PETA Is Not the Enemy.

[athena]

207. See, that's the thing.

If you're traveling, or if your job forces you to eat out most of the time, it's just too hard to switch to a totally plant-based diet. It's possible to be healthy on a plant-based diet, and it's even easy, but only if you can cook at home most of the time. The choices available at restaurants are not varied enough to provide you with the nutrients you need, if you're always eating out.

I can't recommend canned beans, because the lining of the cans contains PBA, which is bad for infants and baby animals.

If you want to be adventurous, try some Silk soymilk in your coffee instead of milk (the "original" kind, in the red container). My husband thought he'd never give up milk in his coffee, even at home, but he loves Silk. He doesn't put sugar in his coffee, and Silk "original" provides just enough sweetness for him.

In my case, it took me about a month or two to adjust to beans. What happens when you switch to a plant-based diet as suddenly as I did is that the bacteria in your gut are the ones that process animal products, not the ones that digest plants. It takes some time for the plant-digesting bacteria to move in. At least, that's my theory.