eat a lot of fruit and all food waste I end up composting and growing new veggies out of! I suggest anybody who eats large amounts of fruit and veg to compost if they can.
I've seriously fallen in love with your videos. To be totally honest, I used to really dislike you. I followed Freelee and DR and no disrespect to them, but they're just not for me anymore. Their videos made me feel shitty because I just gained a ton of weight by trying their diet. But I've been vegan for about 2 years and the more time that has gone by the more I feel that rational, scientific activism is more effective and I've surprisingly gotten tons of people I know to eat less meat and more people to go vegan by being less 'preachy'. Btw, you're gorgeous!
I can so relate to all of that! I've kind of outgrown Freelee and Harley and just can't watch their vids anymore (even though I respect the fact that they're still spreading veganism).
when I hear "going to the hospital is more expensive than eating raw" I just wonder Do people like Kristina know that not only Americans watch them? Where I live, healthcare is (mostly) free, so that argument wouldn't convince almost no one from my country to go vegan
Love your approach. I am a long time vegan , and I never tell anyone. No posts on Facebook, no announcements at parties or dinner tables. Of course my husband and kids know , and a few people I am close too that just kind of figured it out eventually. I have gone to many family dinners and managed to fly under the wire at the dinner table without anyone noticing what I did or didn't eat. I find most people are too busy thinking about what they are going to eat to be bothered with what others are eating. On the odd occasion when there is nothing I can eat I take a bit of whatever, talk a lot and move the food around on my plate and I swear nobody notices! No big deal, I just eat when I get home. Another reason I do this , is I don't want the host/hostess to go to any extra trouble and worry about my "special" needs. I go for the company not the food.
Thank you soo much. I was left confused by khristnas raw food diet. I really tried to eat organic. I felt so low of myself if I couldn't get hold of organic food , especially because I live nowhere near a farmers market and it's very hard to find organic food. Plus organic food is more expensive.
i love how shes not necessarily dissing on Kristina , shes just correcting some areas , i am subscribed to her because she does give off pretty good ideas ( expensive ) but pretty good , and i'm not vegan i'm not even vegetarian , but i've been slowly trying to take meats and cirtian dairy products out of my diet , but its very hard because i live in a really HOT area , and even in the fridge the produce welts and i really appreciate this ,young lady the unnatural vegan posting this vid what she said is very helpful , and also not negative when i first saw it on the side bar i was like " oh gosh a negative vid i don't wanna see it " but then i was like "what if she had a really important thing to say and you need the info " so i clicked on it and am glad i did , i am defiantly subscribing ( sorry for my bad grammar , i am still working on it its just not my strong suit )
Thank you! I seen in her video that she ended up getting more things from her business and wondered why no one pointed this out...so in all she would have spent over $20 a day and the nutritional needs didn't add up in the recipe. I want to be a vegan but the ingredients they buy on other channels don't really seem to put a complete balanced meal as the topic or like a calorie counter like you do. This is why I watch your channel for the most part. I like that you go day by day with your meals, hoping you will one day do one of the haul videos, seems you might have better nutritional info in this area I'm struggling to get to with other channels. I want to go vegan for my health and possibly for the environment but really just for my health, cause some vegans seem very alienating to me just like some meat eaters are as well....thank you for the video.
i absolutely adore your rational approach to veganism. you're a big reason i finally decided to cut the bullshit and go vegan. but i find it hilarious that you always make such serious videos while wearing neon galaxy cat t-shirts, it somehow makes you even more relatable lmao
Kristina has helped so many people feel better and heal from all kinds of illness's. It's ridiculous to say she's doing something bad. She even said in the video that $20 a day is a lot for most people.
So true! Our family lives on less than $2 a day per person and I work extremely hard to make sure we get proper nutrition- could never do this kind of diet though. Good to know you don’t have to eat “raw, organic, etc. “ all the time in order to stay healthy. Good video! Thumbs up!
I eat raw for $8 (or less) per day and know people who do it for almost free. Organic is not a requirement and neither is buying from the store. I just got pineapples, watermelons for $1 each, altaufo mangos at .25 each, bananas and tomatoes at .33 a pound and lots of free local citrus. And last weekend, I got local organic dates for $2.50 per pound.
+Abby Nurre (truthchangeandlove) WOW! right now dates are $7.99 for 8oz. I love dates, but that is currently a luxury. The mangoes are still $2.49 -$2.99 each. Cucumber $2.99 each. I would love to be full-time Vegan, but the cost is too high where I live. Here, Meat is cheaper than vegetables which might help to explain why people have a higher meat consumption verse vegetables. (Just a theory for my region).
millana100 You don't have to eat fruit to be vegan. Bananas are cheap and good quality anywhere. Dates are good quality and can be ordered online. Rice and potatoes are cheap anywhere. Just replace the meat with more rice and potatoes. Easy! Swayze did it for years and still does and she doesn't live in the tropics or subtropics. There is no excuse to kill animals. They are not food.
Why critizising people who live and suggest a healthy happy and beautiful lifestyle ? Kristina looks just amazingly healthy and beautiful and I feel happy that she came across my way and enriches my life with her inspiration. (i see myself not as "follower" but love how she inspires and shares from her heart her life-experience for the best of the earth and living beings). I myself cannot afford as well to spend 20€ a day for food in the moment but I still estimate the great opportunity to have her inspiration and go from organic-vegan to fully raw in harmony with my intuition and own experience. I just take what I love about it for me and get creative with it and she never said that she found the only truth for everyone. She shares what she is loving and what works for her. So why don t you just take what you love and if you do not like her and what she is doing why don t you just look for something else what you might like better and fits better to your lifestyle ? I think anyone of us is about to find his/her own way of expression and lifestyle and so for me Kristina has already found what she loves and shares and contributes in a very beautiful way to the earth in respecting her and loving her with all animals on her. All she shares is full of love so please do not critizise but search for what is best for you and express your life in the most beautiful way even if this might be different than her life and style. In this way you also could share something from your heart. Best wishes to you and that you find out what you love in your life.
in my search for balanced views in my freshly new to me Vegan lifestyle, I am very happy to see your stating these views with a healthy skepticism and actually backing it up. I had been vegetarian for 24 years so this 3 weeks of being vegan and searching for different viewpoints has certainly been entertaining great videos.
