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Becoming vegan

Vegan guides, information & inspiration

BEING A HEALTHY VEGAN
IS IT VEGAN?
VEGAN GUIDES
VEGAN AWAKENINGS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
INSPIRATION
WHY I WILL ALWAYS BE VEGAN

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Dawn of a New Day

Veganism changed my life’s path, and showed me the light that we all have burning inside us. Every day I think about what I can bring to this world to make it a better place. The root of all of these desires is truly from opening my eyes and making the first step in becoming vegan.

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Vegan: Easier Than You Think

Do Our Bodies Need Animal Products?

Why Vegans Read Labels

WHAT'S NEW IN BECOMING VEGAN

More Important to me Than Anything

The Temple of Life

The Reasonable Man Theory

Being a healthy vegan

Making your plant-foods diet work for you

I’m a Vegan Athlete

I’m a vegan sportsperson. I regularly play a variety of sports and I run, sometimes competitively, and have done since I was a child, and

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Yes, it’s Easy to get Enough Vegan Protein – here’s how.

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Do Our Bodies Need Animal Products?

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Vegan Athletes Crushing the Meat-Eating Paradigm

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Optimum Nutrition for Vegan Pregnancy

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Is it vegan?

Becoming a more informed and empowered consumer

Making Mistakes

Accidentally consuming something non-vegan doesn’t mean that you are any less dedicated to the cause. Mistakes happen. As exciting as it is to see so many new vegan products emerge on the market, it does create a new challenge, and sometimes that one item slips by. 

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Is Your Bread Vegan?

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Why Vegans Don’t Eat Eggs

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Animal Bones in Sugar?

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Are Your Cosmetics Vegan?

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Vegan guides

Roadmaps to help navigate unfamiliar terrain

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Vegan Online Stores: A Handy Guide

From food and snack items to clothing and shoes, household and cleaning supplies, and even vegan treats for your nonhuman friends, the range of items that can be found at these virtual supermarkets might leave you wishing they had a brick-and-mortar location right in your town!

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Vegan: Easier Than You Think

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Why Vegans Read Labels

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Kicking the Cheese Habit

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A Beginner’s Guide to Traveling as a Vegan

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Vegan awakenings

Fellow vegans share their insights and epiphanies

More Important to me Than Anything

“Parront” is slang for parrot parent. My parronthood is perhaps more important to me than anything. I have cared for many types of animals, and

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The Temple of Life

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The Reasonable Man Theory

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Not for Me

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My Vegan Journey

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about the vegan way of life

Don’t Vegans Miss Animal-Based Foods They Used to Love?

Does taste-pleasure justify acts of cruelty? Does something being marginally less expensive excuse an individual for contributing to rights violations of another sentient being? Does convenience trump the pain and suffering of another individual?  

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Do plants feel pain? Ask these two children eating apples :)

What About Vegans Killing Plants… Do Plants Feel Pain?

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high-protein vegan meal

Yes, it’s Easy to get Enough Vegan Protein – here’s how.

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Vegan: Easier Than You Think

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Do Hens Care About Their Eggs?

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Inspiration

Bits and pieces to awaken the vegan in everyone

In Memory of Lisa

June 11th marks the anniversary of the passing of Lisa Shapiro, a dedicated vegan activist who was much-loved within the movement.
She was also a dear friend of Gentle World.

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The Vegan Inside Us

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Rewarded for Being Vegan

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The Voice of an Animal

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Ode to Joy

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Why I Will ALWAYS Be Vegan

Winning contest entries written by vegans from around the world

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A Life Without Violence

Have you ever dreamed of freedom, justice and, overall, a life without violence, discrimination and hatred? This has been a question I have constantly asked

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The Destruction of Other Lives

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An Obvious Force for Good

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I Will Never Forget

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Once I Knew, I Couldn’t Not Know

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