In order to explain why this is so, we often end up mentioning
labels like vegan and gluten - free, which do not necessarily apply to us fully.
I've been teaching yoga now for about 3 years, and as a yoga teacher people always always ask about my diet... I'm not entirely sure why, but anyway, they always expect me to come out with a strict
label like vegan / vegetarian, so I for a while I kinda felt embarrassed in a way to tell them otherwise.
Not exact matches
I'm not
vegan, or even vegetarian, paleo, raw, gluten free or any other
label that people
like to put on food.
I am not
vegan but the majority of what I eat is plant - based, although I don't
like to attach any
labels to my diet as this can end up quite restrictive x
Many boxed stuffings contain animal ingredients
like chicken broth or dried meat, but with some careful
label - reading at the store, you can score a
vegan stuffing for the family.
I also feel
like I might be adding to the confusion too because I often share gluten - free and
vegan food, I know I get
labelled as a gluten free
vegan.
• Carolina Sweet: CIFI's 75 Brix, non-GMO,
vegan sweetener can serve as a clean
label replacement for other sweeteners (
like agave syrup, honey, brown rice syrup, and high fructose corn syrup).
On top of that, I include
vegan replacements for foods, detailed shopping lists, a new way to read food
labels (
like a ninja!)
So it's sort of
like a
vegan diet, but let's not get caught up with
labels.
I saw a video with Dr. McDougall mentioning he sometimes at animal products,
like his friends fresh caught fish, because he does not want to be
labeled «
vegan».
I do not
like to
label myself, but at home I cook and eat mostly
vegan.