That's, like, "a small loan of a million dollars" kind of out of touch.
+Aeghamedic -- Ha *HA*
+Aeghamedic FRK = Donald Trump? #MakeVeganismgreatAgain? xD
"We need to build a wall around all omnivores!"
+TastenKombination 😂😂😂
ahhhh
maybe they shop at 7/11
My budget is basically 3 dollars a day lol. I wish i had 20 dollars a day for food, i'd be eating like a queen.
Just get rice
, its so cheap!
Oh heck, just have a giant red bull and a package of ramen noodles, you're already at about 5 bucks and that's just breakfast, then run over to Duncan for lunch for a flavored iced coffee with cream and sugar and don't forget the donuts, those are cheap, 2 for a buck on a good day, now you're up to about 10 bucks, don't forget about those 2 sodas in between, now you can save a little bit at dinner and just get a few things off the value menu at Mickey D's, that should be only about 5 more dollars for a burger fries and another soda, yeah, why eat healthy, just eating regular junk food can save you a lot of time and money, here's a perfect example. Oh and after a year of eating like this, you just may never have to worry about spending another dime on food ever again.
$600/month is an entire minimum wage month earning. So unless you work twice as many hours, have 2 jobs, or already have an amazing job straight out of high school/college then i guess you cant be vegan. My income when i worked at Subway (that was inside a gas station) was $600/month. So if I literally used every single dime to buy food that would be it then. Except i had to pay my car note, car insurance, gas, and car repairs. So by the time all that is paid for, I got @150/month. Plus i got to eat the wonderful wonderful gas station fruit (most of it is pineapple and apple in lemon juice so it tastes like cardboard and costed $5 for a small cup.) and got to eat all the veggies subway had to offer! like the bagged lettuce and bagged everything besides onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. So yea, if only i had prioritized being vegan, i totally could've done it right? And thank you for assuming what people eat/ spend their money on.
Just an example that was all
If you had a garden you could have some of it for free and even make bunch of money selling food to people who think $20 or more is an acceptable budget. There is a permaculture farm in Austria the guy is called Sepp Holzer he charges something in the range of 20 to 30 times normal prices for his produce as far as I can remeber.
This the FIRST vegan I've come across that I've actually liked. She makes sense and seems approachable. Although I am not vegan, I can respect her position and admire her stance as she does it with tact where anyone can understand her message. She wasn't lying, vegans (in my mind) typically come across as judgmental elitists that are militant, aggressive, and ANNOYING. I like this lady..definitely rare on youtube.
+Brand Dork I completely agree.
+Brand Dork If you like her, you should check out hot for food :) they aren't military, judgemental elitists, they're down-to-earth, realistic people AND their recipes look delicious!! Their focus is more on promoting delicious vegan comfort food, thereby fighting the bad name veganism has gotten
The Living Fruits Me liking or disliking a vegan is directly connected to how they carry themselves and nothing to do with them being vegan. As I've stated in my original comment, if you took the time to read it, from MY experience vegans come across as "judgmental elitists that are militant, aggressive, and ANNOYING" I wouldn't like this type of person even if they ate meat.
However this is a comment left for a vegan on a vegan themed video. It was an observation of what I've witnessed. By the way, I listened to the video and liked her approach as stated I myself am NOT vegan but respect and admire her advocacy for her cause, because of her APPROACH vs say Freelee who I find to be annoying NOT because she's vegan but because of the previously stated, and unfortunately for the vegan movement that is what most people see coming from advocates that come to "inform" them on the vegan lifestyle.
+Brand Dork I don't really care tbh. Zzz ..
The Living Fruits You don't care yet you responded.. twice..totally makes sense. Have a good one.
I'm not a vegan, but for whatever reason, I have taken interest in the topic. You definitely give a more balanced view.
Yesss!!!
Same! I have been wanting to go vegan for so long so I'm learning more about it. Not sure why I haven't made the leap yet!
DOnt watch form her ,believe , she just puts fear on people and negative opinions, go watch more positive people, and yeah just do it, i will get better.
yeah because it appeals to your apathetic victim personality. think about the fucking animals being murdered as you read this is and make a change
Yes! I am not vegan or vegetarian but find the vegan section of you tube very interesting!
Raw vegan on $5/day:
Breakfast: bananas
Lunch: bananas
Dinner: bananas
Repeat x 30 days.
And have kidney failure in 10 years
Lolll
I'm an omnivore, who eats his fair share of leafy greens, but I really like this channel. You answer a lot of practical questions I have about the vegan perspective. Thanks for this.
i thought it said $20 a week so when you said $20 a day i spat out my drink omg
Same lol.
Same lol.
PinkStrawberryy
Americans usually spend 11 dollars a day on food according to her 330 a month per person statistic. How could you come to the conclusion that a diet could possibly be only $20 a week, given the title of the video?
@@zain4019 Well it can though. Rice, beans, pasta, porridge, frozen veg, it's possible.
@@zain4019 it's possible, on average oatmeal which can be really nutritious and can be about 30¢ a pack, canned vegetables and broth can be turned into a soup (if done right) and it can last 3-4 days, and can be frozen for future use too. Beans and rice bags can be about $10-$15 and will last you a few months depending on how many people you are feeding. So $20 a week is doable, especially if you buy enough of certain things that will last you a while, bringing down the cost in the long run.
O M G $20 a DAY??!?! That's $140 a week for ONE person.... how the hell would you feed a family on $140 per person a week.
Well either you're rich... or you just don't.
Maybe sugar daddies
My budget was $50 a month for like 5 months straight. God I wish I could have afforded $140 a month😂😂
She posted a video of "what i eat in a day", and in it she drank 5 or 6 $9 dollar juices and probably another $30 of produce. Thanks for making me feel less crazy.
