These comments are so hateful.

Who cares if people choose not to eat meat... It does not effect you. The people who are stating information they believe to be accurate about this Vegan lifestyle are doing so on a board about Oprah trying a Vegan lifestyle for 21 days. So saying, "Im going to go eat a steak right now" is very lame. This board is about VEGANISM. if you don't like it, then STOP READING IT.

veganism is so bad for you

it rids u of the vitamins that milk and meat give you
and just cuz u take fake vitamins doesnt mean that ur getting the right amount of it

plus, ladies, it messes up ur period

Responding to Gabriella. The reason why this is a big deal is because Oprah's influence over what many people think and do is tremendous. People who couldn't even pronounce "vegan" before will now do research and maybe even try this healthy way of eating. Since you have been a vegan for some time, you know of the benefits. Think of the sickness that could be prevented, the weight that could be lost, the brain fog that could be lifted. If Oprah buys an island, I don't care. When she enlightens, it's a good thing. It is WOW!

give me a break and a big old STEAK !!! YUMM OHHH!

Wow, so someone goes vegan for three weeks - big deal! There are so many vegetarians/vegans out there who made the right choice a long time ago without having to show off. My family and I have been vegan for years and there is nothing easier and more natural than that.

I was referred to this page by a colleague who knows my mission in life:
to get the truth out about cancer.

While not ALL cancers can be prevented by avoiding animal products, you can GREATLY reduce your risk of developing the disease by elimination those products from your diet. Cancer cells are present in everyone's body; our DNA is constantly being mutated just be living. In addition, just as a seed needs the correct climate/soil/environment to grow, so do cancer cells. An acidic environment is what cancer needs to multiply, and this is caused by eating acid-forming foods (animal products). To neutralize (or produce an alkaline environment), you need to eat fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes (nuts, seeds, etc).

For those who cite Linda McCartney, she was a vegetarian, not a vegan; if you read her books, you will see that she continued to consume milk, cheese, eggs, and other animal-derived products.

As for those who argue about soy-based products: many authors cite Asian cultures for consuming soy and not having such a high cancer rate; this has been twisted by the "if some is good, then more is better" attitude prevelant in America. Those cultures who regularly incorporate soy into their diets do so in minimal amounts; they eat meat in the same way: as a small side dish (not as a "main" component of a meal).

I hope that none of you or your loved ones ever suffer such a disease, but if you do, I hope that you consider ALL of the options, including alternative medicines...

Signed: a 40-year survivor of stage III cancer

Give anyone a chance to answer lately, or are you so self-righteous and absorbed to believe that you hold all of the answers for yourself AND eveyone else.

Try stretching beyond 1st grade tactics.

I have not eaten meat for 38 years
recently I stopped eating
(and drinking) dairy products.

The way I see it there are
3 primary reasons
for not eating meat

(1) It's killing the planet
(2) It's unhealthy
(3) It's inhumane

Following a vegan diet addresses
all these issues

812 you make our point. What have you done to contribute to the world today? Oh thats right, you have no contribution.

11:11 PM Anonymous Says:

527 I live in Malibu and have been a vegan all my life. A choice my parents made as we care about and work for the enviornment as well as love and respect all animals. We also prefer to eat only healthy food. That does not make us a snob that makes us healthy and more aware by good lifestyle choices. Get a healhty life then you will be happier.

Your preaching in that very paragraph shows you to be a know-it-all snob who thinks they know what's best for all of us. Those of us who eat meat are in the majority and have the right to live our own lives just as you do. And learn to spell and use correct grammar before you preach!

>>How many of you that don't eat meat have leather seats in your car, or leather sofa's in your house? A nice fasionable leather coat to wear on a chilly night, or expensive leather shoes? If you care so much about animal rights, do you practice that in everything you do in your daily life?<<

Being vegan due to caring about animals, I try to avoid purchasing any type of animal product. But, for those folks out there who are choosing vegetarian/vegan food options, yet are still wearing leather shoes or whatever, that is fine. At least they are trying to modify some choices in their lives in order to help reduce the suffering and killing of animals.
They are doing much less harm than most people. It's a slow evolutionary process for most people, very few of us transition completely overnight. We are going against a lifetime of conditioning/brainwashing where the meat & dairy industries have been TELLING us and our families, through incessant advertising morning, noon and night, what to eat and drink.
Just choosing vegetarian food options saves the lives of 90 animals per year, minimum, every year. Think about a cemetary with 90 headstones, that is what is being prevented, a real impact by just one person. You are no longer a walking graveyard.

527 I live in Malibu and have been a vegan all my life. A choice my parents made as we care about and work for the enviornment as well as love and respect all animals. We also prefer to eat only healthy food. That does not make us a snob that makes us healthy and more aware by good lifestyle choices. Get a healhty life then you will be happier.

9:58 Chemicals...

You state obesity doctors but not those who have done research on the cancer and meat link. They say that Organic meat has a balanced omega 3 and 6 ratio which is fine and explains why there was little cancer before WWII. Read Beliveau and Servan-Shreiber for RECENT research. It's full of charts and graphs that you would enjoy I think but most of the research is to promote eating more fruits and vegetable.

There is no link between cholesterol in food and cholesterol in your blood. If you already have high cholesterol, only then you have to reduce your intake of high cholesterol food. Otherwise, eating an egg a day is OK.

And you know what? I don't eat meat because I don't like the taste. So I have no interest in supporting meat-eaters. I just state facts.

Animal products are just NOT healthy for you...MANY credible, respected, well-known doctors and hearth health clinics advise AGAINST ingesting animal-derived products (Oz, McDougall, Pritikin, Ornish...just to name a few). Ethics aside, animal products add cholesterol to your body; they are the only foods ingested that contain it. It's just not healthy, even in small amounts, and humans do not need it.

Also, vegan (as a lifestyle) has a myriad of definitions. I can do less harm by using what I already own (leather or not) instead of needless disposing what I use just to own "acceptable" items. Also, if I purchase a leather coat at a second-hand shop, I am not adding to the infliction of pain and suffering.

As far as soy products go, moderation is key; however, you can be vegan without soy as well (grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit...all you need).

A difference of opinion is not a substitute for education. If you are fully informed, than you have a podium to stand upon. If you just want to raise up your beefstick and scream "I'm evolved; I get to eat meat..I'm not gonna eat rabbit food," then you are just basing your opinion on personal preferences (no education needed, unfortunately).

Malibu Diva = Snob.

So many people are vegan just to be:

1) trendy
2) skinny

They don't care about the environment or animals.

Based on "Malibu Diva's" NAME I would guess that this sums her up pretty well.