Comments on: Alicia Silverstone’s Kind Diet http://sundial.csun.edu/2009/10/alicia-silverstones-kind-diet/ Breaking CSUN news and information. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: AJ http://sundial.csun.edu/2009/10/alicia-silverstones-kind-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-15422 AJ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:42:58 +0000 http://sundial.csun.edu/?p=16331#comment-15422 Although I really appreciate you covering a book such as this, I disagree with your statements about veganism being expensive and inconvenient. I was a vegan on a college capmus far before it was trendy to do so, and I SAVED money by not buying overprocesses/convenient/meat foods. Now there are lots of options available out there...you don't need expensive meat substitutes to be vegan. I never eat them, unless an omnivore is cooking for me. Also- It seems to me that trying to buy all local organic produce would alone put a bigger dent in your wallet then switching to a vegan diet. Im still a vegan, and not all of the foods I eat are organic, or local. Its just not possible. What is possible though, is to look outside conveniences and do something good for your own body and the planet. Burgers from McDonald's are extremely convenient- but so is a fresco bean burrito from Taco bell. Neither are great food choices. I think many college students as well as others like to make excuses for there huge meat consumption- look into where that stuff is coming from and see how convenient it may be for you in say.. 20 years. Although I really appreciate you covering a book such as this, I disagree with your statements about veganism being expensive and inconvenient. I was a vegan on a college capmus far before it was trendy to do so, and I SAVED money by not buying overprocesses/convenient/meat foods. Now there are lots of options available out there…you don’t need expensive meat substitutes to be vegan. I never eat them, unless an omnivore is cooking for me.

Also- It seems to me that trying to buy all local organic produce would alone put a bigger dent in your wallet then switching to a vegan diet. Im still a vegan, and not all of the foods I eat are organic, or local. Its just not possible. What is possible though, is to look outside conveniences and do something good for your own body and the planet. Burgers from McDonald’s are extremely convenient- but so is a fresco bean burrito from Taco bell. Neither are great food choices. I think many college students as well as others like to make excuses for there huge meat consumption- look into where that stuff is coming from and see how convenient it may be for you in say.. 20 years.

]]> By: JC http://sundial.csun.edu/2009/10/alicia-silverstones-kind-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-15415 JC Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:12:59 +0000 http://sundial.csun.edu/?p=16331#comment-15415 Here is a great article on the fallacy of Locavores: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/opinions-energy-locavores-on-my-mind.html Here is a great article on the fallacy of Locavores: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0803/opinions-energy-locavores-on-my-mind.html

]]> By: JC http://sundial.csun.edu/2009/10/alicia-silverstones-kind-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-15414 JC Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:10:43 +0000 http://sundial.csun.edu/?p=16331#comment-15414 Check out this uplifting and inspiring video on why people choose vegan: http://veganvideo.org/ Check out this uplifting and inspiring video on why people choose vegan: http://veganvideo.org/

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