I think you're the smartest, calmest, nicest, most level headed vegan on this website.
More like FilthyRichKristina...
+Fak Yuh Googel To be fair, she worked her ass off to get where she is - managing multiple businesses, RUclips, etc..
+Fak Yuh Googel you have a problem with rich people? if you had a great life yourself i believe you would have better things to do than pick on her.
+dinkaDPB they didn't say anything too negative, they're just pointing out some info
+Christina M she was in a privileged position to start with. she came from a well off family. so no..probably no huge struggle with finances like people who really start from the bottom
dinkaDPB What makes you think so? Most rich people earned it, some are born with it. What bothers me are people who are that much out of touch with people of average wage that they think $20 a day for food is affordable.
You should do an eating vegan on $5/day or cheaper video!
+degausser c I would definitely want to see that!
YES
+Nordic Mermaid honestly, vegan is possible on less than $1 a day if you try. Like if you eat mainly rice or oats as your main calories and avoid exotic, expensive produce, and use canned or frozen vegetables. $20 is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS
+Swathi Ramaprasad Well, yeah. I looked up oats on Amazon Fresh (which I only use to calculate hypothetical pricings, and never order from them), and got $3.49 for about 30 150-calorie servings. To get this at about $1/day, you would need to buy two canisters, making that about $7, and using 1/7 of it a week. The two containers contain (150 * 30 * 2 = ) 9000 calories, so 9000/7 = ~1286 calories.That said, just eating oats and water all day forever is not that healthy.
+Eliran Sobel ik im not advocating to do that, but showing $20 is a benchmark for veganism is rediculous. Kind of like when ppl do those $1.50 challenges to show how ppl in poverty are forced to live on a diet of easy mac and cup of noodles packages, but it would be quite possible, and more healthy to do that vegan. My point is, veganism can be as cheap as u want it to be.
Kristian, Duranrider and Freelee are everything that is wrong with RUclips vegan community and unfortunately they are the loudest voices.
Kristina*
I actually like kristina JUST because she's so nice and her recipes seem nice and are fine to do like...once a week or once a day
+Reza Alaei Yes, this. If I hadn't found this channel, I would have a very different idea of veganism. Instead, I am eating less and less meat and am eating more and more foods that I have seen on this channel. You'd think the 3 mentioned would learn something from UnnaturalVegan.
How are Freelee and durianrider bad.
DeluxeGods not that they are bad people, but they are a bit out of touch with reality. They strongly push a specific diet that may work for some but does not work for others, and when confronted they attack them offering no real explanation as to why their way is superior. The diet they preach is not sustainable for many and is expensive yet they claim this is the only way to lose weight and be healthy. They make psuedo scientific claims that have no backbone and speak hatefully of others , condescend and attack others for not being slim and reject those who do not fall in their niche. This does not make them inherently bad people, they reach a lot of people with a vegan message but they push an equal number of people away.
I feed my two kids, my husband and myself on EUR 550/month and we have a huge range of variety. I strongly dislike FullyRawKristina, because she's just so completely detached from the real world and acts like her diet choices are so easy to follow for everyone. I still remember seeing one of her videos making a raw vegan chocolate cake...and I checked the prices for the ingredients and it amounted to $60...for one cake. That's insane.
I have my family buying almost no dairy, less meat, and lots of fresh food for $40-$60 a week for our family of 3. Vegans on RUclips inspired us.
Stephanie X Wins can your parents adopt me?
I am the parent. Myself, my husband, and our 7 year old.
That's amazing! Just be mindful of the cholesterol content from meat eggs and dairy. It can create long term health risks for your family!
Same dude
Fully raw is unaffordable as hell. $600 is my rent. Jesus
Ikr :|
+Fran Tastic I wish I had Kristina's huge privilege to think that $600 isn't a lot of money. She was raised in what I assume is an upper middle class to high income home and she owns multiple businesses, sells a book, and gains revenue from youtube videos so she definitely isn't hurting financially and she never has. Kristina has no clue what it's like to not have large sums of money because that has never been a concern for her. She really needs to check her privilege before she tells millions that a raw vegan lifestyle is affordable for all.
+Lily THANK YOU! She's so blind to how privileged she is and it's sad. It's extremely unrealistic and she went to Whole Foods in the video, like come on
Fran Tastic I want to be understanding of where Kristina is coming from, but believing and trying to make others believe being raw vegan is attainable for everyone is just ignorant and harmful. She is a very intelligent woman and I know she knows what she is saying isn't true. Kristina is promoting veganism the wrong way for money, I see right through her.
+Jake Eames Ⓥ lol
FullyRaw ridiculous....
***** Totaly
+VeganBanana fullyfakekristina lol
and frk got fat on raw food! lol the cashews she eats is the cashews she wears
+VeganBanana fully asinine kristina
That's what humans are designed to eat, lol.
I'm so thankful that not all Vegans are crazy, rude, ignorant people. I was about to give up. Subbing for sure!
+Tabatha Hall I agree. I've been called a murderer and rape-supporter for eating meat and animal products by radical vegans. Do they really think that this is a good way to convince people of their diet/lifestyle..?
About to give up on veganism? Do it for the animals not for other vegans. I don't even know any other vegans in person. I don't give two shits about other vegans. Never harm animals just because other vegans are stupid.
The problem is just associating yourself with an -ism. Vegans are too dogmatic. I eat a plant based diet but do not want to associate myself with veganism, which people rightly have too many negative associations with.
of course they're not all crazy! :D (the thing is.. most of us vegans get quite angry and frustrated because we care for animals so much and people are still torturing and killing them and it seems sometimes like we're being ignored and that we haven't achieved anything.. and it kinda makes you go a bit crazy sometimes :D)
Tabatha Hall kristina isnt. this girl clearly did not watch the video.
