Any vegans out there?

I am nearly vegan, and have been for 5 years.  I do eat some animal products, but avoid all animal fats.  I think that there will be many women on these boards with a good deal more information about this than I, but I think it is somewhat controversial as to the soy products and the general guideline that I have personally chosen is to limit soy products as much as possible.  I am able to do that because I use organic nonfat cowsmilk.  However, my son is allergic to cow's milk and he uses almond milk.  I think the almond milk may be a better substitute than the soy.  However, I don't think there is any controversy over sugar.  It is BAD in so many ways, including stimulating cancer growth.  So...if you use milk substitutes, like soymilk or almond milk, be very careful about those with added sugar.  Most have a lot of added refined sugar (and whether it is organic or not does not matter).

I ditched tofu and stick almost entirely to only foods that are not processed..so that means lots of beans and whole grains...:)

Good luck with the new diet...and ENJOY...the foods are so YUMMY:)

Just thought I would share this info. Not exactly for a vegan diet but diets to help not promote cancer.

 http://www.budwigcenter.com/anti-cancer-diet.php

 http://www.ravediet.com/

http://maximizedliving.com/ 

Im primarily vegan. No dairy or animal products EXCEPT organic free range eggs a couple times a week. I added them back after constantly being anemic...and wow, what a difference for me. I make my own nut milks..its super easy, no sugar and way cheaper than a $4 little carton. I primarily use hemp milk...our bodies process it very well. I just finished a surgery so am a little run down, but I have as a goal to add more raw foods in. I want to have 2 meals a week completely raw. I bought a raw cookbook. I was in Palm Beach Gardens and ended up going 3 times to a raw organic restaurant...sat next to Venus Williams one night!! The food was absolutely delicious...I was actually craving it by the end of the week! Its a lot of chopping and preparing, but I want to at least try incorporating some recipes into my family's repertoire! I like to think I am at least teaching my kids healthy alternatives.

I'm vegan.  I don't touch any animal products and eat a high raw organic diet.

One cup of almonds to 5 cups of water.  Put them in the blender and then strain the liquid through a nutbag into a jug..

 You are left with Almond Pulp.  I use mine to make dehydrated biscuits but you can add it to whatever you like.

I have been 95% Vegan for over 8 months now. My understanding of soy and BC is that only fermented soy products are okay--miso, natto, nama shoyu (raw soy sauce) & tempeh. My doc says no soy milk, soy cheese, soy meat like products, or soy additives.

 I use miso daily in my salad dressings and sometimes in my smoothies. I get my protein from hemp seeds, bee pollen, goji berries, brown rice, quinoa, almonds and occasionally eggs.

this website is helpful, it has research info linked to each food http://foodforbreastcancer.com/articles/what-should-breast-cancer-patients-and-survivors-eat-during-herceptin-treatment?

If you miss using soy sauce/tamari, there is a company called South River Miso that makes chick pea tamari or azuki bean tamari as well as chick pea miso.

http://www.southrivermiso.com/

Lisa

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Seitan can be used like meat in recipes, if you're not used to cooking vegan. In the pan, tossed with veggies and rice for example. A couple of minutes on each side of a seitan 'steak' is all it takes :-) Sometimes it comes packed in tamari sauce, you can either keep it or gently wash it off. Don't forget that lentils (am a fan of the orange corall ones) are rich in protein too. 

I started out avoiding all soy and ER+ products, but if it is unprocessed & organic foods we eat (and we are well worth it), I'm totally ok with the occasional tofu/tempeh/miso plate. I'm concentrating on bringing balance to my body and not so much on hysterically avoiding phytoestrogens in plants etc. The 'real' endocrine bullies are the xenoestrogens, chemicals mimicking estrogen lurking in pesticides, plastics, teflon, makeup, cremes (in form of parabens, phtalates and other cozy names) just to name some horrors..

Is there a vegan recipe thread? I'd love to swap recipes...always looking for fresh, delicious meals to prepare.

Hey there,

Been out of circulation for a while, thanks for suggestions of how to cook seitan. Vegangirl, it is good to have an experienced vegan onborad

I am really excited about adding good stuff to my diet and am getting into raw food. Starting the recipe swap by two short but tasty starters and/or salads

Fresh spinach

1/2 Papaya

A couple of cut up dates

Lime

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Fresh fenel cut into strips

1/2 pomegrante(cut, squeeze and hammer the seeds out with a spoon)

Ruccola 

Walnuts 

Hello vegan goddesses! I'm new to this and was wondering if there were more! I became vegan just five months ago after participating in a lifestyle health class and watching the film, " forks over knives"....so I was happy with my new diet for three months before my diagnosis of BC. Do any of you have difficulty convincing your loved ones and medical "team" about the ability to get adequate protein and overall nutrition?