Finally , a Vegan understands Science and not "eat 30 bananas a day and protein is bad for you because I said so "
Yy
Raw veganism? Wow. Just when you thought veganism couldn't get any more self-prohibitive, you have vegans who aren't even allowed to eat lentils. Coming home after work to a jar-full of green smoothie... how lovely. At least give me some rice and beans ffs
+Baris G LOL Yeah, I hear you. I don't care how pleasantly it's served, I just can't see a smoothie as a meal, part of a meal maybe. And I'm not a smoothie lover, so it would be really hard for me. I think a bit of raw and cooked in a diet is healthy. Like salad is raw. Guacamole is raw. That's about the best I personally can do.
+2011Ohmygoodness It seems totally nuts to me. I eat a lot of grains, legumes, vegetarian pasta dishes, etc., so I think I could just about be fine on a vegan diet. But eating cold fruit and veg all day, every day... What will they come up with next, I wonder
+Baris G I believe in fruitarianism and that the homo sapien is a frugivorous species like our primate relatives. Is that self prohibitive or just logical? Everything about the human being points toward it being a fruit eater. If some people want to follow that logic, let them...If others want to continue eating cooked foods because they taste good, let them...There's no need to say that someone following logic is "self-prohibitive". In turn I could say that you are being self-prohibiting of your health by eating cooked. But the reason that you believe that more foods( including cooked foods) in one's diet is better is because you simply have not been exposed to certain knowledge. But hey! You're pretty close to the truth! ...almost there.
+Austin A thank you
+Austin A What exactly is that?
starches ftw lol =)
If my family spent $20.00 per day/per person on her fully raw example, we would be spending more on fruit than on our monthly mortgage payments, utility bills, car payment, and student loans COMBINED. No. Nope. I'll stick to my regular vegan diet that costs us at most, $6.00 per person per day. Thanks though Kristina.
When she made that video calling it affordable, I was like wtf? Affordable to who? millionaires?? haha. I spend $60 a week on two people to eat vegan so roughly $5 a day. I think I win fullyrawkristina
+MBTV Vlogz oh please, i can afford the diet and i'm just a nurse. You guys need better jobs
moncj66 I work in healthcare as well so my job is just fine thank you very much. There is no need to spend $600 a month on food, that is way too much especially when you are supporting more than one person like I am and both are going to school. Why would I spend $20 a day when I can spend $5-6 and be just as satisfied and get all my nutrients? Dont tell someone they need a better job when you dont even know what their job is, you need to learn some manners.
+MBTV Vlogz Modern healthcare is the biggest joke around. overcharging customers with dangerous drugs that dont work. If people lived and ate healthy and if people like you werent pushing up medical bills or promoting stupid drugs people would be better off.
dinkaDPB lol wtf. I do not promote the use of prescription or over the counter drugs. I dont take either for my own issues, I rely on food and essential oils when I have an issue. I work in physical therapy where we literally dont prescribe or suggest any form of drugs. The only thing we prescribe is physical movement and food choices. . THere are many forms of healthcare. Why dont you ask before making ignorant comments toward someone.
+MBTV Vlogz You tell em girl. You are so right, people are so ignorant when it comes to healthcare. Not everyone promotes drugs. And I work in real estate and make enough money that I probably could afford $600 a month of groceries, but who the hell would want to spend that much on food!? You can definitely eat raw vegan or even just vegan on less than that. Kristina is crazy.
So nice to find a vegan n youtube who is down to earth , and does not come off as Bananas lol
600$/month?!?!? Thats literally almost as much as my rent and i cant even comfortably afford that
I think it is important to acknowledge that it's more accessible than people think... It's partly about priorities. I prioritise healthy eating. I work part time in disability support, and am on a low income here in Australia (our minimum wage is higher than yours, admittedly). I live a very frugal life. I don't waste money on clothing, for example. I buy second hand, and keep it simple. I own only a few outfits. I am part of a community garden and grow my own vegetables. I live a lifestyle that might be considered Spartan by some. I do this so I can live a healthy life, eating fresh food and not working myself into an early grave. When people say they can't afford to eat healthily, I get cranky, honestly. We don't have to buy all the crap at the mall.
kristina seems like a nice person .. but this fullyraw BS is kinda hilarious .. i watched a video of hers called fullyraw mashed potato (without potatoes) . and fully raw coffee (spoiler alert : its a smoothie)
and some weird shit i honestly couldn't believe
Sounds ridiculous!
I agree, I actually thought about going raw like rawtil4 or something but when I saw the mashed potatoe video I realised how ridiculous that is.
+Nordic Mermaid
One year later I sooo regret that I even bought a spiralizer (Yes, I know, shame on me) they do taste good a little coonked with normal pasta but for that you just don't need a spiralizer. 😒
I can honestly say it's one of the dumbest things I bought...
+clara_you? You can still use it for other things, like making hashbrowns or slicing up apples for baked goods...But agreed, unless you love zucchini noodles (does anyone?), it's not a necessary device.
Nicole G
We actually have an electronic device for that but thanks anyway. :)
I have to feed a family of 3 on $12 a day,. I think she has a very warped view on what is and isn't affordable if she thinks $20 a day for ONE person is an "affordable" amount for the average person.
I love you. You're a completely logical vegan and it's such a nice breath of fresh air from all the other crazy, in-your-face vegans. Your tone is informative and not condescending and you back up your facts. You just earned yourself a subscriber :)
Meanwhile, Cheap Lazy Vegan: vegan for a week on $20.
Not to mention all the continuous trekking to the shop etc to get produce every day, as a student I got sick of that pretty quick
i was also like WTF when i saw that video! $20 is a supposed to be cheap?? like for who?!
+Vevian Vozmediano I was like: she definitely has different notion of an affordable diet than most regular people do lol
everybody is nuts in this community-_- unnaturalvegan keeps us grounded. thanks for creating this channel
I spend $25/week on groceries. I eat a mostly plant-based diet with a little bit of meat, ground turkey. Eat like a peasant and lose weight lol It helps that I live close by foreign grocery stores and my parents have a costco card. You can get a 3lb bag of spinach for $3-4. That usually last me 2 weeks. It is possible to eat healthy on $100/month.
This is so interesting! I've never though through so many negatives to organic. Thank you so much for always putting so much research into these videos ♥
There are extremists in every movement and unfortunately they tend to be the loudest.
I have multiple friends that are farmers, some of them organic and others conventional. If you think there's nothing wrong with conventional produce I'd encourage you to maybe spend some time on farms and look how it's actually done. Not to mention that almost all of the conventional fruit you will find at the supermarket tastes like bland garbage compared to organically grown fruit in good soil. The difference is so HUGE, it's not even the same thing.
+The Vegan Swan totally agree, she should spend some time working on farms and see the differences
+The Vegan Swan I appreciate much of what the uploader has to say, but you are correct, she is completely wrong on her organic stance...in fact way off, according to respected research proving the pesticide burden/load on the body goes down with organic over conventional; there have been tests done proving this conclusively from independent organizations unrelated to either industry. I was going to post with one actual study from about two years ago, I know I have it, I just don't have time to look for it. There have been several studies from reliable sources absolutely proving organic is better as far as pesticide exposure goes, even tho of course organic is not pesticide free, nor what most of us would hope (and there are several standards/labels of organic, many people aren't even aware of that).
Join The Progress Actually in EU standards for organic are much higher then in US for starters and organic not only tastes better but they use far much less chemicals then conventional food growing - that is always good... not to talk about deadly GMOs that UV is promoting all the time and vaccines ... she is NOT a good source for the truth or science, she is doing PR for corporations.
BeeZee
Ouch...I'm new to her, but if that is true, that's a shame. But based on what she said, it sounds believable.
Yeah, GMO's are a whole other topic. I try to let people know that organic also does not always guarantee the food is gmo-free.
Her organic stance shocked me, so if I see much more of that kind of mis-or-dis-info, I'll unsub pronto.
I've grown up on around and on farms (both organic and conventional) and if you think that organic is somehow healthy or better then I would suggest you spend more time on organic farms to see that they are no different than conventional ones.
Also, there is no difference to the taste of organic vs conventional. Feel free to watch that episode of Penn and Teller bullshit where they do the blind taste tests or do one yourself. I did in college and literally no one could tell the difference or pick out the organic food in the blind test at a higher rate than a fifty-fifty coin toss. I had a sample size of just under two hundred people. Many of them were farmers who grew the produce and many were people who swore up and down that organic tastes better.
Ha
Ha ha
I have about $6 a day for a gluten free vegan diet FEEDING 2 PEOPLE
My diet consists of buying oats and rice and low salt tomato sauce from bulk restaurant supply stores 😂
And the only reason why we don't eat gluten is because we both have crazy allergies :(
and yet you can afford electric and internet and probably a car and all sorts?
Martin Thompson what makes you think it is "probable" that she has a car "and all sorts" ? you have no evidence for this based on her comment, assuming you've never met.
i can see Ella has enough money to buy hair dye. probable because so many people do. even people who earn a lot of money seem to think food is a good place to budget and it really isn't.
Martina Thompson hair dye is like 9-12$ a month if that
People on here are talking about themselves and not supporting a family. Some people only have a very limited amount to feed their families.
9:33 Honestly, I'm not vegan, but your reasonableness has made me way more interested in going vegan than any of the extreme vegans I've seen online.
$20 a day?! Sweet Christ, that made me choke on my water. I remember when a grocery budget of $5 a day was luxurious for me; for many people, $5 a day is a distant dream.
Agreed. When I seen this video I thought that was an excessive amount of money for most people. I spend around $100 to $200 dollars a month on food and that's what I can afford. Sometimes I can't even afford that. Her video is ridiculous, and unattainable for most.
She is terribly out of touch with reality...
I don't know about raw but I am pretty sure I can eat vegan for $200 a month. $15 for 10 lbs or basmati rice. $10 for 20 lbs of potatoes. $20 for 3 bags of oats. Raisins, molasses, beans, lentils, some spices, fruit on sale, fresh vegetables on sale frozen vegetables are cheap. I can keep going but I agree $600 for a raw diet when there is little benefit over a regular vegan diet is just foolish.
Freelee and fully raw kristina really REALLY make me want to eat meat just to see the self righteousness and indignation in there bullshit vlogs lol.
Your video did exactly what you wanted it to do, it's made me want to try your NON CRAZY vegan diet! I want to have a healthier lifestyle and diet, NOT JOIN A CULT!
Kristina is out of touch about money, because she comes from money. Most rich people who have never had to live paycheck to paycheck are very out of touch with the rest of the world.
Be happy for her then! Shoot! That girl puts in WORK! If people want videos from someone who makes less money then find them! Or become that person who makes videos for those with a certain price point or income.
It's like people want her to apologize for not being poor... Not you specifically but the people who have beef with her in general. Sheesh!
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AR Chery I'm a person who was fortunate to come from a family that had their own successful business. Even though my family was successful, I had to start working at the age of 15, because my mom did not allow me to not know what hard work meant and what it meant to have to be independent and support yourself. I actually met Kristiana at the second raw fruit festival and the meeting was not a pleasant one. There are many people who share their stories about meeting her and how rude and snobby she is in person. I will not go into detail, but I will just say, she didn't come off as a person that I would want to be friends with. That may be why my comment seems a bit rude, but when you encounter someone and that encounter is negative, sometimes your words about them come off blunt. Even saying all this, I'm glad she is successful. Any woman who works hard to brand themselves deserves all the success they get.
Ah, I understand. Her heart is whoooole another issue. But what I see of her work...the girl gets it in and I have to give her props. Let's just hope her heart is changing as well 💕
+AR Chery * whole 'nother issue
Of course Kristina can afford a $600 a month price tag, she lives rent free with mommy and daddy (whom seem to be well off with money). I spend $500 on FOUR people and sometimes that's not even enough! :/
+Kirbythecat It was just that she got a request to make that video. She said multiple times that she does not shop at whole foods and spend that much but instead at her local co-op, making everything considerably cheaper!
Kirbythecat she might have been too outraged by the fact that Kristina gave off the vibe that $20 a day is super affordable to really pay attention to what she said. If you watch the original video, she starts the video in front of whole foods stating she doesn't usually shop there and just picked it because most people don't shop at co-ops, AND also says I quote "I know that $20 a day is a little for some and a lot for many, but regardless, this video was requested to me..." She later goes on to talk about how much cheaper it is to shop at a co op like she does, as well as offers tips on more money saving alternatives, such as going to a cheaper grocery store, buying in bulk/ non-organic, and of course, shopping at a co-op. So basically, this response video is a bit misled.
i agree, she should have just made a co op tips video instead of pretending whole foods is affordable
My family of 5 takes between $700 and $800/month. Before I graduated college we were on a $600/month budget. Since I actually got a dietetics job we're a little more liberal with our spending now though. But there are 5 of us (and I'm a competitive strength athlete) living on 1.3 times what she's using for 1 person.
Thank you for saying this!!
Whole Foods is great, yeah, but it is EXPENSIVE. My food bill is already my biggest monthly bill (after rent)......and I get no end of shit about how much i spend on produce and fruit. I couldn't buy organic even if i wanted to.....
Just agreeing with you.
Lol I'm adopting so every cent I can spare is going to agency fees. My grocery budget is only $25 a WEEK. There is no way I could spend $600 a month when I have so many fees to pay to get my daughter home.
So, if a family of 5 ate on $20/day per person, they'd have $3000 per month food bill. Ridiculous.
This is exactly what I thought when I initially watched Kristina's video- $560/month is NOT cheap by any standard. I know people who feed their whole family on that amount. We spend a lot on groceries each week, but it's nearly always less than $140!
I tried this fully raw smoothie once it was A 15 DOLLAR MILKSHAKE YOU HEAR ME 15 DOLLARS it wasn’t the worst but was so expensive!
I eat a mediterranean diet, since I'm from Italy. Lots of vegetables, lots of fruits, legumes, whole wheat bread and pasta are the daily basics, fresh fish quite frequently; dairy products, white meat and eggs once every two weeks and red meat once a month. I use olive oil and balsamic vinegar as condiments. I understand that I'm privileged 'cause these ingredients are available at a reasonable cost here, but really I can' t understand why in the states fruits and vegetables are more expensive than junk food. I can't really even begin to understand, it doesn't make sense to me.
watching your videos I feel more interested in veganism. I've been really avoiding the vegan lifestyle mainly because they get so rude that you say you're still eating meat yet interested in the lifestyle and not to mention it's expensive for some of us! I love how you're informative about the lifestyle without being rude! it's definitely making me think of the vegan lifestyle for myself in a more positive light!
What are some other sensible vegan youtubers? You're the only one i can seem to find
Bite Size Vegan!
Christine kobzeff and holistichabits are my favourite.
+Lexi Gray la-bas-el-ciel is good
I like Caitlin Shoemaker
I like cheap lazy vegan, she has Great what i eat in a days
Been watching some videos. If anyone is going to push me over the edge to become vegan or at least vegetarian, it will be you. Rational, calm, interested in evidence and science, can admit later where you were wrong ... my kind of persuasion.
I'm trying to go vegan, and you are the only channel i can watch. All the others (freelee, durianrider, all the raw ones and so on) are absolute garbage that make me angry to watch.
Technically, I can afford $600 per month, but since I eat low fat, high carb, starch based vegan, and not fully raw, I only spend about $200 a month! I can buy 10 pounds of potatoes at Safeway for $5 or at Wal-Mart (yes, but I don't) for $2. And this IS saying something since I live in one of the most expensive places in Northern California (and probably the U.S.)
You are so logical and refreshing. I've been cutting animal products out of my diet, but it's been a struggle to find someone who can back their statements with science and not anecdotal evidence.
When I first went looking for info (over a year ago) on changing my lifestyle, I found both Kristina and Freelee, balked, shuttered, and shut the door on that idea. After meeting a vegan who wasn't a conspiracy theorist, I have since shifted to a pescatarian based diet and am slowly transitioning to vegetarian with hopes of vegan sometime in my future.
It's sad that people like you don't pop up in the search bar, because Freelee is doing more harm than good in terms of changing people's lifestyles. The shouting and insults might work for teenage girls, but most logical people will need evidence to make the change.
Thanks again!
Swayze, I just want to say, please continue making videos like this. I come to your channel and I watch your videos because you employ logic, not just in your response videos, but all of your videos.
Please never stop what you do. I hope you know the good impact you have in this world. REASON. ALWAYS. RULES. :)
I e been watching since the fan base was TINY and now the comments are over 1700!! She will never even see this... But if by chance you do, I want you to know that YOU have made a difference in my family. I am not vegan and my generational roots are dairy farming (not factory but large) Anyhow, once my baby was found dairy and gluten intolerant we tried vegan and failed (no meat no dairy and no gluten... A huge change as most alternative foods are not gf- and those that were were gross) Anyhow, I would watch a million vegans and had to unsub all but a small handful because of the mean nature and cool girls club mentality. You truly gave logic and tips that helped my kitchen become DAIRY FREE! Next I'm working on egg free too. And we do abide by the Vegan till dinner rule on most days. You are encouraging and inclusive and because of this, we have reduced our animal product consumption drastically. Thank you for your approach!
I really enjoyed hearing your viewpoint even though I am a huge fan of Kristina's. I have been trying to make the move toward veganism; I feel much better when I eat a vegetable diet. I grew hundreds of organic tomatoes, peppers, and dozens of pumpkins in my backyard last summer. You don't have to pay $20 a day if you can find a way to grow some of your produce - even if all you have is a window garden. I know many people who grow on their balconies. I also detest animal husbandry to feed people who could be eating other things. It's disgusting how animals are treated in the farming industry.
I can tell you, I've found so much comfort in your videos! You are my normal and I appreciate that. xo
You'd make a FANTASTIC lawyer!
Another similarly ridiculous promotion of Vegan diets are recipes that demand impossible to find ingredients and usually created and promoted by ignorant people who have no idea how hard it is to find these ingredients, when common substitutes should be used.
We need to make being Vegan both affordable and easy to find ingredients in our recipes we promote
make it easy as fuck for people to go vegan, not the opposite.
+Daniel Manahan You don't even know how right you are :)
I live in Prague where veganism is almost non-existent and cooking by recipes usually found on vegan websites is quite difficult. Even avocados, that are thrown around often in vegan videos, are not readily available at every store. And I believe I've never seen coconut oil in my life. Don't even start on dozen kinds of crazy spices in every recipe.
I admit that I've never been a great cook and I'm new to veganism, but it really is kinda off-putting for a beginner :)
Fully raw? More like fully nah ✋🏽😂
And the food budget is generally where people start cutting down when money is tight.
Not vegan, but I enjoy hearing people with whom I disagree make rational arguments. Certain foods such as spinach have more nutrients cook, then when raw. Great video.
I would love to see you make a grocery haul type video to see what you buy for a week/month. It's nice to see vegans who have a more common budget in mind
Jeez. I have a budget of $20 per WEEK. (for one person, I should mention. I spend around $35-45 a week for both my partner and myself)
that's an awesome budget! good job. I spend $400/ month for a family of 5 vegans.
Many people choose to eat organic produce not because of perceived nutrient superiority, but because of the health risks posed to farm workers who are regularly exposed to synthetic chemical pesticides without proper protection. Being vegan is not just about fleeing from anything that has seen an animal, but being ethically conscious as it pertains to animals, the planet AND humans.
+Kayla Storie exactly! Vegans who are compassionate towards animals but not humans give veganism a bad name.
Food was natural when I grew up. Not sprayed up with poison like to day. Its so sad. Ine.
eating meet and dairy it makes people sick so vegans can be concerned about the health of others. there is dark energy with all the bad treatment of the animals and that goes into the food and effects the people who eat it. this is how they then don't care about wars and all sorts or atleast it is a factor.
+MissMaria1988 You must be really old.
I’m not vegan, but your videos have inspired my husband and I to lessen our animal product intake substantially.
"Conventional" farming uses synthetic chemicals that produce toxic runoff and pollute our water and air, causing wildlife to suffer. Organic is also a human rights issue, because people have to mix these chemicals to create the pesticides and fertilizers, and farmers themselves develop health issues from working with these chemicals long-term. I'm definitely not one of those people who's like, go organic or go home! and i'm glad you shared a perspective that it's not wholely superior to conventional, but it's within people's rights to choose organic, and it's not worth shaming them for. There's no real grounds to describe things as "less vegan." all industrial food production - whether of animal products, organic produce, or conventional produce - is destructive to the environment, animals, and human communities. The best we can do is to eat locally and seasonally as much as possible, and to try and grow our own food!
I totally agree ! I don't have $600 a month to spend on food ONLY!
Agree! I have seen the amount of food she eats in a day and it's ENORMOUS! I don't think I could eat all that she does.
I was thinking the same thing all that food she fixes I'm like "Man that's a lot of food for one person" she either eats it in a few days or invites people over to help her eat it.
omg I was thinking the same exact thing when I saw her video title. $20 a day?!? get real
Ikr!!! One must be much wealthier than I am, to be able to afford $600 per month! 🙁 Being vegan is not only for the wealthy; but that's how the original video makes it sound.
Thank you for these videos because you really do show the more LOGICAL side of veganism. I would also like to say I really really hate it when people shame others into this lifestyle! It's people like Kristina, who are lost in their own dimension of bliss, that forget that not everyone has that kind of money to live that lifestyle. On top of that it isn't even a HEALTHY lifestyle and more of a fad diet.
Man, I think I finally found a um.... normal vegan. For several weeks I've been researching the heck out of Internets for information about how to reduce the meat intake or maybe eventually become vegetarian/vegan for health purposes (all honest- I'm ignorant in everything diet-related) and love for animals. All of the videos I've seen seemed like the people promoting the diet/lifestyle were crazy and brainwashed. I seriously felt like I stepped into some new religion type community where everything is "the truth" and "right to do". I kept clicking on the "x" and closing their videos because I honestly just couldn't stand them. Your knowledge and they way you spread it is so NORMAL that it's almost unnatural lol (hence your name!) I love your response to Freelee's video on children as well. You seem like a warm person with a great personality who's truly compassionate in EVERY aspect. This is really cool! Subscribed!
Food waste due to spoilage can also be high on a full raw diet. Also, love the this location for shooting - the posters are really awesome!
I'm not even close to raw, I don't think I even ate anything raw today, but this doesn't have to be true. In the summer I tend to eat a lot of fruit and all food waste I end up composting and growing new veggies out of! I suggest anybody who eats large amounts of fruit and veg to compost if they can.
I've seriously fallen in love with your videos. To be totally honest, I used to really dislike you. I followed Freelee and DR and no disrespect to them, but they're just not for me anymore. Their videos made me feel shitty because I just gained a ton of weight by trying their diet. But I've been vegan for about 2 years and the more time that has gone by the more I feel that rational, scientific activism is more effective and I've surprisingly gotten tons of people I know to eat less meat and more people to go vegan by being less 'preachy'. Btw, you're gorgeous!
I can so relate to all of that! I've kind of outgrown Freelee and Harley and just can't watch their vids anymore (even though I respect the fact that they're still spreading veganism).
+Jessica Ⓥ
Yeah, high carb diets are for endurance athletes like cyclists and long distance runners. Everyone else will get fat eating that way.
+Jessica Ⓥ
and she is only semi attractive
$600 a month? Is that for 5 people? My parents spent about that much on all of us and our dogs.
when I hear "going to the hospital is more expensive than eating raw" I just wonder
Do people like Kristina know that not only Americans watch them? Where I live, healthcare is (mostly) free, so that argument wouldn't convince almost no one from my country to go vegan
Love your approach. I am a long time vegan , and I never tell anyone. No posts on Facebook, no announcements at parties or dinner tables. Of course my husband and kids know , and a few people I am close too that just kind of figured it out eventually. I have gone to many family dinners and managed to fly under the wire at the dinner table without anyone noticing what I did or didn't eat. I find most
people are too busy thinking about what they are going to eat to be bothered with what others are eating. On the odd occasion when there is nothing I can eat I take a bit of whatever, talk a lot and move the food around on my plate and I swear nobody notices! No big deal, I just eat when I get home. Another reason I do this , is I don't want the host/hostess to go to any extra trouble and worry about my "special" needs. I go for the company not the food.
Yeah 600 dollars a month for ONE person, not even for a family.
But I hate that excuse I have a family to feed
Thank you soo much. I was left confused by khristnas raw food diet. I really tried to eat organic. I felt so low of myself if I couldn't get hold of organic food , especially because I live nowhere near a farmers market and it's very hard to find organic food. Plus organic food is more expensive.
+maryam begum So true!!! It is also true that not all organic products are the best for eat, my organic chem. professor once said us that.
I just wanted to say that you have impeccable skin! I can't stop staring at your skin while watching your videos!!
i love how shes not necessarily dissing on Kristina , shes just correcting some areas , i am subscribed to her because she does give off pretty good ideas ( expensive ) but pretty good , and i'm not vegan i'm not even vegetarian , but i've been slowly trying to take meats and cirtian dairy products out of my diet , but its very hard because i live in a really HOT area , and even in the fridge the produce welts and i really appreciate this ,young lady the unnatural vegan posting this vid what she said is very helpful , and also not negative when i first saw it on the side bar i was like " oh gosh a negative vid i don't wanna see it " but then i was like "what if she had a really important thing to say and you need the info " so i clicked on it and am glad i did , i am defiantly subscribing ( sorry for my bad grammar , i am still working on it its just not my strong suit )
Thank you! I seen in her video that she ended up getting more things from her business and wondered why no one pointed this out...so in all she would have spent over $20 a day and the nutritional needs didn't add up in the recipe. I want to be a vegan but the ingredients they buy on other channels don't really seem to put a complete balanced meal as the topic or like a calorie counter like you do. This is why I watch your channel for the most part. I like that you go day by day with your meals, hoping you will one day do one of the haul videos, seems you might have better nutritional info in this area I'm struggling to get to with other channels. I want to go vegan for my health and possibly for the environment but really just for my health, cause some vegans seem very alienating to me just like some meat eaters are as well....thank you for the video.
i absolutely adore your rational approach to veganism. you're a big reason i finally decided to cut the bullshit and go vegan. but i find it hilarious that you always make such serious videos while wearing neon galaxy cat t-shirts, it somehow makes you even more relatable lmao
I've been vegan for over two years and raw vegan for most of that time and I usually spend between 60 and 80 dollars on food per week.
I like how I have a healthier diet than her while spending her daily budget for a whole week.
Kristina has helped so many people feel better and heal from all kinds of illness's. It's ridiculous to say she's doing something bad. She even said in the video that $20 a day is a lot for most people.
So true! Our family lives on less than $2 a day per person and I work extremely hard to make sure we get proper nutrition- could never do this kind of diet though. Good to know you don’t have to eat “raw, organic, etc. “ all the time in order to stay healthy. Good video! Thumbs up!
I eat raw for $8 (or less) per day and know people who do it for almost free.
Organic is not a requirement and neither is buying from the store.
I just got pineapples, watermelons for $1 each, altaufo mangos at .25 each, bananas and tomatoes at .33 a pound and lots of free local citrus. And last weekend, I got local organic dates for $2.50 per pound.
+Abby Nurre (truthchangeandlove) Where?
Phoenix, AZ, USA. But others have done the same thing in other areas. I can even do it affordably when I go visit family in the midwest.
+Abby Nurre (truthchangeandlove) WOW! right now dates are $7.99 for 8oz. I love dates, but that is currently a luxury. The mangoes are still $2.49 -$2.99 each. Cucumber $2.99 each. I would love to be full-time Vegan, but the cost is too high where I live. Here, Meat is cheaper than vegetables which might help to explain why people have a higher meat consumption verse vegetables. (Just a theory for my region).
Abby Nurre Thanks! :)
millana100 You don't have to eat fruit to be vegan. Bananas are cheap and good quality anywhere. Dates are good quality and can be ordered online. Rice and potatoes are cheap anywhere. Just replace the meat with more rice and potatoes. Easy! Swayze did it for years and still does and she doesn't live in the tropics or subtropics. There is no excuse to kill animals. They are not food.
YOUR SHIRT IS AMAZING.
Perfectly said couldnt have said it better!!:) caffiene and cooked vegan food for the win:)!!!
Why critizising people who live and suggest a healthy happy and beautiful lifestyle ? Kristina looks just amazingly healthy and beautiful and I feel happy that she came across my way and enriches my life with her inspiration. (i see myself not as "follower" but love how she inspires and shares from her heart her life-experience for the best of the earth and living beings). I myself cannot afford as well to spend 20€ a day for food in the moment but I still estimate the great opportunity to have her inspiration and go from organic-vegan to fully raw in harmony with my intuition and own experience. I just take what I love about it for me and get creative with it and she never said that she found the only truth for everyone. She shares what she is loving and what works for her. So why don t you just take what you love and if you do not like her and what she is doing why don t you just look for something else what you might like better and fits better to your lifestyle ? I think anyone of us is about to find his/her own way of expression and lifestyle and so for me Kristina has already found what she loves and shares and contributes in a very beautiful way to the earth in respecting her and loving her with all animals on her. All she shares is full of love so please do not critizise but search for what is best for you and express your life in the most beautiful way even if this might be different than her life and style. In this way you also could share something from your heart. Best wishes to you and that you find out what you love in your life.
in my search for balanced views in my freshly new to me Vegan lifestyle, I am very happy to see your stating these views with a healthy skepticism and actually backing it up. I had been vegetarian for 24 years so this 3 weeks of being vegan and searching for different viewpoints has certainly been entertaining great videos.